From: c164-fp@po.berkeley.edu (HEMANT KHETAN)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN INDIA
Date: 16 Oct 1992 21:16:12 GMT
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: po.berkeley.edu


	Hi, everyone!  My name is Hemant Kumar Khetan and I am a 21 year old
senior at University of California at Berkeley.  I am majoring in Computer
Science, but I have taken many Premed courses.  I would like to go to Medical
School and become a doctor.

	I was born in India and lived there for 9 years.  Since then, I have
been living in USA.  I recently made a trip to India in which I really became
very attached to the country and the people and ...  Anyway, I have decided
that I want to go back to my native country, India, as soon as possible and
permanently settle there.  I would like to be able to go to India as soon as I
graduate from Berkeley and study medicine there.

	I would really appreciate if anyone out there can send me any info
regarding USA citizens getting admission in Indian Medical Schools.  What are
the procedures, the dates, etc.  It's been too hard for me to find out any
useful information about Indian Medical Schools from here in America.  I have
some relatives in Delhi.  According to their inquiries at the Ministry of 
External Affairs in Delhi, which is the office that all foreign medical students
have to go through to get admission in India, the Ministry does not sponsor
any students who are citizens of developed countries, i.e., USA.  They only
sponsor students from underdeveloped countries.  After my relatives told me 
this news, I had given up all hope of going back to India immediately.  I 
figured that I will finish up my medical studies in USA and then go back to
India ultimately.  But that could take upto 10 years to finish Medical School,
Residency, and to pay off my medical school loans before I can finally go back
to India.  But recently, I have heard from some people that they know of 
students who were USA citizens who had gone to study medicine in India.  This
has regenerated my interest in this topic, and I would like to try to gather
all the info that I could so that I too may be able to fulfill my dream of 
going back to India as soon as possible.

	So, if anyone out there has any relevant info on getting admission
to Medical Schools in India or if anyone has gone through Medical Studies or
know of someone who has gone through Medical Studies in India, please send
me any info on this topic.  I am also interested in hearing about people's
experiences of Indian Medical Schools and what the study and curriculum is like.
Also, if anyone has any knowledge of the medical community and the medical
field in general in India, i.e., is it hard to get residency; how long does 
medical education in India take; how hard is it for a newcomer to start his or
her medical practice in India; is it easy to find jobs in hospitals, etc. for
a newly turned Doctor out of Medical School and Residency -- any of these and
other related questions that anyone out there can comment on or provide some of
their own personal experiences to me -- I would be very grateful.

	Please send me any responses to this posting to one of the following
e-mail addresses.  

			heman@ocf.Berkeley.EDU
			c164-fp@po.Berkeley.EDU


	Thanking everyone in advance.



						HEMANT KUMAR KHETAN