Kasturba Medical College

Dr. Sharath K Rao is the Dean at Kasturba Medical College, Kerala. Having worked in the industry for a considerable amount of time, he brings with him numerous possibilities to help students explore various dimensions of life. Read here what he has to say in his interview.

What is your philosophy of leadership? 

“It is essential to have an agile leadership style”

I am dealing with many talented people, whether in MBBS, post-graduation, or doing a PhD. An agile leadership style is necessary to deal with these talents. You need to have a pacesetter style of leadership in dealing with these students. At the same time, it’s also important for me to show them that I set the bar higher to myself and expect the team members also to do so. It helps to keep the team improving considerably. In turn, the institution grows and keeps pace with the advancements.

What is the rate of admissions in your college? Has it increased from the last year?

“We have the best of the best talents studying at our campus”

Our admission for MBBS is 250 students per year. For post-graduation in a broad specialty, we offer 219 seats in different specialties. In super-specialty, we offer 30 seats in various subjects. We run fellowship programs in various medical departments. We also run MSc courses in various subjects related to medicine & MPhil in PSW. Apart from this, we also encourage PhD programs, and more than 100 students are doing PhD in our institute.

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Have you introduced any new programs at your college?

“We have recently introduced new programs for the students to attain practical knowledge”

We have started DM in Infectious Diseases, MCh in Plastic Surgery, DM in Medical Oncology.

We have also started following courses:

  • Integrated MD-PhD
  • Fellowship in Oncosurgery
  • Fellowship in Advanced Obstetric Ultrasound
  • Fellowship in Head and Neck/Oral Oncology
  • Fellowship in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
  • Observership in Surgical Oncology
  • Certificate course in Psychodermatology
  • Fellowship in hand and microsurgery

What do you think your roles and responsibilities to the University and the students are?

“It is essential to keep pace with the current industrial trends”

We keep pace with the profound cultural shift taking place as our civilization transitions from a print-based industrial society to a technology-based Internet society. The hallmark of this shift has been described as the “technological convergence,” where a large and ever-growing range of digital technologies—such as robotics, big data, artificial intelligence (AI), and social networking—are increasingly working together to create powerful new applications. We need to have a cordial link between the students and the university to grow.

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With the competition so high, how do you guide your students to survive in such a competitive scenario?

“We make sure to create a mark in everyone’s lives”

KMC aims at trying to leave a mark in everybody’s life. We try to change the person's whole identity by helping them develop relevant skills. We produce creative, compassionate, communicative and competitive professionals. This helps them to face the challenges ahead in the industry.