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The State authorities has submitted a connection to the National Medical Commission (NMC) for the constitution of 5 caller aesculapian colleges crossed the State, including 3 authorities colleges.
Proposals person besides been submitted for the constitution of Ramanagara Institute of Medical Sciences successful Ramanagara, Kanakapura Institute of Medical Sciences successful Kanakapura of Bengaluru South, and Bagalkot Institute of Medical Science successful Bagalkot district.
In addition, a petition has been submitted for the constitution of backstage colleges, namely Karnataka Reddy Jana Sangha Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, and Alva’s Medical College successful Moodbidri of Dakshina Kannada district.
It has been requested to authorisation 100 intakes each for each these colleges.
Incidentally, the NMC has been rejecting the connection to found caller authorities aesculapian colleges successful Ramanagara and Kanakapura for the past 3 years owing to the deficiency of indispensable infrastructure.
Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil had held a gathering with officials of the Medical Education section and instructed them to marque indispensable preparations for the constitution of the caller colleges successful Ramanagara and Kanakapura and taxable a petition to the NMC. The petition had been rejected successful 2025-26.
The State authorities decided to conception a aesculapian assemblage and infirmary successful Kanakapura astatine a outgo of astir ₹550 crore and gave administrative support successful October 2025. A instauration stone-laying ceremonial volition beryllium held connected Thursday (May 14).
However, the works to physique the aesculapian college, projected to beryllium established connected the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) field successful Ramanagara, is lone 50% complete. As a result, the authorities has decided to marque the aesculapian assemblage operational utilizing the territory hospital.
Meanwhile, sources successful the Medical Education Department said that the indispensable arrangements, including the gathering to location the Bagalkot Medical College, person been completed.
“All preparations person been completed to found the aesculapian assemblage successful Bagalkot. Steps person been taken to bash the aforesaid utilizing the taluk infirmary successful Kanakapura and the territory infirmary successful Ramanagara. The interior preservation issues person been resolved and the recruitment process for the indispensable unit is nether way. The recruitment process volition beryllium completed soon,” said B.L. Sujatha Rathod, director, Directorate of Medical Education.
Medical seats enhancement
The Medical Education Department has besides submitted a connection to the NMC for the enhancement of 2,623 aesculapian seats successful authorities and backstage aesculapian colleges, including 1,250 undergraduate (UG-MBBS) and 1,373 postgraduate (PG-MD/MS) aesculapian seats, for the twelvemonth 2026-27.
There are 72 aesculapian colleges crossed the State, and a full of 13,945 UG and astir 7,700 PG aesculapian seats were disposable for the twelvemonth 2025-26.
