MUHS invites applications for Centralized Online Admissions to Fellowship, Certificate Courses 2021, View all details here

Maharashtra: The Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), has invited applications for the Centralized Online Admission Process for admission to Fellowship / Certificate Course(s) for A.Y. 2021-22 conducted at Training Centre(s) affiliated to the varsity.

Fellowship and/ or Certificate Courses for the purpose of skill enhancement and academic knowledge improvement in the clinical and academic areas are being conducted by the MUHS affiliated Training Center(s) in the State. The purpose of these Courses is to develop skills and knowledge among the professionals as per the current needs of academics and society. These Courses will only aim at enhancing one or more basic competence as defined for the eligibility qualification for the said Courses

All the desirous candidates are hereby notified that the detailed time schedule and guidelines regarding Fellowship/Certificate Course(s) Centralized Online admission process for the A.Y. 2021-22 is attached herewith. Provisional list of affiliated Training Centre(s) conducting Fellowship/ Certificate Course(s) is made available by the University on website (www.muhs.ac.in).

The Centralized Online admission process application form submission link will be made available from 13/12/2021 upto 30/12/2021 at 23:59 Hrs (midnight).

Click here to open the Provisional List of University Affiliated Training Centre(s) and Fellowship/ Certificate Course(s) with Eligibility Criteria & Intake Capacity for A.Y. 2021-22.

It is pertinent to note that, the above said provisional list is provisional and temporary nature and is subject to change as per the position of proposal & fees received from Affiliated Training Centre(s) from time to time. Secondly, the procedure to grant First Time Affiliation (New Opening) of the Fellowship / Certificate Course(s) to be conducted at Training Centre(s) is under process with the University for A.Y. 2021-22.

It is also brought to the notice of all concerned that, the affiliated Training Centre, which has not paid requisite fees for continuation of affiliation and/or not submitted proposal shall not be allowed to admit candidate(s) during admission process. Desirous candidate(s) are advised to check the list of such Training Centre(s) on University website, who have not paid continuation of affiliation fees and/or proposal yet (Click here to peruse the said list). The candidate(s) are required to take note of it. Further it is also clarified that, in the meantime, if such affiliated Training Centre pays the requisite fees for continuation of affiliation and/or proposal then such Training Centre will be considered eligible for the admission process. Therefore, there may be change(s) in the said provisional list. The University keeps right to update or amend the provisional list at any stage of admission process.

Please note that, the above said provisional list with eligibility criteria & permitted Intake Capacity for Centralized Online Admission Process is as per data/reports received from affiliated Training Centre(s). It will be the duty of affiliated Training Centre(s) to provide the educational and infrastructural facilities prescribed by the University. It should also be ensured about the availability of eligible Mentor(s) required for conducting Fellowship/Certificate Course(s) for permitted Intake Capacity by the concerned affiliated Training Centre(s) to avoid any academic loss to the admitted candidates.

Accordingly, it is made clear that, if any person whosoever doing practice/ consulting/ hands on work / training in the particular specialty of Health Science, shall possess the essential qualification(s) mandatorily, as prescribed by the concerned competent Authority such as concerned Central Council / State Govt. / Central Govt. / Local self Govt. etc. for such practice/ consulting / hands on work / training.

Mere holding the University Fellowship and/ or Certificate Course shall not allow or permit, anyone to do the practice / consulting / hands on work / training in the particular specialty of Health Science, he shall mandatorily possess the essential qualification(s) as mentioned above. University shall print this important instruction, in the readable form as footnote, on every Fellowship and / or Certificate to be issued to the concerned eligible student(s).

The University has started Fellowship and / or Certificate courses for the purpose of skill enhancement and academic knowledge improvement in the clinical and academic areas identified in the given specialty of Health Sciences. The purpose of these courses is to develop skills and knowledge among the professionals as per the current needs of academics and society. These courses will only aim at enhancing one or more basic competencies as defined for the eligibility qualification for the said course. Therefore, it is made clear to all concerns that, any imminent orders from Higher Authorities regarding conduct of Fellowship / Certificate Course(s) will be applicable to this Centralized Online Admission Process and it is duty of all the concerned stakeholder(s) and candidate(s) to observe and abide by the same.

