IIT Madras Inaugurates Department Of Medical Sciences & Technology
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has launched a Department of Medical Sciences and Technology which will offer four-year BS programme in medical sciences and engineering in.
The department was launched on 11th May 2023, in the presence of Lakshmi Narayanan, Co-Founder, Cognizant; Prof V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, Medical clinicians on the Steering Committee of the department and other stakeholders.
The course offers an interdisciplinary approach to prepare students for designing life-saving medical devices, drug discovery, artificial intelligence in medicine and fundamental medical research. The department will train physicians to apply technology in their clinical practice and lay the foundation for physician-scientists training in India.
Medical doctors in India and abroad, who were also closely involved in the development of the curriculum, will be ‘Professors of Practice’ in this department, which has established tie-ups with hospitals and medical institutions in India.
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