Anand Mahindra responds to PM Modi's call, may set up medical college

Mahindra suggested that state governments frame good policies for land allotment so that India could produce a large number of doctors and paramedics.

Mahindra group will look at setting up a medical college on its university campus in Hyderabad.

In a tweet on Thursday group, Chairman Anand Mah­indra said he had no idea of the shortfall of medical colleges in India. Tagging his colleague and Tech Mahindra CEO CP Gurnani, he asked if the group can explore establishing a medical institution on the campus of Mahindra University.

Mahindra tweeted the idea in reaction to a media report stating that institutes in Azer­baijan and Zagreb (Croatia) were attracting medical students from India with low fees.

Twitter users enthusiastically responded to Mahindra’s idea and some suggested that their