Mentoring programme for faculty in medical education: South-Asian perspective

History of mentoring is almost as old as the man himself. However, the word mentor has its origin from the Greek mythology where Odysseus (Ulysses in Latin), entrusted his friend named Mentor with the care and education of his son Telemachus, before setting off to a journey to Troy. Mentoring programmes for faculty development in medical education formally started in the late 1990s in USA and are now considered a crucial intervention for developing effective medical professionals and teachers. Institutions utilise mentoring programmes for their proven benefits in developing junior faculty in a costeffective and time-consuming way