Lok Sabha Question No. 2746 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-17
Subject: Ghost Professors in Private Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2746 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 7 th MARCH, 2017

## GHOST PROFESSORS IN PRIVATE MEDICAL COLL EGES

## 2746. SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has taken note that quality of medical education imparted in private colleges in certain States in the country is on the decline, if so, the details thereof;

( b)  whether  the  Government  is  aware of  the  reports  in  the  media  that  some  private medical colleges in the country only exhibit the names of certain medical professors in the registers who are attributed huge salary but in reality do not either work in the hospitals attached to the college or  teach the  students  at  the  college  and  are  mere name  l nders,  if  so,  the  reaction  of  the Government thereto; and

(c) whether the Government has taken/ proposed to take steps to identify the colleges engaging ghost  profe ssors  and eliminate  this  malpractice  adopted  by  the unscrupulous  private  medical colleges in the interest of medical education in the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

(a) to (c): Medical  Council  of  India  (MCI)  is  empowered  to  regulate  and  maintain  the standards of medical education in the country under the Indian Medical Council Act, 19 Regulations  made  thereunder. Permissions  for  starting  of  a  medical  college/yearly  renew al permission/  recognition  of  degree  is  granted only  to  such medical  colleges  which  meet  the required standards prescribed under MCI Regulations. .

If the Medical Council of India receives any complaint against the faculty/duplic faculty in the permitted Medical Colleges or the MCI finds any fake faculty during verificat of declaration  forms of  all the Medical Colleges for  each academic  year, the said Col debarred for 2 years from making admissions in the MBBS course, as per the Regulat ions of the Council. The matter is also referred to Ethics Committee of the Council to investigate ag said fake faculty/Dean/Principal of the College and action is taken against them as per t Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquet te and Ethics) Regulations, 2002.

MCI  Minimum  Standard  Requirement  for  50/100/150/200/250  MBBS  Admissions Annually Regulations, 1999 were  amended vide Notification dated 27.01.2017 providing t MCI shall install biometric fingerprint machines in all the Medical Colleges for capturing faculty attendance,  using  online  Faculty  Attendance  Monitoring  Systems  (OFAMOS).  The  central application  shall  have  the  connectivity  with  AADHAR  platform  for  UIDAI  for  verificati Further,  the  amendment  provides  that  ever y Medical  College  shall  have  Close - ircuit Televisions (CCTV) system in the Medical Colleges and shall provide live streaming of classroom teaching and patient care in the teaching hospital, to enable the Council to m constant vigil on the st andard of medical education/training being imparted.