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Jaunpur Medical College receives approval from NMC to extend its licence.

Jaunpur: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has accepted the renewal of the licence for Jaunpur Medical College, which is excellent news for Uttar Pradesh’s medical aspirants. When District Magistrate Manish Kumar Verma and Superintendent of Police Dr. Ajay Pal showed up at the college for a random check, Professor (Dr.) Shiv Kumar, the Medical College’s principal, notified them of this knowledge.

 

Dr. Shiv Kumar said that the third MBBS batch’s enrollment has been allowed by NMC, the top regulating organisation for medical training.

The state government oversees the operation of the Uma Nath Singh Autonomous State Medical College, formerly known as Government Medical College, Jaunpur, which is situated in the Uttar Pradesh district of Jaunpur.

According to previous reports, the National Medical Commission (NMC) approved the medical college in Jaunpur in 2021. Inaugurating GMC Jaunpur in 2021, along with eight other medical schools, was Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

 

According to a recent media report by Live Hindustan, the institute’s principal, Dr. Shiv Kumar, assured DM Verma and SP Dr. Ajay Pal during their unexpected visit that the NMC had approved the admission of the third MBBS batch.

DM Verma also gave instructions for finishing the work of the hospital building for 150 beds, along with OT, incomplete construction works of the administrative building, the pathology department, and the community medicine department located on the fourth floor of the academic building, during the inspection.

 

Dr. Shivkumar reported that the Commission instructed the Commission during the on-site inspection by NMC on February 13, 2023, that the institute needs one 250-seat examination hall, one 250 seat seminar room, housing for senior/junior residents on the campus, housing for 300 students in the girls’ and boys’ hostels, along with type-2(A), type-2(D), an intern hostel with 50 beds, and compliance with the NMC standard. Also, it’s crucial to finish building the college’s exterior wall and main road.

 

Taking notice of everything, the District Magistrate gave the college’s executive body severe directions for finishing the aforementioned building projects. He also stated that the projects should be finished as soon as possible in accordance with NMC standards. The District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police also spoke with the 100 medical students in LT Hall 01, and after learning about their issues, they gave the appropriate authorities instructions. Also, they inquired about the kids’ administrative, educational, and social experiences.

Punjab has a shortage of doctors; MBBS and MD graduates will be hired at a government hospital

Chandigarh: The Health, Medical Education, and Research Minister, Dr. Balbir Singh, clarified before the State Assembly that newly graduated specialist doctors will offer their services in the government hospitals after completing the postgraduate medical courses. He was referring to the state’s shortage of specialists.

The state’s health minister further emphasised how the previous administration failed to ensure that PG medical graduates from government medical colleges offered their services to government-run hospitals for a period of time and that the bond penalty amount was not collected from them.

 

The Health Minister also revealed that from 2020 until the present, a total of 701 MD graduates had worked in government institutions after sharing statistics on medical students who received their MD and MBBS degrees.

The State Health Minister also disclosed that 57 doctors had to pay back Rs 6,47,17140 for failing to provide services to the government.

The Health Minister made these pronouncements at a time when some hospitals in the state are experiencing a speciality doctor shortage. Of the 119 authorised positions, 50 vacancies in Phagwara civil hospitals were previously reported by Medical Dialogues. In the instance of the doctor positions, 14 of the 36 authorised positions remained unfilled.

 

A lack of specialised physicians was also present at Nakodar Civil Hospital in Punjab, where open positions included those for a surgeon, an ENT specialist, a radiology expert, an anaesthetist, a pathologist, and two medical officer positions.

According to the most recent media report by Amar Ujala, the Health Minister acknowledged that there is a shortage of health providers in various hospitals throughout the province and stated that the government is compiling information on the hospitals in every area during the question period in the House on Monday during the Punjab Legislative Assembly’s budget session. He added that doctors would soon be hired for all government hospitals in accordance with their needs.

