New Delhi: The Academic Council of Jawaharlal University Nehru (JNU) on Tuesday approved the formation of a medical school with a hospital with an estimated cost of Rs 900 Crore to create a research ecosystem in the field of biomedical fields.
The university will also set up a special 500-bed special house in 25 hectares of land in the southwest corner of the campus.
Schools and hospitals tend to be built in 2024.
The school will integrate modern medicine with traditional medicine.
Align with multidisciplinary teaching and multidisciplinary research and interdisciplined national education policies, in addition to collaborating in research in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Molecular Medicine, System Treatment, Nanoscience and Social Medicine, will offer an Academic program from MBBS to PhD.
M Jagadesh Kumar, JNU Vice-Chancellor, said, “After the Technical School and School of Management and Entrepreneurship Bihari Vajpayee Atal, Medical School is needed.
A medical school that has newer health technology with an updated curriculum will complement each other with existing expertise With intimate and smooth contacts in biological teaching and biomedical and research on campus.
“” JNU will contribute and continue the transformation of medical education by integrating it with natural sciences, social sciences, and traditional medicines.
Given the diversity and depth of available skills and competencies.
In JNU, this is the right time to fulfill the aspirations of students and the community, “Kumar added.
According to a proposal approved by the AC, which will now be placed before the Executive Board on August 24, medical schools will offer academic programs such as PhD, MD-PHD, MD, MS, DM, and MBBS.
The MBBS curriculum will be in accordance with the National Medical Commission guidelines, which will consist of nine semesters followed by one-year internships.
“Emphasis must be given to integrate modern drugs with traditional medicine, including the use of knowledge systems from the humanities.
Integrated patient services between modern and traditional drugs must be translated every day.
In addition, clinical research must also be integrated,” said the document.
In traditional learning, pre-clinical education will involve lectures, small group discussions and laboratory sessions.
Similarly, the traditional clinical phase of medical education will consist of lectures and group discussions, in addition to the hospital rotation.
There will be 17 departments of spacious specialization and supporters and 16 special departments.
There are plans to establish non-conventional departments such as international medicine, complementary and alternative medicine, experimental drugs and future translation research where 50% of the faculty position can be reserved for scientists.
This will start its operations with 259 faculty members in the ratio of 1: 2: 4 for professors, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor.
Meanwhile, objections to developments, the JNU teacher association wrote to the Ministry of Education Union which stated that the academic council meeting held by VC was once again “open insubordination” of several procedures mentioned.
“The meeting saw the representative of Chancellor looking for AC approval for the establishment of a medical school and a special super hospital without a previous discussion about the feasibility of such programs with members of the faculty of social medicine and other related schools,” it added.
JNU to Build Medical & Hospital Schools
