The Biomedical Engineering course in Hindi at Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS) for the 2023 batch has been discontinued, marking the second consecutive year of the course being defunct. The nine students from the 2023 batch have transitioned to the English-medium program. This shift occurred during the internal branch sliding option offered to second-year students as part of college-level engineering admissions counseling based on merit. Concerns have been raised about the future viability of the Hindi-medium program, as the inaugural batch in 2022 with seven students also faced a similar fate when students left the course. Introduced in 2022 with approval from the All India Council for Technical Education, the Hindi-language Biomedical Engineering course at SGSITS has struggled to attract students. In 2023, ten students enrolled, but one withdrew early on. The remaining nine students studied for a year in the program before switching to the English-medium course, resulting in no students in the Hindi-medium program for two consecutive years. Head of the biomedical engineering department, Dr. Prashant Bansod, stated, "During the internal branch sliding, all students from the 2023 batch shifted to Biomedical Engineering in English. We had prepared course materials in Hindi for the second year, but they have now shifted to English." SGSITS is the sole institution in the country offering the Biomedical Engineering course in Hindi. Despite efforts to make textbooks available in Hindi, translate course content, and allow students to write exams in Hinglish, interest in the program in Madhya Pradesh is declining. College authorities are concerned about this trend.Students may experience discomfort when deviating from the established path, possibly due to external pressures like peers or parental expectations to pursue English studies. In the absence of Hindi resources for Biomedical Engineering, the college faculty diligently translated course materials and created study materials in Hindi to support students in the BTech in Biomedical Engineering program. Despite facing challenges initially, college officials are committed to encouraging and empowering the new cohort of 12 students in this field. The program was specifically developed to cater to students from Hindi-medium or rural backgrounds, with a belief that pursuing studies in Hindi does not limit job opportunities. The current batch is receiving encouragement and reassurance regarding future employment prospects, as stated by SGSITS director Dr. Vijay Rode in an interview with TOI.