Anand Mahindra explores option to establish medical college at Mahindra University
Anand Mahindra, the Mahindra Group Chairman is exploring the idea of establishing a medical college on the campus of Mahindra University.
Citing a report on the number of Indian medical students studying abroad in countries like China, Ukraine, Russia and others, Anand Mahindra, the Mahindra Group Chairman has said that he had no idea about the shortfall of medical colleges in India. He has asked CP Gurnani, the MD and CEO of Tech Mahindra to explore the idea of setting up a medical college on the campus of Mahindra University.
His tweet reads, "I had no idea that there was such a shortfall of medical colleges in India. @C_P_Gurnani could we explore the idea of establishing a medical studies institution on the campus of @MahindraUni ?"
Union parliamentary affairs minister Prahlad Joshi has recently claimed that around 90% of the Indians who study medicine outside India fail to clear the qualifying exams in India. However, the doctors in Punjab have said that fewer and too expensive seats are the reasons why students go abroad to study medical courses.
In India, there are a total of 44,555 MBBS seats offered by 302 government medical colleges through the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).
About Mahindra University
It was established in collaboration with Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) Hyderabad and École Centrale Paris. The university is a UGC recognised university and sponsored by the Mahindra Educational Institutions (MEI). It offers these courses - BTech, BA, BBA and PhD.
The university is in Hyderabad and it is spread over 126 acres of land. It offers all necessary facilities to students including Wi-Fi enabled campus and accommodation facilities, well-equipped labs, and classrooms. Mahindra University has six schools including the Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure & Systems (CSIS), Cente for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE), and Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) etc.
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