 

The Health Minister also told the House that 380 students finish their post-graduate medical studies each year. These PG medical graduates sign the bond at the time of admission, but they don’t follow the terms of the bond; thus, after receiving their degree, they go to private hospitals. In reference to this, Dinesh Chadha, an AAP MLA from Ropar, highlighted how, in the previous ten years, the government authorities had failed to ensure that the PG medical graduates from the state’s government medical colleges provided their services to government-run hospitals for a short period of time. He further said that the state should take action against the government officials who helped these doctors transfer to private hospitals and receive lucrative salaries.

 

The Health Minister was quoted by Indian Express as saying, “In reference to the fact that the PG medical graduates must serve the government for two years or pay Rs 15 lakh, the previous administrations failed to ensure that these doctors performed their services in state-run hospitals and failed to collect the money owed to them. Negligence in a criminal matter “From 57 doctors who did not work for the government, we have recovered Rs 6.47 crore, and we will continue to recover money from other doctors as well.”

 

According to The Times of India, the minister promised that the AAP government will make sure that there is never a shortage of specialists in the state. In order to address the physician shortage, he further guaranteed that these expert doctors would provide their services at government hospitals after completing their postgraduate medical training. He continued by pointing out that not a single medical college had opened in the state in the previous 40 years, but that the state government was now building four such institutions.

 

The Congress MLA Amarinder Singh Raja Warding, meanwhile, made reference to the lack of a doctor at the government hospital in Gidderbaha and emphasised that the facility had seven approved doctor roles. The Health Minister took note of this and promised that he would demonstrate the situation so that doctors would soon be hired at the hospital.

Civil Engineering Placement @ IIT Mandi: Best Compensation, Average CTC, and Prominent Recruiters

An increase has been seen in the average package for the CE department IIT-Mandi — from Rs 7.83 LPA (2018) to Rs 11.43 LPA (2022).

Phase 1 college placement for 2022–2023 at IIT Mandi was completed in December. In the initial phase of placement, 249 pupils were offered jobs, of whom 70 received pre-placement offers with an average compensation of Rs 25.23 lakh annually. More than 85 businesses took part in the interview phase, and 140 domestic and foreign businesses have already been listed with the college.

In comparison to the previous year, there were 50% more job offers and 25% more PPOs, but there was also a rise in the average income for civil engineering.

 

Previous CE Placement

There were 20 students placed overall in civil engineering in 2019, 2020, and 2021, while there were 18 students placed overall in 2021. Yet, since 2019, fewer pupils have become eligible. 20 in 2019 decreases to 15 in 2020, 16 in 2021, and 20 in 2022.

 

Only 11 students were placed among the 19 offers that were made in 2022. Similar to this, 11 out of 3 bids in 2020, 16 out of 18 in 2019, and 8 out of 10 in 2021 were accepted. While it was Rs 6.9 lakh per year in 2020 and Rs 10.89 lakh per year in 2021, the average wage has increased from Rs 7.83 lakh per year in 2019 to Rs 11.43 lakh per year in 2022.

 

Overall Positions

For the past three years—2020, 2021, and 2022—IIT Mandi has had a strong record of effectively placing graduates. There were 191 eligible students in 2021–2022; 167 of them signed up for placements; and 156 of them were chosen to be placed. There were 146 eligible students in 2020–21, 126 of them signed up for placements, and 102 of them ended up being placed. 101 pupils were selected for a placement out of the 119 candidates who signed up for placements in 2019–20.

Packages and Offers for Apprenticeships

The apprenticeship programme was halted because of COVID-19. The institute did, however, restart the required apprenticeship program (recruitment drive 2022-23) beginning in 2022. The majority of students are attempting to secure 2- or 6-month apprenticeships. 150 students have received apprenticeships so far.

 

Top Candidates

L&T, Denso, Capgemini, Deloitte, Accenture, Future First, Eclerx, Evalueserve, ICICI Bank, and other well-known commercial entities have all sent representatives to the campus for recruitment and apprenticeship opportunities.

About IIT Mandi

In 2009, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi was founded. The first batch of IIT Mandi students was admitted in July 2009, and classes began for them on July 27, 2009. Around 1900+ students are currently enrolled in the institute, studying in a range of engineering, scientific, humanities, and social science fields. The institution’s 1552-member, highly qualified faculty teaches 37 different courses to its pupils.

