Nashik: Maharashtra University of Health Sciences and IIT-Mumbai signed an MoU on Thursday to collaborate in various fields for the benefit of medical and engineering students.
MUHS Vice Chancellor lieutenant general Dr. Madhuri Kanitkar (retired), and IIT Mumbai the director, Subhasis Chaudhari, signed the MoU in the presence of the state minister of medical education girish mahajanthe state secretary for medical education, Ashwini Joshi, and the director of state medical education and research, Dr. Dileep Mhaiskar.
kanitkar he told TOI that the deal would be a boon for students at MUHS affiliated medical colleges and students at IIT Bombay. “MUHS and IIT Bombay will work closely together for capacity building towards the digital health mission. The courses will be designed accordingly and the faculties will be shared between the two,” Kanitkar said.
MUHS will send selected medical students to undertake a summer internship program at IIT Bombay. This program will start in the next summer season.
“We will also have an exchange program where biotechnology and bioengineering students from IIT Bombay will visit our medical colleges. Similarly, our students will visit IIT Bombay,” she said. IIT Mumbai has an innovation hub where MUHS will work with innovation experts and startups in the healthcare sector, she added.
