nibedita pani director of post graduate institute of medical education and research and capital hospital bhubaneswar told hemanta pradhan about the institutions teaching and research works she shared her experience of starting the new institute with the first batch and a plan to add six new departmentsis there any plan to start new courses in pgimeryes we are planning to start six new departments which will offer pg courses in pathology microbiology biochemistry forensic medicine and toxicology fmt anaesthesia and ophthalmology each department will have three pg seats we can start these courses after getting approval from the national medical commission nmc at present the institute has admitted five students each in obstetrics and gynaecology og medicine and surgery department four in paediatrics three in respiratory medicine and two in orthopaedics department has your institution started research along with teachingyes we had an ethical committee meeting and selected 31 research papers students and teachers will work on these papers so far we have four publications our students are very active in treating patients of capital hospital apart from study and other work students have submitted very good ideas for research projects we will give them facilities to start their work when will the permanent campus of the institute become functionalconstruction of a permanent campus for the pgimer is under way it will come up on capital hospital land according to the agreement the permanent campus will be ready by january 2024last year pgimer had conducted admission for its first batch how is it goingwe had conducted the admission for pg courses in october and november last year their classes and seminars are under way smoothly their one round of internal examination is already over digital classrooms or smart classroom facilities have been provided to the students they are interacting with different teachers and reputed doctors via videoconferencing we are holding mutual exchange programmes for the benefit of students our students had visited aiims bhubaneswar while students and teachers from a private medical college had visited us we are also holding interactions with different colleges all six departments have smart classroom facilities teachers are working very hard to maintain the standard of the institute we are working in a united manner for the betterment of the students patients and institute any new plan for the institute apart from adding new pg courseswe are discussing with the whos regional office in india for a collaboration on a research project regarding growth of children a team will come to our institute to hold discussions we have both boys and girls hostels of the institute our institute will come under the odisha university of health services here