Rajasthan University of Health Sciences

Information regarding Rajasthan Pre-Medical/Dental/Pharmacy Exam-2014(Re)

Exam shall be conducted on Sunday 27/07/2014 at six districts Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur,Jodhpur,Kota and Udaipur.
The Examination will be conducted offline.

Admit Cards:Fresh Admit cards will be availabe from 23rd July'2014.

Made in China MBBS is valid, rules High Court

Feb10, 2014

Court allows two candidates who have obtained medical degree from Zhengzhou University, China to appear for post graduation CET exam; a relief for the many students who have Chinese degrees

The Medical Council of India (MCI) had screened their MBBS degree and accepted it. But two doctors from Gulbarga were in for a shock last year when the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) refused to let them write the PGCET. Reason: their MBBS degrees were 'Made in China.'

Fearing similar rejection this year, the candidates -- Dr Mohammed Mudassir, 24, and Dr Mohd Azharuddi, 25 -- desperate to do the exam for their MD course, not only got eligibility certificates from the RGUHS but also approached the Karnataka High Court to permit them to take exams. What went in their favour this time was that the National Board of Examination (NBE) , which has been empowered to conduct the exam this year, amended a rule where students from not only national universities recognised by them, but also other universities recognized by the MCI, could take the exam.

The case has turned out to be an eye-opener for all those who have Chinese degrees. Of late, there has been a trend for Indian students to head to the neighbouring nation, because of ease of admission and cheaper tuition.

Advocate for the candidates, Kannur G S, told Bangalore Mirror: "Before pursuing the medical course from the Zhengzhou university in China, both of them followed all the guidelines set by the MCI. They had received necessary approvals from the MCI before starting their course there. Even after the completion of the course, they had cleared screening test of MCI which is mandatory. However, when they tried to appear for the post graduation course, the authorities in the state denied them a chance to appear. We had to approach the court in a short span of time and the High Court judgment has given them a real respite. After the High Court direction they have received the hall ticket on Saturday and they are appearing for the exam on Tuesday and Wednesday."

The government pleader had told the court that the eligibility condition prescribed, as per the earlier rules, that the candidate should be from a university within India and recognised by MCI and that the candidate should be of Karnataka origin and should have studied in Karnataka. But during court proceedings, RGUHS counsel N K Ramesh told the court that if an eligibility certificate has already been issued by RGUHS, there would be no objection to them taking the exams. Sandesh Chouta, the advocate for the National Board of Examination, too, told the court that it is the state government that has to take a call on eligibility or otherwise, and the NBE only conducts the examination.

The court, in its order, held that RGUHS would have scrutinised the eligibility before giving them eligibility certificates. Allowing them to take the exams, Justice Anand Byra Reddy pronounced, "Therefore, even if the petitioners should be denied admission, other than on the ground that the petitioners do not possess the eligibility certificates of Rajiv Gandhi University, it would not be a good reason to prevent the petitioners from taking the examination and therefore the petitioners, without any further orders of this court, shall be permitted to take the examination."

Azharuddin told Bangalore Mirror: "We are very happy that the court has come to our aid." They had to approach the HC as the exams were scheduled to start from February 11. The two doctors were apprehensive that in the last minute they may be denied admission tickets and since there were two holidays just before the deadline, they may miss out on writing the entrance exams.


Courtesy sourced: Bangalore Mirror

ACEE Uttarakhand invites applications for PG Medical/Dental Entrance Exam 2014

Jan31, 2014

Association of Combined Entrance Examination (ACEE) has invited applications for Combined Medical and Dental Postgraduate Entrance Examination (CMDPGEE) 2014.

The entrance exam is conducted to screen candidates seeking admission to Master of Dental Surgery (MDS), Doctor of Medicine (M.D), Master of Surgery (M.S) MD Ayurveda courses under Management quota in Medical and Dental colleges of Uttarakhand.

Eligibility:

Interested applicants should hold a MBBS/BDS degree from any of the recognised Medical/Dental Colleges by the Medical/Dental Council of India. The candidates should also have completed one year rotatory internship by March 31, 2014. Only Indian nationals are eligible to apply.

How to apply:

Candidates can get the forms in person by paying Rs. 2,500 in cash or through demand draft (DD). The DD should be drawn in favour of ACEE, payable at Rishikesh.