 

Given the foundation’s recent establishment, it has consistently scored admirably in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings. The institute rose significantly in the NIRF 2022 rankings for the leading engineering colleges after slipping to 41st place in 2021 and falling to 31st place in 2020.

Punjab to come up with 4 new medical colleges

Chandigarh: The Punjab administration has announced that 4 new medical institutions will be opened at various places throughout the state, which is fantastic news for the state’s medical aspirants. These four new medical schools will open in Malerkotla, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, and Mastuana Sahib (Sangrur). On March 3, the first day of the budget formulation phase, Governor Banwarilal Purohit gave the address.

 

Purohit spoke about a number of measures for various industries, as well as the advancement of clinical school and the state’s health sector. The four medical colleges, according to him, would be founded soon. The Center would also help improve the institutions in Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala, and will set up the college in Malerkotla under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram.

 

Moreover, a clinical college with 100 MBBS seats would be created at Mastuana Sahib. In reality, there has been a significant increase in the amount of clinical seats at the Public Medical Colleges in Amritsar and Patiala, going from 150 to 200. Based on a media source in The Tribune, Purohit stated that 504 Aam Aadmi Clinics had been established to offer quality medical care to the general public and that Punjab had 99.24% institutional deliveries according to statistics from the Health Management Information System.

Another Mop-Up Round Demand by Doctors: 900 NEET Super Speciality Seats Remained Unfilled

New Delhi In considering the fact that more than 900 super-speciality seats remain vacant even after the NEET SS Mop-up round, doctors working under the alliance of the Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) recently urged the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) to hold another mop-up round to fill the open positions.

 

FORDA noted in a letter to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) that NEET SS seats are a national asset and should not be left empty. The group then requested the DGHS carry out a second mop-up round “in the wider interest of students and citizens who stand to benefit much from having more super-speciality doctors in the country.”

 

According to Dr. Sarvesh Pandey, General Secretary of FORDA, some students contacted the Supreme Court and requested permission to vacate seats. Other students have now submitted identical petitions after the Supreme Court granted their requests, and some other students have also requested the same from the court.

 

Those seats should be included in the mop-up round as well, according to the Supreme Court. In India, there is one super-speciality doctor for every 4000 patients. So, we want these seats to be occupied and not be later added.

 

Dr. Pandey provided additional information about the 900 seats that are currently unfilled, stating that the majority of them are held by private institutions, but some are also held by the government.

 

Given that more than 1,000 seats were vacant, FORDA has encouraged the authorities to perform a mop-up round. Prior to this, Medical Dialogues claimed that the organisation had made reference to the fact that more than 1000 super speciality seats remained vacant even after Rounds 1 and 2 of NEET SS 2022 Counselling were over.

 

In this regard, FORDA has written to the DGHS, operating under the Union Health Ministry, and pointed out that the wastage of seats is a “major academic and healthcare loss.”

In a recent letter, the association made reference to this by writing, “As you are aware, the NEET exam was given last year, and two counselling rounds were held to fill up the available seats. And even after these two rounds, almost 1500 seats were still unfilled.

 

“In this regard, we had previously contacted your reputable office and the Medical Counseling Committee (MCC) to ask them to carry out a mop-up round to fill these open seats. “Then, a notification to hold a mop-up round was released in February, and the qualification cut-off was also lowered,” said the letter in more detail.

 The group drew attention to the fact that in February, a bench of the Supreme Court had permitted a few candidates who had been given seats in the first two rounds to renounce those seats and withdraw from the counselling process. As a result, the authorities announced that they will also include those seats in the mop-up round on February 14, 2023.

 

“Despite these efforts, there are still about 500+, or about 900 according to our data, open seats. In addition, many students have filed lead petitions in the hopes of receiving similar relief “FORDA cited in the DGHS’s most recent letter (“FORDA”).

