Union Minister Smt. Anupriya Patel Inaugurates DHR's Medical Colleges Research Connect 2026; ₹4,800 Crore Allocation to DHR Reinforces Commitment to Biomedical Research

• Medical Colleges Research Connect 2026 is a two-day national conference (26–27 Feb 2026) convened by the Department of Health Research (DHR), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, to network 100+ Multidisciplinary Research Units (MRUs) embedded in medical colleges.
• It signals the Centre's push for decentralised, college-based biomedical R&D backed by a ₹4,800 crore DHR allocation — examinable as a flagship of India's health-research ecosystem alongside ICMR.