Course approved for Pune college,but letter sent to BJMC Ahmedabad

SV Ghorpade,deputy dean,PG section,said an MCI team had visited the college in August. “According to rules,the MCI has to inspect the infrastructure and departments of the college. However,we have not got any reply from the MCI after the visit. We had contacted the authorities but they have not yet sent us any reply.” It was only when Newsline contacted the college that they came to know that the letter had not arrived because of a confusion owing to similarity in names of the colleges. “We didn’t know that the confusion regarding the college names had led to this delay.”

Ghorpade now plans to write to the MCI again to clear the confusion and obtain the requisite permission.

Meanwhile,BJMC Ahmedabad has admitted a student for the course after getting the permission letter. “We had applied for the same course two years ago and when the letter arrived,we admitted a student for the course. Now having learnt that the letter was actually meant for BJMC Pune,we have sent a letter to MCI seeking permission to continue with the course this year. We are not blaming anyone; it’s a human error,” said Dr MM Anchaliya,deputy dean,PG,BJMC Ahmedabad.

The MCI,on the other hand,has put the blame on the Central government. An official from the PG division of MCI said,“We are aware of the issue. However,the work of MCI is only to recommend a college for a course,which we did. We send our recommendation to the Central government and it is their responsibility to forward the letter to the respective colleges.”