NEET PG Counselling 2023: Private medical college scraps fees for all PG programmes

NEW DELHI: The Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, a private medical college in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, has announced that it will not charge any tuition fees from the students being admitted for the academic session 2023-24 in the postgraduate (PG) programmes at the Sri Aurobindo Medical College and PG Institute (SAMCPI). Admission to the medical college is through MP NEET PG counselling 2023.

The tuition fee will not be charged for master of disease (MD) and master of surgery (MS) (nonclinical except pathology) programmes. The SAMCPI offer MD and MS in anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, pharmacology, forensic medicine and community medicine.

Candidates will nevertheless get a stipend of Rs 75,000 per month for the three years of the programme. Candidates will have to pay hostel and mess facility. These facilities are optional.

MP NEET PG counselling 2023: Cut-offs drop

Last week, the health ministry and National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), which conducts the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate, reduced the qualifying marks for NEET PG 2023, or the NEET PG cut-off, to zero percentile to fill vacant seats. This invited criticism from many doctors and students who argued that the government allow private medical college to fill vacant seats with candidates who lacked merit but could afford the prohibitive fees that many private medical colleges charge.

The admission for the MD, MS programmes in SAIMS is through NEE PG counselling of the state. Students can register for the counselling process of the college on the official website for MP NEET PG counselling, dme.mponline.gov.in.

The registration window for the PG programmes at SAMCPI is open from September 25 to 28.