Port Blair, May 29: In a short span of an year, ANIIMS has crossed yet another milestone, when MCI accorded renewal of permission for admission of 2nd batch of 100 students for the academic year 2016 – 2017. This was communicated to the Director, ANIIMS through a letter from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India dated 25 May 2016. This is a big achievement and has been possible as a result of whole hearted encouragement by the Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of A & N Islands, Lt. General Ajay Kumar Singh, PVSM, AVSM, SM & VSM (Retd.), full cooperation of the A & N Administration, blessings of the residents of A & N Islands and hard work of the Consultant, Director and all the staff of ANIIMS and GB Pant Hospital, Port Blair.
It may be recalled that a team of MCI inspectors comprising of Dr. Parthapratim Pradhan, Dr. Hansa Goswami, and Dr. Sankardar Chattopadhyay had inspected the College on 21st April 2016 and submitted their report to MCI. During their visit, they had verbally complemented the facilities available at the college and even rated them better that most of the established colleges of the country. A meeting was conducted at MCI, HQ, New Delhi, which then submitted a positive recommendation to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Decks have also been cleared on 24th May 2016 for exempting State Govt. Medical Colleges from the Supreme Court mandated single All India entrance exam (NEET) for an year with President Pranab Mukherjee giving his assent to the NEET ordinance.
ANIIMS in consultation with A&N Administration has therefore decided to go ahead with ANIPMT-2016 as the entrance exam for selection of candidates to 1st year MBBS-2016-17 at ANIIMS, as was done for its very first batch.
The entrance exam, ANIPMT-2016 will be conducted as per the schedule given in the prospectus. However, certain changes have been made in the date line to permit students to fill up the forms & submit the same so as to be able to write ANIPMT-2016, in case they have not yet filled the forms due to the prevailing confusion.
The fresh time line is as follows:
1 Sale of Form commenced from 02 April 2016
2 Last date of submission of form 07 June 2016
3 Last date of issue of Admit cards 15 June 2016
4 Date of Examination 26 June 2016
5 Centre of examination As indicated in the Admit Card
6 Declaration of Provisional Result/Marks 30 June 2016
7 Last Date of Submission of Application form for Re-Verification of Marks Within 4 days of declaration of Result
8 Declaration of Merit List. 07 July 2016
9 1st round of counselling 11 July 2016
10 2nd round of counselling 15 July 2016
11 3rd round of counselling 15 Sept 2016
12 Special Counselling (If required) – 28 Sept 2016
The above schedule is subject to change in case of further directions by the Supreme Court/GOI/CBSE/MCI.
In addition, aspiring students are suggested to also appear in NEET-II so as to be eligible for central quota seats offered by A&N Administration. Candidates, who have already appeared in NEET-I (AIPMT) on 1st May, 2016, can appear in NEET-II, provided they forfeit their claim for NEET-I.
