ITI and Thalamus Irwine demonstrate Technology to Revolutionize Healthcare under “One Nation, One Health Card"

Bengaluru: With the rising second wave of COVID-19 in India & the growing need for a COVID and Health Passport System, ITI Ltd., a state-run PSU under Ministry of Communications and Thalamus Irwine, Delhi based AI Firm, under its healthcare platform Garuda, have demonstrated a working proof of concept (PoC) for the technology that can accelerate the rollout of “One Nation, One Health Card” vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.

Complementing the vision of “One Nation One Health Card” of Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi with this initiative, Shri. Rakesh Mohan Agarwal, Chairman, and Managing Director ITI Ltd said, “ITI's partnership with Garuda allows us to bring blockchain technology to the forefront of the healthcare ecosystem. The very first PoC of this AI-based testing was conducted in Bangalore and another was done in the Delhi airport under the brand Garuda. With this initiative, we have taken one step ahead of this by using BlockChain Technology for safe storage of the data. To provide data security, ITI has already established a tier 3 Data Centre where information of all the health cards of citizens can be safely stored. This is the first kind of technology that helps build a Robust Health care eco System. With this unique collaboration, ITI is set to be one of the first PSUs to store medical data on a Blockchain network.

Highlighting the importance of Blockchain Technology for National Digital Health Mission, Shri. Rishabh Sharma, Founder, Thalamus Irwine, Garuda Blockchain Platform, said, “This demonstration is an end-to-end digital health ecosystem where we have performed a serosurvey using an AI-enabled medical device and also compiled the analytics in real-time followed by storing that data on the blockchain network. This indigenously developed blockchain technology will include India in the list of very few countries that have successfully demonstrated its ability to use blockchain in a healthcare ecosystem. The demonstrated technology can unify India’s massive healthcare ecosystem under a single umbrella, using a blockchain backend.”

Commenting on the partnership between ITI & Garuda, Shri. David Moss, Founder, and CEO of StrongBlock and Co-Leader of the historic launch of EOS Mainnet & former executive of BlockOne said, “The achievement to store medical data on the blockchain network marks a pivotal step for India in blockchain technology's future and its widespread adoption. This proof of concept serves as the fundamental and best step forward towards India's plans for its National Digital Health Mission, and an opportunity for global leadership in the adoption of blockchain technology in the ecosystem.”