Dr.Srinivasa Raju

PREFIX & SUFFIX FOR MEDICAL PERSONNEL The expert members, under the chairmanship of the Vice-Chancellor resolved that:    Ø        Only degrees recognized by the Medical Council of India and issued by the    recognized  Medical     University   should be displayed. Prefix:         Ø        It was resolved that the Professor and Additional Professors can use the prefix ‘Professor’. Ø        Emeritus Professors of the University can use Prefix “Professor”. Ø        Distinguished Professors of University can use the prefix “Professor” Ø        Associate Professors    / Readers    should not use the prefix ‘Professor’. Ø        Adjunct Professors of the University    should not use the prefix “Professor”. Ø        Physiotherapists should not use the prefix “Dr.”  Ø        Ph.D. qualified persons can use the prefix “Dr” with suffix as Ph.D.  Suffix: Ø        M.D. (Physician) degrees obtained from   Russia ,   China   and other East European countri

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IMA WISHING ALL -"HAPPY UGADI"

RNTCP NEWS                                            CONGRATS TO DR SARMA &Dr.G.S.MURTHY AT THE RECENT IMA RNTCP NATIONAL REVIEW MEETING HELD AT HYDERABAD ON  10th. march 2012; A.P.UNIT -1 WAS ADJUDGED AS THE BEST UNIT  among 27 units throughout the country . This has been  posible due to the team work of A.P TEAM and LET US continue the same in the future. IMA DMCS UNDER THE IMA RNTCP PPM SCHEMES an IMA DMC WAS INAUGURATED ON 1-3-2011 AT UNITED X RAY LABS AMALAPURAM. ANOTHER IMA DMC WILL BE INAUGURATED ON 24-3-2011 at IMA TANUKU . 2 DMCS ONE at VISKHAPATNAM and another at TIRUPATI were already FUNCTIONING SINCE ONE YEAR. WE CAN establish  DMC AT OTHER IMA branches if they actively come forward. ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Medical Council of India published a press note that the admissions through NEET are applicable from the academic year commencing from 2013-14 for MBBS, Dental and PG medical courses. MCI has also published Gazette Notifications related to National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions to MBBS (NEET-UG) and Postgraduate Courses (NEET-PG) are available on the respective tabs on the Medical Council of India (MCI) website: www.mciindia.org According to the recent notification of the Medical Council of India (MCI), in order to be eligible for admission to MBBS course it shall be necessary for the candidate to obtain minimum of marks at 50th percentile in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance test (NEET) to MBBS course. However, for the candidates belonging to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, other backward classes minimum marks shall be at 40th percentile. For the candidates with locomotory disability of lower limbs the minimum marks shall be at 45th percentile. “The