National, 11.08.2022: The Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India’s premier institute for advanced research and education, today entered into an MoU with Prashanth Prakash, founding partner of Accel and Chairman of Karnataka’s Startup Vision Group, to set up a geriatrics wing as part of IISc’s Bagchi-Parthasarathy hospital.
The Shantha & Prakash Geriatrics Wing is expected to be operational by the start of 2025. The wing will be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities in geriatrics to support academic and research programmes, and to enable PG students to undergo training of a world-class standard.
It will take forward the IISc Medical School objective of integrating science, engineering and medicine under a single umbrella to produce a new generation of physician-scientists.
Commenting on the occasion, Prof. Govindan Rangarajan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, said, “We thank Mrs. & Mr. Prashanth for their generosity in establishing this important geriatrics wing. Despite advances in integrative medicine, long-term care including post-acute care of the elderly is a universal challenge. With increasing life expectancy, it is also crucial to ensure healthy aging of the population. These multiple challenges require an interdisciplinary approach for effective care and we are sure that the Shanta & Prakash Geriatrics Wing will fuel and drive the much needed innovation in this space.”
Mr Prashanth said, “Proactively Managing Age-related comorbidities will help prolong the period during which individuals can enjoy maximum physical and cognitive independence. Through physician-scientists, there is immense potential for the Institute to bring advancements in Gerosciences and Healthy-aging to help people live their most extended, healthiest lives possible.”
About IISc
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was established in 1909 by a visionary partnership between the industrialist Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the Mysore royal family, and the Government of India. Since its inception, the Institute has laid a balanced emphasis on the pursuit of knowledge in science and engineering and applying its research findings for industrial and social benefit. In 2018, IISc was selected as an Institution of Eminence (IoE) by the Government of India, and it consistently figures among the top Indian institutions in world university rankings. According to the QS world university ranking 2022, IISc has secured the top place in the world in the citations per faculty metric, which is a measure of research impact. In 2022, IISc has started the construction of Bagchi-Parthasarathy Hospital as well as IISc Medical School in its Bengaluru Campus to train the next generation of physician-scientists in India by fostering interdisciplinary research, to address the healthcare needs of the world.
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