IIT Hyderabad launches new B.Tech program in Biomedical Engineering

According to the institute, the curriculum of BTech in Biomedical Engineering is designed around 4 verticals- bio-imaging/sensing, bio-mechanics, bio-materials & bio-intelligence / AI.

IIT Admissions 2020: Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad launched a new BTech program in Biomedical Engineering. The programme introduced by IIT-H aims to train world-class biomedical engineers in next-generation healthcare technologies and prepare them to work at the frontiers of healthcare innovations in the deep-tech industry or academia. According to the institute, the curriculum of BTech in Biomedical Engineering is designed around 4 verticals- bio-imaging/sensing, bio-mechanics, bio-materials & bio-intelligence / AI. They rest on a single horizontal - core training in physiology, anatomy, systems science, mathematics, circuits, instrumentation, mechanics, and algorithms.

Talking about the newly introduced program, IIT Director B S Murty, Director said, “IIT Hyderabad has taken a bold step towards Athma Nirbhar Bharat through Athma Viswaas, by developing a strong BTech program in Biomedical Engineering thereby inculcating biomedical education in young minds from the grassroots, with the BTech program for the first time among all IITs. We strongly believe that this program will help in bringing out indigenous medical devices of high quality that serve all sections of the country.”

This new program will produce biomedical engineers who will be able to design medical devices, develop 3D imagers and microscopes, crunch mountains of healthcare data, recognize patterns in health and disease, simulate and predict the spread of epidemics, create brain-spinal systems in silico, move prosthetics with your thoughts, 3D print a cornea, bone or skin, develop nano-particles to fight tumors or burn them down with ultrasound, design implants, regenerate organs from stem cells, create biosensors on a chip, model impact on body, craft algorithms that mimic our body and brain and much more.

Meanwhile, there are 23 IITs in which candidates who have cleared the JEE Advanced 2020 examination can apply for admission including IIT Hyderabad. According to the Director of  IIT Delhi, Dr. V Ramgopal Rao, this year more than 16000 seats are available for admissions in 23 IITs across India. A total of 36,497 male and 6,707 women candidates have qualified the IIT admission test this year. 

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