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Chennai: Dr J Sangumani appointed as new Director of Medical Education

Chennai: Dr J Sangumani, Dean of Government Virudhunagar Medical College has been appointed as the new Director of Medical Education & Research (DME) by the Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Department on Tuesday.

He has been appointed as the new DME for period one year after a vacancy of nearly two weeks. Previously, Dr R. Shanthimalar was in charge of the position and retired on October 31.

An order issued by the state Health Department mentioned "Dr J Sangumani, dean, Government Virudhunagar Medical College, Virudhunagar, is regularly promoted and appointed as Director of Medical Education and Research, Office of the Director of Medical Education and Research, Chennai vice Dr R Shanthimalar retired."

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"Accordingly, the government issue the following promotion and posting orders with immediate effect," reads the order.

In another order, the department revealed that the former DME had submitted the names of five eligible candidates for consideration: R. Balajinathan, dean of Government Thanjavur Medical College; H. Muthukrishnan, dean of Government Ariyalur Medical College; R. Murugesan, dean of Government Tiruppur Medical College; J. Sangumani, dean of Government Virudhunagar Medical College; and R. Suganthy Rajakumari, dean of Government Dindigul Medical College.

As per a TH news report, three medical officers who are senior to him — Dr Balajinathan, Dr Muthukrishnan and Dr Murugesan — have been appointed as Officers on Special Duty in the cadre of DME.

The government chose Dr. Sangumani based on “merit and ability”.

"The Government approved a regular panel consisting of Dr J Sangumani, Dean, Government Virudhunagar Medical College for the post of Director of Medical Education and Research for the year 2023-24," mentioned the order.

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DME announces counselling schedule for paramedical degree course

Results of 1-A round will be announced on August 21 and candidates can download the provisional allotment order on August 22. The reporting date and time for counselling is on or before August 28 till 5 pm, stated the circular.

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CHENNAI: The Directorate of Medical Education and Research, Chennai has released the tentative online counselling schedule for paramedical degree courses for the special and general categories for 2023-24 academic year. Registration/payment choice filling and locking begins from 10 am on August 14 to 5 pm on August 18.

As per the notice, students who secured ranks from GR001 to GR24327 from the total marks 200 to 160 can apply for counselling.

Some of the instructions to be followed during the counselling are; refrain from sharing the login Id, passwords and OTP with others, candidates participating in the online counselling for paramedical degree courses must pay a non-refundable processing fee of Rs 250 and candidates must make careful selection of places and colleges by checking the seat matrix from the official website.

Further, the directorate had stated that the selection committee is not responsible for connectivity or website link errors. And admission to paramedical degree courses is based on rank and reservation through online counselling.

The procedure for the online counselling is to be published on the official website, and a candidate's choice cannot be changed during online counselling, once locked.

"Candidates who take a seat but don't join or download their allotment order and don't join the college will be ineligible for subsequent counselling rounds, "stated the notification.

Further, it is vital for the selected candidates to provide a self-declaration form at the time of reporting to the college or may face consequences for any misrepresentation. And, the notification mandated all selected candidates to download their provisional allotment order and join their designated medical college/institution by the specified deadline.

"It's crucial to bring original certificates and scanned copies for verification during the joining process. Failing to report on time will result in cancellation of admission, "stated the notification.

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Engineering Admission (TNEA) released the rank list for Bachelor in Architecture. 2,485 students applied for the admission, of which 1,400 students are eligible.

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MBBS, BDS admission counselling from July 25

CHENNAI:   Online counselling for MBBS and BDS admissions 2023-24 under general category will be conducted from July 25 and counselling for 7.5% quota for government school students and special category will be conducted on July 27.

On Sunday, the Directorate of Medical Education and Research released the schedule for general counselling. As per the schedule, registration, payment and choice filling and locking will be conducted from 10 am on July 25 to 5 pm on July 31. Processing of seat allotment will be conducted on August 1 and 2. Result of round one will be declared on August 3.

Students can download the provisional allotment order from August 4 to 8 till 5 pm. Last date of joining is August 8 till 5 pm. The candidates who are participating in the online choice filling for MBBS/BDS degree courses will have to remit a non-refundable registration fee of Rs 500 for government quota seats and Rs 1,000 for management quota seats, the DME said. Offline counselling will be conducted at the Government Kalaignar Centenary Super Specialty Hospital, King Institute in Guindy.

The selection committee also released fee structure for management quota and government quota seats in self financing medical colleges. The fee structure is available on www.tnhealth.in.gov.in and www.tnmedicalselection.org.

Selection committee secretary Dr R Muthuselvan said offline counselling for 7.5% reservation for government school students and special category sports persons, persons with disability and wards of ex servicemen will be conducted on July 27.

This year, there are 606 seats - 473 seats were MBBS and 133 for BDS - under the 7.5% reservation for government school students this year. According to the selection committee, there are 6,326 MBBS and 1,768 BDS government quota seats.

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