(THE GIST OF PIB) SAHI and BODH Initiative

(FEBRUARY-2026)

SAHI and BODH Initiative

The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare will launch two key national initiatives namely SAHI and BODH at the India AI Summit at Bharat Mandapam.

About SAHI and BODH Initiative:

About SAHI:

The Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare for India (SAHI) is a national guidance framework to enable the safe, ethical, evidence-based, and inclusive adoption of Artificial Intelligence across India’s healthcare system.
It aims to provide strategic direction on governance, data stewardship, validation, deployment, and monitoring of AI solutions, while supporting States and institutions in responsible adoption aligned with public health priorities.

About BODH:

The Benchmarking Open Data Platform for Health AI (BODH)developed by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in collaboration with the National Health Authority,
It is a privacy-preserving benchmarking platform that enables rigorous evaluation of AI models using diverse, real-world health data without sharing underlying datasets.
It is a digital public good under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission,
Significance: It is designed to strengthen trust, transparency, and quality assurance in Health AI deployment.