IIT Indore Launches Sustainability & Biomedical Engineering Schools

• Two new Mehta Family Schools to focus on sustainability and healthcare.
• New BTech programs in sustainable engineering and AI for healthcare.
• Curriculum includes clinical training, lab work, and industry ties.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore has declared the establishment of two new academic schools in collaboration with the Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta Family Foundation (MFF).

The two newly established schools are the Mehta Family School of Sustainability and the Mehta Family School of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering.

Two significant programs being launched at the undergraduate level will consist of BTech programs that emphasize medical devices, clinical data analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare uses. The other is a BTech program in Sustainable Engineering with Environmental Economics.

IIT Indore will additionally launch master's and doctoral programs. The announcement arrives at a moment when more than 12.3 lakh applicants took part in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2025, which serves as the gateway to engineering courses in institutions such as IIT Indore.

At the signing event, Prof Suhas Joshi, Director of IIT Indore, announced that the Mehta Family School of Sustainability will launch a unique undergraduate program combining environmental economics with sustainable engineering.

The institution will also provide three specialized postgraduate courses and a PhD program. Students will receive training that combines engineering, science, and economics to tackle intricate sustainability issues. The institution has established a plan to graduate over 400 students and educate more than 1,000 professionals via executive master’s and doctoral programs.

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The academic plan additionally involves partnering with industry, government, academia, and civil society to prepare a workforce for the sustainability sector.

The Mehta Family School of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering plans to introduce a new undergraduate program centered on medical devices, clinical data analysis, and artificial intelligence in health care. In addition to a PhD track, three postgraduate programs are being introduced in biotechnology, biomedical engineering, and medical devices.

The curriculum integrates biology, engineering, and data science, enhanced by project-led learning, clinical experiences at places such as AIIMS Bhopal and MGM Medical College Indore, along with access to practical facilities such as Breakerspace and Makerspace labs.