Overview:

The land of Mahabharata and Ramayana has been home to sages and profound wisdom.  Heath  care remedies have been around since mankind. However, in 1000 B.C., Sushrut the father of surgery, wrote Ayurveda, an ancient health care system which is still prevalent in India and neighbouring countries. Ayurveda means "knowledge of life" and therefore it is gaining popularity in the west too.  Leonardo Da Vinci the great scientist, mathematician, painter, botanist also made valuable contributions  in the fields of neuroscience .

 Although since the the late 18th century Allopathy, a principle of curing diseases by administering substances that produce  other symptoms than the sypmtoms  produced by the disease, has  come to be known as the conventional treatment. Allopathic treatment is the regular form of medicine. Today from headache's to cancer medicine allopathic treatment is predominant.

Eligibility in India :

Admission requirements for the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Course as per MCI mandate requires that a candidate: 

§  Must be 17 years of age on or before 31st December, of the year of admission to the MBBS course

§  Must have passed the qualifying examination under the Higher Secondary Examination or the Indian School Certificate Examination which is equivalent to 10+2 Higher Secondary Examination

§  Must have a combination of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematics in the last two years of study or any other elective subjects with English

§  The level of English must not be less than the core course as prescribed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training after the introduction of the 10+2+3 years educational structure as recommended by the National Committee on education

(Note: for exceptions to these general rules, check with the Medical Council of India or local colleges)

Procedure for selection to MBBS course is as follows:

The selection of students to medical college shall be based solely on merit. For determining the merit, the following criteria have been adopted uniformly throughout the country:
A competitive entrance examination is absolutely necessary in the cases of Institution of All India character.
In case of admission on the basis of qualifying examination under clause (1) based on merit the following rules must be followed:

§  Candidate for admission to MBBS course must have passed in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology & English individually

§  Candidates must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology at the qualifying examination as mentioned in the clause (2) of regulation 4

§  Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) or Other Backward Classes (OBC) must have 40% marks in aggregate in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together in qualifying examination

In case of admission on the basis of Competitive Entrance Examination under clause (2) to (4) of this regulation, the following points must be kept in mind:

§  Candidates must have individually passed in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English

§  Candidates must have obtained a minimum of 50% of marks taken together in Physics Chemistry and Biology at the qualifying examination as mentioned in clause (2) of regulation 4

§  Candidates' name must also be present in the merit list prepared as a result of such competitive entrance examination by securing not less than 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology competitive examination

§  Candidates belonging to Schedule Castes (SC), Schedule Tribes (ST) or Other Backward Classes (OBC) must have 40% marks in aggregate in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together in qualifying examination

Provided that a candidate has appeared in the qualifying examination, the result of which has not been declared, he may be provisionally permitted to take up the competitive entrance examination. However, in case of selection for admission to the MBBS course, the candidate will not be admitted to that course until he/she fulfils the eligibility criteria under regulation 4.
(Source: Medical Council of India)

Top Institutes:

Name	Adress	Eligibility	Phone	Webiste
All India Institute Of Medical Sciences	Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029	XII with 60% & 50% for SC/ST English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany and Zoology	91-11-26588500, 91-11-26588700, 91-11-26589900	http://www.aiims.edu/
Christian Medical College, Vellore	Vellore 632 004, Tamil Nadu, India	XII with 50% English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany and Zoology). MBBS + 1 year internship + Medical Council Registration. For Dip.candidates should have passed primary examination of the National Board of Examinations, also.	91-416- 2222102, 2223603, 2222722, 2223977, 2225535, 2222716	http://cmch-vellore.edu/
Armed Forces Medical College	Solapur Road, Pune, Maharashtra, India	XII with 50% English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany and Zoology	91-20-26104567	www.afmcpune.com
JawaharLal Nehru Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education And Research	Dhanvantri Nagar, Gorimedu, Pondicherry - 605 006, India	XII with 50% English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany and Zoology). MBBS of any University recognised by the PU and the MCI. Only candidates who have completed / will be completing the Internship on or before 31st March of the year of entrance exam can apply.	(0413) 2272380 - 90 (11 lines)	http://www.jipmer.edu/
Lady Hardinge Medical College	Bhagat Singh Road, Pin - 110001 New Delhi	XII with 50% English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany and Zoology). XII with 50%	23343984	principal@lhmc.du.ac.in
Kasturba Medical College	Madhav Nagar(Distt. Udupi) Manipal - 576119	XII with 50% English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany and Zoology). MBBS, Admissions are made on the basis of rank obtained in the all India ONLINE Medical Postgraduate Entrance Test (OMPET 06).	Phones : 08252-71201	kmc@manipal.edu
Maulana Azad Medical College	Bahadur Shah Jafar Marg, New Delhi - 110002	XII with 50% English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany and Zoology). MBBS	011) 23239271/ 72/ 73/ 74/ 23231478	http://mamc.ac.in/
Grant Medical College	B25 (ESIS Hospital Quarters) Mulund (W), Mumbai-400080	XII with 50% English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany and Zoology).	022-25680861
St. John's Medical College	Sarjapur Road Bangalore - 560 034	XII with 50% English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany and Zoology).	080-22065000	sjmch@vsnl.com
Bangalore Medical College	Fort, Bangalore – 560 002	XII with 50% English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany and Zoology.	080-26704342	bmc-bng@vsnl.net

 

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