Kharagpur, Nov. 12 -- In a landmark development for Indian higher education and healthcare, IIT Kharagpur, the country's first Indian Institute of Technology, has become the first IIT in India to introduce postgraduate medical degree programmes accredited by the National Medical Commission (NMC).

Beginning with the academic session 2026-27, the Institute will welcome its inaugural cohort of MD students at the Dr BC Roy Multi-Speciality Medical Research Centre, marking a transformative expansion of the IIT system into postgraduate medical education.

For aspiring medical specialists, this is a rare opportunity to pursue postgraduate medical education within the interdisciplinary intellectual ecosystem of an IIT, where clinical challenges ...