The Fortis and SRL Group of Companies, leading integrated healthcare services providers in India, have contributed a sum of nearly Rs 6 crore in FY‘23 to the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M), as a part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) mandate.

The Brain Centre, launched in March 2022 at IIT-M focuses on mapping the human brain at cellular and connectivity levels and developing innovative technological solutions that will provide extraordinary and significant insights into the brain's neural networks and take the country to the world’s centre stage.

Fortis and SRL Group aspire to advance healthcare technology through its social development initiatives to improve community health outcomes while focusing on the sustainable development of society. Contribution to the Brain Centre is a potent way of fostering and promoting research and development (& innovation) to benefit society's current and future generations.

“This pioneering research perfectly aligns with our commitment to promote and fund innovation in medical sciences. As a healthcare services provider, our aim in this collaboration is to foster revolutionary solutions that will pave the way for the future of healthcare innovation for decades to come." said Dr Ashutosh Raghuvanshi, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Fortis Healthcare.