MCI to tell govt to stop MBBS admission at Adesh college

Vishav Bharti

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 22

Due to the shortage of faculty, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has decided to write to the health ministry to not allow MBBS admission at the Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (AIMSR), Bathinda. The college is affiliated to the Adesh University in Bathinda.

Sources in the MCI said an assessment report of the AIMSR was placed before the postgraduate committee of the council two weeks ago. The assessment inspection was carried out in January after the college moved an application with the council to get its nod to increase the number of seats to four in MD Pathalogy.

In the concluding part, the committee observed that the faculty complement is not adequate even for undergraduates (MBBS) and decided to recommend to the Union Government to stop admission.

Earlier, the report found acute shortage of faculty in the college. There was shortage of a professor, three associate professors and two assistant professors.

The report also observed that no proper leave was granted to three faculty members who were absent on the day of assessment. Besides, it was also noted by the assessor that depositing TDS against PAN of faculty could not be traced. And no TRACE (TDS Reconciliation Analysis and Correction Enabling System) certificate was shown for TDS deducted by any of the faculty members.

The report also observed that due to the lack of experience, several faculty members were not qualified to hold the posts they were shown holding in the college records.

As per the report, Dr Krishna Jindal, shown as professor and head in compliance was absent on the day of assessment at 10.15 am. She reached only at 2 pm. Her address is shown in Patiala while the institute is located in Bathinda. “Hence, her fulltime working is doubtful,” the report observed.

Finally the council has given four weeks’ time to the college authorities to submit compliance to the deficiencies, prior to next admission so that the matter of recognition can be finally decided. “If no compliance is received within this period or compliance/verification is found unsatisfactory, it will result in stoppage of the admission to the postgraduate course against the above-mentioned seats,” the council observed.

When contacted, principal of the college Dr Harkiran Kaur refused to comment saying she had not seen the documents.