Academic Mobility Program: NMC lists only 3 universities for temporary relocation of Ukraine Returned Indian Medical students

Written by MD Bureau Published On 2022-09-23T14:50:59+05:30 | Updated On 23 Sept 2022 6:34 PM IST

Ukraine-returned Medical Students Find Trouble in Availing Academic Mobility Programme

New Delhi : Through a recent notice, the e National Medical Commission (NMC) has released list of three medical universities along with fee structure where Indian medical students, who returned from war torn Ukraine can currently apply under the 'academic mobility program' being offered by the Ukrainian government.

As per the NMC notification, the students can apply to three Georgia based medical universities including BAU International University Batumi, Georgian National University SEU and New Vision University with offering fee of $6500, $5500 and $7000, respectively.

Earlier this month, NMC had given approval to the 'academic mobility program' being offered by the Ukrainian government for Indian medical students, who returned from the war-torn country after the Russian attack.

Then it was clarified that the temporary relocation to medical universities will be allowed in 29 countries during the period of conflict.

However, in its recent notice, the universities from only one country have been given in the list so far by the NMC.

Infact, the NMC had allowed Indian Medical students to apply for temporary relocation to universities in Poland, Austria, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Slovakia, Spain, Uzbekistan, the US, Italy, Belgium, Egypt, Belarus, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan, Greece, Romania, Sweden, Israel, Iran, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Germany, Turkey, Croatia and Hungary.

In the notice, Shambhu Sharan Kumar, Director of NMC's Undergraduate Medical Education Board, said, "In compliance to the suggestions and directions of the Supreme Court, the commission, in consultation with the ministry of health and family welfare and ministry of external affairs, hereby, circulate a list of universities where Indian medical students, who are presently studying in Ukraine can currently apply under 'Academic Mobility Program'."

"Since the information is dynamic in nature, any other additional information will be disseminated for all concerned as and when received from the ministry of external affairs. It is hereby made clear that the list is to facilitate the Indian medical students, who are studying in Ukraine and not by way of any responsibility of the Government of India," the notice added.

S.no	University	Fee	Country	Medium of Instruction
1	BAU International University, Batumi	6500 USD	Georgia	English
2	Georgian National University, SEU	5500 USD	Georgia	English
3	New Vision University	7000 USD	Georgia	English

After the commencement of the war between Ukraine and Russia, thousands of medical students who were pursuing their education in the Ukraine based Universities had to come back home. Although there has been continuous plea from those students for accommodating them in the Indian medical colleges, the National Medical Commission (NMC) clarified it to be not possible.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that several organizations had requested the Government for accommodating the medicos in the Indian institutes as a one time measure. In this regard, petitions have been filed before the Supreme Court as well seeking relief for the Ukraine returned medicos.

However, the Union Government has recently clarified that the accommodating the Ukraine returned medicos in the Indian medical colleges would not be possible. Filing an affidavit, the Government stated, "It is humbly submitted that in case these students with (a) Poor Merit are allowed admission in premier medical colleges in India by default, there may be several litigations from those desirous candidates who could not get seats in these colleges and have taken admission in either lesser known colleges or have been deprived of a seat in medical colleges. Further, in case of affordability, if these candidates are allocated Private Medical Colleges in India, they once again may not be able to afford the fees structure of the concerned institution."

Also Read:Cannot admit Ukraine returned medicos in Indian Medical Colleges: Centre tells Supreme Court

To view the official Notice, Click here : https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/20220922033400-186130.pdf

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