Admission to LG medical, dental college from July 20

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will begin the admission process for its medical and dental colleges from July 20 onwards.

The admission process will be held to fill up 150 seats in the corporation's LG Medical College and 100 seats in its dental college in Khokhra. Both the colleges will begin functioning from August 1.

On Wednesday, the AMC received the final permission from the Dental Council of India to start its dental college in Khokhra. AMC had received a nod from the Medical Council of India to begin operations at its LG Medical College on Tuesday.

Municipal commissioner IP Gautam said the admission process in the AMC managed LG Medical College and dental college in Khokhra will begin from July 20. Both the colleges are self financed colleges.

"We will start the admission procedure in both the new colleges by July 20. The centre has given us the go ahead for the colleges after examining the necessary arrangements at both the places. 127 seats in medical college and 87 seats in the dental college will be filled by the central government," said Gautam.

He said, in both the colleges 15% of the seats have been reserved for NRI students. Both the colleges will be run by the newly formed, the Ahmedabad Medical Education Trust (AMET). The AMC has claimed that the admission will be given on merit basis.

The dental college will be associated with the Shardaben Hospital and the LG Medical College will function in Maninagar.The AMC has also finished recruitment of faculties and deans for both the colleges. Gautam said the new colleges will contribute to the city's image as a booming education hub. source: http://www.dnaindia.com/