The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education And Research. Under the collaboration both these institutes will offer a dual degree of MD PhD to students. The post graduate degree will be offered by SRIHER and the phD degree will be offered by the Department of Medical Sciences and Technology of IIT Madras.
The objective of the programme is to develop well trained scientists in India who will lead India's research department in the coming years. Recently, India has been witnessing a lot of brain drain and one of the potential reasons is the limited number of courses offered by institutes in the country. Post graduate students who have been admitted to SRIHER can apply for the PhD degree from IIT Madras in the second year of their program.
