The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ajit Isaac, founder and chairman of Quess Corp, and his wife Sarah Isaac to set up a Centre for Public Health on its campus. They have committed ₹105 crore towards the centre, which will be called Isaac Centre for Public Health (ICPH). It will be located in the IISc Medical School’s Academic and Research block and span over 27,000 sq ft.
The centre will be part of the postgraduate medical school soon to be established on campus. Earlier this year, philanthropist couples Susmita and Subroto Bagchi, and Radha and N.S. Parthasarathy had donated ₹425 crore to IISc to set up a postgraduate medical college and an 800-bed multi-specialty hospital on its Bengaluru campus.
The goal of the centre, which is expected to become operational by 2024, is to encourage aspirants to pursue careers in clinical research to develop new treatments and healthcare solutions driven by a bench-to-bedside philosophy, said a statement from Quess Corp.
