Fate of Indian medicos in Ukraine hangs in balance
2 years, 1 month ago

Fate of Indian medicos in Ukraine hangs in balance

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Medical students who were supposed to be shifted to Uzbekistan from Ukraine to pursue their final year are clueless about it. We have wasted three months of academics and are still unaware of our departure date,” said a final year student. In fact, we are preparing for an exit exam from our university in Ukraine for which we will have to travel to the war’s epicenter” said a final year student, requesting anonymity. Another final year student said, “The Supreme Court is not giving clarity. But now we have no option but to continue our education with mobility certificates from where we are asked to study without being given any options.” Dr B. Divya Raj Reddy, director of Neo Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology and Indian representative for MHEIs of ministry of health, Uzbekistan, had said that the students will be shifted to one of the government medical institutions of Uzbekistan whose fee structure was similar to that in Ukraine.

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After recent clash in Kyrgyzstan, growing number of Indian students opting for Uzbekistan
6 months, 3 weeks ago

After recent clash in Kyrgyzstan, growing number of Indian students opting for Uzbekistan

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The recent clash between foreign students and locals in the Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek has shifted the focus of an increasing number Indian students to Uzbekistan for the upcoming fall session. We are getting more and more queries from students wanting to take up medical courses offered across various universities in Uzbekistan. There are over 12,000 Indian students studying …

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

Indian students in Ukraine face hostility amid ongoing conflict
1 year, 4 months ago

Indian students in Ukraine face hostility amid ongoing conflict

Live Mint  

The plight of Indian students, who returned to Ukraine to complete their medical degrees amid the ongoing war, shows no signs of improvement. They now increasingly face hostility from certain sections of the local population who perceive India as supporting Russia in the conflict, reported Times of India. As the conflict persists, public sentiment in Ukraine has increasingly turned against …

Ukraine to address needs of Indian medical students hit by conflict, says MEA
1 year, 8 months ago

Ukraine to address needs of Indian medical students hit by conflict, says MEA

The Hindu  

Ukraine’s First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova handed over a letter from President Volodymyr Zelensky to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during her three-day India visit that concluded on Wednesday. The Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement that Ukraine would address certain academic requirements of the Indian students who were affected by the conflict that broke out in February …

Students who returned from Ukraine to get one-time option to clear MBBS exam
1 year, 8 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
1 year, 10 months 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 …

Ukraine-returned students start withdrawing admissions
2 years, 1 month 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, 2 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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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, 4 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, 4 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 …

Ukraine crisis isn’t the only one on their minds
2 years, 4 months ago

Ukraine crisis isn’t the only one on their minds

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The otherwise bustling Khan household in Mumbra now remains quiet through the day as their youngest member attends online classes. Twenty four-year-old Khan Naushad Abdul Rashid, a sixth year MBBS student from Sumi Medical University, Ukraine, has been spending a lot of his time on his computer screen trying to follow the practical classes being imparted online by his …

Ukraine-return medical students begin hunger strike, seek PM Modi’s intervention
2 years, 5 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 …

As war rages on, the long wait for Ukraine-returned Indian students continues
2 years, 6 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 who left Ukraine amid war to be accepted by Russian universities
2 years, 6 months ago

Indian students who left Ukraine amid war to be accepted by Russian universities

India TV News  

Highlights Indian students who had to leave Ukraine amid war will be offered admission in Russian universities The universities will accept them without them losing out on their previous academic years However, the fees being paid in Ukraine might not suffice in Russia Indian students who had to leave Ukraine amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and had to abandon their studies, …

Indian Students Going To Ukraine Due To High Cost Of Medical Education Here : Justice BR Gavai
2 years, 6 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, 6 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, 7 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 MBBS students' parents urge centre to accommodate students in Indian medical colleges
2 years, 8 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 returnees in Varanasi seek Yogi government’s help to complete medical education
2 years, 8 months ago

Ukraine returnees in Varanasi seek Yogi government’s help to complete medical education

Hindustan Times  

About a dozen medical students who recently returned to Varanasi from war-torn Ukraine have urged chief minister Yogi Adityanath to help them complete their medical education at institutes in Uttar Pradesh. The students said they don’t want to go back to Ukraine to complete their studies even after the war ends. The government should allow students like me to complete …

KCR urges PM Modi to accommodate Ukraine-returned medical students in Indian colleges
2 years, 8 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 students set to resume academics
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukraine-returned students set to resume academics

The Hindu  

Several MBBS students, who were brought home from war-hit Ukraine, have resumed their studies, and a few more will get back to the academic routine from Monday. One of the students, Vaitharani Goud from Zaporizhzhia State Medical University, said that she and a few of her batchmates had received an e-mail stating that their classes will begin from Monday. Jonnala …

Indian Med Students Uncertain About the Way Forward After Return From Ukraine
2 years, 9 months 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 …

Russia-Ukraine conflict: 35 Indians stuck at Sumy in Ukraine likely to return tonight, says Madhya Pradesh
2 years, 9 months ago