For further details candidates can visit the following website: http://www.aceeindia.org/

Important Dates:

Date of issue of brochure: January 27, 2014
Last date of sale of application forms: April 05, 2014
Last date of submission of application forms: April 05, 2014
Admit card to be issued by: April 10, 2014
Date of examination: April 13, 2014
Result declaration: Within one week of examination

Contact Details:

The Secretary,
ACEE, Seema Dental College & Hospital
P.O. Pashulok Virbhadra Road,
Rishikesh - 249203.
Tel: 0135 - 2452962.

Courtesy sourced: India Today Online

All India Post Graduate Medical Admission online counselling available from February 18 to February 23

Jan31, 2014

Counselling for the candidates having successfully cleared the NBE conducted AIPGMEE (All India Post Graduate Medical Entrance Exam) 2014 will be available online from February 18-23, 2014. The AIPGMEE is conducted for admission to post-graduate medical courses such as MD/MS and diploma courses in 50 per cent of seats available at all medical colleges within the country under the all India 50 per cent quota. After the release of the AIPGMEE 2014 results on January 28, the only step left for admission is the counselling session.

The entire counselling process will be conducted in the following steps:
1. Main counselling registration
2. Exercising of choices, indicative seats and locking of choices
3. Process of seat allotment - round 1
4. Round 1 result publication
5. Reporting at the allotted medical colleges / institutions against round 1
6. Process of seat allotment - round 2
7. Round 2 result publication
8. Reporting at the allotted medical colleges / institutions against round 2
9. Publication of net vacant seats
10. Fresh choice submission and locking of choices by all eligible candidates for round 3
11. Process of seat allotment - round 3
12. Round 3 result publication
13. Reporting at the medical colleges / institutions against round 3

Click here for the detailed schedule and important dates.

It is essential that aspirants who are interested in admission to the postgraduate medical courses register for the online counselling process as counselling will not be conducted offline. Also, only those who register for the main counselling session will be eligible for admissions under the prescribed 3 rounds. Candidates will not be able to participate in counselling/allotment of seats if they miss the initial registration period between February 18, 2014 to February 23, 2014.

Courtesy sourced: India Today Online

COMEDK Post Graduate Entrance Test 2014 answer keys out

 Feb3, 2014

The Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) has released the answer key for the Post Graduate Entrance Test 2014 conducted on February 2, 2014. COMEDK conducts the PGET for admission to medical and dental post graduate courses within Karnataka and in the member institutions of the Karnataka Professional Colleges Foundation Trust (KPCF). COMEDK PGET 2014 scores will be used for admission in 12 medical colleges, 19 dental colleges with a total of around 600 seats available for admission.

The provisional answer key is available for each of the four PGET medical question papers (A,B,C and D) and each of the four PGET dental question papers. Candidates may request clarifications based on the provisional answer key at the expense of Rs 1,000 per clarification.

The eligibility for COMEDK PGET is MBBS if applying for post graduate medical courses and BDS if applying for dental courses, but the course must be recognised by the Medical Council of India. The three-hour COMEDK PGET exam consists of 180 multiple choice questions based on the syllabus based on MBBS course material or BDS course material respectively. No negative marking is applicable.

Important Dates
Last date for receiving objections related to provisional answer keys: February 5, 2014
Test score releases on: February 17, 2014
Publishing of rank list and uploading of online rank card: February 22, 2014

Check the answer key here: comedk.org

Courtesy sourced: India Today Online

MBBS Admission at MGIMS, Sevagram

Jan14, 2014

New Delhi: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram has invited applications for the Admission to the MBBS Course for the Academic Year 2014-15. The candidates shall be selected as per their merit in the Entrance Examination conducted by MGIMS to be held on 20th April 2014 at Nagpur, Delhi, Hyderabad Mumbai, Varanasi & Kolkata. Those students who are going to appear in 10+2 Higher Secondary Board Examination in March / April 2014 are also eligible to appear in the competitive Entrance Examination.

Eligibility:
The candidate must attain 17 years of age on or before 31st December of the year of admission. The Candidate must have passed 12th standard examination under 10+2 system of Maharashtra State Higher Secondary Education Board or equivalent examination of any recognised Board or any Indian University with English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology individually in each subject in first attempt. The candidate must have obtained minimum 50 percent marks (40 percent in the case of SC / ST / VJ / NT / OBC) taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Application:
Candidates seeking admission to MBBS course of MGIMS can obtain Prospectus and Application form
(a) Either by paying only Rs 4000 in cash at the Cash counter of Account Section in premises of Administrative Complex of KHS and MGIMS.
(b) or by paying Rs. 4000 to State Bank of India through bank challan.
(c) If the candidate wants to submit the fee by bank challan he should click the link of the bank challan at http://www.mgims.ac.in/index.php/pmt-challan, fill the information required and submit it.
(d) Candidate should mention full name address with pin code number on which the candidate wants to receive the prospectus & phone number for communication in the space provided on the challan form so that the prospectus can be sent to the given address.
(e) The candidate is required to take a printout of the saved copy in landscape on legal size paper and has to visit the nearest branch of State Bank of India for submission of the required charges.
(f) The Challan form is in three copies and the candidate has to send one original paid copy of the challan form to the 'Dean, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, 442102’ by speed post.

