{
  "id": 15733105,
  "title": "Haryana’s BPS Government Medical College becomes first Indian college to win international innovation prize",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/haryanas-bps-government-medical-college-becomes-first-indian-college",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-20T11:00:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu Health",
    "slug": "the-hindu-health",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/haryana/haryanas-bps-government-medical-college-becomes-first-indian-college-to-win-international-innovation-prize/article71604023.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Haryana’s BPS Government Medical College has achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first Indian institution to win the IMU-Ron Harden Innovation in Medical Education (IMU-RHIME) Award 2026. This prestigious international prize was presented at the 19th International Medical Education Conference, held at IMU University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The award recognizes innovative initiatives in medical education that may otherwise remain unnoticed.\n\nThe award was presented to Dr. Sumita Sethi, Professor of Ophthalmology at BPSGMC, who represented the team that developed the student leadership programme ‘Network of Student Leaders’ (NEST). The winning team comprises Dr. Renu Garg and Dr. Ruchi Agarwal, who provided crucial guidance and support for the project.\n\nNEST aims to empower 278 medical students from 11 colleges across India, providing them with leadership training and encouraging them to tackle community health issues. Over the years, NEST has enabled students to lead 63 impactful projects, addressing critical concerns such as menstrual hygiene, cervical cancer awareness, child marriage, and drug abuse.\n\nDr. Sethi expressed her immense pride and delight in receiving the IMU-RHIME Award 2026 on behalf of the college team. This is the first time since the award’s inception in 2008 that an Indian college has been honored with this prestigious recognition. She emphasized the essential contributions of Dr. Renu Garg and Dr. Ruchi Agarwal, highlighting their pivotal role in making the NEST programme a resounding success.\n\nThis remarkable achievement not only brings pride to Haryana but also elevates the Indian medical fraternity on the global stage.",
  "summary": "IMU-Ron Harden Innovation in Medical Education (IMU-RHIME) Award is aimed at encouraging innovations in medical education and recognising innovations by academics, “which otherwise might go unnoticed”",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}