:PUNE:
Over 47,000 medical aspirants across the country have shown their
preference for the 125 MBBS seats at the coveted Armed Forces Medical
College (AFMC), Pune through the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) this
year.
"The interview process for admissions will commence from June 25 and continue till July 12," AFMC dean and deputy commandant Maj Gen Velu Nair said on Wednesday. Following a merit-based screening process, the AFMC usually calls 1,500-odd candidates for the interview and psychological test process.
This year, the AFMC had to fall back on the AIPMT, which is conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, after the Supreme Court struck down the Medical Council of India's single entrance test scheme called the NEET-UG, last year.
Until 2012-13, AFMC was conducting its own all-India entrance test. It decided to join the NEET scheme from 2013-14 for admissions to both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
"Last year, admissions at the AFMC closed at 99.26 percentile. In terms of all India ranking, the admissions closed at 4,700 rank," Nair said. However, this process was based on the NEET-UG scheme. This year too, the candidates had to specify in their AIPMT forms about their preference for the AFMC.
Director and commandant of AFMC Vice Admiral Sushil Kumar ruled out the likelihood of any enhancement in the number of MBBS seats in the college. "As of now, our intake is 125 seats and the same is in tune with the availability of faculty," he said.
Kumar said, "Any increase in the number of seats will have to be seen in context with the availability of faculty. As of now, our faculty position is tight. The substantial hike, effected last year, in the exit bond for the candidates who opt out of service in the armed forces after their postgraduate studies at the AFMC, is expected to provide us more faculty in future."
According to Nair, there are total six hospitals of the Armed Forces Medical Services at Pune, Bangalore, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Delhi and Lucknow for facilitating postgraduate studies and research. The faculty has to be distributed in these hospitals.
source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/AFMC-to-conduct-admission-interviews-from-June-25/articleshow/36781373.cms
"The interview process for admissions will commence from June 25 and continue till July 12," AFMC dean and deputy commandant Maj Gen Velu Nair said on Wednesday. Following a merit-based screening process, the AFMC usually calls 1,500-odd candidates for the interview and psychological test process.
This year, the AFMC had to fall back on the AIPMT, which is conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, after the Supreme Court struck down the Medical Council of India's single entrance test scheme called the NEET-UG, last year.
Until 2012-13, AFMC was conducting its own all-India entrance test. It decided to join the NEET scheme from 2013-14 for admissions to both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
"Last year, admissions at the AFMC closed at 99.26 percentile. In terms of all India ranking, the admissions closed at 4,700 rank," Nair said. However, this process was based on the NEET-UG scheme. This year too, the candidates had to specify in their AIPMT forms about their preference for the AFMC.
Director and commandant of AFMC Vice Admiral Sushil Kumar ruled out the likelihood of any enhancement in the number of MBBS seats in the college. "As of now, our intake is 125 seats and the same is in tune with the availability of faculty," he said.
Kumar said, "Any increase in the number of seats will have to be seen in context with the availability of faculty. As of now, our faculty position is tight. The substantial hike, effected last year, in the exit bond for the candidates who opt out of service in the armed forces after their postgraduate studies at the AFMC, is expected to provide us more faculty in future."
According to Nair, there are total six hospitals of the Armed Forces Medical Services at Pune, Bangalore, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Delhi and Lucknow for facilitating postgraduate studies and research. The faculty has to be distributed in these hospitals.
source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/AFMC-to-conduct-admission-interviews-from-June-25/articleshow/36781373.cms
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