 

FORDA requested the DGHS take notice of the situation and find a cooperative solution, reiterating that NEET SS seats are a national asset and should not be vacant.

 

The association has recommended that another mop-up round be taken into consideration for the greater good of the students and citizenry, who stand to gain much from having more super-speciality doctors in the nation.

 

“Furthermore, we humbly urge that the seats that were allocated to candidates but were not filled by them be included in this mop-up round to increase the pool of available seats in an effort to reduce seat waste. If they decide not to continue with it, your esteemed office may start a procedure to allow them to resign their seat,” the letter went on to say.

IIM Placements in Top Institutes 2023

Every year, between December and February, IIM organises PGDM/MBA programme placements for the MBA/PGP classes, and between January and July, the institutions release their final placement results for the graduating class. The average salary package offered to applicants at the top IIMs is between INR 20 and 25 lakh per year, while pay packages at the more recent IIMs range between INR 10 and 20 lakh per year. For the top three IIMS, A, B, and C, the highest CTC offers ranged from INR 70 lakh to INR 1 crore. The typical international starting salary is INR 60 lakh.

As in previous years, top employers visited the IIM campuses to hire management graduates for a variety of job roles, including E&Y, Deloitte, Walmart, Accenture, JP Morgan Chase, Barclays, Morgan Stanley, Tolaram, Squareyards & Protiviti, EXL, KPMG, HSBC, Goldman Sachs, Amazon, Zomato, ICICI Bank, Bajaj, Axis, Tata, and WIPRO. IIM placement reports in great detail have been made public. See the information on IIM placements below.

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IIM Lucknow:

The final placements for the PGP and PGP AMB batch of 2021-23 have been made public by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow. The highest  domestic pay offer was Rs. 55 LPA, which was less than the highest salary of Rs. 58 LPA from the previous year. From Rs 31 LPA to Rs 32.1 LPA, the average salary increased.

Consulting firms at IIM Lucknow were Accenture, Deloitte India, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), and McKinsey & Company, which emerged as top recruiters at the final placements for this year’s PG batch.

 

IIM Calcutta Placements 2023:

There was a 3% increase in the average annual salary and a nearly 9% increase in the median annual salary offered to candidates this year at IIM Calcutta, IIM C (Indian Institute of Management), which recently finished the final placement process for the 58th batch of its flagship two-year MBA programme.

 

For the class of 2021-23, the average pay offered is Rs 35.07 LPA, the highest in the nation.

Top employers: The consulting industry hired the most people (232 offers), followed by the financial industry (86 offers), which together accounted for over 56% of all hires. Financial companies like A91 Partners, BNP Paribas, Franklin Templeton, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Macquarie Group, Nomura, and others participated in the institute. The top recruiters in the consulting industry included companies like Accenture Strategy, Bain & Co., Boston Consulting Group, Kearney, and McKinsey & Co.

 

IIT Madras Placements 2023:

The Department of Management Studies at IIT Madras has announced the final placement for the MBA class of 2021-23. DoMS IIT Madras Placement 20203. The average income offered is 20.19 LPA, with 30.6 LPA being the highest salary. India’s top institution is IIT Madras, according to the NIRF ranking for 2022.

 

IIT Placements 2023: The positions available are Associate Consultant Data Scientist, Data Science Analyst, Business Analyst, Assistant Manager, Future Leader Trainee, Lead Consultant, Project Management, Assistant Manager, Associate Advisor Management Trainee, Product Analyst, and Deputy Brand Manager. Manager of product supply. analysts of the supply chain, and others. Accenture, Axtria, Bank of America, Bounteous, Chain Alytics, Cognizant, DELL, HSBC, GAVS, HEXAWARE, Mahindra, and P&G are some of the top recruiters.

