Telangana, Andhra: 8 new medical colleges this year

With the Supreme court declining the petition of Vyapam whistleblower Anand Rai, 8 new medical colleges will be given a chance to admission. These include 3 medical colleges in Telangana and 5 medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh.

The Supreme Court rejected a PIL seeking the quashing of three orders by the Justice Lodha-headed Oversight Committee for allegedly arrogating to itself the powers of the central government while granting approval to 25 new medical colleges.

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With this, these medical colleges will be allowed to take students. President of AP Medical Colleges Association G Bhaskar Rao told Deccan Chronicle that these colleges will fill up the convenor quota seats in the second phase counseling of EAMCET for 2016-17. The seats coming under B-Category will be filled based on the NEET ranks, he said.

The 5 medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh include

• Maharaja (Vizianagaram),


• Gayatri (Visakhapatnam),


• Vishwabharathi (Kurnool);


• NIMRA (Vijayawada) and


• Fatima (Kadapa).

The three medical colleges in Telangana include

• Mahaveer Institute of Medical Sciences at Vikarabad,


• Maheshwara Medical College at Patancheru and


• RVM Institute of Medical Sciences in Medak.