IIT-Kanpur soon to open a medical college

IIT-Kanpur soon to open a medical college

IIT-Kanpur is all set to establish its medical college and before that Center for Engineering in Medicine near its campus. The new center will offer Masters and PhD level courses and enrollments will begin from October. Center for Engineering in Medicine will have 50 seats. The medical college-cum-specialty hospital will offer Master’s level courses.Abhay Karandikar, director, IIT-K informed indianexpress.com, “We are preparing a detailed project report with the help of Tata Trust. It should be ready within two months and we will then propose it to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD). The official announcement will be made thereafter.” According to the proposal, the super-specialty hospital will be set up on 20 acres of land and will have 500-bed capacity. “We already have a very strong biological discipline, including biosciences and bioengineering departments. Thus, we will begin by first setting up a center for engineering in medicine from October. Candidates will be enrolled based on JEE and JAM scores. The medical college will begin by offering MD, MS (PG) levels, though we do wish to offer MBBS courses too in future,” remarked Karandikar. The demand for integrated courses in engineering and biology are soaring across IITs and keeping the demand in mind GATA 2020 will have Biomedical Engineering (BM) this year.If all goes according to the plan, then IIT-K will be the first-ever engineering institute to have its own medical college.

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