IIT Kharagpur MD Course: 12 Seats, a Rs 3 Lakh Fee and a Rs 10 Lakh Exit Penalty

The IIT Kharagpur MD course starts in 2026-27 with 12 seats across six subjects, filled only through MCC's NEET PG counselling. The published fee comes to about Rs 3.04 lakh over three years including hostel and mess, residents get a basic pay of Rs 56,100 a month, and anyone who leaves midway must pay Rs 10 lakh.

Those terms come from the institute's notification, reproduced by Medical Dialogues on 14 November 2026. We checked the seats against MCC's own Round 2 list.

IIT Kharagpur MD course list: six subjects, two seats each

The courses run at the Dr B C Roy Multi-Speciality Medical Research Centre on the Kharagpur campus, with the Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Super-Speciality Hospital attached. MCC added the seats in its "newly added seats" list for Round 2, dated 12 November. All 12 are All India Quota seats.

Source: MCC "Newly added seats Round 2 (MD/MS/DNB)", 12 Nov 2026, page 169, read by Career Paathshala on 15 Nov.

Read the split before the headline. An Open category candidate has no General Medicine seat here, and only two Radiodiagnosis seats. Four of the six subjects are pre-clinical or para-clinical.

The terms beside other seat types

Sources: IIT Kharagpur notification as reported by Medical Dialogues (14 Nov 2026); Career Paathshala database and MCC 2026 analysis for the comparison columns. Indicative figures.

Two cautions on the pay line. The Rs 56,100 is basic pay at Level 10 of the 7th Pay Commission matrix. Dearness allowance and non-practising allowance are added "as admissible", and the gross monthly figure is not published. So do not set Rs 56,100 against a state's consolidated stipend until the institute tells you the gross amount.

Residents who take institute housing get no house rent allowance and pay the hostel charges. Private practice is not permitted. Leave follows the norms for AIIMS junior residents (academic), subject to NMC training rules.

Term	IIT Kharagpur MD	Typical state govt MD	DNB	Deemed university MD
Seats and courses	12 seats: 2 each in General Medicine, Radiodiagnosis, Pathology, Biochemistry, Physiology, Community Medicine	Varies	Varies	Varies
Fee	About Rs 3.04 lakh for 3 years with hostel and mess (about Rs 64,000 without hostel)	A few thousand to a little over Rs 1 lakh a year	About Rs 1.25 lakh a year	About Rs 30 lakh a year (Anaesthesiology)
Monthly pay	Basic Rs 56,100 / 57,800 / 59,500 plus DA and allowances	Rs 42,000 to Rs 1.27 lakh by state	NBEMS minimum Rs 43,000-47,000	Varies widely
Cost of leaving midway	Rs 10 lakh	Varies by state	None at most private hospitals; Rs 10-50 lakh on some govt and district seats	Varies by university

Sources: IIT Kharagpur notification as reported by Medical Dialogues, 14 Nov 2026; MCC newly added seats list, 12 Nov 2026; Career Paathshala database. Comparison figures are indicative.

The 3-year money maths

Fees paid. The notification's printed semester totals are Rs 62,183, 49,483, 49,483, 46,783, 49,483 and 46,783. That adds up to Rs 3,04,198. Hostel charges, including the mess advance, are Rs 40,031 a semester, or Rs 2,40,186 of the total. Medical Dialogues notes that some printed totals do not reconcile with the individual components, so treat the figure as about Rs 3 lakh.

Pay received. Basic pay alone is Rs 6,73,200 in year one, Rs 6,93,600 in year two and Rs 7,14,000 in year three. Total: Rs 20,80,800.

Net. About Rs 17.8 lakh ahead over three years before allowances and tax, with food and housing already inside the fee. A typical government seat at Rs 76,000 a month pays Rs 27.36 lakh over 36 months, but the two numbers are not like for like until Kharagpur's allowances are known.

If you leave. The Rs 10 lakh compensation changes the picture.

Career Paathshala arithmetic from the reported terms. Allowances, tax and any MCC deposit forfeiture are not included.

