Longevity India Initiative

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About Longevity India Initiative

It is a project focused on efforts to extend human ‘health span’ and tackle ageing-related challenges.
The initiative has also started a large-scale clinical study that will involve researchers from multiple IISc departments, clinicians, industry, philanthropists and civil society.
This initiative seeks to enhance the understanding of ageing through both fundamental and applied research, and to develop solutions that can improve quality of life.
It will leverage advanced research to develop interventions that can help manage age-related diseases more effectively, with an emphasis on promoting healthy ageing across India.
Funding: The initiative has received initial grant funding support from Prashanth Prakash, Founding Partner, Accel India.
Significance
- India’s elderly population projected to surge to 347 million by 2050, it is imperative that there is a need to leverage technology to provide accessible geriatric healthcare, nurture the silver economy and invest in digital systems that support ageing populations.

Q1: What is the Demographic dividend?

It refers to a period in a country’s demographic transition when the proportion of the working-age population (typically ages 15 to 64) is larger than the dependent population (young children and elderly).

Source: IISc Launches ‘Longevity India Initiative’ to Pioneer Ageing Research in India