Aspirants throng medical college as applications sold out on Day 1

May 15, 2014, 03.47AM IST TNN[ R Gokul ]



TRICHY: The first day of issuance of application forms for the MBBS course at the KAP Viswanatham Government Medical College (KAPVGMC) here witnessed a tremendous response with the aspirants queuing up in large numbers to get hold of the forms as a first step of achieving their dream of becoming doctors.

Compared to last year, the number of downtrodden rural students seeking MBBS admission rose this year, as they want to utilize the opportunities available for them.

A Thangarajan, a parent from Ariyalur said that financially backward people have a desire to make their children become doctors. "Though we are not financially sound, the marks scored by my son in SSLC brought him good education in a private school. In the Plus Two, he scored 1100 marks with a cut-off of 184.5. We hope he will get a seat in the government college or under the government quota in a self-financing medical college," said Thangarajan.

On the first day on Wednesday, as many as 894 applications, which included 627 for general category and 267 for SC/ST category, were sold out. To buy the forms, the aspirants other than SC/ST are required to bring a demand draft (DD) for Rs 500 favouring of 'The secretary, selection committee, Kilpauk, Chennai- 10'. However, some students, who brought the DDs in the name of the director of medical education (DME), were turned down by the college.

The applications will be issued on all weekdays from 10 am to 5 pm except Sunday till May 30.

KAPVGMC was upgraded with 50 seats in addition to 100 seats in MBBS course during the 2013-14 academic year. The increase of seats helped realize the dreams of many medical aspirants last year. Moreover, some of the dejected students from a private medical college in Thiruvallur were also given seats in this college after the former was denied permission to conduct the courses due to lack of facilities.

It may be recalled that a team of members from the Medical Council of India (MCI) last week inspected the college and the hospital to check whether the facilities to conduct 150 seats were available. The inspection was considered to be crucial for the recognition. Dr M A Aleem expressed hope that they would get the recognition