MHRD backs IITs to introduce medical courses

MHRD backs IITs to introduce medical courses

IIT Kharagpur is now being backed by the MHRD to start a medical college in collaboration with Indian Railways. The Minister of State for Human Resource and Development (HRD), D. Purandeswari has announced the amendment that says the courses in medical science can now be included in the Indian Institute of Technologys (IITs) curriculum.
In a written reply to Lok Sabha, Purandeswari said that the protests by the health ministry to avoid the amendment would not be allowed to come in the way of IIT-Kharagpur's plans to introduce a conventional course in medicine.
She referred to the objections by the health ministry, saying that the amendment was proposed as development in technology and medicine in most developing and developed countries were considered to be interdependent.


The health ministry had been opposing the move ever since IIT-Kharagpur had planned to introduce a course in medicine, saying that establishment of medical colleges by IIT was unwise.
The health ministry had advised IITs at a meeting of experts in February to begin courses in health information technology, biomedical engineering and e-health instead of running a hospital or a full fledged MBBS course.

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