RISHIKESH: Union home minister Amit Shah made an appeal to new medical graduates to stay back and pursue further studies or career options in India, rather than going abroad, and urged them to connect with the people of rural India, particularly the remote places, to help India become a “fit nation”. He also said that 10,000 postgraduate (PG) medical seats will be added across the country soon.Heaping praise on PM Modi for his achievements, Shah who was the chief guest at convocation ceremony of AIIMS Rishikesh on Saturday, said, “About 157 medical colleges and 16 new AIIMS opened in the past six years under the aegis of PM Modi. Four medical colleges will see daylight in Uttarakhand , thanks to PM’s visionary approach.” At least 252 students of AIIMS-Rishikesh completed various graduate and postgraduate courses.“We have 130 crore population which is also 130 crore-strong market. I appeal to all of you to stay here, make your career here and do research work here so that by 2030, India will have the maximum number of research papers published across the world,” Shah added.