Abstract
In India, there has been exponential growth in the number of MBBS seats and postgraduate seats over the past two decades. In the year 2021, there were 83,275 MBBS seats and 42,720 postgraduate seats in 554 medical colleges in India.1,2 As of the second week of October 2023, 706 medical colleges are collectively providing 1,08,890 MBBS seats.3 In the same period, 331 medical institutions now offer postgraduate programs in psychiatry, contributing to a total of 1,360 MD seats in psychiatry.4 The change of figures over three years gives an idea about the rapid increment in undergraduate (MBBS) and postgraduate seats in psychiatry in India.
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