Lok Sabha Question No. 1013 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-05
Subject: Members in NMC
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Subbarayan K, Com. Selvaraj V

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1013 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 TH DECEMBER, 2025

## MEMBERS IN NMC

## 1013. COM. SELVARAJ V: SHRI SUBBARAYAN K:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that majority of the member posts at the National Medical Commission (NMC) remained vacant for a considerable period of time and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the total number of members of the Commission and the total vacant posts of Members at present, along with the date since when the seats are vacant; and
- (c) the reasons for not filling up the vacancies and the measures being taken to fill up the vacancies before the next academic session gets started?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYAPATEL)

(a) to (c): Thirty-three (33) member posts of National Medical Commission (NMC) are notified under NMC Act, 2019. Details of twenty-eight (28) members in position and five (5) vacant posts are at Annexure. Further, nineteen (19) Part-Time Members in NMC have been selected by conducting a draw of lots on 15/07/2025 as prescribed in the Regulations framed under NMC Act, 2019.

To fill up the vacant posts, advertisements have been published in English and Hindi national daily newspapers on 31/08/2024 and 11/10/2024 inviting applications from the eligible professionals.

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## Annexure

## Composition of National Medical Commission Members

## In Position Members at NMC

|   S.No. | Name of the Member             | Members                                                                              | Status     |
|---------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|       1 | Dr. Abhijat Chandrakant Sheth  | Chairman                                                                             | -          |
|       2 | Dr. Vijay Oza                  | President,PGMEB                                                                      | Ex-officio |
|       3 | Dr. M. K. Ramesh               | President,MARB                                                                       | Ex-officio |
|       4 | Dr. Sunita Sharma              | DG,DGHS                                                                              | Ex-officio |
|       5 | Dr. Rajiv Bahl                 | DG,ICMR                                                                              | Ex-officio |
|       6 | Ms. Vinod Kotwal               | Additional Secretary,MoHFW                                                           | Ex-officio |
|       7 | Dr. Vivek Lal                  | Director, PGIMER, Chandigarh                                                         | Ex-officio |
|       8 | Dr. MSrinivas                  | Director, AIIMS, Delhi                                                               | Ex-officio |
|       9 | Dr. C.S. Pramesh               | Director, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai                                             | Ex-officio |
|      10 | Dr. Nirja Arun Gupta           | Vice Chancellor, Gujarat University                                                  | Nominated  |
|      11 | Dr. MKAseri                    | Vice Chancellor, Marwar Medical University, Jodhpur, Rajashtan                       | Nominated  |
|      12 | Dr. Surender Kashyap           | Vice Chancellor, Atal Medical and Research University, Himachal Pradesh              | Nominated  |
|      13 | Dr. Mukesh Tripathi            | Director of Andaman& Nicobar Islands Institute of Medical Sciences, Andaman &Nicobar | Nominated  |
|      14 | Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pulala      | Vice Chancellor, N.T.R UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, Andhra Pradesh                 | Nominated  |
|      15 | Dr. Dibakar Chandra Deka,      | Vice Chancellor of Mizoram University                                                | Nominated  |
|      16 | Prof. P.S. Shukla              | Vice Chancellor, North Eastern Hill University, Meghalaya                            | Nominated  |
|      17 | Prof. (Dr.) Dinesh Kumar Singh | VC of Nilamber-Pitamber University, (Jharkhand)                                      | Nominated  |
|      18 | Dr. Suman                      | Health &Family Welfare-cum-Mission Director (Chandigarh)                             | Nominated  |
|      19 | Dr. Ashok Khandelwal           | Vice chancellor, Madhya Pradesh University of Medical Sciences                       | Nominated  |
|      20 | Dr. Sudipta Kumar Roy          | West Bengal Medical Council                                                          | Nominated  |
|      21 | Dr. Sharanabasappa S. Karbhari | Karnataka Medical Council                                                            | Nominated  |
|      22 | Dr. George Thira               | Nagaland Medical Council                                                             | Nominated  |
|      23 | Dr. Mahesh Kumar Sinha         | Chhattisgarh Medical Council                                                         | Nominated  |

|   24 | Dr. Kanak Choudhury   | Tripura Medical Council        | Nominated   |
|------|-----------------------|--------------------------------|-------------|
|   25 | Dr. Sandeep Dogra     | Jammu &Kashmir Medical Council |             |
|   25 | Dr. Sandeep Dogra     | Jammu &Kashmir Medical Council | Nominated   |
|   26 | Dr. Anup Kumar Barman | Assam Medical Council          | Nominated   |
|   27 | Dr. Simpson Sareo     | Manipur Medical Council        | Nominated   |
|   28 | Dr. Manoj Kumar Verma | Uttrakhand Medical Council     | Nominated   |

## Vacant posts of Members

|    | Member                |   Sanctioned post |   Vacant | Vacant since                                                                         |
|----|-----------------------|-------------------|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 29 | President, UGMEB      |                 1 |        1 | September, 2024                                                                      |
| 30 | President, EMRB       |                 1 |        1 | June, 2022                                                                           |
| 31 | Part Time Member, NMC |                 3 |        3 | 2 posts are vacant since September, 2024; and 1 post is vacant since September, 2020 |