The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, is venturing into medical education. The renowned tech institute has received permission and a Rs 230 crore grant to set up a super specialty hospital, where medical degrees will be given and research will be carried out.
Last week, the union health ministry cleared IIT-Kharagpur's decade-old demand to start specialised medical courses.
Approval has now been sought from the approval from the Medical Council of India. The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, is expected to design the curriculum.
The college will award MBBS, MD, MS and DM degrees. But the focus will be on research -- especially in in biomedical, clinical and translational areas. The hospital will also work on drug design and delivery.
Since 2001, IIT-Kharagpur has been running a school of medical science and technology, which has an inter-disciplinary three-year post-graduate programme in medical science and technology.
For the new venture, the authorities are collaborating with Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA and Imperial College, London on medical science.
A 32-bed medical unit -- set up for the faculty, employees and students -- is well on its way to become a 450-bed super specialty hospital over a three-acre plot on the edge of the campus.
Another 750 beds will be added gradually.
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