Kerala Medical students who were evacuated from Ukraine now demand admission to medical colleges in India, as many as 3,000 students affected in the state
3 years ago

Kerala Medical students who were evacuated from Ukraine now demand admission to medical colleges in India, as many as 3,000 students affected in the state

Op India  

Medical students in Kerala who returned from war-torn Ukraine this month, have taken to protest demanding admission to medical colleges in India. On Sunday, students pursuing bachelor’s medical education in Ukraine and China gathered in front of the State Secretariat building in Thiruvanathapuram in a protest organised by the Foreign Medical Graduates’ Parents’ Association demanding government intervention in the continuation of their studies. Many students along with their parents reiterated their demand that students from Ukraine whose education is affected after evacuation in India be admitted to medical colleges in the country. Furthermore, students have also demanded admission to the precious government college seats since a high fee structure in private medical colleges will be a costly affair.

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Bitter Medicine: The unfolding crisis of India's medical entrance exam
8 months ago

Bitter Medicine: The unfolding crisis of India's medical entrance exam

New Indian Express  

Medical exam paper leaks happening through WhatsApp. The Supreme Court rejected petitions seeking cancellation of the medical entrance exam, despite admitting to a question paper leak. She believed her efforts would culminate in her daughter’s success in the NEET-UG exam, and secure her a spot in a government medical college. The results are out, her daughter’s ranking however may not …

Karnataka government’s decision to oppose NEET is impractical, say academicians
8 months ago

Karnataka government’s decision to oppose NEET is impractical, say academicians

The Hindu  

A section of academics have termed as impractical the decision of the State Cabinet to oppose the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admission to undergraduate medical courses and said there is no other option but to continue with the NEET. President of Karnataka Unaided Pre-University College Management Association M. Mohan Alva said the Supreme Court made NEET mandatory for admission to …

Scrap NEET, restore State medical entrance exams, says Mamata
9 months ago

Scrap NEET, restore State medical entrance exams, says Mamata

The Hindu  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on June 24 wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to abolish the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test and restore the previous system of conducting the medical entrance examinations by State governments. Ms. Banerjee argued that the State Government usually spends more than ₹50 lakh per doctor for education and internship and it …

Support students’ demand for NEET retest, Bharadwaj appeals to public
9 months, 1 week ago

Support students’ demand for NEET retest, Bharadwaj appeals to public

The Hindu  

Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday urged people to back the students’ demand for reconducting the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, saying allegations of irregularities in its conduct are likely to erode the reputation of the country’s rigorous examination system that ensures hiring of Indian doctors around the world. Allegations of paper leak in Bihar and awarding of grace marks to …

Doctors’ body demands probe into NEET ‘irregularities’
9 months, 1 week ago

Doctors’ body demands probe into NEET ‘irregularities’

Hindustan Times  

The Indian Doctors for Peace and Development has demanded a high-level investigation into the scam of the NEET examination for entrance into medical courses. HT Image IDPD president Arun Mitra, who is also a city-based ENT surgeon, said such situations put the students under extreme mental stress and at this tender age they can even resort to extreme steps under …

Parents of Ukraine medical students urge NMC to withdraw public notice issued on June 7
9 months, 1 week ago

Parents of Ukraine medical students urge NMC to withdraw public notice issued on June 7

The Hindu  

The All Kerala Ukraine Medical Students and Parents Association has urged the National Medical Commission to withdraw its public notice issued on June 7 stating that it will not accept certificates submitted by foreign medical graduates related to the compensation/supplementation of online theory subjects/classes with offline practical and clinical training. Parents of students, who pursued their medical programmes in Ukraine, …

Centre’s submission in SC on NEET is another admission of its ineptitude: Stalin
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Centre’s submission in SC on NEET is another admission of its ineptitude: Stalin

The Hindu  

The Union government’s submission in the Supreme Court, which stated that the compensatory marks earlier granted to 1,563 National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test candidates would be withdrawn, was “another admission of their own ineptitude,” contended Tamil Nadu Chief MInister and DMK president M.K. A few hours after the Union government’s submission in the Supreme Court, Mr. Stalin in his social media post …

