400 more MBBS seats on offer in TN

400 more MBBS seats on offer in TN

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai: 19.07.2020

Tamil Nadu will have at least 400 more MBBS seats on its seat matrix for the 2020 medical admissions. The Medical Council of India has increased 250 seats in existing medical colleges — government and private — and also permitted a new self-financing college to start UG medical programme in 2021.

The Government Kanyakumari Medical College and Hospital has been permitted to add 50 more MBBS seats to the existing 100 seats, director of medical education Dr R Narayanababu said. The medical college in Asaripallam, Nagercoil, started iwith 100 seats in 2004. In 2016, the college started postgraduate medical programmes. “The policy of the state is to start new medical in every district and increase seats in all existing medical colleges to 250. Besides training doctors, these colleges will function as tertiary health care facilities,” he said.

Panimalar Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, a self-financing medical college affiliated to Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, has been permitted to start MBBS course with 150 seats this year. The MCI website also shows 100 additional seats each at deemed universities Meenakshi Medical College Hospital And Research Institute and Saveetha Medical College in Kancheepuram.

Officials say at least three more new private medical colleges have applied for MCI permission. “If they get permission they will add another 450 seats,” a senior official said. “As of now, these colleges have been asked to make a few rectifications and reapply.”

Earlier this week, health minister C Vijayabaskar said the state is waiting for MCI officials to inspect the campus of 11 new medical colleges the state was permitted to start. In August, the cabinet committee on economic affairs had approved setting up of 75 government medical colleges by 2021-22 across the country.

The Centre also offered to partially fund the project as it wanted to increase the number of medical colleges in the country. Tamil Nadu, which has 24 medical colleges at present, got permission to start 11 medical colleges with 150 seats each.

“By next academic year, we will have 1,650 MBBS seats,” he said.

2020 MEDICAL ADMISSIONS

MU best employee is man who put its ₹140cr in tottering bank

MU best employee is man who put its ₹140cr in tottering bank

Hemali.Chhapia@timesgroup.com

Mumbai:  19.07.2020

The University of Mumbai has conferred the best employee award on an officer against whom it is conducting an inquiry of financial mismanagement for depositing Rs 140 crore of the varsity in Yes Bank five days before the financial institution collapsed.

In the last concluded senate meeting of February-March, the matter was flagged off by Supriya Karande, who questioned the decision of the varsity to park funds with a bank that had failed.

A committee to inquire into the investment was set up and the members had submitted their findings and demanded that the officer, Rajendra Ambawade, be suspended and an inquiry be set up against him.

Ambawade, who is deputy registrar, declined to comment. “I am not allowed to speak to the media,” he said.

A university spokesperson said the inquiry was not yet completed.

“The inquiry is still on and if the charges pressed against Ambawade are found to be indeed correct, the award will be taken back,” the spokesperson said.

The matter in question is the large fixed deposit investment of the public university with Yes Bank, and the inquiry committee found that university finance officers claimed ignorance about the Yes Bank stock movement from Rs 245 to Rs 25 in a year at the time when ther investment was made.

Among the private banks approved to make investments, Yes Bank does not figure in the list. Section officers could not produce any document authorising them to invest in Yes Bank as previously no business was transacted with it, said a member of the committee.

As a public university, preference is also given to nationalised banks for depositing excess money.

Professor D P Mehta, chancellor’s nominee to the senate, said: “The inquiry committee has investigated the matter and submitted a report but no action has been taken so far. The members who were selecting officers for the award should have been apprised about the charges levelled against Ambawade by the inquiry panel and the award should not have morally been given to him.”

Chancellor’s nominee in the senate Sudhakar Tamboli said the employee was named in the first draft of the committee report, which was submitted to the university in March. “The inquiry was still on. If the university does not want to honour the committee’s findings, what is the point of setting up such an inquiry committee?” Tamboli said.

‘560 univs have either had exams or plan to hold’

‘560 univs have either had exams or plan to hold’

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi:  19.07.2020

The University Grants Commission stated on Saturday that of 945 universities asked to share status of the conduct of examination, 755 had responded by Saturday with 560 claiming they had either held the examination or are planning to conduct them.

The commission in its revised guidelines on July 6 stated that the final exams have to be conducted by September-end and that the exams are mandatory. The UGC on Saturday reiterated that performance in examinations contributes to merit, lifelong credibility, wider global acceptability for admissions, scholarships, awards, placements, and better future prospects.

While making the exams mandatory, the guidelines also mentioned that in case a student of terminal semester/ final year is unable to appear in the examination conducted by the university for any reason, he/she may be given opportunity to appear in special examinations for such course(s)/ paper(s), which may be conducted by the university as and when feasible, so that the student is not put to any inconvenience/ disadvantage.

