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olstered by the huge support received from the executive of the government and a firm

political will, driven by a proactive target-oriented governing body which has eminent
stalwarts on board, led by an efficient and effective leadership, which has a strong backing

of hard-working devoted officers and staff members, run on well thought out standard operating
procedures, and fuelled by the very nature of its funding basis, wherein it is self-sustaining in its

finances, the National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences has scaled many Himalayan peaks

during the past five years, transforming the postgraduate medical education landscape in a big way.
In this rapid metamorphic process, the Board has opened new vistas of hope for the young doctors

wishing to take wings and fly. The number of postgraduate and postdoctoral seats has nearly doubled,
new well calibrated academic programmes have been incepted, new diploma programmes have been

set up, new fellowship programmes initiated which encourage doctors from other lands to come to

India and train, curricula of all existing programmes have been revised to match with the times, good
clinical practice guidelines have been laid down, and to inspire the service doctors to deepen their

depth of knowledge and acquire new skills, certain seats have been set apart for them to take benefit
of this thought. Let’s take a closer look at these developments which seed the landscape of higher

medical education in India with huge possibilities while eliminating the current divide that separates
the larger cities and towns from the countryside.

Enhancement of postgrad seats in accredited hospitals

National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences has taken a number of active measures to
facilitate accreditation of new government and privately run hospitals for setting up academic hubs

and commencing postgraduate and post-doctoral programmes. Table 1: Increase in NBEMS
accredited seats over the years
This has been done without compromising the standards of
infrastructure and human resource necessary for learning and

training of those wishing to pursue higher education. Adequate
safeguards have been taken to ensure that minimum

accreditation criteria are met in the accredited hospitals.

Between 2016 and 2024, this has resulted in an increase of
postgraduate, post-doctoral and post – MBBS diploma seats

from under six thousand to more than fourteen thousand (Table
1).