Medical Aspirants in a Fix as Uncertainty Lingers over Competent Authority Quota
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Medical Aspirants in a Fix as Uncertainty Lingers over Competent Authority Quota

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With the NEET results having been declared, students' anticipation of securing admissions to medical colleges in the state is high. As per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, students of Andhra Pradesh were eligible to apply for 15% seats in the unreserved category in medical colleges in Telangana and vice-versa for TG students. In retaliation, the Andhra Pradesh government …

Lok Sabha polls | T.N. is medical hub of India, with some of world’s best doctors who have not cleared NEET: Udhayanidhi
11 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha polls | T.N. is medical hub of India, with some of world’s best doctors who have not cleared NEET: Udhayanidhi

The Hindu  

Denouncing the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development, Udhayanidhi Stalin, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, said that Tamil Nadu was the medical hub of the country, with some of the world’s best hospitals and doctors, and here, many renowned doctors had not cleared NEET. Mr. Udhayanidhi said that in 2010, then Chief Minister M. …

Courage under fire: The many hurdles Kerala’s foreign medical graduates must jump over
1 year ago

Courage under fire: The many hurdles Kerala’s foreign medical graduates must jump over

The Hindu  

K continues to be haunted by the night of February 24, 2022. As per the guidelines for registration of foreign medical graduates by the NMC, State medical councils can grant provisional registration for a 12-month internship after they clear the FMGE and other conditions stipulated by the council, including submission of documents related to their qualifying examinations Navigating obstacles Besides …

Evacuated from war-torn Ukraine, over 1000 Indian MBBS students resume studies in medical university in Uzbekistan
1 year, 4 months ago

Evacuated from war-torn Ukraine, over 1000 Indian MBBS students resume studies in medical university in Uzbekistan

The Hindu  

Evacuated from war-hit Ukraine in 2021, hundreds of Indian MBBS students, who thought their academic journey was over, have resumed their studies and started new lives in a leading medical university in Uzbekistan. The Samarkand State Medical University in Uzbekistan has accommodated over 1,000 Indian medical students from Ukraine after the Indian Embassy in Ukraine reached out to them enquiring …

NEET PG 2023 counselling: Medical bodies support decision, TN CM slams Centre
1 year, 6 months ago

NEET PG 2023 counselling: Medical bodies support decision, TN CM slams Centre

Live Mint  

With the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday reducing the qualifying percentile for NEET PG 2023 to zero across all categories, there is a mixed feeling among the candidates and medical bodies. The BJP Govt must be removed just for causing loss of lives with the guillotine called #NEET.” His son -- Udhayanidhi Stalin -- on Wednesday alleged …

Indian medical students face hatred in war-hit Ukraine
1 year, 7 months ago

Indian medical students face hatred in war-hit Ukraine

Op India  

The challenges faced by Indian students who returned to Ukraine, a nation currently engaged in a military conflict with Russia, to finish their medical studies seem unending. According to a report by the Times of India, a student studying in Ukraine and originally hailing from Madhya Pradesh said, “As per National Medical Council guidelines, students who are studying abroad after …

The anti-NEET movement in Tamil Nadu is misguided
1 year, 7 months ago

The anti-NEET movement in Tamil Nadu is misguided

Live Mint  

Suicides related to the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test and the controversy around medical seats in Tamil Nadu being put outside the purview of NEET for admission to undergraduate medical courses are unfortunate and raise serious concerns. The 165-page report invoked “social justice” and “protection of vulnerable student communities from discrimination” in medical college admissions and cited “social accountability and …

Russian medical varsities to offer over 5,000 seats to Indian students; Fair in Madurai on June 20
1 year, 9 months ago

Russian medical varsities to offer over 5,000 seats to Indian students; Fair in Madurai on June 20

