SC seeks details about Ukraine-returned medical students who availed academic mobility programme 

SC seeks details about Ukraine-returned medical students who availed academic mobility programme 

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to provide details of those medical students of Ukraine who availed its academic mobility programme under which they could complete their courses in universities or colleges of other countries. The Centre said it cannot accommodate the medical students studying in universities of Ukraine, who have returned to […]

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Russia ready to welcome Indian medical students who left Ukraine: Official

Russia ready to welcome Indian medical students who left Ukraine: Official

Indian students who returned from Ukraine mid-degree can now complete their education in Russia instead, Russian Consul General Oleg Avdeev said today. Thousands of students who were pursuing medical courses in Ukraine had to defer their medical education and return to India when the Russia-Ukraine war started early this year. While some returned to Ukraine […]

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NMC allows Ukraine returnees to relocate to universities across India

NMC allows Ukraine returnees to relocate to universities across India

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has announced that Indian medical aspirants who had returned from Ukraine due to the war will now be allowed students to transfer in colleges in countries. “It is informed that the mobility program offered by Ukraine has been considered in the Commission in consultation with Ministry of External Affairs, wherein […]

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Chhattisgarh minister urges Centre to accommodate Ukraine returnee students in medical colleges

Chhattisgarh minister urges Centre to accommodate Ukraine returnee students in medical colleges

Chhattisgarh Health Minister T S Singh Deo has once again requested the Centre to allow the students who have returned from war-hit Ukraine to enrol in medical colleges in the country after clearing a test, an official said on Wednesday. In a letter addressed to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Singh Deo expressed concern about […]

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No provision in law to accommodate Ukraine-returned medical students for practical training: Health Ministry

No provision in law to accommodate Ukraine-returned medical students for practical training: Health Ministry

Two months after the Mamta government allocated seats for practical training to 412 medical students who had returned from Ukraine to West Bengal, the union minister of state for health and family welfare Dr Bharti Pravin Pawar said in a Lok Sabha answer said that there were no provisions in the acts governing medical education […]

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Indian medical students in Chinese universities are stuck. Why, and what next?

Indian medical students in Chinese universities are stuck. Why, and what next?

Indian medical students studying in Chinese universities, who have been stranded in India since January 2020, recently held a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, demanding immediate action to allow them to obtain practical training, either in China or in Indian medical schools. Why are the students stuck? The outbreak of the pandemic in China in […]

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