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Imphal Aug 4 UNA : While Manipur government was unable to take a final decision regarding the selection of state’s nominee for this year’s MBBS courses, the academic session of the courses in the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal has commenced from August 1, causing uneasiness to the aspirant candidates. Manipur government was yet to select state’s nominee for the MBBS and BDS courses as a final decision regarding the selection of candidates could not be taken yet following a ruling of the Supreme Court quashing selection of candidates for the courses from the NEET exam conducted for the purpose.
Before this, Manipur government had decided to select state’s nominees for the courses from the the NEET exam. But, the latest Supreme Court ruling has compelled state government to consider revision of its earlier decision.
Chief minister O Ibobi had tabled the matter in the last cabinet meeting to take decision whether state government would go ahead with its earlier decision of selecting candidates from the NEET exam or should government conduct by conducting its own pre-medical entrance exam. No final decision could be taken in the meeting.
Due to the delay in the selection of state’s nominee, the academic session of the state’s Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) could not be commenced from August 1 as per the guideline of the Medical Council of India (MCI).
However, the session of MBBS course for RIMS has already begun from August 1 even though state government was yet to provide the list of the candidates who would be admitted as state nominee.
As per the guidelines of the Medical Council of India, academic sessions for MBBS, BDS and B Sc nursing course in medical institutes affiliated to the council should be commenced from August 1 every year.
The JNIMS has student intake capacity of 100. Out of this total seat, 15 are for Central Pool while the remaining 85 seats are state seats.
But the inability of the state government to select state nominee due to the present situation has left almost all the seats of MBBS course in JNIMS vacant.
Out of the 15 seats of Central pool, nine students have been admitted and eight of them have left for further counselling. The only MBBS student left at present is a Manipuri girl who got selected through Central Pool in the NEET exam.
The total seat capacity for MBBS students in RIMS is 100 while seats for BDS and BSc Nursing are 50 each. Out of the total capacity, 49 MBBS, 18 BDS and 36 BSc Nursing students have been admitted in RIMS and session began from August 1.
Seat allocation for the 100 MBBS seats of RIMS are 15 from Central pool, 30 from Manipur, 13 from Meghalaya, 13 from Tripura, 10 from Nagaland, 7 from Mizoram, 5 from Sikkim and 7 from Arunachal Pradesh.
Seat allocation for 50 BDS seats are 13 from Manipur, 7 from Meghalaya, 4 from Mizoram, 5 from Nagaland, 7 from Tripura, 3 from Sikkim, 4 from Arunachal Pradesh and 7 from Central Pool.
Seat allocations for BSc Nursing are 16 from Manipur 5 each from Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura and 4 reserved seats for RIMS employees.
Seats for Central pool are not filled yet since counselling is going on for Central pool. Besides, state seats are left vacant due to the present imbroglio in the entrance test for the selection of state students of MBBS and BDS courses.
Mention may be made that Medical Council of India (MCI) has its own guidelines which made it compulsory for medical colleges to commence session from August 1. However, JNIMS unable to commence its session till now as there seems to be no solution in sight in the near future regarding the selection of state nominee.
Meanwhile, people from different section have expressed the possibility of losing an academic year due to the present imbroglio in the selection of state nominee for MBBS course. JNIMS has not been able to begin its session in time ever since it was established.
According to the time schedule of MCI for MBBS and BDS courses, entrance test should be held in May and results should declared by June 5 for Central entrance test and June 15 for state test. First phase of counselling should be completed by June 30 for Centre and July 25 for state.
Deadline for joining and getting admission in colleges should be within 15 days from the allocation of seats while the deadline for state should be July 31.
Second phase of counselling for the candidates in waiting list should be completed by August 8 for Centre and August 28 for state. Deadline for admission in colleges should be within 15 days of their seat allocation for Centre and August 22 for state. If there is any seat left after August 22, the seats must be allocated to the state or colleges to fill in at their own.
While the date of commencing session is August 1, MCI has also guideline to fill up any vacant seats by September 30.

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