The Hindu  

Top Russian medical universities are set to offer over 5,000 medical seats to Indian students in the academic year 2023-24. The second edition of the All India Russian Education Fair 2023 is being organised in Madurai on June 20 at The Madurai Residency Hotel. According to university officials from Russia, their institutions fulfilled the National Medical Commission’ s latest criteria, …

Students who returned from Ukraine to get one-time option to clear MBBS exam
1 year, 11 months ago

Students who returned from Ukraine to get one-time option to clear MBBS exam

India TV News  

The Central government on Tuesday, March 28, informed Supreme Court that medical students who returned to India from Ukraine will get a chance to appear for the MBBS final examinations including both theory and practical without enrolling in any existing medical colleges. The Central government evacuated over 18,000 Indian medical students under 'Operation Ganga' during February-March 2022 from the war-hit …

Why majority of Ukraine-returned medical students are 'stranded' even in India
2 years, 1 month ago

Why majority of Ukraine-returned medical students are 'stranded' even in India

India Today  

Debris is strewn all around Kharkiv National Medical University, which once had thousands of Indian students. A Haryana-based student, who returned from Ukraine last year, told India Today that many of his friends and other students have now shifted to other countries like Russia, Kazakistan, Kyrgyzstan and Georgia to continue their studies and they had no future in India. Many …

Tamil Nadu moves SC, challenges validity of single window medical admission test NEET
2 years, 1 month ago

Tamil Nadu moves SC, challenges validity of single window medical admission test NEET

India TV News  

NEET: The Tamil Nadu government has challenged the validity of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Examination. As per reports, the state government has alleged that the single window common test for admission in medical courses in colleges is violative of the principle of federalism. 'Principle of federalism being violated' says state government In a lawsuit, filed under Article 131 of …

Ukraine-returned students start withdrawing admissions
2 years, 4 months ago

Ukraine-returned students start withdrawing admissions

The Hindu  

Unenthused by the university mobility programme, and worried over the falling of the rupee value and high course fee, most of the Ukraine-returned medical students are withdrawing admissions from various Ukraine universities. After the intervention of the Supreme Court, it provided temporary relocation to other universities in different countries through an ‘academic mobility programme.’ However, in recent days, the value …

Ukraine-returned Indian medical students relocating to Uzbekistan
2 years, 5 months ago

Ukraine-returned Indian medical students relocating to Uzbekistan

The Hindu  

Medical Universities in Uzbekistan are accommodating about 2,000 Indian medical students who returned to India from the war-torn Ukraine with a hazy future in sight. About 250 students have already been admitted after testing their academic credentials and at the request of the Indian government and Uzbekistan's Medical Higher Educational Institutes of the Ministry of Health, said Uzbekistan Ambassador to …

Ukraine’s ‘academic mobility’: Only 3 medical universities in Georgia on NMC list for temporary relocation of Indian students
2 years, 6 months ago

Ukraine’s ‘academic mobility’: Only 3 medical universities in Georgia on NMC list for temporary relocation of Indian students

Hindustan Times  

The National Medical Commission released list of only three medical universities based in Georgia along with fee structure where Indian medical students, who are presently studying in Ukraine can currently apply under the ‘academic mobility program’ being offered by the Ukrainian government. Earlier this month, NMC had given approval to the ‘academic mobility program’ being offered by the Ukrainian government …

Centre’s decision leaves Ukraine returnees worried
2 years, 6 months ago

Centre’s decision leaves Ukraine returnees worried

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Medical students who enrolled in Ukraine universities but had to leave their institutions after the war broke out are worried about how they will be able to finish their degrees after the centre told the Supreme Court that they cannot be accommodated in medical colleges in India for lack of provisions under the law. The Centre informed the top …

Centre cites law to deny seats to Ukraine-returnees
2 years, 6 months ago

Centre cites law to deny seats to Ukraine-returnees

The Hindu  

The government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the law does not allow undergraduate medical students, who fled the "war-like situation" in Ukraine, to be accommodated in Indian medical colleges. “So far as such students are concerned, there are no provisions either under the Indian Medical Council Act of 1956 or the National Medical Commission Act 2019 as well …

