India has launched two national initiatives to strengthen the use of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare. The Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare for India (SAHI) and the Benchmarking Open Data Platform for Health AI (BODH) aim to support safe, ethical, evidence-based and inclusive adoption of AI across the health system. The initiatives are part of India’s wider effort to build a trusted digital health ecosystem under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission.
SAHI Framework
SAHI is a national guidance framework for responsible AI adoption in healthcare. It provides direction on governance, data stewardship, validation, deployment and monitoring of AI solutions. It is designed to help States, institutions and health systems use AI in a manner aligned with public health priorities.
BODH Platform
BODH has been developed by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in collaboration with the National Health Authority. It is a privacy-preserving benchmarking platform for evaluating AI models using diverse real-world health data. The platform allows testing without sharing the underlying datasets, which supports data security and privacy.
Significance for Health Sector
The two initiatives are intended to improve trust, transparency and quality assurance in Health AI deployment. They also aim to encourage innovation while ensuring that AI tools are assessed rigorously before wider use in clinical and public health settings.
Digital Public Good and Global Relevance
BODH has been positioned as a digital public good under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission. Together, SAHI and BODH are expected to strengthen India’s capacity to develop a robust, responsible and globally competitive health AI ecosystem.
Last Modified: April 28, 2026