States »SoutPosted at: Apr 29 2021 1:16PM In a first, academics come out with white paper on biomedical engg
Chennai, Apr 29 (UNI) For the first time in India, academics
from top educational institutions in the country have come
out with a whitepaper on Biomedical Engineering (BME)
education.
Titled ‘Future of Biomedical Engineering programs in India,’
the whitepaper aims to help improve the quality of BME
programs in India by identifying and addressing many
challenges and bringing together all the stakeholders.
The top recommendations of the whitepaper included Engineers
to teach in medical colleges, doctors and industrialists to teach
BME in engineering colleges, every Biomedical Engineering
college should partner with medical colleges for AICTE
accreditation and for developing medical devices, establish
a ‘National BME Development Committee’ with representatives
from the medical devices industry. BME education in India to
be revamped with outcome-based education, a ‘Medical Device
Corridor,’ similar to the ‘Defence Corridor,’ to be designed for
achieving self-reliance in medical devices, Biomedical Engineers
to be mandated in hospitals for accreditation, and they be qualified
under the newly-introduced GATE (BME) and hospitals to provide
internships to BME students.
It also recommended developing BME of AYUSH using rigorous
scientific methods, develop special programs and courses for Yoga
Engineering and Technology, Siddha Engineering and Technology
and Ayurveda Science Engineering and Technology., besides
integrating exponential technologies such as AI/ML, Data Analytics,
VR/AR/MR, Robotics, Drones, 3D printing with the prevention and
wellness science and technology: AYUSH.
Writing the foreword for the whitepaper, Dr.Vinod K. Paul, Member,
NITI Aayog, said, “I am glad to note that the challenges faced by the
Biomedical Engineering community in India are well documented in
this whitepaper along with the recommendations to solve these
challenges.
''We will do our best to address those challenges in the future”, he said.
“I hope that this document will help Biomedical Engineering community
to deepen understanding of health from the holistic science and technology
and provide best healthcare to everyone in India and the world'', he said.
''It is also my hope and expectation that this whitepaper will provide an
effective referenced resource for all stakeholders of biomedical engineering
and health professionals caring everyone specifically for infants and children
leading to improved wellness-care'', Dr Vinod said.
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