MCI appoints a new chief vigilance officer

This one year gap existed in spite of MCI being few of the select organizations where a full-time regular CVO has to be appointed as per the vigilance manual. MCI is tasked with the important process of certifying and verifying the quality of medical education in the country. It has the primary responsibility of granting recognition to private medical colleges across India.

As reported by TOI, Deputy secretary, administration in the MCI, Ashok Kumar Harit, had been holding additional charge of CVO despite the CVC website clearly stating: "As far as possible, the CVO should be from outside the organisation in which he is to be appointed."

The former MCI CVO HK Jethi was repatriated to his parent cadre in February 2014 after he wrote to the health ministry saying he "felt scared of fighting against corruption alone at MCI without any support" and requested that he be repatriated if nothing could be done to protect him.