In the academic year soon to start, the School of Medical Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur is all set to launch new academic programs in the fields of Biology and Engineering. The main aim of these programs to facilitate multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach in the field of biomedical research.
The new course will include a two year M.Tech course in Biomedical Engineering and all admissions in the course will be done through GATE ( Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) exam.
“These programmes will bridge the gap between medicine, biological sciences and engineering with a roadmap to develop world-class scientists and clinicians,” said Prof Suman Chakraborty, Head, School of Medical Science and Technology.
The course will include research area such as Bio-MEMS & Sensors, Cancer Research, Regenerative Medicine, Biomedical Instrumentation & Rehabilitative Medicine, Microfluidics & Point of Care Diagnostics, Cardiovascular Research, Biomaterials, Immunology and Immunotherapeutics, Biostatistics, Clinical and Epidemiological research, Biomarkers and Clinical Research Lab, Herbal Medicine, Medical Imaging & Image Analysis.
IIT-KGP is also in the process of launching a super specialty hospital which will become fully operational in 2019. The institute has also collaborated with numerous national and international bodies which will further strengthen the medical research and data analysis of the hospital.
“Innovations in technology have led to spectacular advancements in medicine. To meet the challenges posed by medicine in the 21st century, the country needs a new breed of medical professionals who can fuse together medicinal science with technology and can bridge the disciplines” added Chakraborty.