IIT-Guwahati (IIT-G) partners with Coventry University Group (CUG) for AI in healthcare

Key facts

• The Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Coventry University Group (CUG), UK, to strengthen global research in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and healthcare.
• The strategic partnership aims to expand research collaboration, support academic mobility, and enable joint degree initiatives between the two institutions.
• The collaboration is structured around academic and research mobility, including short-term faculty and student exchanges.
• The agreement includes the establishment of joint doctoral programmes featuring a dual-award PhD under a joint supervision framework.
• The partnership focuses on AI for One Health, which aligns with the National AI Mission of India.
• The MoU was formalised during a visit to IIT-G by a delegation from CUG led by Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Richard Dashwood.