Russian universities ready to welcome Ukraine-returned Indian medical students with special discount
2 years, 6 months ago

Russian universities ready to welcome Ukraine-returned Indian medical students with special discount

India Today  

The dilemma for the Indian students who were studying in Ukraine continues. Russian universities and their representatives have set up a help desk at Russian House in New Delhi to help those Indian medical students. These universities are also offering special discounts in the tuition fees and the hostel accommodation for the special case of Indian medical students. "At the …

Why Indian medical students evacuated from Ukraine have pinned their hopes on the Supreme Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Why Indian medical students evacuated from Ukraine have pinned their hopes on the Supreme Court

India Today  

It was 23-year-old Aparna Venugopal’s childhood dream to become a doctor. The Supreme Court has now stepped in, issuing notices to the Union government and the National Medical Commission on a petition filed by these students seeking admission to medical colleges in India to complete their education or to be allowed to return to their respective universities in Ukraine. On …

Medical students of Ukraine universities in India face uncertainty over distance classes
2 years, 7 months ago

Medical students of Ukraine universities in India face uncertainty over distance classes

India Today  

Ukrainian universities have approached their Indian medical students urging them to join distance classes from a third country but thousands of the first-year Ukrainian university students are still staring at an uncertain future. The Indian Medical Association, in a FAQ released on Thursday, clarified that medical students, classes of whom started before November 18 last year can only go for …

Exploring best for medicos back from Ukraine: MEA
2 years, 7 months ago

Exploring best for medicos back from Ukraine: MEA

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: External affairs minister Dr S. Jaishankar said said India is in touch with the Ukraine government and was exploring the best options for medical students who have returned home due to the Ukraine-Russia war. The Parliamentary Committee on External Affairs, in its 15th report presented to the Lok Sabha on August 3, recommended that all students should be …

Kerala's Idukki Medical College Gets NMC Nod for 100 MBBS Seats
2 years, 7 months ago

Kerala's Idukki Medical College Gets NMC Nod for 100 MBBS Seats

News 18  

The National Medical Commission has accorded sanction to open the government medical college in Kerala’s high range district of Idukki with the admission of 100 MBBS students, a long pending demand of the southern state. The Idukki Medical College, which began its operations during the time of the previous Congress-UDF government, had lost the then Medical Council of India recognition …

NEET 2022: Check List of Govt, Private Medical Colleges in Each State, Expected Cut-off
2 years, 7 months ago

NEET 2022: Check List of Govt, Private Medical Colleges in Each State, Expected Cut-off

News 18  

Around 18 lakh students had appeared for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test 2022 which was held at various centres on July 17. According to a leading news daily, there are a total of 91,927 MBBS seats in all the government and private medical colleges. Check details here: NEET 2022: List of Govt, Private Medical College Seats in Each State …

Ukraine-return medical students begin hunger strike, seek PM Modi’s intervention
2 years, 8 months ago

Ukraine-return medical students begin hunger strike, seek PM Modi’s intervention

Live Mint  

Russia executed a ‘special military operation’ on their neighbouring country Ukraine on 24 February. These students have now sat on a 5 day hunger strike in Delhi appealing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that they be accommodated in Indian institutions and universities as a one time measure. However on 22 July, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha that the National …

Indian medical students evacuated from Ukraine to sit on hunger strike
2 years, 8 months ago

Indian medical students evacuated from Ukraine to sit on hunger strike

The Hindu  

Medical students, who were evacuated from war-torn Ukraine, will hold a five-day hunger strike from Saturday over their demand of admission in Indian medical colleges as a one-time measure, according to a statement by the Parents Association of Ukraine MBBS Students. Last month, several students sat on a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar here demanding admissions to the country’s medical …

As war rages on, the long wait for Ukraine-returned Indian students continues
2 years, 9 months ago

