The Tamil Nadu Directorate of Medical Education recently confirmed that no additional UG medical seats would be added to government healthcare institutions this year. While the state awaits finances and consent to open six new healthcare institutions, there has been no application to increase the number of seats in the existing colleges.

The Department of Health has announced information about the number of MBBS and PG medical seats legally available nationwide. Tamil Nadu has the highest number of MBBS seats, with 11,275 spread across 72 medical colleges, including 37 provincial, one centralised AIIMS, Madurai, 20 self-financing, and 12 deemed universities.

The National Medical Commission (NMC) recently enacted 150 MBBS seats in a new self-financing medical college in Kancheepuram, PSP Medical College and Research Institute. This brings the total number of MBBS seats in Tamil Nadu to 150.

However, it is extremely unlikely that any additional MBBS seats will be added to the state’s seat structure for 2023 admissions, as DME officers have confirmed that they have not applied for any increase in MBBS seats in government healthcare institutions.

State Health Minister Ma Subramanian has stated to the press that building work on the building structures for these latest medical institutes will begin once the Central Government grants permission. Perambalur, Mayiladuthurai, Tirupathur, Ranipet, Kancheepuram, and Kallakurichi will be among the six districts in the state where these latest medical colleges will be set up. The Central Government will contribute 60% of the total capital required to establish these institutes under the centrally financed projects.

Students seeking admission to MBBS programmes will undoubtedly be significantly impacted by the state government’s decision to not raise the number of undergraduate medical seats this year.

The Health Ministry has been working to improve the state’s overall medical seat count despite the lack of a clear plan for increasing medical seats in Tamil Nadu. One such decision is the National Medical Commission’s approval of 150 MBBS seats at the recently established self-financing medical institution.

Scholarships for women in STEM: announced by the British Council

The grants are designed to assist the recipients in progressing in their professions and to give them the open and honest discussion and expertise to support technology and development in their native countries.

The third intake of British Council Scholarships for Women in STEM was just revealed by the British Council. For female STEM researchers from India and other southern nations in Asia, there are 26 grants and fellowships accessible.

Women who have children may also apply for the award with extra assistance. The university’s application deadlines vary butdeadlines vary by university, but they fall between March and May 2023. The deadlines for each university should be checked by the students. Visit britishcouncil.org/study-work-abroad/in-uk/scholarship-women-stem if you are interested and qualify.

There is no country-specific cap on the grants; they are given out based on merit. Coventry University, the University of Bath, the University of Manchester, the University of Southampton, Imperial College London, and the University of Edinburgh are among the six UK universities offering the grants.

This scholarship grant is designed to help women scholars build successful careers in STEM fields and give them the tools they need to share their knowledge and advance research and innovation at home.

The grant will pay for education, a stipend, travel costs, visa fees, premiums for medical insurance, special support for mothers, and English language assistance for selected Indian scholars who choose to pursue a master’s degree or an Early Educational Scholarship at a UK university.

Candidates can apply for Master’s programmes and Early Academic Fellowships through 21 UK universities in disciplines like computer science, data science, biotechnology, environmental engineering, civil engineering, medicine, public health, machine learning, robotics, information technology, renewable energy, and energy management, among others.

Capital, India: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has now mandated that every international student who wishes to take a seat in Indian HEls must register at the Education India Portal in order to regularise medical admissions of foreign students into the country’s Higher Education Institutes (HEls). The HEls have also been directed to register on the portal and upload the admission offer issued to students. The notification was published on the NMC’s official website, informing all medical colleges that the Department of Higher Education (DoHE), in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has developed the Education Ndia Portal, which is now ready for use and will be made mandatory beginning with the academic year 2023–24. 

The concerned international student will need to register on this portal in accordance with the NMC directive. The student will receive a unique ID (UID) following registration on the portal, which may be used for all reasons, including the issuance of a student visa. A student visa will only be issued after the visa issuing authorities have checked and verified the student’s credentials on this portal. Regardless of the length of the course, this will be applicable to all students who want a student visa. 

Also, the HEls must create an account on this portal and upload the admission offer made in the student’s favour. The requirement for the student to create a TAD and register on the portal should be made clear in the admissions offer. The top medical regulator has ordered all medical universities and colleges to register right away on the aforementioned website and to inform international students of this.

The mandate was demonstrated at a conference on February 7 this year, presided over by the Secretary for Higher Education, where all the ministries and departments, as well as the Reserve Bank of India, which oversees Higher Educational Institutions (HEls), have been invited to go over the particulars of putting the Education India portal into operation. It was emphasised that in order to verify the information provided by HEIs on the portal, a Nodal Officer must be designated by the concerned authority or body, and the Nodal Officer’s contact information must be given to DHE as soon as possible. 