It is brought to the notice of all the concerned that, for admission to some of the Fellowship Course(s) University has prescribed the eligibility criteria as post graduation master degree qualification as well as post graduate diploma qualification. Wherein it is clearly mentioned that the post graduate diploma candidate has to work for one more year that of PG master degree candidate. Therefore, the total duration to complete the Fellowship Couse(s) for post graduate diploma candidate is prescribed as 2 years. All the concerned are requested to note same.

Encl.: Provisional List of University Affiliated Training Centre(s) and Fellowship/ Certificate Course(s) with Eligibility Criteria & Intake Capacity for A.Y. 2021-22.

Time Schedule for Centralized Online Admission Procedure for admission to Fellowship and / or Certificate Course (s) at Affiliated Training Centre(s) for A.Y. 2021-22

1) University reserves right to amend the above Time Schedule.

2) While confirming the application for admission to Fellowship / Certificate Course(s), all the concerned should note the same and act accordingly.

3) If any seats remain vacant, it shall be filled as per the general merit list in second round, or subsequent rounds if any; Further, University may process out the Spot Admission Round / MOP UP Round as per the policy decision of the University.

4) The Notification for admission to fellowship and Certificate Course is published on the University website. The desirous applicant / Candidate(s) shall have to apply online and need to pay the prescribed application form fees online Rs.3000/- (Non-refundable) as decided by the University from time to time.

5) During the admission process, in case any dispute / grievances / interpretation etc. arises, the matter shall be referred to the Registrar of the University for his/her consideration and decision. The concerned candidate if aggrieved due to the decision of the Registrar, he / she may file review application to the Pro-Vice Chancellor or Vice- Chancellor as decided by the University.

Guidelines for Fellowship / Certificate Course(s) Conducted by MUHS Affiliated Training Center.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Candidate(s):

The Duties and Responsibilities of the Candidate(s) / Candidate(s), as prescribed by the University are reproduced as under, for ready reference to all the concerns:-

To acquire academic excellence as well as clinical and non-clinical skill competencies as desired by the Course, the Candidate(s) shall actively participate in teaching learning activities and research activities as prescribed by the University. As these Fellowship /or Certificate Course(s) are skill enhancement clinical Course(s) these are fulltime academic Course(s). The enrolled Candidate(s) has to acquire the clinical and academic credits to become eligible for the qualifying examinations.

It is mandatory for the Candidate(s) to acquire a total of desired credits to become eligible for the certifying examination of the Fellowship / Certificate Course conducted by the University. If the Candidate(s) is unable to acquire these mandatory credits within the stipulated period of the Course due to unforeseen reasons, he/she may be allowed to complete these credits within next academic year by submitting renewal application with prescribed fees through the Training Centre(s). The Vice- Chancellor shall grant the said extension, after verifying the genuiness of the matter.

Accordingly, it is made clear that, if any person whosoever doing practice/consulting/hands on work in the particular specialty of Health Science, shall possess the essential qualification(s) mandatorily, as prescribed by the concerned competent Authority such as concerned Central Council / State Govt. / Central Govt. / Local self Govt. etc. for such practice/consulting/hands on work.

Mere holding the University Fellowship and/ or Certificate shall not allow or permit anyone to do the practice/consulting/hands on work in the particular specialty of Health Science; he shall mandatorily possess the essential qualification(s) as mentioned above. University shall print this important instruction, in the readable form as footnote, on every Fellowship and/ or Certificate to be issued to the concerned eligible Candidate(s).

Nomenclature of the Course(s):-

After fulfilling all the requirements the University shall award the qualification, such as, the Fellowship Course(s) in the concerned subject and such as, the Certificate Course(s) in the concerned subject. The Certificate shall include the subject of speciality and name of the Faculty.

Nature of Course(s): Skill Enhancement, fulltime Course(s).

