NRI quota: Medical varsity cracks whip
Tuesday, 18/09/2012
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Faridkot, : Putting to rest speculations about the sale of unfilled NRI quota medical and dental seats, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences in Faridkot has now decided to play a pro-active role in the admission procedure in private colleges.
The university, which conducts the annual Punjab Medical Entrance Test for admission to various colleges in the state, will now accept applications to fill these vacant seats. Besides, its officials will also be part of the counselling team that will finalise the candidates. Earlier, only the colleges were allowed to invite applications.
But now, in case a student felt that the college was not accepting his application or there was any "unwarranted" demand, the aspirant was at liberty to route his application to the college through the university. The final selection will be on merit. The cost of application is Rs 1,000 and the last date to apply is September 24.
Vice Chancellor Dr SS Gill said the university had to pitch in to ensure transparency in the admission procedure. Recently, the market was abuzz with rumours that medical colleges that had vacant NRI quota seats had been given the approval to fill them on their own. As such, these seats would have been sold for as high as Rs 50 lakh each.
In all, 39 MBBS and 522 BDS are to be filled. While Adesh college in Bathinda has 23 MBBS seats, the rest lie vacant at the Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences in Jalandhar. As the NRI quota seats would now be filled as per the rules governing the management quota seats, each MBBS student will now be charged Rs 4 lakh per annum. Similarly, the annual fee for a BDS seat will be Rs 1.5 lakh.
Students to benefit
- 39 MBBS and 522 BDS NRI quota vacant seats are to be filled
- Adesh college (Bathinda) has 23 MBBS seats, the rest are at PIMS, Jalandhar
- Earlier, the university had allowed these colleges to fill the seats on their own
- Now, these seats will be filled as per the rules for management quota seats
- An MBBS student will now be charged Rs 4 lakh/yr
- The annual fee for a BDS seat will be Rs 1.5 lakh
- Students can now either apply to the university or to the college concerned
- Last date to apply is September 24 and the form cost is Rs 1,000
