Centre taps IIM-A to revamp India's apex medical education regulator

The Union health and family welfare ministry has enlisted Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) for restructuring and reforming the country's apex medical education regulator-National Medical Commission (NMC), three officials familiar with the matter said.

- Priyanka Sharma

A senior faculty member of IIM-A, at the request of the health ministry, has spoken to all the four boards at NMC-the Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB), Postgraduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB), Ethics and Medical Registration Board (EMRB) and Medical Assessment Rating Board (MARB), and has prepared a report on how to improve the NMC's day-to-day functioning and address the challenges.

The new plan could involve appointing individual secretaries for each of the four boards.