Aspiring To Be A Doctor? Two Bhubaneswar Names Among Top Medical Institutes In India

New Delhi: Every year, the Ministry of Education ranks educational institutions across the country, including medical colleges, in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).

As per the latest NIRF 2020 ranking, two institutions from Bhubaneswar — Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed-to-be University (23) and Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (32) — are among the top 40 in the country offering admission to medical programmes.

The top 40 institutions are:

1. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
2. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
3. Christian Medical College, Vellore
4. National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Bangalore
5. Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
6. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
7. Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Kochi
8. Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Puducherry
9. Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
10. King George’s Medical University, Lucknow
11. Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi
12. Madras Medical College and Government General Hospital, Chennai
13. Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education And Research, Chennai
14. John’s Medical College, Bengaluru
15. Aligarh Muslim University
16. Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
17. Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi
18. Christian Medical College, Ludhiana
19. University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi
20. JSS Medical College, Mysore
21. Kasturba Medical College, Mangaluru
22. Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
23. Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar
24. Dr DY Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune
25. Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh
26. Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana
27. Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur
28. PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore
29. Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha
30. MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru
31. SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
32. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar
33. Maharishi Markandeshwar, Ambala
34. Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai
35. Annamalai University, Annamalainagar
36. KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangaluru
37. Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad
38. Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati
39. Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal West
40. Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry

Notably, admission to undergraduate medical programmes in India, including MBBS and BDS, is offered based on the result of the qualifying National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), NDTV reported.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct NEET 2021. The date of the undergraduate medical entrance test is yet to be announced. Reports suggest that NEET 2021 could see major changes like multiple shifts, computer-based tests etc.