stage. The country has about 18,000 PG medical seats in clinical subjects. Assuming 100 new medical colleges are set up in the next 4-5 years, additional faculty members numbering six to ten thousand will be required.
At the behest of the Central Government, the MCI has revised the teacher student ratio to increase PG seats in clinical subjects. As per the notification dated January 31, 2017, issued by MCI under its PG Regulations, the teacher student ratio shall be 1:3 for Professor and 1:2 for Associate Professor, who is a unit head. The relaxation shall be available only to public funded Medical Colleges in all clinical subjects.
The measure is expected to yield about 5000 additional PG seats in clinical subjects in the coming years. A meeting was convened with all States / UTs on January 24, 2017 and they have been advised to take action for starting / increase of seats in PG courses in Government Medical
Colleges immediately.
Expect students to take up healthcare entrepreneurship: Zoya Brar, MD, Core Diagnostics
Ms Zoya Brar, Co-founder and Managing Director of Core Diagnostics, delivered an address to 60 select students of Apeejay Stya University, Sohna Palwal Road, Sohna. The students, from the School of Pharmacy, were handpicked for their promising leadership skills and academic excellence. They were able to identify with Ms Brar and ask questions pertinent to the discussion.
Besides doing a short presentation on breast and lung cancer, Ms Brar laid stress on communication:“ If you know what you should do about early detection, spread the word. For instance, if one of you knows how to do a breast self-examination, show your friends how to. Ask your mums to go get a check-up. Breast cancer is the leading killer of women in our country, and it’ s also the cancer that can be cured if detected early. We live in an age of communication, and health communication should form our major priority— whether you do it one on one, or education
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