The portal is available for utilization and will be made necessary for intakes for the academic session 2023–2024, the Secretary (HE) stated to the attendees. The portal has undergone a number of updates with MHA’s input and a security audit.  Students’ UIDs will be shared with the FRRO, the immigration department, and the MHA for additional processing. In addition, he disclosed that the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) would utilise this platform and solely use it to finance scholarships. 

The UID will be used by the Visa Office/FRRO to process the visa based on the data found on the site. He emphasised how crucial it was for every educational institution and foreign student to sign up on this platform. Also, he made it clear that the compliance officers, who will be chosen by the HEls offering courses to international students, should update the student’s information on a regular basis. INFLIBNET provided a thorough overview of the portal, describing its layout and the details needed to register.

Recently, the NMC released rules for the granting of a Non-Objection Certificate (NOC) to such medicos, standardising the electives and observation programmes offered to foreign nationals at medical colleges nationwide. These regulations establish the time frame, seat distribution, processing fee, and overall purpose of the electives and observer programmes for foreign nationals. 

You can view the NMC notifications by clicking below:

https://t.me/bodmasmedical/2722

Exam Cancelled ICAR AIEEA UG

In their most recent notice, ICAR announced that the UG courses previously offered through ICAR-AIEEA will now be provided through the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG for the academic year 2023-24. Check out the full details below.

CUET UG 2023 results will be used by ICAR 2023 to determine admittance to the designated UG programmes. Thus, for the academic year 2023–2024, there would be no ICAR–AIEEA (UG) for admission to UG programmes in Agriculture and Associated Subjects for 20% of ICAR All India Quota Seats. The ICAR All India Entrance Examination for Admission (AIEEA)-UG was previously used for admission to Bachelor Degree programmes in Agriculture and Allied Sciences (other than Veterinary Sciences) at Agricultural Universities for 20% of the University seats [100% seats in RLBCAU Jhansi, NDRI Karnal, IARI New Delhi, and Dr. RPCAU Pusa, Bihar].

A common entrance exam called CUET (UG)-2023 is required for enrollment in UG programmes provided by Central Universities and other participating Institutions.

Applicants who wish to apply for the CUET (ICAR-UG) 2023 are suggested to visit 

 https://cuet.samarth.ac.in, thoroughly read the Information Bulletin posted there, and submit their applications solely online.

Important Dates for CUET (ICAR-UG) 2023 are as follows

Eligibility Criteria And Degree Programmes: CUET (ICAR-UG) 2023

According to their performance on the CUET (ICAR-UG)-2023, Indian nationals may be admitted to 11 bachelor degree programmes with a four-year duration during the academic year 2023–2024. Applicants should be aware that all undergraduate degrees in the field of Agricultural Sciences have been declared professional degrees, and the following details the requirements for eligibility:

Applicants can apply for CUET (ICAR-UG) 2023 by following the simple steps listed below:

• Visit the official site of CUET UG at https://cuet.samarth.ac.in/
• Click the link given on the home page CUET UG 2023
• Enter the your registration details and login to the account
• Fill the application form and make the payment 
• After payment, click on submit
• Save a physical copy of the page after downloading to use further.

Fee for CUET UG 2023: The fee that applicants must pay is shown below:

The NTA will continue to perform the ICAR-AIEEA (PG) 2023 and the ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF (Ph D)-2023 separately, as it has in previous years. Applicants interested in applying for the ICAR-AIEEA (PG)-2023 and the ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF (PhD)-2023 are suggested to keep consulting the NTA website for more details.

Registration opened

Registration for the Telangana Engineering Common Entrance Exam (TS ECET 2023) opened today, March 02, 2023. Applicants who are qualified and interested may submit an application for the test via ecet.tsche.ac.in. Discover additional information in the notification and the article that follows

Every year, the TS ECET exam is administered by Osmania University in Hyderabad on behalf of TSCHE. The TS ECET 2023 application procedure opened today, March 2, 2023, for this academic year.

Those who are interested can apply online for the Telangana Engineering Common Entrance Test 2023 by visiting the official website at ecet.tsche.ac.in.

The TS ECET 2023 application form must be submitted by May 02, 2023; otherwise, a late fee will apply after that date.

Candidates must check in at the official portal using their Payment Reference ID, Qualifying Examination Hall Ticket No., Mobile No., and Date of Birth in order to continue filling out the online application form.

You can apply directly to the official website by simply clicking below

click here

Final registration for the BSc Nursing and Paramedical undergraduate programmes at AIIMS Delhi began today, March 1, 2023. The final enrollment deadline for UG courses is March 22, 2023, at 5 p.m. Final registration will start on March 3, 2023, for PG programmes including MSC Nursing, M Biotechnology, and other MSc courses in 2023.

From today, March 1, 2023, AIIMS in Delhi is accepting final registrations for its undergraduate nursing and paramedical programmes. Just for those whose basic registration is accepted, the final registration and creation of codes for the final registration for the BSc (H) Nursing, BSc Nursing (Post Basic), and BSc (Paramedical courses)-2023 is scheduled between March 1 and March 22, 2023, up to 5 p.m.

