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Community Health, Digital Care & AI for a Healthier Rural India

Public Health · Digital Health · Rural Wellbeing

A proven, scalable model bringing preventive care, telemedicine and AI & IoT-enabled health monitoring to underserved villages — strengthening rural health systems and community resilience across 26 states, 236+ districts and 2,766+ villages through the DST-supported CCRRC network. Over 6,08,583 participants reached across health, skilling and resilience programmes.

6,08,583+

Total Participants
Reached

2,766+

Villages Covered

26 States

236+ Districts
· Pan-india

100+

Publications
· 10+ Patents

Major Health Initiative Stateseading

Uttarakhand  ·  Himachal Pradesh  ·  Rajasthan  ·  Uttar Pradesh  ·  Haryana  ·  West Bengal  ·  Bihar  ·  Odisha  ·  MP  ·  Karnataka  ·  Kerala  ·  Gujarat  ·  AP

THE INTEGRATED MODEL

Community Health Ambassadors

SHG-Based Health Promotion

Maternal, Child & Preventive Care

AI & IoT Health Monitoring

Telemedicine & Specialist Consults

Village Health & Resilience Planning

FLAGSHIP INITIATIVES

14 solar-powered village hubs across 13 states. Preventive care & outreach, health camps and teleconsultations, the Village Health Ambassador model (36 champions, 15 states), maternal & child health, TB awareness/screening/referral; 75+ ASHA/ANM/Nurses/Anganwadi trained online; 2,000+ teleconsultation participants.

Rural telemedicine connectivity, remote monitoring, home-based care and specialist consultations — a continuum from village to tertiary hospital. Amrita FlyMed UAV for medical delivery (2 km, 1 kg, VTOL); Swasraya dashboards; SREE Health across 10 states, 4,500+ households.

Wearable ECG (US Patent 10,542,889) and multi-parameter 7-in-1 vital monitoring (US Patent 10,433,726), real-time dashboards, AI-assisted early-warning (REWOC, Remote-MET), India’s first remote tele-cardiac rehabilitation, 2,700+ patients on the IoMT Smart-edge platform.

Sepsis prediction 6 hrs ahead (XGBoost, JAMIA Open; 1,00,000+ vitals from 2,500+ patients), sleep-apnea & stress monitoring, AI thermography cancer screening, Lab-on-a-Chip paper-strip diagnostics, and predictive population-health analytics. 100+ publications · 10+ patents · 7 products.

THE COLLABORATORS

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Community capacity building

  • Village Health Ambassadors: health screening & vital-signs assessment, maternal & child health, digital health & telemedicine assistance, WASH awareness; 51 RMPs & Pharmacists trained (UP & Rajasthan).
  • HaKsh-E & PEPE robots — hand hygiene in schools (Toycathon 2021 Winner); PAPR — Top-3 COVID Social Innovation (DST SCO-YSC 2020).
  • SHG-led health promotion: women’s health & menstrual hygiene (Maam Suraksha Abhiyan); Healthy Plate ABCD assessments (90%+ coverage); 2,500+ students trained in hygiene; 140+ soap dispensers; women as health change agents.

Dynamic Early Warning, Disasteru003cbr/u003eResilience u0026 Community-Led DRR

Disaster Risk Reduction · Hydroclimatic Resilience u003cbr/u003e· Community Preparedness

A single, community-anchored ecosystem that detects, warns, responds and rebuilds — uniting real-time sensor networks, AI decision systems, hydroclimatic monitoring, ocean observatories, community preparedness and resilience hubs across India’s most hazardexposed regions. 19+ years of compassion-driven, AI-IoT-enabled multi-hazard protection.

IPL World Centre
Of Excellence

300+

Sensors Live 24/7 — Ghats & Himalaya

1 M+

Beneficiaries · 14 CCRRC
Hubs · 25 States

19+ yrs

Warnings Every Monsoon
Since 2009

Full DRR cycle: before, during & after

  • Preparedness: PRA-based multi-hazard risk mapping across all 14 CCRRC villages.
  • Early Warning: AI-IoT landslide & AmritaKripa flood alerts, 3–24 hr ahead.
  • Response: 400+ AYUDH volunteers; Navy, NDRF & police coordination (2018).
  • Recovery: trauma support, PMFBY crop insurance, MGNREGS action plans.
  • Mitigation & Adaptation: tsunami-resistant housing, nature-based slope stabilisation, climate-smart cropping, livelihood diversification, SHG buffers.

CCRRC network & recognition

  • 14 hubs · 200 spokes: pre-positioned resilience centres equipped with telemedicine, digital learning & DRR infrastructure before crises strike.
  • 25 states · 2,200+ communities: 300+ active projects across health, livelihood, education, agriculture & water; 1M+ beneficiaries via hub-and-spoke.
  • NABARD Award 2012 for Rural Innovations; parliamentary appreciation for landslide research; IPL World Centre of Excellence for 3 consecutive designations.

Scale-up Opportunity

Rural Health Resilience Hubs

Public health monitoring & preventive care

AI & IoT-enabled health screening

SHG-led community health programs

Tribal & aspirational district development

Telemedicine & specialist consultations

Maternal, child & women’s health

Capacity building & digital inclusion

Health, sanitation & water-quality surveillance

ALIGNED WITH RURAL DEVELOPMENT MANDATE

Rural & Tribal Reach

Aspirational districts & last mile

Women & SHG-Led

Community institutions own the model

Scalable & Replicable

Proven village-hub template

Evidence-Based

DST-backed, 100+ publications, 10+ patents

Affordable & Sustainable

Low-cost preventive, tech-enabled care

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