The Prospectus and Form will be available till 8th March, 2014. The last date of receipt of filled up application is 20th March, 2014. 

For further details visit the link: MGIMS

15,800 additional MBBS seats to be created in country

February 7, 2014

New Delhi, Feb 7 (PTI) With the availability of doctors being a dismal 0.5 for every 1,000 persons in the country, the Centre has proposed to create an additional 15,800 MBBS seats, Lok Sabha was informed today. ”The current doctor-population ratio in the country is approximately 1:1,700, yielding a density of 0.5 doctors per thousand people, which is not adequate,” Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad, said in a statement. Azad said that as per a high-level expert group report which has been presented to Planning Commission, an additional 187 medical colleges are required in under-served districts during the 12th and 13th Plans.

The Union government has approved three centrally sponsored schemes aimed at, among others, upgrading 58 district hospitals into medical colleges and increasing undergraduate and postgraduate seats at government medical colleges, he added. To facilitate the setting up of more medical colleges, the Centre has also amended the regulations for teacher-student ratio, land requirement, bed strength, bed occupancy, maximum admission capacity, etc. he said. As a solution to the problem of land availability, a proposal has also been okayed for the setting up of split campuses of government medical colleges at two separate locations, which, however, have to be situated within 10km of each other, he added. Read the burden of being a doc in this day and age.

Courtesy source: Health India

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NITTE University invites applications for MBBS and BDS Programmes 2014

February 3, 2014

NITTE University has invited applications for admission to Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) programmes offered at K.S. Hegde Medical Academy and A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences.

Eligibility criteria:

The applicant should have passed class 12 or equivalent examination with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as optional subjects and English as one of the languages. The candidate must possess a minimum aggregate of 50 per cent (40 per cent for SC/ST category) marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Candidates waiting for 10+2 results may also apply. The candidates should be an Indian citizen and17 or more years of age as on December 31, 2014.

How to apply:

Interested candidates have to download the application form from the official website: http://www.nitte.edu.in/

The applicant then needs to mail the duly filled application form to the Registrar, NITTE University, Deralakatte, Mangalore (D.K)-575018, Karnataka, India. The candidate can also hand over the application in person at the university office on any working day.

Selection procedure:

Candidates will be selected on the basis of their performance in the NITTE University UG Entrance Test conducted by the university.

Important dates:

Last date for receipt of application by the university: Saturday, May 3, 2014
Date of dispatch of test admission tickets by post by the university: Monday, February 10, 2014
Date for downloading the test admission tickets from the website if not received by post: Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Date of entrance test: Monday, May 12, 2014
Date of publication of key answers (provisional): Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Date of publication of key answers (final): Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Date of announcement of merit list: Saturday, June 14, 2014
Date of counseling (first round):
MBBS: Thursday, June 26, 2014
BDS: Friday, June 27, 2014
Date of counseling (second round) - Friday, July 18, 2014

Courtesy source: India Today Online

Admit Card for RUHS Pre-PG Medical/Dental Entrance Exam 2014

Pre P.G.Admit Card Download url

Control Room for Pre P.G.-2014

Rajasthan University of Health Sciences RUHS has released admit cards for online Pre-PG Medical/Dental Entrance Examination 2014. Candidates who applied to Rajasthan Pre-PG Medical/Dental Entrance Examination 2014 can download their admit card from 25-01-2014 available at www.ruhsraj.org. Candidates may contact helpline number 0141-2795527 for any grievance/support regarding admit cards.

Karnataka likely to make 10-year domicile must for PG course aspirants

Sunday, January 12, 2014

 Even as the Aam Aadmi Party proposes to reserve college seats in Delhi exclusively for locals, the Congress government in Karnataka has decided to introduce a new stringent 10-year domicile condition on aspirants for postgraduate medical and dental seats in colleges in the state in an effort to ensure that more local students gain admissions to PG courses.

