All applicants are informed of the outcome of their application by email shortly after the committee meetings. For detailed information on the application process, key dates, format of the meeting and required documentation, one may consult the application guidelines or visit India | EMBO Symposia website.
For any enquiries related to the funding and application process, one can write to workshops @ wellcomedbt. org
NEET 2017 TO BE HELD IN JUNE NEXT YEAR
The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for entrance to DM / MCh in terms of Section 10 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 as amended in 2016 shall be conducted by the National Board of Examinations.
The examination shall be held at various cities on 10th June 2017. It will be a Computer Based Test and shall comprise of 200 Multiple Choice Questions from the MD / MS curriculum followed at medical colleges in India duly prescribed or adopted by Medical Council of India with prior approval of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
Thiruvanathapuram; NIMHANS, Bengaluru and JIPMER, Puducherry are not covered by NEET-SS.
National Board of Examinations is an autonomous organization established by Government of India in 1982 with prime objective of conducting post graduate examinations on all India basis. It also conducted the NEET- PG for MD / MS / PG Diploma admissions in 2013, 2017; NEET MDS 2017 and All India Post Graduate Medical Entrance Examination( AIPGMEE) during the period 2014 – 2016. For further queries, one can contact mail @ natboard. edu. in or NBE office at 011-45593000 or 1800111700( Toll Free).
A STATUS REPORT ON HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
As per All India Survey on Higher Education( AISHE) 2015- 16, the number of universities in the country is 799 and out of them 386 Universities came into existence since 2001. The number of students and teachers in the institutions of higher education in the country during academic year 2015-16 are 3.46 Crore and 15.19 Lakh respectively. The Minister of State( HRD), Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey stated this in the Parliament recently.
Out of the total number of sanctioned teaching posts of 17006( 2407 Professor, 4789 Associate Professor, 9810 Assistant Professor), in 40 Central Universities( CUs) under the purview of Ministry of Human Resource Development( MHRD), 6080 teaching posts( 1308 Professor, 2230 Associate Professor, 2542 Assistant Professor) are lying vacant as on 01.10.2016. In case of Indira Gandhi National Open University( IGNOU), against the sanctioned teaching posts of 454( 69 Professor, 135 Reader / Associate Professor, 250 Assistant Professor), 176 posts( 38 Professors, 51 Reader / Associate Professor, 87 Assistant Professor) are lying vacant as on November 01, 2016. education
NEET-SS is a single window entrance examination for entry to DM / MCh / PDCC courses. No other examination either at state level or institutional level entrance examination conducted by any University / medical colleges / institutions shall be valid as per the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 with effect from 2017 admission session.
NEET-SS 2017 shall be a single eligibility cum entrance examination namely‘ National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admission to Super Specialty Courses’ for the academic session 2017 which shall include DM / MCh / PDCC courses at all Private Medical Colleges, Institutions & Universities / Deemed Universities besides Armed Forces Medical Services Institutions.
AIIMS, New Delhi; PGIMER, Chandigarh; SRICHITRA,
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