Raj

Fighting for Rights of the Teacher

[NMMTA @NMMTA_Assn]

NMC’s TEQ 2022 clause insisting that MSc–PhD faculty must hold a PhD “as regular on campus course” is jurisdictional overreach, legally untenable and academically irrational.

UGC already recognises full‑time and part‑time PhDs with identical academic rigour; distance mode is barred, but part‑time is fully valid. NMC has no statutory mandate to micro‑regulate how a PhD is obtained, only to specify what qualifications are required.

Applying this “regular on campus” condition to PhDs awarded years before 2022 amounts to retrospective penalisation and violates basic principles of natural justice. Careers are being derailed despite degrees earned fully within UGC norms.

Demanding a PhD only from non‑medical teachers in pre‑/para‑clinical disciplines, while MD faculty are not held to the same standard, chases not educational need but arithmetic parity in years of training. Credential parity is not educational equivalence.

NMMTA urges NMC to:
1️⃣ Delete “as regular on campus course” from TEQ 2022;
2️⃣ Add a saving clause to reverse adverse actions since 2022;
3️⃣ Respect UGC’s exclusive jurisdiction over PhD regulation.

NMMTA requests hon'ble @MoHFW_INDIA minister Sh. @JPNadda ji to intervene and direct @NMC_IND @NMC_BHARAT to amend this discriminative guidelines.

#NMC #UGC #MedicalEducation #NMMTA

[NMMTA @NMMTA_Assn]

NMMTA strongly condemns the denial of Professor status to Dr. Sunil S. Shivekar, a Medical M.Sc-Ph.D. faculty member possessing the requisite experience, solely because his "Ph.D. was not obtained through a regular in-campus programme from a recognized medical institution".

This decision is arbitrary and legally unsustainable. To our knowledge, Dr. Shivekar earned his Ph.D. in 2015- years before the formation of NMC and the promulgation of its current regulations. Applying a subsequently introduced criterion retrospectively is both unjust and contrary to established principles of natural justice.

NMMTA had objected to these provisions when public feedback was sought to the draft regulations, and has repeatedly conveyed its concerns to the NMC and the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (@MoHFW_INDIA). Having failed to secure a fair resolution, the Association has now approached the Hon'ble High Court seeking justice.

We urge the @NMC_IND @NMC_BHARAT to immediately withdraw its letter and accord due recognition to Dr. Shivekar as Professor. Merit, experience, and demonstrated competence-not retrospective technicalities- must guide academic recognition.

Also, the Association respectfully requests the Hon'ble Minister, Shri @JPNadda ji, to take necessary steps to curb the dangerous precedent of enforcing rules retrospectively. The unnecessary harassment meted out to the Medical M.Sc-PhD faculties are avoidable.

#NMMTA #MedicalEducation #HigherEducation #AcademicJustice #MedicalScientists #NMC

[Arjun Maitra, PhD @gandiv_arjun]

This is for the information of those obnoxious individuals who constantly spread misinformation and misinterpretations, seeking to validate themselves by falsifying the truth and spreading propaganda against @NMMTA_Assn . Members must recall #WallofShame. They owe us an apology!

[Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 @priyankac19]

And here we are, a score of -40/800 can get you a doctor’s Post grad degree. Imagine to fill up seats the kind of specialists the nation will be churning out into a system dealing with human lives.
Our education system really needs to do better to address the shortage!

[NMMTA @NMMTA_Assn]

It has come to our attention via social media that a certain individual has sought information from the UGC regarding the recognition of https://t.co/Uvfzb3IEhM. (Medical) courses in the country, and the UGC stated that it does not approve the courses.

It must be clarified here that the UGC’s role is to specify the degrees and their nomenclature; not to approve individual courses. Approval and conduct of these courses fall under the purview of recognized universities. It is the respective Boards of Studies within these universities that approve, regulate, and oversee the conduct of these programs, and ultimately award degrees to successful candidates.

People bone-drenched in hate fail to understand these distinctions. We feel sorry for such individuals.

[NMMTA @NMMTA_Assn]

NMMTA congratulates its esteemed member, Dr. Sukesh Mukherjee, on receiving the Patrika Medex Award 2025 for his exemplary contributions to Laboratory Medicine, presented on 26th July 2025

[Arjun Maitra, PhD @gandiv_arjun]

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you may find another view from following the link below,
i find it interesting
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I will look forward to amended version of your article. Or a new article .

[NMMTA @NMMTA_Assn]

Opposition to our participation in medical education has long stemmed from a mindset driven by pride and prejudice, particularly from a section of non-clinical doctors. While this resistance has always existed, the transition from the MCI to the NMC made matters worse. The Undergraduate Board of the NMC adopted a vindictive and exclusionary approach that did not serve the interests of medical education.

