RAKSHAK is a flagship program of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), which focuses on Remedial Action, Knowledge Skimming and Holistic Analysis of COVID-19. The program aims to create an AI based platform (“RAKSHAK platform”) for responding to medical and other national emergencies. The project RAKSHAK will be executed through a consortium of academia, researchers, and industry. The unique execution model is designed with the ease of transferring the solutions developed to the society through start-ups and the industry.

Acting as the focal point and nodal AI Technology Infrastructure for enabling the ecosystem for application-based tehnology development, deployment and transfer to take on top-level challenges identified or inter-ministerial projects calling for AI-based solutions.