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IIT Kharagpur becomes first IIT to offer six postgraduate medical courses

IIT Kharagpur becomes first IIT to offer six postgraduate medical courses

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IIT Kharagpur has become the first Indian Institute of Technology to launch postgraduate medical courses. It will offer six MD programmes—General Medicine, Radiology, Physiology, Pathology, Community Medicine and Biochemistry—each with two seats, making a total of 12 postgraduate medical seats. The courses are slated to begin from 2026 and run through 2027, and they are designed to blend medicine with artificial intelligence and technology.

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The six programmes on offer are MD General Medicine, MD Radiology, MD Physiology, MD Pathology, MD Community Medicine and MD Biochemistry, with two seats in each discipline

Coverage arrived over 4 hours. First from The Federal, latest from Deccan Chronicle.

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First reported by The Federal at 11:39 UTC on 12 Nov.

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  5. The Economic Times Bennett, Coleman & Co.

    IIT Kharagpur becomes first IIT to offer NMC-accredited postgraduate medical degrees

    IIT Kharagpur is set to become the first IIT to offer postgraduate medical degree programmes. The inaugural cohort of MD students will begin in the academic session 2026-27 at the Dr B C Roy Multi-Speciality Medical Research Centre. Admissions will be conducted through the NEET-PG online counselling…

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  11. The Hindu BusinessLine The Hindu Group (Kasturi & Sons) Current article

    IIT Kharagpur becomes first IIT to offer six postgraduate medical courses

    The six programmes on offer are MD General Medicine, MD Radiology, MD Physiology, MD Pathology, MD Community Medicine and MD Biochemistry, with two seats in each discipline

    Read at The Hindu BusinessLine ↗
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