Medical education minister Dr Sharan Prakash Patil, while announcing the admission process for PG courses for the 2014-15 academic period here Friday, said the government has tried to ensure that more students from Karnataka get access to the 1010 government quota PG seats in the medical and dental streams for the academic year.
“A 10-year domicile condition is being introduced for admissions to government quota PG seats this year to protect the interests of local students. Previously, there were no domicile conditions and the majority of seats was being garnered by outsiders,’’ the medical education minister said.

Under the new domicile conditions, only students who have studied in Karnataka for years or children of a parent who has studied in the state for a minimum of 10 years are eligible for the government quota PG seats.
The minister said the measure was being taken because the state was surrendering 50 per cent of its PG medical and dental seats to an all-India quota while the remaining caters to Karnataka students.
The state government has decided to conduct PG entrance exams for the 2014-15 academic year through the National Board of Exams for the government quota in an effort to bring transparency into a system plagued by complaints of irregularities while being handled by the state government’s Rajiv Gandhi University for Health Sciences.

From the 2015-16 academic year, the state government has agreed to conduct all PG admissions through the merit list generated by the AIPGMEE national entrace test conducted by the NBE – which will result in all aspirants taking only one exam for entrance for admissions to all the 2,000-plus PG seats available in government and private colleges in Karnataka.

Courtesy source : PGTimes

Supreme Court tells Centre to decide on reservations in super-speciality posts

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Although the Supreme Court has left it to the Centre to decide whether there should be reservations in super-speciality posts such as those at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), implementing such quotas will be wrong. Super-speciality posts, especially in medicine, require anexceptional degree of expertise and excellence that cannot be compromised. This is all the more so because such medical specialists are in the profession of saving human lives. Their patients expect the very best of medical care. Quotas here would dilute the quality of service and possibly lead to unfortunate accidents.

By its very definition a specialist is a professional who possesses knowledge and skills beyond the ordinary. In fact, merit is an automatic prerequisite for such a post. Naturally, all professionals in any given profession cannot become specialists. This fact is sufficient to exclude super-speciality posts from the remit of reservations. While the latter aims to empower the disadvantaged, the former is meant to recognise the most meritorious. As it is, the healthcare sector in India suffers from an acute shortage of specialist medical practitioners. According to the Planning Commission, the country`s government-run healthcare system faces an 88% shortage of specialist doctors.

In such a scenario, imposing quotas on super-specialist posts would further hamstring the healthcare sector. In fact, instead of pushing reservations, the government should invest in capacity building and training. This would not only boost the woefully inadequate human resources in medicine, but also provide enough opportunities to candidates from disadvantaged sections of society to rise to the top of the medical profession without compromising on merit. Similarly, super-speciality posts in other fields such as science, engineering, armed forces, etc need to be firewalled from reservations. Otherwise, India`s human capital and dreams of emerging as a knowledge hub will lie in tatters.


COUNTERVIEW
Let's counteract prejudice
Murali Ramachandran

The Supreme Court has wisely ruled that giving quotas in super-speciality medical posts is the Centre's call. Government should now proceed and implement reservation in all concerned institutions. The argument that reservation should only be for mundane or routine jobs and not for technical posts is rather dim-witted, and based on the conceited belief that there are no adequately qualified people in less privileged groups who can aspire to so-called speciality posts.

Consider, for instance, the ban on reservation for less privileged groups in faculty positions in AIIMS. Hundreds of students of less privileged groups have successfully passed graduate and postgraduate medical courses across many institutes of national excellence, including AIIMS. Reservation would ensure that they would also have a reasonable chance for claiming a fair share of faculty seats, without any discrimination. And how does quality suffer when all aspirants from less privileged groups also go through the same rigorous selection process for super-speciality posts?

Another major issue here is the reintroduction of a professional caste hierarchy in certain areas like medicine, engineering and other scientific and technical posts by designating them as super-speciality posts. This is a dangerous trend because it is in higher knowledge institutions that complaints of discrimination and prejudice against the less privileged have been most rampant. For instance, a recent report showed that people from scheduled tribes constituted less than 3% of teaching staff in these institutions. Data from the University Grants Commission also shows that the share of professors from scheduled castes in central universities has come down sharply in recent years. Though the reason cited by selectors is the lack of qualified candidates from this group, this is also used as an alibi to scuttle reservation and transfer seats to the open category candidates.



