Himachal Pradesh Cabinet has approved hiring retired professors for new medical colleges in Nahan, Chamba, Hamirpur and Nerchowk to tackle faculty shortages. Learn about the pay structure, reasons behind the move, related initiatives like raising retirement ageand what it means for medical students and patients.
At the ongoing AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, the government has announced plans to provide AI tools and e book access to medical students in about 57 government medical colleges in smaller towns and rural areas. The initiative aims to bridge the academic gap, improve clinical learning, and modernise medical education across India through digital resources.
Read MoreAIIMS institutions across India are facing major staffing shortages. AIIMS Delhi alone has 446 vacant faculty posts out of 1306 sanctioned positions, with 2542 non faculty posts also unfilled. Newer institutes show even higher vacancy rates, including AIIMS Mangalagiri with about 52% faculty posts vacant, AIIMS Deoghar nearly 50%, AIIMS Rajkot around 48% and AIIMS Bibinagar about 45%.
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