Leave of absence with the permission of Head of the Department up to a maximum period of 12 days for Fellowship Course(s) and 06 days for Certificate Course(s) in one year is permitted.

 Fee structure:-

1. Candidate(s) will have to pay eligibility fees and examination fees & any other fees in the due course of time separately as and when notified by the University. (Separate Notification will be issued in this regards)

2. Candidate(s) will have to pay total amount of Course fee (as mentioned above) for respective academic years before commencement of the respective academic year.

3. Candidate(s) will have to pay 25% administrative fees to the University Online through RTGS/NEFT and 75% of Course fees shall be deposited at the affiliated Training Centre as and when notified by the University

4. Apart from above fees concerned Training Center shall have to pay the Continuation of Affiliation fees for every Academic Year, as prescribed by the University from time to time.

Refund of the Fees:-

In case of cancellation of admission, refund of fees, if any; shall only be considered and processed as per the decision of the University authority from time to time.

The Candidate(s) who has confirmed his / her admission and joined at concerned affiliated Training center(s) may cancel admission by submitting an application and may request for the refund of fees. The refund of fees to Candidate(s) admitted for the all Course(s) shall be made after deduction asunder.

The library deposit and caution money, if any; shall be refunded by the concerned Training Centre(s)/College/ Institute after successful completion of the Course. Any damage, breakage or loss during use or custody of Candidate(s) shall be recovered from the Candidate(s).

Application Form:-

1.The Candidate(s) are requested to fill online application form.

2. The Candidate(s) have to pay application process fee Rs. 3000/- (non-refundable) by online payment gateway. The detail of online transaction is to be submitted along with application form and necessary documents.

The envelope should be superscripted with "University Fellowship/Certificate Application form".

3. The application form must be filled online by the Candidate(s) upto 30/12/2021 at 23:59 Hrs. (midnight) and must submit the print copy of the application form along with self- attested all necessary documents and Marklist(s) of all the qualifying examinations on or before dated 07/01/2022 upto 17.30 Hours on the following address.

The Registrar,

Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Vani- Dindori Road, Mhasrul, Nashik - 422 004

4. Details of the Original documents to be submitted at the time of counseling at Training Centre(s) along with two sets of self-attested photo copies by the Candidate(s) as per below:

5. An incomplete application form will be rejected.

6. Following self-attested photocopies are required to be submitted along with the application form strictly in given order

Selection Process & Merit Criteria:-

1) There shall be Centralized Online admission process as notified by the University from time to time. The number of seats available for various Fellowship/ Certificate Course(s) shall be decided after getting the information about the eligible Mentors from the recognized Training Centers. A total of 50% of the available seats for each Fellowship/Certificate Course conducted by Govt./aided/Corporation Health Sciences Colleges Affiliated to this University shall be reserved only for in service teaching faculties from Govt./aided/Corporation Health Sciences Colleges Affiliated to this University. If these seats for in service teaching faculty remains vacant, they shall be filled as per the general merit list. However, If the Intake capacity for admission to Fellowship/Certificate Course conducted by any Training Center is one, in such case the said reservation will not be applicable to any training Center.

2) Seat allotment priority will be followed as per the University policy. In-service teaching faculty quota (existing Approved teacher of MUHS having valid University Approval Letter to his/her appointment on teacher post made by MUHS affiliated Govt./Aided/Corporation Health Sciences Colleges) will be given first Priority.

3) Candidate(s) those who have Domicile of Maharashtra will be given the priority in the admission process. Afterwards the Candidate(s) those who are non-domicile of Maharashtra will be considered for the admission process as per merit.

4) There shall not be any extra weightage will be given to DM or M Ch. Candidate(s).

5) Wherever, there is eligibility is prescribed as, Any Health Science Graduate‟ for such Course, allotment is done on the basis of UG qualification merit.

6) With respect to Allied faculty, 50% of the available seats at the All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mumbai (Being a Central Govt. Institute) shall be reserved for all India quota.