Courtesy sourced PGTimes

PG medical seats auctioned for Rs 4cr in India

TNN 13 Sep'13

BANGALORE: A group of parents sitting in a city medical college auditorium, facing a management team, appear to be attending an orientation session. A closer look reveals they are bidding for post-graduate medical seats. A parent stands up and announces he is ready to pay Rs 1 crore for an MD (radiology) seat. Another parent ups the bid by Rs 25 lakh. At the end of the two-hour session, the coveted seat goes to the ward of the highest bidder.

 So highly contested have been the auctions for PG medical seats this year that the going rate for an MD (radiology) seat touched Rs 4 crore at a prominent Chennai college. It hovered between Rs 3 crore and Rs 3.5 crore for the same course in Bangalore colleges.

Successful bids for orthopaedics and dermatology seats varied between Rs 1 crore and Rs 1.5 crore. A paediatrics seat cost Rs 1.6 crore.

Parents find the auction disturbing. "It's like buying property. The more money you have, the better your house is."

A source says: "It seems only the elite can pursue some courses. What is also shocking is that students are a witness to this trend. So the student whose parent could not pay those extra lakhs is scarred for life."

Reasons for the high demand are not far to seek. For the lakhs of students who aspire to specialize in radiology, there are only 683 seats every year. "The gap between demand and supply is enormous. The shortage is perpetuated so that the cost of seats rises every year'' officials told TOI.

College managements, on their part, say their repeated pleas to the Medical Council of India (MCI) to increase the number of seats have been in vain. "If we admit very few students for some courses, the cost of their training goes up. How do we make up for that?" asks the principal of a college where PG-seat rates this year hovered between Rs 1 crore and Rs 3.5 crore. The huge gap in the number of under-graduate and post-graduate medical seats makes medical education costlier every year.

TIMES VIEW: End 'not-for-profit' charade, let market forces decide fees

Apart from law and order, education and health are perhaps the two areas where a government has the greatest responsibility towards its citizens - in socialist as well as capitalist societies. Unfortunately, in India, we have seen the steady retreat of government as a provider of quality education and healthcare. It is clear that there is no option but for the private sector to step in to bridge the yawning gap in the number of schools, colleges and hospitals. The private sector — barring a handful of philanthropically-minded business groups and businessmen — will do so only if there is a return on investment. But the Supreme Court has, in an old judgment, specified that the "object of setting up an educational institution is by definition 'charitable'...and should not be to make a profit."

While the objective of providing a sterling education that is affordable and widely accessible is laudable, the reality on the ground is very different. What has compounded the situation is the farce of trusts and societies setting up "not-for-profit" medical and engineering colleges when everyone knows that they exist only for profit. Huge capitation fees, running into crores, have to be paid unofficially for admission to these colleges. In several states in India, a large number of these colleges — often of dodgy quality — are run by powerful politicians or their pals. Worse still, government policies on education are designed to protect and promote these businesses-masquerading as-charitable institutions. Kapil Sibal's legislative move as HRD minister to allow "foreign education providers" to enter India are said to have been scuttled by these "education barons", many of whom are top ministers in state governments. They feared that reputed institutions from countries such as the US and the UK would undercut their money-making ventures.

The problem with so many of our government policies — many of them handed down through the decades — is that they are hypocritical, antiquated and serve, either wittingly or otherwise, the vested interests of a few rather than the public good of the many. It is time to end this charade and allow the private sector to enter education with the stated, transparent objective of earning a profit. Where these colleges are set up without any substantial government subsidy, they should have the freedom to set fees as they deem fit. Let market forces determine how much students and their parents are willing to pay for a given quality of education (there is no compulsion to go to an "expensive college", especially if it's "not worth it"). If need be, the SC should be approached for a review.


Courtesy sourced by: SeethaLakshmiS, TimesofIndia.com

Radiology is top choice for aspiring doctors

Update 15 Sep'13

At his plush diagnostic centre in central Bangalore, Dr S Suresh and his staff of 10 conduct X-rays, CT scans, etc for eight to 10 hospitals across the city. After 5 pm, it's time for teleradiology services, where another team of 10, armed with radiology diplomas, interpret test results for hospitals across the US.

 Six years earlier, Dr Suresh's parents had paid a capitation fee of Rs 1.5 crore to enable their only son to pursue his masters in radiology at a prominent college in Bangalore. They have no regrets - within three years, they got their money back, given that Dr Suresh's practice makes Rs 8 lakh per month.

A recent TOI report on a postgraduate seat in radiology commanding a staggering Rs 4-crore capitation fee in Chennai has surprised some, but medical professionals are quick to point out that radiology is one of the most sought after specialties across the country.