As war rages on, the long wait for Ukraine-returned Indian students continues

The Hindu  

A cloud of uncertainty hangs over thousands of students who were forced to return from Ukraine earlier this year following the Ukraine-Russia war. Inchara Raj, a resident of Kanakapura and the 1st year medical student of Bukovinian State Medical University at Chernivtsi, said, “Our university is conducting online classes since the second week of March, and also conducted online exam. …

Indian Students Going To Ukraine Due To High Cost Of Medical Education Here : Justice BR Gavai
2 years, 9 months ago

Indian Students Going To Ukraine Due To High Cost Of Medical Education Here : Justice BR Gavai

Live Law  

"Because of cost of medical education here, the students of India were required to go to Ukraine as it is much cheaper there",Justice BR Gavai, judge of the Supreme Court, remarked on Tuesday while considering a case pertaining to opening of new pharmacy colleges.The remark was made while considering a batch of petitions challenging orders passed by High Courts of …

In talks with Ukraine neighbours to accommodate Indian medical students: EAM
2 years, 9 months ago

In talks with Ukraine neighbours to accommodate Indian medical students: EAM

Live Mint  

Russia's special military operation on Ukraine on 24 February cancelled the future of thousands of Indian students in Ukraine who had been studying medicine in the East European country. Jaishankar during a press meet on Monday informed that the MEA is in talks with the neighboring countries of Ukraine to accommodate Indian medical students who were forced to leave the …

SC directs NMC to frame scheme for Ukraine returned medical students
2 years, 10 months ago

SC directs NMC to frame scheme for Ukraine returned medical students

India Today  

Ukraine-returned medical students can have a sigh of relief, as the Supreme Court on April 29 had directed the National Medical Commission to frame a scheme in a period of two months. WILL UKRAINE RETURNED MEDICAL STUDENTS GET PLACED IN INDIA According to an official source, there are no norms under the National Medical Commission Regulations to accommodate Indian students …

Ukraine-returned medical students to be accommodated in WB colleges
2 years, 10 months ago

Ukraine-returned medical students to be accommodated in WB colleges

Live Mint  

The West Bengal government on Thursday announced that it has decided to accommodate students who had to leave their studies in Ukraine due to the war Attacking the Centre, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said it is not possible for these students to spend a huge amount of money again for their education in another foreign country. Here is …

Postpone NEET UG to August, Medical Aspirants Start Online Petition
2 years, 11 months ago

Postpone NEET UG to August, Medical Aspirants Start Online Petition

News 18  

Claiming that the current dates of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test are causing a lot of stress to them, medical aspirants across India are seeking postponement of the entrance exam. After a series of online protests, a section of students has started an online petition seeking deferment. ” We are having to go through immense mental stress and pressure …

Ukraine returned MBBS students' parents urge centre to accommodate students in Indian medical colleges
2 years, 11 months ago

Ukraine returned MBBS students' parents urge centre to accommodate students in Indian medical colleges

India Today  

On Sunday, the parents of MBBS students who returned from Ukraine gathered at Jantar Mantar in Delhi seeking the government's intervention to accommodate their children at medical colleges. Earlier in March, the External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, said that the government has been able to safely bring home 22,500 Indian citizens and 147 foreign nationals belonging to 18 countries from …

Ukraine-returned students, parents gather at Jantar Mantar, urge Centre to provide admission in Indian medical colleges
2 years, 11 months ago

Ukraine-returned students, parents gather at Jantar Mantar, urge Centre to provide admission in Indian medical colleges

Firstpost  

Responding to the Opposition’s concerns over the disruption of the studies of the evacuated medical students, Jaishankar said that India is in talks with Poland, Romania, Kazakhstan, and Hungary to find ways to help the affected students complete their education New Delhi: Many students, who have returned from conflict-ridden Ukraine to India, gathered along with their parents at Jantar Mantar …

KCR urges PM Modi to accommodate Ukraine-returned medical students in Indian colleges
2 years, 11 months ago

KCR urges PM Modi to accommodate Ukraine-returned medical students in Indian colleges

