ARMED FORCES MEDICAL
COLLEGE, PUNE
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, 1999
GENERAL INFORMATION
Serial numbers given are according to
the original application form format
INTRODUCTION
1. The Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, was established in 1948 for Post
Graduate Courses. A graduate wing for MBBS Course was started in AFMC on 4Aug 1962 with
the aim of inducting medical graduates into the Armed Forces Medical Services.
2. The AFMC is affiliated to Pune University and is recognised by the Medical Council of
India. With the formation of Maharashtra University of Health Science, this college will
he affiliated to it for the batches.
COURSE DURATION
3. The duration of MBBS Course is 4 ½ years followed by compulsory rotating internship
training of one year. All the studies with service liability undergo internship training
in selected service hospitals by the Medical Council of India.
SERVICE LIABILITY
4 Students admitted to AFMC for MBBS Course have compulsory liability to serve as
Commissioned Officers in the Armed Forces Medical Services. Only 50% medical cadets will
be granted permanent commission (PC) and the remaining 50% will be granted Short Service
Commission (SSC) on completion of their MBBS course. The choice of commission will be on
merit-cum-option at the final MBBS examination. The liability of the SSC officers passing
out of AFMC to serve the Armed Forces Medical
Services would be seven (7) years.
5. Any candidate withdrawing from the college any day after 31Aug '99 will have to pay
bond money as per the bond agreement signed by the candidate/parents at the time of
admission.
REMOVAL FROM SERVICE LIABILITY
6. Students may be removed from service liability on account of becoming medically unfit
for grant of commission or on poor academic record/disciplinary grounds. They may be
permitted to complete MBBS Course and undergo internship acting in civil hospitals
recognised by the Medical Council of India.
7. Students removed from service liability for any reason will have to pay bond money,
currently Rs.15,00,000/-(fifteen Lacs), as per the bond executed. The bond money should be
paid in full within 30days of issuance of a letter to this effect, by AFMC, otherwise a
case to recover the same will be filed in a Pune court. Students removed from service
liability will be allowed to continue the course after the bond money has been paid in
full. In case of students removed from service liability after passing final examination,
the NOC for joining internship training in civil hospital will be given only after the
bond money has been paid in full.
8. These rules will be called as the Armed Forces Medical College Entrance Examination
rules.
DEFINITIONS
9.
(a) Government means - Government of India.
(b) Ministry means - Ministry of Defence, Government of India, New Delhi.
(c) DGAFMS means - General Armed Forces Medical Services, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi.
(d) College means - Armed Forces Medical College, Pune.
(e) Entrance Examination means - Written Examination & Interview for selection of
candidates for Admission to MBBS Course at AFMC, Pune.
(f) Qualifying examination means - Examination, on the result for selection of
candidate for admission to the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, that is 10+2 or
equivalent examination with English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
(g) Rules means - the rules specified by the Ministry of Defence, Government of of India
and the DGAFMS.
(h) Medical standards means the standards prescribed for medical fitness for grant of
commission in The Armed Forces in accordance with the instructions, issued from time to
time, for commission in Army Medical Corporation & admission to IMA, which will be
applicable for admission to AFMC.
(i) Initial Medical Board means-the board detailed by Commandant AFMC, on request from the
candidate, as per the instructions of the DGFMS, to decide the medical fitness of the
candidate for admission to the AFMC.
(j) Appeal Medical Board means-the board detailed by Commandant AFMC, on request from the
candidate, as per the instructions of the DGAFMS, to decide the medical fitness of the
candidate for admission to the AFMC.
(k) Medical fitness means- the medical fitness of candidates, as per the rules &
standards prescribed by the Government of India, for grant of commission into the Armed
Forces Medical Services.
(l) Scheduled Castes means - Scheduled Castes as specified and laid down by the Government
of India.
(m) Scheduled Tribes means - Scheduled Tribes as specified and laid down by the Government
of India.
(n) Eligible candidate means - A candidate who satisfies the requirements of eligibility
as prescribed by the DGAFMS, Medical Council of India, and University of Pune or
Maharashtra University of Health Science when affiliated. |