Rs 10 lakh sits at the lower end of the Rs 10-50 lakh penalties we see on government and district DNB seats, as our DNB bond guide shows. It is still more than a year of basic pay.

Brand name vs training volume

The fair case for the seat: central pay rules, a low fee, small batches of two, and engineering and AI research on the same campus. For someone drawn to research, medical devices or imaging AI, that mix is rare.

The fair case against: this is a first batch. There are no seniors, no closing-rank history and no exam results to judge. In October 2025, Careers360 reported the hospital had only recently added inpatient care and done its first surgery, and quoted the institute as saying it was set to expand towards 220 beds. Current working beds, daily OPD numbers and faculty strength are not published. Ask before joining.

An IIT name does not train a physician; patients do. A doctor on the Nachiket Bhatia Show, quoted in our branch database, advises judging an institute by footfall, roughly 100 or more OPD patients a day and 30-40 inpatients, and says a busy centre beats a quiet one whatever the label. That test matters most for General Medicine and Radiodiagnosis.

It matters less for Physiology and Biochemistry, where teaching load, lab quality and research output count for more. Our database also notes steady demand for faculty in these subjects as new medical colleges open.

Fees incl. hostel and messBasic pay

Year 1

1,11,666

6,73,200

Year 2

96,266

6,93,600

Year 3

96,266

7,14,000

Values in Rs

Three-year totals: fees Rs 3,04,198; basic pay Rs 20,80,800. DA, NPA and tax not included. Source: IIT Kharagpur notification as reported by Medical Dialogues, 14 Nov 2026; arithmetic by Career Paathshala.

10 questions to ask before joining a brand-new PG department

1. How many beds are working today, and what is the average occupancy?
2. How many OPD patients and admissions does my department see each day?
3. How many full-time faculty are in post in my department, by name and designation?
4. For Radiodiagnosis: which machines are running (CT, MRI, ultrasound, intervention), and how many studies a day?
5. For Pathology and Biochemistry: what is the daily sample load?
6. Are there postings at other hospitals to cover gaps in case mix? Where, and for how long?
7. What is the gross monthly pay with DA and NPA, and from which date is it paid?
8. Does the Rs 10 lakh apply if I resign to take an upgraded seat in a later MCC round?
9. Is there any service bond after the degree?
10. What are the duty hours, emergency rota and leave rules in writing?

Our residency safety and duty hours checklist has more on question 10.

What this means for you

If you are allotted an IIT Kharagpur seat in Round 2. The result is due on 17 November. Before you report, get written answers on questions 7, 8 and 9. Read MCC's exit and upgrade rules in our Round 2 result guide, because the institute's Rs 10 lakh would sit on top of anything MCC forfeits. Join only if you would be content to finish here.

If you are considering it for Round 3. Seats will appear only if they stay vacant or are vacated. There is no closing rank to compare against, so rank it by fit, not by guesswork. Use the gap between rounds to call the institute and, if you can, visit the hospital.

If you are comparing it with a state government seat. For General Medicine and Radiodiagnosis, an established college with heavy patient load is the safer training bet today. Kharagpur wins if research is your aim and the answers on volume satisfy you. For the four non-clinical subjects, compare pay and bond terms using our state-wise stipend comparison; Kharagpur's low fee, central pay and no stated service bond make it a strong contender.

12

MD seats, two in each of six subjects

Rs 3.04 lakh

Published 3-year fee with hostel and mess

Rs 56,100

First-year basic pay a month, before allowances

Rs 10 lakh

Compensation for leaving the course midway

Sources: MCC newly added seats list, 12 Nov 2026; IIT Kharagpur notification as reported by Medical Dialogues, 14 Nov 2026.

Data status

Seats are from MCC's 12 November 2026 list. Fees, pay and conditions are from the institute's notification as reported on 14 November, and can be revised. Bed numbers are from October 2025. See also our new seats explainer.

Weighing this seat against others? Compare branches on Know Your Branch, or book a counselling call.

Change log: Published 15 Nov 2026