March 2026, Volume 4, Issue 3

Author

Minu Bajpai and Abhijat C. Sheth

Abstract

India stands at an inflection point in health workforce planning. The country's aspiration for universal health coverage, expansion of quaternary care, digital health integration, and research-led precision medicine demands a dramatic scale-up of medical education capacity. Public systems alone cannot finance or operationalize this expansion at the required velocity.