7) The condition of completion of Bond Service(s) shall be observed at the recognized Fellowship Training Centre Level as per rules of Government.

(a) Merit Criteria :-

The Centralized admissions process shall be carried out by the University on the basis of merit criteria as prescribed below.

Merit Criteria for Fellowship / Certificate Courses whose Eligibility is PG Degree/Diploma Qualification:

1. Professional work (teaching / non-teaching) Experience of being worked on the post of Resident (Senior for PG degree/ Diploma Holder and Junior for Graduate Degree holder ) / Tutor/ Lecturer/ Medical officer only shall be awarded marks in the ratio of 01 year: 01 mark, max. upto 02Marks.

2. Applicant passed final year PG examination in First attempt shall be awarded with 04 marks. For any extra attempt taken by the applicant to pass the said examination 01 marks shall be deducted for each such attempt.

3. Fellowship/ Certificate Course (s) whose eligibility is PG Degree/Diploma only Marks obtained by the applicant in the final year UG examination shall be converted into marks as per below ratio ;

4. Wherever, there is a tie in the Marks obtained by the applicant in above both cases, the total marks obtained by the applicants in the 12th standard examination shall be considered and accordingly, the Candidate(s) with higher marks shall be given preference in the merit list. Further, if still the tie persists, then the Candidate(s) with higher age shall be given preference in the merit list. If the tie persists again then, the Candidate(s) who has submitted the application earlier shall be given preference in the merit list.

Merit Criteria for Fellowship / Certificate Courses whose Eligibility is Under Graduate Qualification:

1. For the Fellowship/ Certificate Course (s) whose eligibility is UG Degree only; Marks obtained by the applicant in the final year UG examination shall be converted into marks as per below ratio:

2. Professional work (teaching / non-teaching) Experience of being worked on the post of Resident (Senior for PG degree/ Diploma Holder and Junior for Graduate Degree holder ) / Tutor/ Lecturer/ Medical officer only shall be awarded marks in the ratio of 01 year: 01 mark, max. upto 02 Marks

3. Wherever, there is a tie in the Marks obtained by the applicant in above both cases, the total marks obtained by the applicants in the 12th standard examination shall be considered and accordingly, the Candidate(s) with higher marks shall be given preference in the merit list. Further, if still the tie persists, then the Candidate(s) with higher age shall be given preference in the merit list. If the tie persists again then, the Candidate(s) who has submitted the application earlier shall be given preference in the merit list.

Merit Criteria for Certificate Courses whose Eligibility is 12th Science Qualification:

1. Marks obtained by the applicant in the 12th Science examination shall be converted into marks as per below ratio:

2. Further, if still the tie persists, then the Candidate(s) with higher age shall be given preference in the merit list. If the tie persists again then, the Candidate(s) who has submitted the application earlier shall be given preference in the merit list.

3. University policy shall be adopted for rounding up of fraction of parentage to higher integer.

4. To calculate the marks for merit criteria Applicant's required and concerned qualification as prescribed by the University shall only be considered.

5. In order to decide the merit as per above laid down criteria the applicant has to mandatorily submit the required clear copies of mark list(s) / documents of following qualifying examination :

• 12th standard examination (HSC)mark list(s) (reflecting percentage of marks obtained out of total marks calculation)

• Mark list(s) of Undergraduate Final Year Part-I, Part-II showing the passing marks percentage.

• Attempt Certificate of all examinations in PG Diploma / PG Degree

/ DNB is mandatory. Candidates shall submit Self declaration about UG/PG Attempt(s).

• Experience Certificate of Professional work (teaching / non- teaching) Experience of being worked on the post of Resident (Senior for PG degree/ Diploma Holder and Junior for Graduate degree holder) / Tutor/ Lecturer/ Medical Officer.

• Date of Birth proof.

It is made clear that, if Candidate(s) fails to submit any of the above mark list(s) / documents then his / her application shall not be process further and liable to be rejected without any individual / separate intimation. Hence it is the duty of applicant to meticulously check and submit the mark list(s) / documents within time as prescribed by the University.