 

IIM Kozhikode Placements 2023:

 For its two-year PGP programmes, the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM K or IIM Kozhikode) reported a placement rate of 100%. A total of 559 offers were made during the placement campaign by 123 recruiters. 2022 Batch IIM Kozhikode Placement. A 20% increase in average salary

 

Bank of America, JP Morgan, Delloite, Mercedes Benz, Microsoft, and PepsiCo were a few of the top employers. The median pay for the graduating class is Rs. 27 LPA, and the mean salary is Rs. 31.02 LPA. The average for the top 5 percentile of offers is Rs. 62.04 LPA, up 8% over the previous year, and the average for the top 10 percentile is Rs. 55.2 LPA, up more than 4%. The highest compensation offered on campus is Rs. 67.02 LPA by an IT company.

 

SJMSOM IIT Bombay placements 2023:

Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (SJMSOM IIT Bombay) has announced the final placement for the MBA class of 2021–23, with 26% of students coming from premier institutions. The median CTC per PPO is Rs. 26.64 lakhs, with an average CTC of Rs. 28.88 lakhs annually. Highlights 50% PPO percentage Rs. 30.35 LPA Average CTC Rs 16.0 LPA Lowest CTC (PPO) per year placements at IIM Kozhikode in 2023. The typical wage on offer was Rs. 31 LPA. The CTC offered reached new heights, with the top 25% of students receiving Rs. 40.80 LPA, the top 50% receiving Rs. 34.58 LPA, and the top 75% receiving Rs. 31.41 LPA. The institution has once more demonstrated its mettle by maintaining its position as one of the top B-Schools in the country

 

prominent hiring managers from Fortune 500 organisations. ABFRL, Adani Group, Atomberg, Cargill, DBS Bank, Diageo, Edelweiss Alternative Asset Advisers, Fullerton India, Games24x7, Google, HCLTech, HUL, IBM Consulting, ITC, Landmark Group, Nation with Namo, Reckitt, Reliance Jio, and Sobha Realty are among the most recent employers.

 

IIM Ranchi Placements 2023:

The IIM Ranchi class of 2021–23’s campus placement procedure is now over. In the MBA class, 502 students found employment in 140 businesses in India and abroad. Out of them, 398 students were enrolled in the MBA programme, 69 in the MBA-HR programme, and 35 in the MBA Business Analytics programme. 15.3% of the organisations in the placement were from the banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) industry. Contrarily, 13.9% Fast Moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies, 14.6% of consulting firms, and 13.2% of IT and ITES firms were participating. A student starting an MBA degree at a foreign university received the highest offer during the placement procedure, which was Rs 65 lakhs annually.

 

25% of students were successful in obtaining a salary range between Rs 33.61 lakh and Rs 26.21 lakh annually. These students placed among the top 10. Several students have also been offered minimum annual packages ranging from Rs. 19.37 to Rs. 18 lakhs. Students in MBA programmes receive top salaries. The MBA students of the Institute did the best during the placement procedure. The session’s highest annual award went to one of the students, who received Rs 65 lakh. The average annual salary for the top 10 percentile students is Rs. 29.77 lakh. The students in the cohort received a minimum annual CTC of Rs. 17.34 to 16.50 lakhs at the same time.

 

NAME  HIGHEST CTC AVERAGE CTC
IIM Lucknow  55 LPA 31 LPA
IIM Calcutta NA 35.07 LPA
IIM MAdras 30.6 LPA 20.19 LPA
IIM Ahemdabad  NA 27.54 LPA
IIM Banglore NA 28.98 LPA
IIM Khozikode 67.02 LPA 31 LPA
IIT Bombay 49 LPA 25.93 LPA
IIT Ranchi 65 LPA 22.66 LPA
muslim woman in hijab in city street

“Taliban authorities ban women from returning to universities as Afghan academic year begins”

After the winter vacation, Afghan academic institutions resumed on Monday, but only men went back to university because the Taliban’s prohibition on women attending higher education continues to be in effect.

 

Since the Taliban retook control in August’21, numerous limitations have been placed on women, and the university restriction is just one of them. This has caused an uproar around the world. Rahela, 22, from the central province of Ghor, described how it was distressing to see males attending college while she and her family had to stay at home.

 

“We are being discriminated against because we can pursue higher learning thanks to Islam. We shouldn’t let anyone stop us from learning.”

