Medical colleges to decide own faculty appointments, promotions: National Medical Commission
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has decentralized the faculty appointment and promotion process, shifting responsibility from the regulator to individual medical institutions. The NMC will now only intervene in complex cases or instances where institutions fail to address genuine eligibility concerns within 60 days.
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This policy change aims to reduce administrative bottlenecks and litigation while increasing institutional accountability within India's medical education sector.
NEW DELHI: Medical colleges across the country will now decide faculty appointments and promotions on their own, with the National Medical Commission (NMC) ending routine eligibility clearances. Only exceptional cases involving regulatory ambiguity will be taken up by the regulator for a fee of Rs 25,000 plus GST.The decision comes after it was observed that a large number of requests from faculty members, medical colleges, universities and NBEMS-accredited hospitals were being referred to it despite the Medical Institutions (Qualifications of Faculty) Regulations, 2025, clearly laying down the qualifications, teaching experience, research publication and training requirements for teaching posts.
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