Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Director, IIT Kharagpur announces opening of a new centre of “School for Skills: Healthcare & Technology” (SFS Academies) at IIT Kharagpur. This marks the 12th centre of SFS in 6 states in India and 4th higher educational institute collaboration (IIT Guwahati, IIT Indore, NIT Meghalaya).

“SFS Academies” (School for Skills) is now at IIT Kharagpur, the oldest and largest IIT in India. An MoU was signed with Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Director IIT Kgp today. This capstone event builds on our continuing presence in IIT Guwahati, IIT Indore and NIT Meghalaya. SFS (spread in 6 states in India) will offer multiple allied health courses to the local youths in the IIT environment and develop them as digitally-literate, technology-savvy next-gen health workers, thus paving the way for stable and formal employment in the health sector.

Our heartfelt gratitude to Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Prof. Soumen Das, School of Medical Science & Technology IIT Kharagpur, and faculty members of Dr B C Roy Multi-speciality Medical Research Centre IIT Kharagpur. It is so humbling to see you come forward and lead capacity-building among the forgotten youths of India!