Dr. Sharath K Rao is currently serving as the Dean at Kasturba Medical College (KMC), MAHE Manipal.

Manipal, 1^st August 2022: Dr. Sharath K Rao speaks about the need for pre, and para-medical NEET PG seats to become more clinically oriented as the lack of opportunities in terms of job and financial stability is causing disinterest among students. Dr Sharath Rao explains that the proportion of seats that remain vacant has increased, and there is a need to change the demand-supply ratio to bring about a change; he also says there is a need to increase the number of faculty in these streams as well.

An article was published on 01st August 2022 in the print editions of Education Times (TOI) Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Hyderabad.