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Expressing concern over the future of medical students who returned to India from war-torn Ukraine, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to increase seats in the country's medical colleges to accommodate these students. "Indian students who were studying in various medical colleges in Ukraine were forced to interrupt …

Ukraine-Returned Indian Students Approach Supreme Court Seeking To Continue Medical Education In India
2 years, 11 months ago

Ukraine-Returned Indian Students Approach Supreme Court Seeking To Continue Medical Education In India

Live Law  

Students pursuing professional medical education at various institutions across Ukraine have approached Supreme Court seeking formulation of policy by Union as a special measure to enable the Indian Medical students who were studying in Ukraine to continue their medical education. Students in the writ have also sought provision of infrastructural support and requisite academic support for Medical Education to the …

Any magic pill for problems faced by medical graduates from abroad?
3 years ago

Any magic pill for problems faced by medical graduates from abroad?

The Hindu  

The plight of thousands of Indian medical students who were forced to flee mid-way through their course due to the conflict in Ukraine and the uncertainty over their future has once again brought alive the issues faced by foreign medical graduates in India. If the FMGs have been consistently failing to clear FMGE, why are the regulatory bodies allowing 20,000-odd …

Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi, seeks help for students who returned from Ukraine
3 years ago

Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi, seeks help for students who returned from Ukraine

India Today  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday, asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help students who have returned from war-hit Ukraine to Bengal. “Till date, 391 such students from West Bengal have returned and they are passing through severe stress and anxiety due to their uncertain future,” the letter stated. The students should be allowed to undergo medical internships …

Indian Med Students Uncertain About the Way Forward After Return From Ukraine
3 years ago

Indian Med Students Uncertain About the Way Forward After Return From Ukraine

The Quint  

"I feel that the best thing for us would be to be able to continue with our education in Ukraine because it's not going to be easy to settle into any other university," said Mohd Adnan Azhar, a fourth-year student of Odessa National Medical University, who was one among the thousands of students forced to return to India amid the …

Plea in Delhi HC for nod to Ukraine-returned students to continue studies at Indian colleges
3 years ago

Plea in Delhi HC for nod to Ukraine-returned students to continue studies at Indian colleges

India Today  

A petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking direction to the Centre to facilitate the continuation of studies of Indian medical students who have returned from war-hit Ukraine in domestic colleges. The petition by Pravasi Legal Cell, likely to be listed for hearing on March 21, has demanded that the central government should permit such students to …

Reclaiming a medical degree from a war zone
3 years ago

Reclaiming a medical degree from a war zone

The Hindu  

March 12, 2022 04:51 pm | Updated 09:06 pm IST Just a month ago, the possibility of a war did not concern young Indian medical aspirants as they prepared for classes in various medical colleges in Ukraine. “I feel I have left my home town,” said the student, poised to graduate to the fourth year of medicine course at Ternopil …

Why are Indian students looking at foreign universities for medical education?
3 years ago

Why are Indian students looking at foreign universities for medical education?

The Hindu  

“Wuhan is a beautiful place, you know,” says Vinod*, over the phone, as we talk about the plight of Indian medical students forced to return home two years ago after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. “While high scores in the NEET exam are not what eventually make a good doctor, the exam does give an insight into the ability …

Foreign medical graduates still a discriminated lot
3 years ago

Foreign medical graduates still a discriminated lot

The Hindu  

At a time when there is much apprehension over the plight and prospects of foreign medical graduates in the country, those in Kerala had much to cheer, when last Friday, the Kerala High Court directed the Government Medical College, Ernakulam, to remove a clause in one of its notifications, which effectively denied them employment opportunities. Association of MD Physicians, an …

How Ukraine war lights up systemic flaws in India’s medical setup
3 years ago

How Ukraine war lights up systemic flaws in India’s medical setup

Firstpost  

Not only is there a severe scarcity of medical seats in India, but also a frightening paucity of qualified medical personnel. Just as the students were arriving back home with reports of having to fend for themselves, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi was quoted as saying that 90 per cent of students who go abroad fail the National Eligibility …

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