Beginning on March 3, 2023, final registration for PG courses, such as MSC Nursing, M Biotechnology, and other MSc courses in 2023, will run until March 24, 2023, at 5 p.m. Code generation for PG courses is planned to take place between March 3 and March 22, 2023, at 5 p.m.

In addition, according to the official announcement, the AIIMS BSc Nursing and BSc Paramedical 2023 exams will take place on June 4, 2023, and the BSc Nursing result is anticipated on June 13, 2023. Before the deadlines, candidates must register in order to take the examinations; those who qualify will then receive calls from AIIMS for counselling.

The AIIMS BSc Nursing Post Basic 2023 exam will be given in 150 testing facilities spread across 14 locations in the nation using a computer-based method. For admission to undergraduate BSc paramedical programmes offered by AIIMS campuses in Delhi, Bhubaneshwar, and Rishikesh, the AIIMS Paramedical Test is held once a year in an online format.

Any foreigner wishing to apply to an Indian higher education institution (HEI) beginning with the academic year 2023–2024 would be required to use the new portal.

The Education India Portal [1], developed by the Department of Higher Education (DoHE) in collaboration with the Ministry of Home (MHA), will be made mandatory for all international students who will be taking admission to Indian higher education institutions (HEIs) beginning with the academic session 2023–24. According to the official announcement, this procedure will henceforth be followed for all students who want a student visa, regardless of the length of the course. International students must register on the portal and get a special ID in order to secure a student visa (UID).

Also, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has published rules for the issuance of a NOC for foreigners to participate in electives or observerships in India. According to the rules, no foreign national may participate in electives or observerships in any capacity at any university or medical institute in India without the permission of NMC, and the duration may be at most 90 days. The NMC has further indicated that the number of foreign nationals participating in electives or observerships in the UG category during a given academic year shall be at most 5% of the medical college’s authorized yearly intake. The maximum number of foreign medical professionals allowed to observe or serve as electives for PG students in any one year is two doctors in that specialty.

Ayurveda, the ancient science of natural healing, is one of the oldest and most widely used forms of alternative medicine in India. Haryana is home to some of the most prestigious Ayurveda colleges in the country, offering quality education in this field. In this blog, we will take a look at some of the top Ayurveda colleges in Haryana.

In Haryana, there are a total of 12 BMS colleges, of which two are public institutions and ten are private. We shall examine the ranking of colleges in Haryana and their tuition costs on the basis of a ranking.

Government colleges

• Shri Krishna Government Ayurvedic College, Kurukshetra. The tuition Fee is 15,482 INR per year.

• MSM Institute Of Ayurveda, Sonipat Tuition Fee is 67,500 INR per year.

Private Colleges

• Lal Bahadur Shastri Mahila Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Yamunanagar. Tuition fee at 2,40,000 per year.

• Shree Dhanwantri Ayurvedic College. Chandigarh Tuition Fee is 2,52,000 INR.

•  Faculty of Indian Medicine, SGT University, Gurgaon. Tuition fee at 3,11,000 INR per year.

• Baba Mastnath Ayurvedic College, Rohtak. The tuition Fee is 2,75,000 INR per year.

• Gaur Brahmana Ayurvedic College & Hospital, Rohtak. The tuition Fee is 2,40,000 INR per year.

• Gangaputra Ayurvedic College, Jind. Tuition fees at 2,40,000 INR per year.

• National College of Ayurveda and Hospital, Hisar. The tuition fee is 2,40,000 INR per year.

•  Ayur Jyoti Ayurvedic College & Hospital, Sirsa. The tuition Fee is 2,40,000 INR per year.

•  Chowdhary Devi Lal College of Ayurveda, Yamuna Nagar. Tuition Fee is 2,40,000 INR per year..

•  Murari Lal Ayurvedic College & Hospital, Bhiwani. Tuition Fee is 2,40,000 INR per year.

**The director of BODMAS Education Services Private Ltd, Mr Ashok Singh, contributed to the writing of this article. For the past five years, BODMAS Education has conducted educational research and offered counselling and recommendations to students.

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India’s education ministry has reported that the number of students travelling overseas for higher studies has experienced an increase of 68% between 2021 and 2022. Specifically, in 2022, 750,365 students left the country for further studies, compared to 444,553 in 2021. Over the last few years, a total of 30 lakh Indians have gone abroad for higher studies, which is a substantial sum of money that could have been spent on India’s own education budget.

In response, Subhash Sarkar, the junior education minister, stated that the government has no plans to establish an “international university of the higher standard” in order to save these funds. Due to stakeholders’ requests, the University Grants Commission has extended the deadline for the draft regulations for setting up and operating the campuses of foreign higher educational institutions in India.

Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, has expressed his disappointment at the number of Indians travelling overseas for education, emphasizing that India should have developed the capacity to attract students from other countries