New PG medical courses or seat increase: NMC sends communications to medical colleges on 214 more applications

New Delhi: Through a recent notice, the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued communications in respect of 214 more online applications for starting new postgraduate medical courses and increase of seat intake in PG medical courses for the academic year 2024-2025.

The concerned institutes have been notified of the communications through email IDs for taking necessary action within the stipulated timeline. Among these 214 applications, 160 applications are for starting new PG medical courses and the rest of the 54 applications are for increase of PG medical seats.

This comes after the recent NMC notice dated 11.04.2024, through which the Apex Medical Commission notified about the request from 10 medical institutes for withdrawing their applications for starting and increase of PG medical seats.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that apart from notifying about the withdrawn of 34 applications from these 10 medical institutes, the Apex medical regulator had also informed that it sent communications in respect of 204 online applications for starting or increase of PG medical seats to the concerned medical institutes for information and necessary action by them within the stipulated timeline.

Issuing another notice on 13.03.2024, NMC informed that "In continuation of MARB’s Public Notice of even number dated 11th March 2024 and with reference to applications from medical institutions for start or increase of PG courses/seats, it is informed that communications in respect of 214 more online applications (for starting of New PG Medical courses and Increase of seats in PG Medical courses for the Academic Year : 2024-25) have been sent through the email IDs (as mentioned in online applications) to the Medical Institutions/Colleges concerned for information and necessary action by them within the stipulated timeline. A list containing application number of each of the aforesaid 214 more online applications is attached with this Public Notice for general information."

"It may be recalled that vide MARB’s Public notice of even number dated 11th March 2024, it was informed that communications in respect of 238 online PG Medical course applications had already been sent through the email IDs (as mentioned in online applications) to the Medical Institutions/Colleges concerned," the Commission further pointed out in its recent notice.

The list contains the names of 214 institutes for starting new PG courses or increasing the intake capacity in the existing courses. It includes the names of colleges, application IDs, the names of PG medical courses for which they have applied to NMC, and remarks regarding the application (whether for starting new course or increase of intake capacity).

To view the NMC notice, click on the link below:

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/nmc-pg-courses-234190.pdf

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