The Executive Committee of the MCI ( Medical Council Of India) has approved the plan for shifting students studying in Gian Sagar Institutes in various streams namely Medical, Dental, Nursing and physiotherapy etc. to different Government/Private colleges in State of Punjab.Disclosing this here today, Minister for Medical Education and Research Punjab, Mr. Brahm Mohindra said “ the Executive Committee of the council approved the shifting proposal of the Medical Education and Research department Punjab. He said that Mr. Vikas Partap , Secretary Medical Education and Research has personally taken up the issue with the MCI to secure the future of more than 2000 students who were studying in the Giyan Sagar Institute. He said that NCI (Indian Nursing Council) has also approved the plan for shifting students. The NCI has no objection in shifting Gian sagar Institute’s students to other NCI recognized running institute.
The Minister said that Medical Council of India has also set certain guideline for shifting process of the student like after taking into account the vacant seats available across various colleges, for particular batch, if need arises there shall be adjustment by having pro-rata number of supernumerary seats for that particular batch in all the available colleges of that particular stream (Medical, Dental, Nursing etc).Mohindra said that the students of Gian Sagar Institute shall be shifted strictly on the basis of merit attained by him/ her in the qualifying entrance examination for that particular year for admission in various steams viz, Medical, Dental, Nursing and physiotherapy etc.
He said that reservation policy as mentioned in the notification of government of Punjab for a particular batch of admission shall be complied with while shifting the students to other colleges. That shifting of students shall be strictly quota wise and category wise.Wherever NRI students were admitted without any entrance examination there the shifting of NRI students shall be done by a draw of lots to private colleges only. However, in case NRI students have been admitted on the basis of an entrance examination then shifting of such students shall be strictly on the basis of merit attained by him/her in the qualifying entrance exam for that particular year.The students of Gian Sagar Institute (Medical, Dental, Nursing etc) who are shifted to new colleges under the aforesaid plan shall not be allowed to migrate to other colleges in future under any circumstances.