Don't panic over denial of recognition to IGMCRI: Puducherry Lt Governor urges students

MBBS admissions at IGMCRI commenced in 2010 and later the institute got a permanent registration in 2015 for 150 MBBS seats. The Union Government added 30 more seats to the institute under the EWS category back in 2019. Therefore, the institute had an intake capacity for altogether 180 MBBS seats.

Since it is mandatory to inspect the medical colleges every five years, it was scheduled to be conducted in 2020. However, due to the ongoing pandemic situation, no physical inspection was carried out that year.

Speaking to reporters later, she said she had come across media reports today that said the NMC had cited certain deficiencies concerning the teaching faculty, based on footage of CCTV cameras installed at the college, and declined to continue its recognition of the MBBS degrees (150 seats) awarded by Pondicherry Central University.

Blaming the officials for "being responsible for the current mess" in the working of the college, the Lt Governor said, "Stern action would be taken against the officials who had failed to link the biometric-based attendance system to the NMC's website." Stating that the medical college offered good education and students from poor families were able to get trained in medicine there, she said no efforts would be spared to take action against officials who had failed to rectify the deficiencies highlighted by the NMC.

"I would only ask the parents and students not to panic, as steps are now taken to put everything in order," she said.

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