IIT Kharagpur to Establish Medical School

IIT Kharagpur to Establish Medical School
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) has signed a preliminary agreement with the University of California, San Diego Health Sciences to collaborate in the development of an International Medical Center (IMC) at the IIT.

The goal of the agreement is to jointly establish a state-of-the-art medical center at IIT Kharagpur, which will be the first-of-its kind between a U.S. University and an Indian Institution.

Under the agreement, a 300-bed, state-of-the-art hospital would be built on land provided by IIT Kharagpur.

The International Academic Medical Center (IMC) will include a research and development center, as well as an infrastructure for the training of health care providers.

UC San Diego will partner in developing the IMC, providing leadership and training in such areas as nursing, hospital administration, health information systems, pharmaceutical practices, telemedicine, quality assessment and safety, among others.