India, Nov. 12 -- In a landmark development for Indian higher education and healthcare, IIT Kharagpur, the country's first Indian Institute of Technology, has achieved another historic first, becoming the first IIT in India to introduce postgraduate medical degree (MD) 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. B. C. Roy Multi-Speciality Medical Research Centre, marking a transformative expansion of the IIT system into postgraduate medical education.

The significance of this milestone extends far beyond the introduction of six medical specialisations i.e. General Medicine, Radiology, Physiology, Pat...