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The Puducherry authorities has constituted the Centralised Admission Committee (Centac) for carrying retired admittance of students to assorted higher acquisition courses and for related works for the world twelvemonth 2026-27.
The committee with Secretary to Government, Education, arsenic Chairman and Secretary to Government, Health arsenic Vice-Chairman volition person 10 members. The members, included Directors of Departments of Health, Education and Higher and Technical Education.
The authorities has besides designated Director of Higher and Technical Education P. Muthu Meena arsenic Coordinator (Admission), Professor of Department of Computer Science, Pondicherry Technological University G. Zayaraz arsenic Convenor and Principal of Kasthurba College for Women Cheryl Ann Gerardine Shivan arsenic Co-convenor of Centac.
An bid issued constituting the committee, said the tenure of the committee would beryllium for 1 twelvemonth oregon up to the completion of the admittance process for the world twelvemonth 2026-27. The Chairman could invitation caput of immoderate assemblage oregon taxable experts arsenic peculiar invitees for Centac meetings connected request basis.
Memorandum submitted
In a related improvement pertaining to assemblage admissions successful the Union Territory, the Puducherry State Student and Parents Welfare Association has submitted a memorandum to Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda seeking his involution successful amending admittance guidelines followed by the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research for MBBS courses.
A full of 64 MBBS seats astatine Jipmer are earmarked for section students nether the Puducherry Domicile Internal Quota. As of now, the seats are filled by treating some “Origin” ( autochthonal residents) and “Migrant” certificate holders connected an identical footing. Such considerations deprive “sons of the soil” the accidental for admittance to Jipmer, the memorandum said.
“Hence, we petition the Health Ministry to contented a absorption to Jipmer authorities for earmarking the 64 seats strictly and exclusively for “Origin” students arsenic per definitions laid retired successful the authorities notifications issued successful 1964 and 2001,” the memorandum said.