In Maharashtra, a radiology PG seat fetches a capitation fee of around Rs 1.45 crore; in Bangalore, colleges with just one or two seats charge up to Rs 3 crore. With only 268 medical colleges across India offering PG radiology, shortage of seats raises the price. "Out of 49,418 medical students across India, only 688 get to do radiology every year," said L P Thangavelu, president, Indian Medical Association (IMA)'s Tamil Nadu chapter, citing MCI figures.

But why are people willing to pay such stiff capitation fees? Senior radiologists emphasize that in a salaried position, radiologists would never be able to recover their investment. But the prospect of starting their own scanning centres is a big draw. Mumbai-based radiologist Dr Bhavin Jhankaria, for instance, is considered a poster boy of sorts in the field of radiology having sold two start-ups to corporates over the last seven years.

Often, those who pay crores for seats are those who come from a family of radiologists or are in the diagnostic business. "It does not make business sense to invest Rs 3 crore for a course when there are no returns. Parents do it only if they are assured of the payback," said Dr Sudarshan Ballal, medical director, Manipal Hospitals.

With the prevailing practice of evidence-based medicine, diagnostics have become very important. As Dr Sandeep Jaipurkar, consultant radiologist, Vijaya Hospitals, Chennai, puts it, "A radiologist is the consultant of consultants." Madras Medical College dean Dr V Kanagasabai explains that today, diagnosis of any disease requires at least one scan. "Whether it is pregnancy, cancer or a head injury, the expertise of a radiologist is needed to confirm diagnosis," he said. Given the number of tests patients today are subject to, radiologists with their own diagnostic centres can make a pretty packet. "An MRI doesn't cost less than Rs 10,000. Do even 10 MRIs a day, you can earn Rs 1 lakh," said the head of a Mumbai-based medical college.

Another draw is the absence of night calls and beepers going off at odd hours. Students who sign up for the course are said to be on the ROAD to happiness, an acronym highlighting radiology, ophthalmology, anesthesiology and dermatology, all specialties assuring a balanced lifestyle, and offering good money for the least taxing work. "When I ask youngsters why they chose it, their answer is more money and no night shifts," said Dr Ballal.

 The job is also stress-free and flexible when compared to other specialties, as radiologists are rarely involved in treatment, and their job ends with diagnosis. Except during ultrasounds, they are not required to be present at the time of scanning. "They can diagnose reports of patients from anywhere," said Dr Thangavelu.

Dr Harsh Mahajan, Delhi-based radiologist, adds that with innovations like teleradiology and interventional radiology, the performance of (usually minimally invasive) medical procedures guided by imaging technologies gaining popularity, the scope of the field has also widened. With interventional radiology a radiologist, with his hair-like probes and CT scanner guide, can reach a deep-seated tiny growth in the lungs or clot in a liver vein. In many cases, these super-specialized radiologists are the first choice for placing a stent in a blood vessel in a near-gangrenous leg or fixing an aneurysm (a blood vessel in danger of rupturing) in the brain or the heart's biggest artery.

Teleradiology, on the other hand, operates in a BPO-style environment. "If there is an accident in the US and they need immediate images of the injury, hospitals send it to Indian teleradiologists for quick diagnosis," said Dr Sharan Patil, chief orthopaedic surgeon and CEO of Sparsh Hospitals, Bangalore.

It's no wonder that in postgraduate medicine, radiology is a hot favourite, on par with orthopedics, with medicine at a close third. "At AIIMS, radiology has been the most sought after course for almost a decade now," said Dr Rakesh Yadav, sub-dean, academics at AIIMS. A master's degree in radiology is adequate unlike other specialties, and one does not have to spend another year or two unless you want to super-specialize in interventional neuro or onco radiology.

Courtesy sourced :By Seetha Lakshmi S, TNN timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Matrix of Post-Graduate Medical Degree Courses, MD - RADIOLOGY seats in India

