Archive · 5 Jun 2025
MUHS Launches CHAKRA to Advance Healthcare in Maharashtra
Imagine a new center called CHAKRA, created by MUHS, like a super-smart school for healthcare.
It's designed to make healthcare better by using new technology, research, and learning methods.
Students will learn with simulations, doctors can keep learning new things, and the public will have access to innovative and affordable healthcare solutions.
CHAKRA will have special labs, digital tools, and help create new healthcare businesses.
It will focus on important topics like genetic health, public health, and community-based healthcare.
The goal is to improve healthcare for everyone, especially in the countryside.
The center has a plan to be successful and is designed to improve healthcare across Maharashtra and potentially nationally.
MUHS launched CHAKRA to transform healthcare education and research in Maharashtra.
CHAKRA will be a central hub for innovation, technology, and socially relevant healthcare.
The initiative aims to advance research, promote digital learning, and support healthcare startups.
It will use a hub-and-spoke model to ensure equitable access to education and healthcare.
The center aligns with the National Education Policy and aims for a health-secure India.
- Who
- Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), including students, faculty, doctors, healthcare workers, and the public.
- What
- Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) launched CHAKRA, a Centre for Health, Applied Knowledge & Research Autonomy.
- When
- Launched on Sunday
- Where
- Nagpur and MUHS Headquarters in Nashik, with a focus on urban and rural Maharashtra.
- Why
- To transform health education and research, promote innovation, and improve healthcare in Maharashtra.
- CHAKRA Name
- Centre for Health, Applied Knowledge & Research Autonomy
- Institution
- MUHS
- Operational Model
- Hub-and-spoke model
- Funding
- Rs 14.80 crore
- Action Plan
- 150-day
- Key Components
- Faculty development, simulation lab, digital learning studio, clinical trial center, digital health center, incubation hub, digital health museum
- Priorities
- Genetic health, public health, digital tools, community-driven healthcare