57 percent Faculty shortfall at Delhi's Baba Sahed Ambedkar Medical College, NMC to investigate: Report
Faculty shortage
New Delhi: There is a 57 percent shortfall of teaching faculty in Delhi-based Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical College (BSA). Therefore, as per official data obtained from RTI, the institute is violating the National Medical Commission (NMC) norms for MBBS education, The Times of India has reported.
In this regard, an NMC official confirmed that even though currently BSA admits 125 MBBS students, the faculty norms applicable to 150-seat medical colleges are being applied in this case.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that under the minimum standard requirements (MSR) 2023, medical institutes having 150 MBBS seats must have 114 teaching faculty. Among these 114 faculty members, there must be 19 professors, 40 associate professors, and 55 assistant professors.
As per the latest media report by the Times of India, an RTI reply has shown that there are only 49 teaching faculty members at BSA Medical College. The college has 14 professors, 8 associate professors, and 27 assistant professors- leaving a deficit of 65 posts.
Therefore, the data revealed a critical gap at the medical college with respect to the number of associate professors, as the institute meets only 20% of the requirement. As opposed to the requirement of 40 associate professors under the NMC norms, the college has only eight associate professors- indicating a shortfall of 32 posts or 80% deficit.
Further, the college also has a deficit of 5 professors out of the 19 required posts. The institute has 27 assistant professors instead of the required 55, highlighting a deficit of 51%.
Reacting to the institute operating with such a huge deficit of teaching faculty, officials at the Apex Medical Commission said that they would investigate the matter, further adding that so far, it has not received any complaints regarding the faculty shortage at BSA, adds TOI
Meanwhile, a senior BSA official claimed that a recruitment drive is underway. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the official told TOI that the college is appointing assistant professors on a contractual basis to bridge the faculty gap.
The concerned official pointed out that under the relaxed NMC norms, non-teaching specialists or consultants working in government hospitals can now be inducted into medical colleges. While those having 10 years of experience can become associate professors, consultants with 2 years of experience can become assistant professors, even without undergoing the mandatory senior residency.
However, at the same time, the BSA official mentioned that since the norms were relaxed only in July 2025, it would take at least one year for the process to stabilise and translate into permanent appointments.
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