 

The Taliban regime issued the restriction after charging female students with disobeying rigid attire and a condition to be escorted to and from the university by a male guardian.

 

The majority of colleges and universities had already implemented gender-specific entrances and classrooms, permitting only female professors or senior men to tutor female students.

 

Women have the fundamental right to receive a college education, according to Kabul University engineering student Ejatullah Nejati. “It’s not a problem even if they take lessons on separate days.” “They should be granted their privilege of attending school because they have one,” he argued.

 

The Taliban administration intended for women to continue to be illiterate, according to Waheeda Durrani, a journalism student in Herat until she was expelled last year. “Girls and women who receive an education will never tolerate a government that takes advantage of Islam and the Koran,” the speaker asserted.

 

In the hallways of the institution, there were still posters from the days before the ban that illustrated proper attire for women.

 

Some Taliban leaders claim the prohibition on women attending school is just temporary, but they haven’t succeeded in reopening the secondary schools for females that have been shut down for more than a year.

Nitish government grants Holi present to Darbhanga AIIMS, by allocating land for a bypass in Banka

Patna.CM Nitish Kumar, of Bihar, presided over an important cabinet meeting on Monday. The meeting has a total of 16 agendas that have been stamped. Despite the local media’s optimism, no suggestion for the teacher’s manual was presented at the meeting today, either. Among the measures that were agreed upon at the cabinet meeting held today is the purchase of the Darbhanga AIIMS land. The proposal to donate land for Bihar’s second AIIMS in Sobhan in Darbhanga has been granted approval by the state cabinet. The request to provide land for the Banka bypass was also authorised during this crucial discussion, which happened in the secretariat at 6 p.m. following the Bihar Vidhansabha’s budget session.

AIIMS received 150 acres of land in Darbhanga.

The proposal to offer Darbhanga AIIMS 150 acres of land was approved in the cabinet meeting presided over by Nitish Kumar. The state government of Darbhanga would donate 150 acres of land in Sobhan free of charge to the federal government for the Darbhanga AIIMS for a second AIIMS in Bihar. The central government has long demanded land; the Darbhanga Medical College Hospital site was originally suggested by the state government for this, but the central government raised concerns about the numerous issues on that land. The state government then gave the AIIMS in Darbhanga this additional space.  

 

Amarpur bypass Aprroved

CM has offered the people of Banka and Darbhanga the gift of Holi at Banka. The state cabinet today approved the proposal for the Amarpur bypass in Banka, satisfying a long-standing demand. At a cost of 74.24 crores, the construction of about 7.52-km-long bypass has been cleared.

The “Executive MBA in Corporate Affairs and Management Programme” is jointly introduced by IIM Jammu and IICA

The Executive MBA in Corporate Affairs and Management programme was introduced in New Delhi by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Jammu in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA). The programme was launched by Manoj Govil, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, in the presence of Padmashri Dr.Milind P. Kamble, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIM Jammu; Prof. B. S. Sahay, Director, IIM Jammu, Praveen Kumar, Director General & CEO, IICA; Prof. Naveen Sirohi, Head, School of Finance, IICA; and Dr.Mahesh Gadekar, Chairperson, Executive MBA, IIM Jammu; and other dignitaries and members from both institutes. Special invitee Manoj Govil, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, described the launch as a momentous day for both parties in his remarks on the event.

 

He praised IICA and IIM Jammu for their efforts in implementing this programme so quickly. He stated that the program’s goal is to provide complete learning in the areas of management, regulatory compliance, corporate social responsibility, corporate affairs, and corporate governance. The difficulties facing the corporate sector today in these VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous) times are brought together in this collaboration between two institutes of national importance. The Chairman of the Board of Governors at IIM Jammu, Padmashri Dr.Milind P. Kamble, has further emphasised the importance of the programme and called it an important milestone for both institutions. IIM Jammu Director Prof. B. S. Sahay described the launch as a memorable day for both nationally significant institutions.