Course: PG Medical, MD - RADIOLOGY

Course Duration - 3 years

Sl. No	Name & Address of Medical Colleges / Medical Institutions	University Affiliation	Annual Intake (Seats)
1.	Assam Medical College, Dirugarh, Assam	Dibrugarh University	4
2.	Rajendra Medical College, Ranchi, Bihar	Ranchi University	2
3.	Darbanga Medical College, Laharsarai, Bihar	Patna University	.
4.	University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi	Delhi University	1
5.	The Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujarat	Gujarat University	4
6.	Pt. BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana	Maharshi Dayanand University	4
7.	GB Pant Hospital, Delhi	Rani Durgawati Vishwavidyalaya	.
8.	Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra	Shivaji University	1
9.	Indra Gandhi Medical College & Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra	Nagpur University	2
10.	Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra	Nagpur University	2
11.	Seth GS Medical College, Maharashtra	Mumbai University	3
12.	Govt. Medical College, Maharashtra	Nagpur University	3
13.	Govt. Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University	2
14.	Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab	Punjab University	2
15.	Christian Medical College, Ludhiana	Punjab University	2
16.	Govt. Medical College, Patiala, Punjab	Punjab University	7
17.	Chennai Medical College, Chennai, Tamilnadu	TN Dr. MGR Medical University	.
18.	Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamilnadu	TN Dr. MGR Medical University	.
19.	MLB Medical College, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh	Bundlekhand University	1
20.	S.N. Medical College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh	Agra University	.
21.	GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh	Kanpur University	2
22.	Institute of Medical Sciences, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh	Banaras Hindu University	2
23.	NRS Medical College, Calcutta,     West Bengal	Calcutta University	1
Sl. No	Name & Address of Medical Colleges / Medical Institutions	University Affiliation	Annual Intake (Seats)
1.	Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh	NTR University of Health Sciences	2
2.	Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh	NTR University of Health Sciences	1
3.	Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh	NTR University of Health Sciences	1
4.	Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh	NTR University of Health Sciences	1
5.	Rangaraj Medical College, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh	NTR University of Health Sciences	1
6.	Guntur Medical College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh	NTR University of Health Sciences	1
7.	Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh	NTR University of Health Sciences	1
8.	Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Punjagutta, Hyderabad	.	2
9.	Guwahati Medical College, Assam	Guwahati University	4
10.	Darbanga Medical College, Bihar	L.N. Mithila University	4
11.	Patna Medical College, Bihar	Patna University	3
12.	GB Pant Hospital, Delhi	PG Institute	1
13.	Maulana Medical College, Delhi	Delhi University	3
14.	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi	Autonomous	4
15.	Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi	Delhi University	2
16.	Army Hospital Research & Referral, Delhi	.	2
17.	BJ Medical College, Gujarat	Gujarat University	11
18.	MP Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat	Saurashtra University	4
19.	Sheth KM School of Postgraduate Medicine & Research, Gujarat	Gujarat University	8
20.	Medical College, Baroda, Gujarat	MS University	4
21.	Goa Medical College, Goa	Goa University	2
22.	Indra Gandhi Medical College, Shimla	Himachal Pradesh University	2
23.	Government Medical College, Jammu	Jammu University	2
24.	Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka	Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences	3
25.	Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Balagangadharanathanagar Karnataka	Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences	1
26.	Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College, Gulbarga, Karnataka	Rajiv Gandhi Univer- sity of Health Sciences,	2
27.	St.Johns Medical College, Karnataka	Bangalore University	1
28.	Sri Devaraj Urs medical College Kolar, Karnataka	Rajiv Gandhi Univer- sity of health Sciences	1
29.	M.S Ramaiah Medical College Bangalore	.	2
30.	Sri Siddhartha Medical College Tumkur	.	2
31.	JJM Medical College Davangere, Karnataka	Kuvempu University	4
32.	Kasturba Medical College Manipal, Karnataka	Manipal Academy of Higher Education	6
33.	Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala	Calicut University	1
34.	Medcial College, Trivandrum, Kerala	Kerala University	2
35.	Calicut Medical College, Kerala	Calicut University	2
36.	Krishan Institute of Medical Sciences Karad, Maharashtra	Shivaji University	1
37.	Rural Medical College Loni, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra	Poona University	3
38.	Topiwala National Medical College Bombay, Maharashtra	Mumbai University	4
39.	Grant Medical College, Maharashtra	Mumbai University	3
40.	Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra	Mumbai University	1
41.	B.J.Medical College, Maharashtra	Pune University	4
42.	Tata Memorial Hospital, Maharashtra	Mumbai University	3
