BENGALURU: Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has partnered with technology course provider TalentSprint for advanced education and research in sciences and engineering. As a part of the multi-year partnership, IISc and TalentSprint would launch its first programme -- Advanced Certification Program in Digital Health & Imaging -- beginning July, said TalentSprint in a press release. This programme reflects the current reality of acute global disruptions in healthcare. This course is targeted towards professionals who are keen to master cutting edge tech solutions in eHealth, personalized healthcare, biotech, medical devices, wearables and digital therapeutics. The six-month programme will be offered in a hybrid format suitable for executive education. TalentSprint said applications are now open for the first batch of select 50 candidates. "The partnership with TalentSprint will allow us to open up executive education to individual learners. The debut programme is at the intersection of data science and biomedical sciences. This field has been emerging over the last few years and has gathered serious momentum in the wake of Covid-19, Anurag Kumar, Director of IISc, was quoted saying. According to TalentSprint, this programme is ideal for current and aspiring professionals in Clinical Data Science, Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, InsureTech, Medical Science and Startups for whom digital healthcare would be the new normal.