“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced.”

Swami Vivekananda   

During the last few decades, the world has witnessed the advancements in the realm of medical science and technology, primarily because of the amalgamation of medical science and engineering. The need of professionals, who are well versed in both the domains, emerges as the utmost requirements considering the challenges posted by Medical Science today. With the mission in our hands, the school of Medical Science and Technology appeared as the first and also the "only" of its kind in the country to have doctors, scientists and engineers to work collaboratively on various projects. The school provides an excellent platform where engineers, doctors, biologists and researchers from various disciplines can interact and work to sever the mankind to the best of their potential. At present the school has three faculty members in Medical Biotechnology group from Bio-science background, two from medical background, two in Biomedical instrumentation and signal processing with engineering background, one in Bio-MEMS from Physics background and one in Bio-materials from Chemistry background and one in Medical Informatics and Bio-statistics from Mathematics background. From a small beginning in 2002 with 2 faculty members (along with faculty members from biomedical fields in other departments) and 8 students the department has progressed considerably over the years. It now has 9 full-time faculty members and several associated faculty and experts from the other departments of IIT and also from other research and medical institutes.