The department of gastrointestinal surgery has been actively involved in education of M.Ch. residents, MS residents and M.B.B.S. students.

The academic activities for the M.Ch. residents include a weekly audit, presentations of abstracts of recently published papers, a seminar, journal club, clinical case based discussions and presentation on research and dissertation projects. These sessions are moderated by the institute faculty as well as experts from all over the country. Besides these, a combined round with Gastroenterology and a GI Radiology conference are held once in a week, and a GE-GI Surgery histopathology conference once in two weeks.

MS (surgery) residents are posted in the department of gastrointestinal surgery for a period of 6 weeks on rotation basis. During this period they are involved in the patient care as well as the academic activities of the department.

The department is actively involved in the teaching of undergraduate students as well. The department faculty as well as senior residents teach relevant topics to 6th and 8th semester students during their surgery rotation. Besides this, the department faculty is also involved in various integrated seminars and case-based studies for the undergraduates.