Russia-Ukraine conflict: 35 Indians stuck at Sumy in Ukraine likely to return tonight, says Madhya Pradesh

Firstpost  

The Madhya Pradesh government has already decided to provide free lodging and food to the returning students in Delhi and transport them to their homes in the state Bhopal: Nearly 35 natives of Madhya Pradesh stuck in Sumy city of Ukraine have left the war-ravaged country and are likely to reach India by Wednesday night, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra …

How Ukraine war lights up systemic flaws in India’s medical setup
2 years, 9 months 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 …

Russia-Ukraine war: MK Stalin urges PM Modi to help students continue their education in India
2 years, 9 months ago

Russia-Ukraine war: MK Stalin urges PM Modi to help students continue their education in India

India Today  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging the Centre to find ways to enable all medical students, recently evacuated from Ukraine, to complete their education in India. Stalin, while acknowledging the efforts taken by the Indian government in bringing back thousands of students caught in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, said he …

Indian nationals asked to fill up forms, go to Hungary
2 years, 9 months ago

Indian nationals asked to fill up forms, go to Hungary

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: As Russian forces intensified bombing of high-rise buildings and residential localities, officials of the Indian Embassy in Kyiv are collecting details of hundreds of Indian students to make arrangements to evacuate them from war-torn Ukraine. The Embassy officials, who received more than 1,500 requests for help from Indian students over three days from Sumy, Kharkiv and other places, created …

Ukraine crisis: Indian students stuck between a rock and a hard place
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukraine crisis: Indian students stuck between a rock and a hard place

The Hindu  

An estimated 18,000 Indians were in Ukraine when Russia’s invasion began. Though Poland has shown openness to accommodate Indian students there, she said she knows little about universities there. Mohammed Abid Ali, also a first year medical student who returned home to Davangere from Ukraine, said students like him have not planned anything. This should be considered a special case …

Indian doctor stays back in Kyiv, says won't leave until all students evacuated
2 years, 9 months ago

Indian doctor stays back in Kyiv, says won't leave until all students evacuated

India Today  

At a time when people are trying their best to leave Ukraine, a 37-year-old Indian doctor from Kolkata has decided not to leave the war-torn country. Dr Prithwi Raj Ghosh, who is a doctor and a student consultant in Ukraine, has decided to stay behind to evacuate Indian students. The other coordinators who left asked me to help more students …

Can medical students back from Ukraine finish their course in India? Easier said than done, say experts
2 years, 9 months ago

Can medical students back from Ukraine finish their course in India? Easier said than done, say experts

India Today  

The fate of Indian medical students rescued from war-hit Ukraine hangs in the balance. To qualify for the stipend, one has to complete the degree, appear for the exam, qualify and then get the internship.” IMA WRITES TO PM The Indian Medical Association has asked PM Modi to ensure the suffering students are accommodated in medical schools in India by …

IMA Urges PM Modi to Accommodate Ukraine-Returned Students in Indian Colleges
2 years, 9 months ago

IMA Urges PM Modi to Accommodate Ukraine-Returned Students in Indian Colleges

News 18  

Expressing concern about the future of medical students who have returned home from Ukraine, the Indian Medical Association has recommended to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that they be adjusted in India medical schools as a one-time measure. In a letter to Modi on Friday, the IMA stated that such students should be permitted to go to Indian medical colleges for …

Admit medical students from Ukraine in Indian schools: IMA
2 years, 9 months ago

Admit medical students from Ukraine in Indian schools: IMA

The Hindu  

Ukraine crisis | The Indian Medical Association has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, seeking his intervention to end the uncertainty about the future of Indian medical students whose studies have been disrupted in war-hit Ukraine. “This will also need the validation of certification which has been made by the competent academic authorities of the medical schools where …

Indian students in Ukraine in fear as Russian invasion grows
2 years, 9 months ago

Indian students in Ukraine in fear as Russian invasion grows

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Indian student Abrar Sheikh has been waking up to the loud thuds of bombs that have pummeled Sumy, a city in northeastern Ukraine near the Russian border, for the last three days. “At night we pull the curtains in our rooms to keep them dark, hoping Russian troops don’t know we are inside.” Thousands of Indians studying …

Amid SOS Calls from Ukraine, Union Minister Says 90% Studying Medicine Abroad Fail Qualifiers In India
2 years, 9 months ago

Amid SOS Calls from Ukraine, Union Minister Says 90% Studying Medicine Abroad Fail Qualifiers In India

News 18  

In a controversial statement amid SOS calls from Indian students in war-torn Ukraine, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday said that “90 per cent of Indians who study medicine abroad fail to clear qualifying exams in India”. In an interview with The Times of India, Joshi however said this is “not the right time to debate why students …

Here's why Ukraine is a preferred choice among Indian students for medical studies
2 years, 9 months ago

Here's why Ukraine is a preferred choice among Indian students for medical studies