 

Praveen Kumar, Director General and CEO of IICA, mentioned that in today’s rapidly changing scenario, to survive and thrive, future business managers must constantly evolve the way they think and act, expanding their role beyond general administration and reporting. The Executive MBA in Corporate Affairs and Management (Blended Mode) is a unique programme designed for mid-career professionals to enhance and advance their corporate affairs and management skills and knowledge. The minimum experience required for the programme is three years. The programme is open to all professionals and entrepreneurs from various industries who want to take on corporate affairs leadership roles.

60 Years of Alappuzha Medical College

The Thirumala Devaswom Medical College (TDMC) was established at Vandanam in Alappuzha on March 6, 1963, by R. Shankar, the state’s then-CM. During its 60 years of existence, it has triumphed over many obstacles and evolved into a premier institution. There were several roadblocks on the way from private administration to government takeover.

The Road to the Foundation of the Medical College

In response to the district’s need for a medical school, a panel of prominent people headed by Alappuzha MLA Nafeesath Beevi met with CM Pattom Thanu Pillai in February 1961.

 

But, the CM advised them that, due to financial limitations, the government was unable to establish a medical college. However, Mr. Pillai advised that K. Nagendra Prabhu, president of the Gowda Saraswath Brahmin community’s Alleppey Ananthanarayanapuram Thuravoor Thirumala Devaswom (AATTD), establish a private medical college.

 

The suggestion was welcomed by Mr.Prabhu, who founded multiple educational institutions in the region, and the proposal for TDMC, Kerala’s premier medical college run by a private organisation, was born.

 

On August 30, 1961, the government gave permission to establish a medical college. The 125 acres in Vandanam were acquired in the name of AATTD “Adhikari” Srinivasa Naick by the college administrative council.

 

“Mr. Naick was tight with Health Minister V.K. Velappan, which sped up the college’s inauguration. The first intake of MBBS students’ sessions started on August 17, 1963, five months after the cornerstone was placed on March 6, 1963. According to N. Gopinatha Prabhu, son of K. Nagendra Prabhu, “The AATTD sanctioned 25 lakhs to build the classrooms, labs, library, dorms, and other facilities.

 

Shifting of the Authority to the Government

Before the state’s political atmosphere shifted, everything was going smoothly. The University of Kerala and the Indian Medical Council “created the conditions adverse to the functioning of the college,” according to the Indian Medical Council.

 

“The college was forbidden from collecting capitation fees, and the fees were cut in half.” The administration broke its pledge to permit students to undertake clinical research at the District Hospital in Alappuzha. After K. Nagendra Prabhu’s death on June 2, 1965, things got worse, according to G. Nagendra Prabhu, secretary of the K. Nagendra Prabhu Foundation.

 

AATTD’s newly elected president, V. Kesava Pai, formed the TD Medical College Trust. On October 17, 1967, the trust headed by D. Narayana Pai and the state government inked a contract allowing the latter to run the establishment for a term of five years as the administration of the medical college became more and more challenging.

 

The government made an offer to the trust in 1972 to return management of the institution in exchange for a payment of Rs. 40 lakhs, which was ostensibly used for college administration. The K. Nagendra Prabhu Foundation claims that the government failed to transmit the audited statement of expenses to back up its claim. AATTD also asked the government to extend the time of administration by an additional five years, but the government declined.

 

“There were numerous debate rounds, but nothing significant was accomplished.” No response was sent to a letter the government issued to the chairman of the trust on May 21, 1973. The government then invoked Section 7 of the agreement and issued an order with a date of October 23, 1973. With effect from October 17, 1972, the college and all of its movable and immovable properties were “vested” in the Keralan government, according to

 Mr. Nagendra Prabhu.

 

He states that the ideas of the privatized and assisted sectors to work in the domain of medical education had been denied by the then-politicians’ short-sighted approach.

 

“From 1965 to 1967, the college was run on a grant-in-aid basis for two years, with the government covering 60% of costs and the Thirumala Devaswom contributing 40%. If this had persisted, medical colleges would have been founded in the supported sector. Giving the nation’s deserving kids access to inexpensive medical education would have changed everything, according to Mr. Prabhu.