43.	Armed Forces Medical College Pune, Maharashtra	Poona University	3
44.	SRTR Medical College Ambajogai, Maharashtra	Dr.Babasaheeb Ambedkar Marathwada university	2
45.	LTM Medical College, Maharashtra	Mumbai University	4
46.	Dr.VM Medical College Solapur, Maharashtra	Shivaji University	2
47.	MGM Medical College Indore, Madhya Pradesh	Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya	4
48.	GR Medical College, Gwalior, M.P	Jiwaji Univesity	4
49.	Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh	Rani Durgawati Vishwavidyalaya	3
50.	Pt. JNM Medical College Raipur, Madhya Pradesh	Ravishankar University	1
51.	Gandhi Medical college,Bhopal,M.P.	Baraktullah University	4
52.	SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Orissa	Utkal University	2
53.	KCG Medical College, Orissa	Berhampur University	1
54.	Jawaharlal Institute of PG Medical Education and Research ,Pondicherry	Pondicherry University	2
55.	Christian Medical College, Ludhiana	Punjab University	2
56.	Punjab University	Statutory autonomous	18
57.	Government Medical College, Patiala	Punjab University	7
58.	Govt. Medical College, Amritsar	Guru Nanak Dev University	3
59.	SMS Medical College, Jaipur	Rajasthan University	2
60.	JLN Medical College, Ajmer	Rajasthan University	2
61.	RNT Medical College, Udaipur	Rajasthan University	2
62.	Sardar Patel Medical College Bikaner, Rajasthan	University of Rajasthan	2
63.	Dr. SN Medical College, Jodhpur	Rajasthan University	2
64.	Chennai Medical College Chennai, Tamil Nadu	Dr. MGR Medical University	5
65.	Madurai Medical College Madurai, Tamil nadu	Dr.MGR Medical University	2
66.	Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute Porur, Chennai – 116 Tamil Nadu	Deemed University	3
67.	LLRM Medical University, U.P.	Meerut Universitiy	1
68.	SN Medical College, Agra, U.P.	Agra University	2
69.	KG Medical College, U.P.	Lucknow University	3
70.	JN Medical College, Aligarh, U. P.	Aligarh Muslim University	1
71.	Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, UP	Allahabad University	1
72.	RG Kar Medical College,West Bengal	Calcutta University	1
73.	Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, Calcutta, West Bengal	Calcutta University	1
Sl. No	Name & Address of Medical Colleges/ Medical Institutions	University Affiliation	Annual Intake (Seats)
1.	Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh	NTR University of Health Sciences	3
2.	Patna Medical College, Patna, Bihar	Patna University	2
3.	Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi	Delhi University	.
4.	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi	Statutory Autonomous	2
5.	The Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujarat	Gujarat University	4
6.	BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad	Gujarat University	2
7.	K.M. School of Postgraduate Medicine & Research, Ahmedabad	Gujarat University	.
8.	Pt. BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana	Maharshi Dayanand University	2
9.	Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, J&K	Deemed University	4
10.	Govt. Medical College, Jammu	Jammu University	.
11.	Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka	Bangalore University	1
12.	Kasturba Medical College Manipal, Karnataka	Manipal Academy of Higher Education	2
13.	Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, Karnataka	Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences	1
14.	MGM Medical College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh	Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya	2
15.	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh	Rani Durgawati Vishwavidyalaya	2
16.	Pt. JNM Medical College, Raipur, Madhya Pradesh	Ravishankar University	1
17.	Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh	Barkatullah University	2
18.	Govt. Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University	2
19.	Tata Memorial Hospital, Maharashtra	Mumbai University	8
20.	SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Orissa	Utkal University	4
21.	Christian Medical College, Ludhiana	Punjab University	2
22.	PG Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, Punjab	Statutory Autonomous	4
23.	Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan	Rajasthan University	1
24.	SMS Medical College, Jaipur	Rajasthan University	1
25.	Christian  Medical College Vellore, Tamilnadu	TN Dr. MGR Medical University	3
26.	Madurai Medical College, Madurai, Tamilnadu	TN Dr. MGR Medical University	2
27.	Chennai Medical College Chennai, Tamilnadu	TN Dr. MGR Medical University	4
28.	Cancer Institute, Chennai, Tamilnadu	TN Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai	1
29.	Institute of Medical Sciences Varanasi ,Uttar Pradesh	Banaras Hindu University	1
30.	Motilal Nehru Medical College, Uttar Pradesh	Allahabad University	2
31.	KG Medical College, Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow University	2
32.	GSVM Medical College, Uttar Pradesh	Kanpur University	2
33.	SN Medical College, Uttar Pradesh	Agra University	2
34.	NRS Medical College, West Bengal	Calcutta University	1
35.	University college of Medicine Calcutta, West Bengal	Calcutta University	.
Sl. No	Name & Address of Medical Colleges / Medical Institutions	University Affiliation	Annual Intake (Seats)
1.	Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi	Delhi University	1

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