New Delhi | 1 year ago
40 Indians with Philippines medical degree move court
New Delhi, Sep 5 - A group of 40 Indian students, who obtained the doctor of medicine degree from the Philippines, Monday moved the Delhi High Court after the Medical Council of India - allegedly denied them permission to practice in the country.Taking note of the petition, Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw issued notice to the central government and MCI seeking their response by Nov 21, the next date of ... read more

New Delhi | 2 years ago
Foreign students, medical courses likely in IITs
New Delhi, Sep 10 - Foreign students and faculty, medical courses and a new pattern for entrance exams are among the reforms planned for Indian Institutes of Technology -, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Friday.Talking to reporters after a nearly three-hour-long meeting of the council of IITs, Sibal said the decisions were taken to bring IITs at par with the international inst ... read more

New Delhi | 2 years ago
IITs to enrol foreign students, offer medical courses
New Delhi, Sep 10 - The Indian Institutes of Technologies - will induct foreigners as students and faculty and will also conduct medical courses, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal announced Friday.Talking to reporters after a nearly three-hour meeting with the council of IITs, Sibal said the major decisions were taken to bring IITs at par with international institutes and to make the ... read more

New Delhi | 2 years ago
New medical panel to be fully autonomous, says Azad
New Delhi, May 25 - Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Tuesday said the newly constituted panel replacing the dissolved Medical Council of India - will have full control over its decisions without any interference from the government.'The six-member panel which replaced the MCI will be an autonomous body with double powers. It will include the powers of MCI and also that of the health ministry,' Aza ... read more

New Delhi | 3 years ago
Democratic norms violated in dissolving MCI: CPI-M
New Delhi, May 19 - The Communist Party of India-Marxist - Wednesday alleged that the central government violated 'minimum democratic norms' and bypassed the rights of the state governments by dissolving the Medical Council of India - through an ordinance.The CPI-M asked the central government to 'immediately call a meeting of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare and ensure that the ri ... read more

New Delhi | 3 years ago
'Medical education needs separate governing body'
New Delhi, May 17 - Amid reports that medical education would be brought under the ambit of the proposed National Commission for Higher Education and Research -, the health ministry has objected to such a move, saying medical studies need a separate governing body.'Medical education has a very wide field. It needs a separate governing body,' a senior official of the ministry told IANS Monday. 'He ... read more

New Delhi | 3 years ago
MCI dissolved, seven-member committee set up
New Delhi, May 15 - Three weeks after Medical Council of India - president Ketan Desai was arrested on corruption charges, President Pratibha Patil Saturday signed an ordinance dissolving the statutory regulatory body and replacing it with a seven-member committee.A seven-member panel will replace the MCI and serve for a period of one year, Health Secretary Sujatha Rao said. According to health m ... read more

New Delhi | 3 years ago
Ordinance dissolving MCI gets president's assent
New Delhi, May 15 - Three weeks after Medical Council of India - president Ketan Desai was arrested on corruption charges, President Pratibha Patil Thursday signed an ordinance dissolving the statutory regulatory body.A seven-member body will replace MCI and serve for a period of one year, Health Secretary Sujatha Rao said. Some of the committee members are like to be former director of AIIMS P. V ... read more

New Delhi | 3 years ago
MCI likely to be dissolved, replaced by seven-member board
New Delhi, May 14 - The central government is working on an ordinance to dissolve the Medical Council of India and replace it with a seven-member governing committee to resolve the current crisis surrounding the statutory regulatory body, according to a top official.According to the sources, a seven-member board of eminent doctors like former director of AIIMS P.Venugopal, senior cardiologist K.K ... read more

New Delhi | 3 years ago
Medical Council president quits
New Delhi, May 13 - Medical Council of India president Ketan Desai, who has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation - on graft charges, has resigned from the council.Official sources said Desai submitted his resignation to MCI vice president P.C. Kesavankutty Nayar. The letter has been forwarded to the health ministry for approval. Reacting to the development, Health Minister Ghulam N ... read more