AI-Enabled Healthcare Innovation

Open-Source
Healthcare AI
for Bharat

Designing and deploying AI-enabled healthcare solutions that are co-created with users, open by design, and grounded in India’s cultural and clinical realities.

Our Mission

Behtar Foundation is a nonprofit on a mission to design and deploy open-source, AI-enabled healthcare for Bharat. Our solutions are co-created with users, open by design, and grounded in India’s cultural and clinical realities.

Our Partners

We believe in action through collaboration. Our work is made possible by a growing network of public institutions, startups, researchers, and nonprofits.

IIT Bombay
IIT Kanpur
VOPA
Wysa
EkStep
Ambitious Impact
IISC
JPAL
NIMHANS
PW
RNP
YourDost

Why Our Work Matters

When 70% of our population lives where only 30% of doctors practice, innovation isn't optional. Our AI solutions work across languages, literacy levels, and resource constraints—making quality healthcare accessible to millions, wherever they are.

70%

of Bharat lives in rural areas

<30%

of our doctors serve rural areas

40-70%

Treatment Gaps

33%

fewer doctors than WHO recommendation

Our Core Pillars

Open Source First

Open, accessible tools that organizations can adapt and scale

AI for Access

Decision support, triage, and personalization where care gaps are largest

Human + AI

Augmenting care by using technology for scale, never replacing it.

Made for Bharat

Built for gender, caste, language, and cultural nuance.

Built With, Not For

Every tool is co-created with users