Ladakh Directorate of Health Services Announces Selection for Central Pool Medical Seats

VoL Desk, Oct. 19: The Directorate of Health Services, Ladakh, has released the list of candidates selected and nominated for the Central Pool Medical Seats, along with a waiting list, on Friday.

A total of nine candidates have been selected, including seven for MBBS and two for BDS. Additionally, nine students are on the waiting list.

Among the selected candidates, five are from Kargil and four from Leh district. The top candidate from Kargil is Salman Khan, who achieved a NEET score ...

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Applications invited for MBBS, BDS seats under Ladakh Central Pool

VoL Desk, August 29: The Directorate of Health Services, Ladakh have invited applications from eligible candidates obtaining minimum prescribed marks for selection against 7 MBBS and 2 BDS seats under “Ladakh Central Pool Medical Seats Guidelines”.

The announcement was made in a notification on August 26, 2024 to fill up the MBBS and BDS seats of Ladakh quota for the year 2023-24.

The medical colleges offered for the candidates are Lady Harding Medical College, New Delhi, LLM Medical C...

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Directorate of Health Services, Ladakh Announces Nominations for MBBS and BDS Colleges Admission

VoL Desk, September 12, 2023: The Directorate of Health Services, Ladakh, has released a fresh notification (No. DHSL–(429)–of 2023) today, unveiling the list of candidates nominated for admission to various MBBS and BDS colleges under the Ladakh Centre Pool.

The list comprises a total of nine highly promising female candidates, with five hailing from Kargil and four from Leh district. Among these talented students, the highest-scoring individual achieved an impressive NEET Score of 461, ...

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Alleged Seat Allocation Discrepancy by JK-BOPEE Raises Concern Among Kargil’s MBBS Aspirants

Kargil, August 13, 2023: Female MBBS aspirants of district Kargil have been concerned over alleged discrepancy in the seat allocation process carried out by the Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPEE) for medical admissions in Jammu and Kashmir. The issue revolves around the alleged negligence of BOPEE in adhering to the stipulated seat matrix, specifically in the ST Kargil girls’ category.

The concerned applicants have come forward with complaints, highlighting what appears t...

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4 Ladakh girls among ‘Super 50’ youths in Kashmir pursuing NEET dreams

Srinagar, Nov 13 (PTI) Kargil native Taslima Naaz is currently undergoing a rigorous academic coaching in Kashmir as part of the Army’s prestigious Super 50 programme, and the 18-year-old says she is determined to secure admission in a good medical college for an MBBS course before going back to her hometown.

She is among the four girls from Ladakh Union Territory — three from Kargil and one from Leh — who have been chosen this year after a tough screening process under the educational pr...

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MBBS Seats Distribution: A Call to Revisit

As per the Rule, 13 and 14 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Rules, 2005, the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir government distributed the MBBS seats among various categories where two percent each of the total seats were reserved for residents of Leh and Kargil.

On the same pattern, after the bifurcation of the State, the J&K Govt in 2020 announced reservation of four percent seats in its engineering and medical colleges for Students hailing from Ladakh as the latter had no separat...

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Nawaz Ali from Trespone tops NEET 2022 Ladakh list

Kargil, Sep. 09: Nawaz Ali from Trespone village of Kargil has topped the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2022 Ladakh list with a total score of 631 marks.

At least 704 aspirants from Ladakh had registered for the NEET 2022 out of which 639 had appeared for the exam and 331 have qualified the test. In comparison, 906 had registered, 744 had appeared for exam and 367 had qualified the test in 2021.

In an interview to Voice of Ladakh, Nawaz Ali said that he has been schoole...

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Doctors studied under Ladakh quota must serve for 5 years

Otherwise, they are liable to pay a penalty of Rs 50 lakh, according to an order issued last week by Ladakh’s Health and Medical Education Department.

KARGIL, JUNE 28: Faced with an acute shortage of doctors, the administration in Ladakh has modified its government service policy and made it mandatory for those who get admission in medical colleges in Jammu Kashmir and elsewhere in the country against seats reserved for Ladakh to compulsorily serve in the UT for a minimum five years after...

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IKMT letter to LG demands revoke Compulsory Service Bond for Medical Students

KARGIL, FEBRUARY 14, 2022: The Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust (IKMT), Kargil in a letter to the Lieutenant Governor, Union Territory, Ladakh Monday has demanded to revoke the Compulsory Service Bond for MBBS and BDS students. The letter also expressed resentment over not taking the LAHDC on board in such major decisions.

“The Administrative Department of Health and Medical Education, UT Ladakh has issued a Notification on 23th August 2021, making the execution of Compulsory Service Bonds for al...

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Seats for admission in Veterinary Sciences reserved for UT J&K, Ladakh

Leh, July 20: Five seats for admission in Bachelors of Veterinary Sciences have been reserved for UT J&K and Ladakh and the wards of the officer belonging to Indian Administrative Services and other officers and staff belonging to military and Para-military.

The seats have been reserved for candidates interested in seeking admission in Bachelors of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry (B. Vs & AH) at Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Science University for academic session 2021-22.

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