Global REACH: India Platform

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Welcome to India

Learn more about our partnering collaborators in India.

Overview

The India Platform spans a number of multi-disciplinary partnerships across some of the country’s leading institutions. The University of Michigan’s relationship with All India Institute of Medical Science, in New Delhi, stretches back to 2011 with more recent collaborations with Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, in Kochi, and Manipal University, in Udupi City.

Partnerships focus on trauma and surgery, antimicrobial resistance, genetic research of developmental disorders, and more. Michigan Medicine’s Kellogg Eye Center has a longstanding relationship with India’s unique Aravind Eye Care Center and the Global Surgery Center recently entered into a new partnership with GVK, India’s primary ambulance service provider, that will focus on emergency response training.

Platform at a Glance

Partner Institutions:
All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi
Amrita Institute of Medical Science, Kochi
Manipal University, Udupi City
Aravind Eye Care System, Madurai

Activities:
Capacity Building
Research Training
Student Exchange

Primary Focus Areas:
Emergency Medicine
Trauma Surgery
Oncology
Ophthalmology

Featured Collaborations

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GVK Partnership

GVK Partnership
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Aravind Training Partnership

Learn about Aravind Training Partnership.

Aravind Training Partnership

Publications with Collaborators in India

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View a list of publications authored by Global REACH Faculty Network members with collaborators from India in the 22-23 academic year. Throughout the year, more than 100 Global REACH Faculty Associates (from the medical school) and Faculty Affiliates (from other health science disciplines) published 384 papers with foreign co-authors, including about 30 with colleagues in India.

View all Countries' Publications from 2022-23

India Platform News

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Medical School News

COVID-eo Conference: How a U-M physician helped care for patients in India during the pandemic

Krishnan Raghavendran used the videoconference tools popularized during the pandemic to help colleagues in India care for their most difficult COVID cases.
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Medical School News

New Training Grant Finds Kellogg Eye Center Partnering With India’s Leading Eye Hospital

A new NIH-funded project supports partnership between Kellogg Eye Center and Aravind Eye Hospital to develop a clinical research training program.
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Department News

New Program will Support Residents and Fellows interested in Global Health

Set to launch this fall, the year-long Certificate in Global Health program aims to bring together a community of future leaders for workshops, mentoring, project development, and networking.
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Department News

Scholars from Taiwan mark completion of two-year research experience at UMMS

Four visiting scholars from Taiwan recently completed a two-year fellowship and research experience at Michigan Medicine, marking the milestone with final presentations spotlighting their innovative research and plans for continued collaboration.
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Department News

Students ponder differences, shared challenges during visit to China

A dozen third-year University of Michigan medical students traveled to China in April to participate in the 2026 U.S.-China Youth Health Dialogue, an immersive academic exchange designed to deepen connections between medical communities in the United States and China.