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Karnataka has been allotted 422 further postgraduate (PG) aesculapian seats successful authorities aesculapian colleges for the 2025–26 world year.
“This fulfils a long-pending demand,” said Minister for Medical Education Sharan Prakash Patil.
Speaking astatine a property league present connected Saturday, the Minister shared elaborate accusation astir the improvement and reaffirmed that the government’s nonsubjective is to guarantee high-quality higher education.
Dr. Patil said that the summation of 422 seats covers pre-clinical, para-clinical, and objective disciplines. “PG seats person been sanctioned successful implicit 20 departments, including Pediatrics, Anaesthesiology, Forensic Medicine, and Microbiology,” helium added.
PG aesculapian spot expansion
Total caller PG seats sanctioned: 422
Total PG seats successful 2025–26: 2,116 (up from 1,694 past year)
Courses covered: Pre-clinical, Para-clinical, and Clinical disciplines
Departments included: Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, Forensic Medicine, Microbiology, and others
“As successful erstwhile years, determination was a beardown request for PG courses this twelvemonth arsenic well. We had requested support for 572 seats, of which 422 person been granted. Last year, determination were 1,694 PG seats. With this year’s addition, the full volition emergence to 2,116 seats. This is genuinely a Deepavali gift for students,” Dr. Patil said.
He besides noted that the National Medical Commission (NMC) has already approved an summation of 450 undergraduate aesculapian seats successful authorities aesculapian colleges successful the State. “For the archetypal time, 15% of seats successful authorities aesculapian colleges volition beryllium reserved for Non-Resident Indians,” helium said.
