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Here is a good news for the students pursuing their doctoral, postgraduate and undergraduate courses from JIPMER, as the institute has been given a permit by Indian Council of Medical Research or ICMR to carry out research projects in their state-of-the-art laboratory. The move is part of the program of the institute that became autonomous through an act of Parliament in the year 2007.
A press release, from the Dean of the institute R P Swaminathan, stated that this recently innovative approach was approved by JPMER's Board of Studies. It mentioned that the Director General of ICMR had approved the students of JIPMER to visit research labs of ICMR. The institute has also agreed to take up few research projects in its labs. Students from the second and third year will be deployed to ICMR labs during their vacations.
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The Dean further said that the students of the institute would be able to visit other renowned government sponsored national as well as international labs and hospitals of their choice during the vacation. The faculty of the institute would help the students to develop research aptitude and get necessary standard knowledge on research in health science which has already been done in labs. The new teaching and training curricula will launch a new program for the post graduates and graduate students.
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JIPMER is one of the oldest and premier medical schools in India, located at Pondicherry. It is a central government funded institute with autonomy to function its internal administration. The institute offers postgraduate and undergraduate medical training. It also has a hospital that offers inexpensive medical facilities to a large number of economically weaker patients.