India Today  

Twenty-three-year old Anubhav Barnwal, belongs to Katihar in Bihar. People have been asking why many students did not come back to India even after the initial advisories were given by the Indian government. The Indian government is trying in one of its most active missions to rescue many Indian students who are stranded scattered across the now war-torn Ukraine. The …

Indian medical students in Ukraine and China stare at an uncertain future, seek govt help
2 years, 9 months ago

Indian medical students in Ukraine and China stare at an uncertain future, seek govt help

The Hindu  

Indian students studying medicine in Ukraine are now facing the same uncertainty as those who were forced to leave their universities in China two years ago, following the COVID-19 outbreak. Now, many students who were studying in various universities in China have shifted to colleges in Armenia because they don’t see any future in India or China and over two …

Ukraine best, cheapest alternative for medical studies
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukraine best, cheapest alternative for medical studies

Deccan Chronicle  

VISAKHAPATNAM: Indian Embassies in Ukraine and neighbouring Romania and Poland are evacuating thousands of Indian students who have been stranded in Ukraine since February 24 after the full-scale invasion by neighbouring Russia for the past few days. According to the latest data available with the ministry of external affairs, nearly 18,000 Indian students are studying in various universities in Ukraine. …

Ukraine crisis: Twenty-five students arrive in Thiruvananthapuram
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukraine crisis: Twenty-five students arrive in Thiruvananthapuram

The Hindu  

The relief was evident on their faces as they reunited with their parents on Sunday evening after spending days in a war zone, but the plight of friends still trapped in Ukraine and an uncertain academic future remain sources of worry for them. But there are many students still stranded in eastern cities like Kharkiv who have taken refuge in …

AP task force brings back 450 students from Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

AP task force brings back 450 students from Ukraine

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh state-level task force committee identified about 450 students stuck in Ukraine and the first batch of them was scheduled to reach India late Saturday evening. Krishna Babu asked students to avoid coming to the borders of Ukraine as it would prove dangerous in the present war situation and asked them to remain in their places. Addressing …

Bunkers fill up, TS students face shortage of supplies in Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

Bunkers fill up, TS students face shortage of supplies in Ukraine

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: It has been nightmarish for Hyderabad students who are stranded in Ukraine following the Russian Army’s invasion for a few days. As many as eight students from Warangal and Hyderabad have taken shelter under the bunkers that were provided by locals just five kilometres away from Ukraine's capital of Kyiv. Sai Naik, a native of Warangal, pursuing third-year MBBS …

Tales of Indian students stranded in Ukraine | In Photos
2 years, 9 months ago

Tales of Indian students stranded in Ukraine | In Photos

The Hindu  

After Russia ordered a military operation in Ukraine on February 24, the conflict in the war-torn country was exacerbated. Efforts are underway to relocate Indians coming from the hinterland,” said Indian Embassy in Ukraine Medical students from Ivano Frankvisk National Medical University in Ukraine, waiting to be evacuated by the Indian Embassy Alone in his apartment and every bit scared, …

Tales of Indian students stranded in Ukraine | In Photos
2 years, 9 months ago

Tales of Indian students stranded in Ukraine | In Photos

The Hindu  

After Russia ordered a military operation in Ukraine on February 24, the conflict in the war-torn country was exacerbated. Efforts are underway to relocate Indians coming from the hinterland,” said Indian Embassy in Ukraine Medical students from Ivano Frankvisk National Medical University in Ukraine, waiting to be evacuated by the Indian Embassy Alone in his apartment and every bit scared, …

40 India students walk from Ukraine to Poland border to escape war
2 years, 9 months ago

40 India students walk from Ukraine to Poland border to escape war

India Today  

40 Indian students walked to the Ukraine-Poland border after their college bus dropped them off 8 km from the border, news agency ANI reported. The students of the Daynlo Halytsky Medical University in Lviv, around 75 km away from the Polish border, set out on foot after Ukraine closed its airspace, following the Russian invasion. Ukraine | A group of …

Indian embassy in Poland asks stranded nationals reaching Ukraine border point on public vehicle to use this route
2 years, 9 months ago

Indian embassy in Poland asks stranded nationals reaching Ukraine border point on public vehicle to use this route

Hindustan Times  

After India announced of arranging free-of-cost evacuation flights for its stranded nationals in Ukraine via the east European nation's neighbouring countries, the Embassy of India in Poland issued a fresh advisory on Friday. Indian nationals, who reach the Ukraine-Poland border in public transport - such as bus and taxi, have been asked to use the Shehyni-Medyka border point to cross …

Medicos in Ukraine waiting for evacuation
2 years, 9 months ago

Medicos in Ukraine waiting for evacuation

The Hindu  

Indian students studying in various universities in Ukraine are waiting for their turn either to be included in the evacuation procedure or to move to bunkers. “The list of people who need to be evacuated in the first phase is being prepared and priority is given to first year students and girls,” said Abhimanyu, a third year student of Ivano …

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