Lateral Entry Of 34 Faculty Members In New GMCs Approved

JAMMU The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik approved the proposal of the Health and Medical Education Department regarding one time absorption by way of lateral entry of 34 faculty members of Government Medical Colleges and Senior Consultants/Consultants of Health Department in the new Government Medical Colleges of the State viz Anantnag, Baramulla, Kathua and Rajouri.

SAC accorded sanction to the one time absorption by lateral entry in Government Medical College (GMC) Rajouri of Dr. Vijay Gupta as Professor and Dr. Vidushi Badyal as Associate Professor in ENT, Dr. Ghulam Ali Shah as Professor in Anaesthesiology, Dr. Jamil-Ul-Hussain as Associate Professor in General Medicine, Dr. Shalinder Kumar Sharma as Associate Professor in Orthopaedics and Dr. Chander Shekher as Associate Professor in Obstetrics & Gynaecology.

SAC accorded sanction to the one time absorption by way of lateral entry in Government Medical College (GMC) Anantnag of Dr. Ghulam Jeelani Romshoo as Professor and Dr. Peer Abdul Latief Sidiqui and Mushtaq Ahmad Lone as Associate Professors in General Medicine, Dr. Shabir Ahmad Bhat as Associate Professor in Dermatology, Dr. Mohammad Ashraf Bhat as Associate Professor in Paediatrics, Dr. Mohammad Altaf Wani and Dr. Nazir Ahmad Wani as Associate Professors in General Surgery and Dr. Mohammad Yousuf Dar as Associate Professor in Ophthalmology.

SAC accorded sanction to the one time absorption by way of lateral entry in Government Medical College (GMC) Baramulla of Dr. Abdul Rashid Badoo as Professor and Dr. Nisar Ahmad Dar as Associate Professor in Orthopaedics, Dr. Nisar Ahmad Khan and Dr. Gurmeet Singh as Associate Professors in General Medicine, Dr. Suhail Ahmad Choh as Associate Professor in Paediatrics, Dr. Hakeem Viqar Ahmad and Dr. Mehmood Rashid as Associate Professors in General Surgery, Dr. Shafakat Ahmad Lone as Associate Professor in ENT and Dr. Abdul Wahab Bhat as Associate Professor in Opthalmology.

SAC accorded sanction to the one time absorption by lateral entry in Government Medical College (GMC) Kathua of Dr. Surinder K. Atri as Professor in Pathology, Dr. Vineeta Sawhney as Associate Professor in Pharmacology, Dr. Badri Nath Boughal as Associate Professor in General Medicine, Dr. Virender Kumar as Associate Professor in Paediatrics, Dr. Raj Reshi Sharma as Professor and Dr. Ravinder Kumar as Associate Professor in General Surgery, Dr. Anil Mehta as Professor and Dr. Minakeshi Rana and Nishu Priya as Associate Professors in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Dr. Sanjay Kalsotra and Dr. Rajesh Angral as Associate Professors in Anaesthesiology.

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The appointment of the above doctors as faculty members in these new Government Medical Colleges shall be among others, subject to the conditions that they shall pass the mandatory ‘Head Count Test’ of the Medical Council of India (MCI) and in case any of them fails to pass such test, he shall be reverted to his parent Department and shall not have any claim for appointment in the Medical College for which he has been recommended for appointment. The appointment of Consultants/Senior Consultants of Health Department on the posts of Professors/Associate Professors shall also be subject to their confirmation by the Departmental Promotion Committee/J&K Public Service Commission.

The decision will facilitate positioning of faculty in these new Medical Colleges to comply with the MCI guidelines and start the first batch of MBBS in these colleges in the June 2019. The provision for absorption from Senior Consultants/Consultants of Health Department as a onetime measure has been proposed in light of the Medical Council of India amendment Notification No.MCI-12(1)/2017 Med.Misc./169950 dated 22.01.2018.

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