51 medical colleges get LOP to start, increase PG courses

New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) sent a communique (letter to permission) to various medical colleges affiliated with the Medical Council of India (MCI) to either increase the number of seats in post-graduation courses or introduce the course for the 2017-2018 academic session. The notification letter directing the same was issued to various medical colleges by the Ministry on 3rd January, 2017.

The MoHFW initiated this process in order to provide more opportunity MBBS degree holders who look forward to enrolling in post-graduate courses like Master in Surgery or Doctor of Medicine (MS/MD). Following is the list of college and the number of post graduate seats granted to each:

S.no	Name of the College	Course	No of seats
1	Geetanjali Medical College and Hospital, Rajasthan	MS- Orthopedics	3 increase
2	Government Medical College, Akola, Maharashtra	MD-Community Medicine	2 new
3	Satya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu	MD- Radio Diagnosis   MD-DVL	3 increased     2 new
4	Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha	MD Anesthesia   MD- Psychiatry   MS-OBG	3 increase     2 increase   3 new
5	Raja Rajeshwari Medical College and Hospital Bangalore Karntaka	MS-General Surgery	4 increase
6	Gara Raja Medical College Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh	MD Pathology MD Pharmacology	2 increase 2 increase
7	Tirunelveli Medical College, Tamil Nadu	MD-Forensic Medicine	2 increase
8	Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai Tamil Nadu	MD-Pediatrics	2 increase
9	Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences, Gujrat MS-ENT	MS-General Surgery MD-Pediatrics	4 new 3 new
10	Karapaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences, Tamil Nadu	MS-Ophthalmology	2 new
11	Coimbatore Medical College Coimbatore-641014	MD-Biochemistry	3 new
12	Calcutta National Medical College Kolkatta-70014	MD-Anaesthesia MD- Pathology	2 increase 2 increase
13	ChettiNad Hospital & Research Institute Kanchi Puram Dist. Tamil Nadu	MD-Pathology MD-Respiratory Medicine	2 increase 1 increase
14	Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed Medical College & hospital Pune-411030, Maharashtra	MD-Anatomy MD-Physiology MS-Ophthalmology	3 new 2 new 2 increase
15	Madurai Medical College Madurai, Tamil Nadu 625020	MD-DVL	1 increase
16	Thanjavur Medical College Thanjavur, TamilNadu-613004	MD-Anatomy	2 increase
17	Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Salem Tamil Nadu-636030	MS-Ophthalmology	2 new
18	King George’s Medical University Lucknow-226003 Uttar Pradesh	MD-Anatomy MD-Physiology MD-Hospital Administration	4 increase 14 increase 2 new
19	Nilratan Sircar Medical College Kolkatta-700014 West Bengal	MD-Microbiology MD-Pharmacology	3 new 3 new
20	Shri Ram Rai Institute of Medical & Health Sciences Dehradun,Uttarakhand-248001	MD-Social & Preventive Medicine/Community Medicine	2 increase
21	Chhatisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences Bilaspur, Chhatisgarh-495009	MD-Anatomy	3 new
22	Shri Ram Murti Samarak Institute of Medical Science, Bareilly,UP-243011	MD-OBG	3 increase
23	SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre Kuttankulathur,603203, Tamil Nadu	MS-Orthopaedics	3 increase
24	Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences Hyderabad, Telangana-500082	MD-Microbiology	3 new
25	Kamineni Academy of Medical Sciences and Research Centre Nalgonda, 508254, Telangana	MD-Physiology MD-Biochemistry MS-Anatomy MD-Pharmacology	3new 3 new 3 new 3 new
26	Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College Madurai, TamilNadu-625020	MS Orthopaedics	3 increase
27	Bhaskar Medical College Telangana-500075	MS-Ophthalmology	1 increase
28	Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College	MD-Pharmacology	1 increase
29	Katihar Medical College Karim Bagh Katihar, PO Box-23	MS-Ophthalmology MD-Pathology	2 new   2 new
30	Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneshwar,Odisha	MS-Orthopaedics MD-Pathology MD-DVL MS-Gen.Surgery MD-Respiratory Medicine MD-Radio- Diagnosis MD-Anaesthesia MS-ENT MS-Ophthalmology   MD-Paediatrics	2 new 2 increase 2 new 4 new 2 new     5 new 5 new 2 new 2new 3new
31	Maharishi Markandeshwar Medical College & Hospital Solan, HP-173229	MS-Anatomy MD-Pharmacology MD-Microbiology MD-Physiology MD-Pathology MD-Community Medicine MD-Biochemistry	3 new 3 new 3 new 3 new 5 new 3 new   3 new
32	Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand	MD Anaesthesia	4 increase
33	Shri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Science & Research	MS-Gen.Surgery	6 new
34	Christian Medical College Vellore-632002,Tamil Nadu	MS-Obstetrics & Gynaecology	5 increase
35	Kilpauk Medical College Chennai-600010	MD-Pharmacology MD-Anatomy	2 increase 3 new
36	Tirunelveli Medical College Tamil Nadu-627011	MD-Biochemistry	2 new
37	Sir Manabula Vinaynagar Medical College& Hospital Puducherry-605107	MD-Gen Medicine	3 seats increase
38	Govt Medical College Ananthapuram, Andhra Pradesh	MD-Micro Biology	4 new
39	Prathima Institute of Medical sciences Telangana-505417	MD-Anaesthesia	4 new
40	Teerthankar Mahavir Medical College Moradabad-244001	MD-Paediatrics MS-Ophthalmology MD-DVL MD-Anaesthesia MD-Gen Medicine MD Orthpaedics MD-psychiatry MS-Gen Surgery MD-Respiratory Medicine	4 increase 2 increase 3 increase 7 increase 5 increase 5 increase 2 increase 4 increase 3 increase
41	Great Eastern Medical school and Hospital AP-532484	MS-Anatomy MD-Micro biology MD Bio chemistry	2 new 2 new 2 new
42	GCS Medical College Naroda Rd. Ahmedabad-380025	MS Anatomy MD-Pharmacology MD-Micro biology MD- Forensic Medicine	2 new 2 new 2 new 2new
43	GMERS Medical College Ahmedabad, Gujarat	MD-DVL MD-Pathology	2 new 6 new
44	Basaveshwara Medical College & Hospital	MD Pathology	3 new
45	Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical & Health Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand-248001	MD-Psychiatry	2 new
46	Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences Lucknow,UP-226010	MD-Microbiology	5 new
47	Shimoga Institute of Medical Sciences Shivamogga Karnataka	MD Pathology	4 new
48	Muzaffarnagar Medical College UP	MD-Opthalmology	2 new
49	Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences Mandya Karnataka,571401	MD-Gen.Medicine	4 new
50	Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Science Patna, Bihar-800014	MD-Bio chemistry	3 new
51	Kashibai Navale Medical college & Gen. Hospital Pune	MS- Ophthalmology	1 new

