‘Start dual degree progs in AIIMS’

Bhubaneswar: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan urged his cabinet colleague Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya to start dual degree programmes in AIIMS Bhubaneswar by collaborating with IIT Bhubaneswar.
Speaking at the 4th annual convocation of AIIMS Bhubaneswar, he said the final year MBBS, MS and MD students can go for deep learning on mechanical and digital aspects of their subjects with the help of IIT Bhubaneswar. Similarly, IIT Bhubaneswar students can get to know about medical science while making machines for hospitals, he added.
AIIMS, Jammu and IIT, Jammu have jointly started a dual degree programme for a duration of 4.5 years for their students. Similarly, we can start dual degree programmes at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar and IIT, Bhubaneswar, said Pradhan.