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

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.

India’s Union Budget 2023–24

In India’s Union Budget 2023–24, the Government of India took numerous initiatives to improve the quality of medical and engineering education in the country. These initiatives are likely to have a long-term impact on the quality of higher education in India and provide access to quality education for all students, regardless of their socio-economic backgrounds. This article will explore the initiatives taken by the government, its impact on medical and engineering education, and the various ways in which the government is looking to improve the quality of higher education in India

The Indian government has taken a number of initiatives to improve the quality of medical and engineering education in the country. These initiatives include the decision to open 157 new nursing colleges. These nursing colleges will be government nursing colleges that will be established with those medical colleges that have come up in the last six to seven years.  Furthermore, ICMR, India’s top research lab, has opened labs for the government as well as for the faculties of private medical colleges. This will be beneficial for students and teachers of convent and private colleges, as they will be able to go for research in India’s top research labs.

Apart from this, the government has allocated funds for pharmaceutical research and has proposed to motivate research in the Center of Excellence in Pharmaceuticals as well. Furthermore, the budget for health education as a percentage of GDP has increased by 50% in the last 6–7 years, from 1.4% to 2.1%.

The government is also aiming to build a national digital library, especially for small children, to mitigate the loss suffered in school due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, the government is planning to create a culture together with the National Book Trust and Children’s Book Trust, and the government is pushing for the promotion of English-language literature as much as possible. Furthermore, the government is also aiming to include many co-curricular titles in the regional language.

Moreover, a good initiative of the government is that of the Eklavya Model Residential School. This school currently has 740 schools open, with 3.5 million tribal students enrolled, and the government has promised to hire 38,800 teachers and support staff. This will be of great benefit to the students and to the academic development of tribal students.

In conclusion, the government’s initiatives in medical and engineering education are likely to have a significant impact on academic development in the country. These initiatives will greatly benefit the students and will help to create a culture of research and quality education in the country

In conclusion, the initiatives taken by the Indian Government in the 2023–24 Union Budget will have a positive impact on the country’s medical and engineering education in the long term. If you are interested in knowing more about the updates related to medical, engineering, law, management, and global education, you can subscribe to our different channels and social media platforms for more information. Thank you for landing on our page and for your support.