Overview
- IIT Kharagpur announced on Thursday that the National Medical Commission has approved six NMC‑accredited MD programmes with a total intake of 12 students, two seats per speciality.
- The courses will be based at the Dr B. C. Roy Medical College and use the institute’s Syama Prasad Mookerjee superspeciality hospital plus partner hospitals for hands‑on clinical training.
- Admissions will be handled through NEET‑PG 2026 online counselling via the Medical Counselling Committee, with the programmes made available in Round 2 for the 2026–27 session.
- IIT Kharagpur says the pilot is designed to train clinician‑innovators by integrating clinical teaching with the institute’s strengths in engineering, artificial intelligence and biomedical research.
- The institute plans fees and stipends on lines similar to AIIMS, aims to start classes in early January 2027, and is keeping a separate MBBS proposal on hold while it builds clinical capacity.