ADMISSION PROCESS FOR MBBS, BDS COURSES NOTIFIED

FARIDKOT: The Punjab government has notified the admission procedure for admission to MBBS and BDS courses for academic session 2020-21 in all government, private medical, dental colleges, including private universities, in the state. The MBBS course fee has been hiked by over 75% from this year.

Medical education and research director Dr Avneesh Kumar said due to the covid-19 pandemic, the Board of Governors had extended the deadline to issue the letter of permission (LOP) to October 15. “The ministry has not given permission for classes so far, that’s why Mohali medical college is not there in the notification,” he said.

Director principal of the Mohali medical college Dr Manjit Kaur Mohi said the staff recruitment process was underway and the college will meet the deadline to submit the LOP.

Fee structure

As per the notification, students in three government colleges – Amritsar, Patiala and Faridkot will pay ₹7.8 lakh fee for MBBS, while students in Dayanand Medical College (DMC), Ludhiana; Adesh Medical University, Bathinda and Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, Jalandhar, will pay ₹18.5 lakh for government quota seats (50%) and₹47.7 lakh for management quota seats (35%). Sri Guru Ram Das University of Health Sciences, Amritsar, can charge ₹47.7 lakh from both Open merit and minority quota students. NRI quota fee will be $1.1 lakh (around ₹81 lakh).

The notification says, Ludhiana-based Christian Medical College and Christian Dental College will follow their own admission policy, as being done for the last 25 years.

THE MBBS COURSE FEE HAS BEEN HIKED BY OVER 75% FROM THIS YEAR