400 more MBBS seats on offer in TN

400 more MBBS seats on offer in TN

Panimalar College Gets MCI Nod For Med Course

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:  19.07.2020

Tamil Nadu will have at least 400 more MBBS seats on its matrix for the 2020-21 medical admissions. The Medical Council of India has increased 250 seats in existing medical colleges — government and private — and also permitted a new self-financing college to start the UG medical programme in 2021.

The Government Kanyakumari Medical College and Hospital has been permitted to add 50 more MBBS seats to the existing 100 seats, director of medical education Dr R Narayanababu said. The medical college in Asaripallam, Nagercoil, started iwith 100 seats in 2004. In 2016, the college started postgraduate medical programmes. “The policy of the state is to start new medical in every district and increase seats in all existing medical colleges to 250. Besides training doctors, these colleges will function as tertiary health care facilities,” he said.

Panimalar Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, a self-financing medical college affiliated to Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, has been permitted to start MBBS course with 150 seats this year. The MCI website also shows 100 additional seats each at deemed universities Meenakshi Medical College Hospital And Research Institute and Saveetha Medical College in Kancheepuram.

Officials say at least three more new private medical colleges have applied for MCI permission. “If they get permission they will add another 450 seats,” a senior official said. “As of now, these colleges have been asked to make a few rectifications and reapply.”

Earlier this week, health minister C Vijayabaskar said the state is waiting for MCI officials to inspect the campus of 11 new medical colleges the state was permitted to start. In August, the cabinet committee on economic affairs had approved setting up of 75 government medical colleges by 2021-22 across the country.

The Centre also offered to partially fund the project as it wanted to increase the number of medical colleges in the country. Tamil Nadu, which has 24 medical colleges at present, got permission to start 11 medical colleges with 150 seats each.

“By next academic year, we will have 1,650 MBBS seats,” he said.

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விருதுநகர் மாவட்டத்தில் இன்று ஒரே நாளில் 11 கர்ப்பிணிகள், 13 சுகாதாரப் பணியாளர்கள் உள்பட 273 பேர் கரோனா வைரஸ் தொற்றால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டனர்.

விருதுநகரில் இன்று ஒரே நாளில் 11 கர்ப்பிணிகள் உள்பட 273 பேருக்கு கரோனா: 5 வங்கிகள் மூடல்

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விருதுநகர் மாவட்டத்தில் இன்று ஒரே நாளில் 11 கர்ப்பிணிகள், 13 சுகாதாரப் பணியாளர்கள் உள்பட 273 பேர் கரோனா வைரஸ் தொற்றால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டனர்.

சென்னை, மதுரையைத் தொடர்ந்து விருதுநகர் மாவட்டத்தில் நாளுக்கு நாள் கரோனா வைரஸ் தொற்று அதிகரித்து வருகிறது. இன்று ஒரே நாளில் விருதுநகர் மாவட்டத்தில் 273 பேருக்கு கரோனா வைரஸ் தொற்று கண்டறியப்பட்டது. இவர்களில் 11 பேர் கர்ப்பிணிகள், 13 பேர் சுகாதாரப் பணியாளர்கள் என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

மேலும், விருதுநகர் மாவட்டத்தில் இதுவரை கரோனா வைரஸ் தொற்றால் 24 பேர் உயிரிழந்துள்ளனர். கடந்த ஒரு வாரத்தல் மட்டும் 14 பேர் உயிரிழந்துள்ளனர். விருதுநகர் மாவட்டத்தில் கரோனா வைரஸ் தொற்றால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டோர் எண்ணிக்கை 3,095 ஆக உயர்ந்துள்ளது. இவர்களில் 2006 பேர் சிகிச்சைபெற்று வருகின்றனர்.

கரோனா வைரஸ் தொற்று காரணமாக விருதுநகரில் ஒரு வங்கியும், சாத்தூரில் 4 வங்கிகளும் மூடப்பட்டுள்ளன. இதனால் வணிகர்கள் மற்றும் பொதுமக்கள் பண பரிவர்த்தனை செய்ய முடியாமல் தவித்து வருகின்றனர்.

குறிப்பாக 100 நாள் வேலை திட்டத்தில் பணியாற்றி வரும் கிராமப்புறத் தொழிலாளர்கள் வங்கியில் பணம் எடுக்க முடியாமலும் அன்றாட் செலவுகளுக்கு பணம் இல்லாததாலும் தவித்து வருகின்றனர்.