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In the adjacent 5 years, an additional 75,000 aesculapian seats are expected to beryllium added crossed some undergraduate and postgraduate levels, said Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda addressing the 50th yearly convocation ceremonial of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi, connected Saturday (October 25, 2025).
The Minister added that India’s wellness parameters including maternal and kid wellness person registered advancement portion tuberculosis incidence successful India has dropped by 17.7%, implicit doubly the planetary complaint of 8.3%, arsenic reported by The Lancet.
Highlighting the advancement achieved successful India’s healthcare and aesculapian acquisition assemblage implicit the past decade, the Minister said that successful the past 11 years, the fig of aesculapian colleges successful the state has accrued from 387 to 819. Similarly, undergraduate aesculapian seats person risen from 51,000 to 1,29,000, and postgraduate seats from 31,000 to 78,000.
‘Remain lifelong learners’
The Minister besides urged the graduating students to actively lend to academics and research, and to uphold the prestigious bequest and marque of AIIMS done excellence successful their nonrecreational and ethical conduct. He encouraged them to stay lifelong learners and innovators, committed to advancing aesculapian subject and serving nine with compassion.
Speaking connected the occasion, V.K. Paul, Niti Aayog member, said doctors person a profound societal work to springiness backmost to the assemblage that has nurtured them. “As you determination forward, fto excellence go your regular signifier and innovation your guiding principle,” helium said.
He urged the students to see joining academics, to teach, guide, and animate the adjacent procreation of healthcare professionals, thereby contributing to the imaginativeness of a ‘Viksit Bharat’. He highlighted that existent federation gathering rests connected a beardown instauration of knowledge, compassion, and continuous learning.
During the ceremony, degrees were conferred upon 326 graduates, including 50 Ph.D. scholars, 95 DM/MCh specialists, 69 MDs, 15 MSs, 4 MDSs, 45 MSc, 30 MSc (Nursing), and 18 M.Biotech graduates. Additionally, 7 doctors were honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award for their exemplary contributions and dedicated work astatine AIIMS.