The letter issued by the Under Secretary to the Govt. of India, DVK Rao besides declaring the no of post graduate seats granted to each college has also asked the institutions to provide the following documents to the MCI:

• Details of the infrastructural facilities with respect to teaching and non-teaching staff, and equipment, along with hospital facilities as per the MCI norms.


• The applicant should provide all infrastructural facilities teaching and non-teaching staff, buildings. Equipment hospital facilities as per Medical Council of India norms. No student should be admitted in the above course permission of the Central Govt. is granted.


• The Private Medical College should provide Bank Guarantee of required amount in favour of Medical Council of India, New Delhi valid for three years from a nationalized/scheduled Bank as per MCI’s norms against increase in seats in above said course. However, medical colleges/institutions governed by the State Govt. are required to furnish only an undertaking to provide funds in their plan budget till the facilities are fully provided as per time bound program indicated by them.


• The Govt. Medical College(s) (except those colleges located in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana 86 J&K) should give an undertaking authorizing Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India to include 50% of PG (Medical) seats in All India Quota PG seats for the year 2017-18 ii) till the formalThe letter also clarifies that action to grant formal permission of the Central Govt. for starting/increase of seats in the said course at the college will be initiated on receipt of a compliance report fulfilling the above conditions.

The letter also directs the medical colleges to send the Bank Guarantee /undertaking immediately in order to enable the Govt. to issue Letter of Permission(LoP) for the year 2017-18.

The ministry initiative is a welcome step in the direction of giving more students an opportunity for post graduation.