The Indian Institute of Technology Madras has introduced a four-year offline Bachelor of Science programme in medical sciences and engineering. The first of its kind programme in the country will be offered in the Department of Medical Sciences and Technology (https://mst.iitm.ac.in) that was launched on Thursday.
Cognizant co-founder Lakshmi Narayanan and IIT-M director V. Kamakoti participated in the event in which a memorandum of understanding was signed with half a dozen medical institutions as well.
The interdisciplinary course will prepare students to design life-saving medical devices, drug discovery, artificial intelligence in medicine besides fundamental medical research.
