Over 350 seats in Medical, Dental colleges in State cancelled



Committees constituted to probe into irregularities in admissions recommended cancellation of seats

By Vikas Vaidya

Acting on numerous complaints about malpractices in admission process by private medical colleges and rampant use of moneybags, the Maharashtra Government had constituted three high-level committees to probe into the irregularities in admissions in private medical colleges across the State. The committee members submitted the reports and on the basis of the same, Pravesh Niyantran Samiti cancelled over 350 seats in these colleges including 50 seats of colleges in Vidarbha.
This unusual step has been taken by the Medical Education Department after Pravesh Niyantran Samiti formally appraised the Government about seriousness of complaints received by it about brazen violation of norms by private medical colleges, mostly controlled by political big-wigs. Those in know of things openly quoted astronomical rates for medical admission and promised a confirmed admission. Some intermediaries also collected advance from interested aspirants.
Accordingly to make an enquiry of the complaints received, three committees
have been constituted for Konkan-Pune, Aurangabad-Nashik and Nagpur-Amravati region. MUHS has appointed the Chairman as Dr Gajanan Ekbote for Konkan and Pune, Dr V D Wangikar, Director-Professor, Department of Community Ophthalmology and Public Health, Aurangabad and Dr Vinay Hazarey, Dean, Government Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur and Dr Rajaram Powar, Dean, Government Medical College and Hospital for Amravati and Nagpur. The committee formed under the Chairmanship of Dr Vinay Hazarey, Dean, Government Dental College and Hospital and Dr Rajaram Powar, Dean, Government Medical College and Hospital for Amravati-Nagpur region has already submitted the report.

Admissions approved and not approved in Vidarbha colleges

colleges          approved seats    not approved

NKPSIMS        116                     11
VSPM dental      66                     19
PDMC               81                       4
VYWS dental      27                     19
The seats will be approved in due course subject to the condition that discrepancies pointed out are finally satisfied with by the appropriate authority.
Suitable decision shall be taken in respect of these admissions only
after enquiry reports are received by Pravesh Niyantran Samiti.

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