At a time when qualified MBBS-MD teachers were unavailable and medical colleges were grappling with acute faculty shortages, an unjust embargo prevented the appointment of qualified teachers holding medical MSc./Ph.D. degrees. While NMC's exclusionary policy was being challenged in multiple courts across the country, we believe it was ultimately the Union Ministry (@MoHFW_INDIA) that intervened and steered the course towards justice.

We are pleased that the @NMC_BHARAT finally took the right and much-needed decision. After carefully evaluating the current faculty shortages, the projected availability of qualified faculty through postgraduate admissions, and the existence of equivalent academic credentials, the NMC repealed the TEQ 2022 and replaced it with the Medical Institutions (Qualifications of Faculty) Regulations, 2025. It also amended the UG-MSR 2023 to allow, once again, the appointment of teachers with medical MSc./Ph.D. qualifications up to 30% in all five non-clinical subjects-just as it was for decades.

We hope this course correction marks the end of policy reversals and unwarranted hostilities. We call upon all stakeholders to move forward in the spirit of cooperation and allow us to work together toward the shared goal of improving medical education in India.

[Arjun Maitra, PhD @gandiv_arjun]

We are thankful to @NMC_BHARAT for timely updating the amendment to MSR 2023.
We would also like to request the Commission to amend the examinership issue in CBME 2024 guidelines and include eligible Medical MSc/PhD teachers.
@NMMTA_Assn

[Arjun Maitra, PhD @gandiv_arjun]

Following the representation from the Medical MSc/PhD faculties of Rajasthan & @NMMTA_Assn , RUHS has allowed Med.MSc/PhD teachers joined services before 01.08.23 for examinership in the coming University examinations.
@NMC_BHARAT you are requested to amend the CBME guidelines

[NMMTA @NMMTA_Assn]

NMMTA has never paused, never stopped.

We remain hopeful that the need to struggle for opportunity with dignity will soon be behind us. While some challenges persist, we trust they will be resolved in due course.

We are not here to take anyone’s job. We have been an integral part of medical education for decades-supportive, committed, and collaborative. It’s time to stop undermining our contributions.

Since its inception in 2013, the association has been actively working for its members. NMMTA will continue to grow, advocate for the rights and recognition of teachers with medical MSc./Ph.D. qualifications, and uphold the values of sincerity and excellence in medical education.

[Raj @Teachers_trble]

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[Shashank Kambali, MSc (Medicine) @kambali]

“MSc and PhD pass students will also be able to teach in Medical Colleges”

FALSE PROPAGANDA 👆 🤥

TRUTH 👉 “MScs are Medical Postgraduates graduated from Medical Institutions who are teaching for the past six decades”

#MedX #MedTwitter #MBBS

[Dr sudarshan reddy @csudarshanreddy]

@gandiv_arjun @RenukaCCongress @AnupriyaSPatel Govt should look into policy before anything published. As NMC do favour to one set of people inspite of govt orders. Now MSc medical teachers are Pharm & Micro people are sufferer who are eliminated from system. How person can ineligible to teach overnight as per guideline

[Arjun Maitra, PhD @gandiv_arjun]

@RenukaCCongress @RahulGandhi @JPNadda ji & @AnupriyaSPatel
5 years since we have been suffering. You gave us hearing. You cant control NMC despite having an act of power. U r waiting for the court's reply to take action. But if you could act ur power in the first place, there was no need of going to court.

[Arjun Maitra, PhD @gandiv_arjun]

@RenukaCCongress & @RahulGandhi both are requested to meet us to know about the other half story . It's more than 5000 people with masters and PhD whose professional life is at stake.
Interestingly created by Congress govt. to support medical education, when there was none.

[Arjun Maitra, PhD @gandiv_arjun]

@RenukaCCongress ,@RahulGandhi , @AnupriyaSPatel ,@JPNadda
All should be aware of the fact that globally MSc/PhD teachers teach basic sciences in medical colleges. mumbo jumbo of CBME curriculum isnt sufficient arguments for non inclusion of Medical MSc/PhD teachers.

[Arjun Maitra, PhD @gandiv_arjun]

@RenukaCCongress due to change in policy hundreds of Medical MSc/PhD qualified are stuck without progression many have lost jobs in mid career. The country has used these brains like a tissue paper during the need for more than a half century & u are asking the rationale..

[Arjun Maitra, PhD @gandiv_arjun]

@RenukaCCongress you wanted to know the rationale! in a simple word remove science from Medical Science and see what is left . A glorified adjective only. 1969 under congress rule only these qualified individuals were brought to the system. You should have studied the matter.

[Arjun Maitra, PhD @gandiv_arjun]

@RenukaCCongress & @AnupriyaSPatel
Medical MSc /PhD qualified teachers are part of Medical education for more than 50 years. TEQ1998, made it legitimate in the MCI regime. NMC TEQ 2022 reduced the optional percentage & zeroed to Micro & Pharma depts.