Mysore: Decision by MCI on MMCRI to be taken next month

MMCRI Dean and Director B. Krishnamurthy, who accompanied the MCI team, told The Hindu that the final inspection was due next month for granting recognition to 50 seats for the next five years.

“We are hopeful of getting the recognition since we have fulfilled the mandated conditions. On getting the recognition, it will be included in the record books of MCI after a review by the Executive Committee of MCI,” he said.

However, there is only one concerning issue of shortage of faculty which is likely to act as a bottleneck in receiving the final permission from the MCI. The MMCRI Dean has dismissed this, as he implies that faculty shortage is less than five per cent.

This development is in lieu of a decision arrived five years ago, when the college got conditional permission to increase its intake from 100 to 150 seats and the permission was renewed every year subject to certain conditions till this year.

In a separate development, the college is also seeking permission over its application to start a PG course in psychiatry. There has been a delay in the MCI inspection over the application.

As reported by the Hindu, after two failed attempts, the MMCRI had re-applied seeking permission for the course, but there is still no word from the MCI. Even the mandatory inspection had not taken place.

The Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, had already given its nod to MMCRI for starting an MD Course in psychiatry from the academic year 2013-14. But, the MCI “delay” in conducting inspection had put off the MMCRI’s plans.