(b) Declaration of Merit list :-

The University shall declare the result of admission or counseling process for the Candidate(s), on University website.

Scheme of Examination for conduct of University Final Examination of Fellowship / Certificate Course(s):

There shall be a one Clinical-based Examination for 100 marks to be conducted by the examiners as per following format:

A) All Faculties (except Dental Faculty):

i) Cases shall be jointly allotted by the Examiners to the examinee and it shall be jointly evaluated by the Examiners. The design of Long / Short Case shall be decided by the Examiners as per the Course content having relevance to the subject of Fellowship/Certificate Course to be assessed.

ii) Research/ Project ex.: Case study or Projects such as Poster Presentation, Scientific enquiry, Innovation, etc. (as applicable) shall be jointly examined by the examiners as per Course content.

iii) Skill Evaluation shall be on Course content of Fellowship and it shall be jointly evaluated by the Examiners.

iv) For the award of Certificate, a Candidate(s) should secure minimum 50% of Grant Total marks in Final Examination of Fellowship/Certificate Course.

Note:

I. Any Candidate(s) who is declared failed shall be permitted maximum two additional attempts to pass the University Examination. Thereafter, enrollment of such Candidate(s) shall be deemed to cancel and the Training Centre(s) shall not permit such Candidate(s) to appear for University Examination.

II. Any Candidate(s) who has filled examination form, but remains absent for the University Examination, attempt of such Candidate(s) shall not be taken into consideration for computation of number of attempt; however, such Candidate(s) shall be treated as a Repeater Candidate(s).

III. After start of Academic Course, if any Candidate(s) has got delayed admission due to what so ever reasons then in such case, University may extend his / her term and he / she shall be allowed to appear for the final examination as per the policy decision of University.

13. Declaration of Result and Issuance of Mark-sheet.

On receipt of result prepared by the Examiners, the University shall declare the result on its official website. No separate communication will be made by the University in this regard. The Statement of Mark-sheet shall be issued by the University to each Candidate(s) through its Training Centre(s). The University shall also issue a copy of Ledger Examination-wise to the concerned Training Centre(s)that reflects performance of the Candidate(s) in the University Examination, which shall be maintained by the Training Centre(s)for their permanent record.

Instructions for filling Online Application Form

1. Applicants should have a valid Email Id and correct mobile number.

2. Before filling Online Application Form download Admission Notification and read the same carefully.

3. Online Application Form must be filled in 06 steps (i.e. from Step 01, Step 02, Step 03, Step 04, Step 05 and Step 06).

4. The Applicants must possess the required criteria and educational qualification as mentioned in the guidelines prescribed by University for Centralized online admission Process 2021-22.

5. Fill the Online Application Form carefully. Candidate(s) has to choose concern Fellowship / Certificate Course(s) as per suitability of his / her qualification. Accordingly, he / she have to mention the corrected eligibility criteria and shall give the Online Preferences or need to fill the Choices of Training Centre(s) for respective Course.

6. Applicant shall submit only one application form, in the event if applicant he / she submit more than one application then, the previous application will be rejected and latest application submitted by the Candidate(s) shall be treated as valid application.

7. Applicants needs to send copy of Printed Application Form along with self-attested necessary mark list(s) / documents as prescribed by the University to this office.

8. Please note that, if you commit any mistake in filling the online Application Form, it cannot be corrected by this office. The Office will take no responsibility of any kind for such forms.

9. For any modification in the online application, applicants have to submit OTP password after entering mobile number. Applicant can modify his application before online submission,

10. Once the applicant has submitted his or her application form online by pressing "SUBMIT" button, then there will not be any scope to change the online data.

11. System will not print application form unless entering basic information, Educational Qualification, Course Preferences and online application fee of Rs.3000/-(non-refundable).

12. For any query related online submission / transaction you may contact to Computer Department on telephone no. (0253) 2539180/181.

To view the official notice click on the following link:

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/admission-fcc-2021-22-circular-081221-165779.pdf