IIT Kharagpur to Offer NMC-Accredited MD Courses From 2026-27
NEET-PG candidates can now list a campus-run medical programme at an IIT, with 12 seats across six subjects in Round 2 of counselling.
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IIT Kharagpur will start postgraduate medical courses in the 2026-27 session, becoming the first IIT to offer degrees accredited by the National Medical Commission, The Tribune reported on 13 November. The institute has 12 MD seats, two each in six subjects, to be filled through NEET-PG counselling, and training will be at its Dr B C Roy Multi-Speciality Medical Research Centre in West Bengal.
12 Seats in Six Subjects
The MD seats are in general medicine, radiology, physiology, pathology, community medicine and biochemistry. Admission will be through NEET-PG counselling, where the IIT’s seats come in Round 2, subject to eligibility and the seat matrix. Fees were not given in the report.
Shorter Than the Original Plan
In March, ThePrint reported that the institute had applied to the medical commission for 20 seats, announced by Director Suman Chakraborty on 28 March. The plan had first gone to the institute’s board of governors on 23 September 2025. The education ministry backed it, while the health ministry had the final say. ThePrint said the institute had appointed 20 doctors to teach, with students to train at the Dr B C Roy centre and the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Super Speciality Hospital, which is expanding to a 220-bed inpatient hospital. The Tribune’s 12-seat figure is lower than the 20 sought; the report does not explain the difference.
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Engineering Meets Clinical Training
The institute says the courses will combine clinical training with engineering, artificial intelligence, biomedical sciences and translational research, with a focus on AI-assisted diagnostics, medical imaging and affordable medical technology. Chakraborty said the first batch “will be pioneers of this new journey.”
Round 2 Dates Still to Come
Candidates will see the seats only when Round 2 opens; the report gives no counselling dates. IIT Kharagpur was founded in 1951 and is the country’s oldest IIT.
Source: Based on reporting by The Tribune, ThePrint and SiliconIndia. No official NMC document found; searched NMC and IIT Kharagpur reports.
Image: IIT Kharagpur / Wikimedia Commons.
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