Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) initiative ICMR-MINDS wins Gold at National Awards for e-Governance 2026

Key facts

• The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) initiative, ICMR-MINDS, won the Gold Award at the National Awards for e-Governance under Category 2 for innovation by use of AI and other new-age technologies for providing citizen-centric services.
• The award was instituted by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions.
• The award was presented by Dr Jitendra Singh during the 29th National Conference on e-Governance (NCeG) 2026, held in Jaipur on July 1-2.
• ICMR-MINDS is an implementation research study that utilises a Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) to integrate the screening and management of mental and substance use disorders with other non-communicable diseases.
• The initiative is implemented across seven states through the following collaborating institutions: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Guwahati (Assam), Gujarat Institute of Mental Health (GIMH) Ahmedabad (Gujarat), AIIMS New Delhi (Haryana), St. John's Medical College Bengaluru (Karnataka), AIIMS Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), AIIMS Bhubaneswar (Odisha), and Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh (Punjab).