Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences,
Sevagram is in the state of Maharashtra and is about 80 kilometers away from
Nagpur. The district headquarter, Wardha is ten kilometers from Sevagram. The
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS) and the Kasturba Hospital
is run by the Kasturba Health Society. MGIMS is affiliated to the Maharashtra
University of Health Sciences, Nasik. The institute admits 65 medical students
yearly on the basis of an all India entrance test conducted at Delhi, Nagpur,
Hyderabad and Mumbai centers. Post-graduation courses in all major clinical and
basic science disciplines are offered at MGIMS.
Eligibility
- The candidate must be an Indian national.
- Minimum age should be 17 years on or before 31st December of the year of admission.
- He/She should have passed 12th standard examination under 10+2 system of Maharashtra State Higher Secondary Education Board or an equivalent examination of any recognized Indian Board/University with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English individually as subjects with a minimum of 50% marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology.He/she should have passed Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English all in one & the same attempt.
- Candidates belonging to Scheduled castes, Scheduled Tribes including V.J., N.T. and O.B.C should have obtained not less than 40% of total aggregate marks in Physics. Chemistry and Biology taken together in the qualifying examination. He/she must have passed Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English in one and the same attempt.
- No rounding off of the marks obtained by the candidate in qualifying examination will be done.
Distribution of Seats
| Maharashtra | Non-Maharashtra | |
| I Open | 9 | 9 |
| II Rural | 4 | 4 |
| III Reservations | ||
| a) Constitutional | 15 | 14 |
| b) Physically handicapped | 1 | 1 |
| c) Kasturba Health Society | 2 | - |
| IV Government Nomination | ||
| A. Government of India | - | 4 |
| B. Government of Maharashtra | 2 | - |
| TOTAL | 33 | 32 |
Entrance Examination
A competitive entrance examination shall be conducted by the Institute at Delhi, Nagpur, Hyderabad and Mumbai centers generally on third Sunday of April
Pattern of Entrance Examination
The competitive Entrance Examination consists of two papers:
Paper 1
- Multiple choice, single response questions on Physics, Chemistry & Biology.
- Number of questions -60 per each subject.
- OMR sheet valuation.
- Each correct answer will fetch one mark.
- No negative marking for wrong answers.
- Duration of paper will be of 180 minutes.
- Carry 60 marks
- Duration three hours.
- The questions will be of essay type and/or short answer questions and the paper may be answered either in English or Hindi
- The general standard of the examination will be that of 12th standard examination for Physics, Chemistry and Biology as per CBSE and Maharashtra Board.
- Gandhian Thought Paper will be on the topics as per the syllabus
- Gandhiji’s Autobiography (Abridged) (Translated from Gujarati by Mahadeo Desai)
- The Constructive Programme
- Key to Health
- Mangal Prabhat (From Yerwada Mandir)
- Bapu katha - by Haribhau Upadhyay (1920-48)
- Gandhi, A Life by Krishna Kriplani
Merit assessment
Merit shall be determined on the basis of aggregate marks obtained by the
Candidate in the Entrance Examination in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and
Gandhian Thought.
Gandhian Thought
The candidates should obtain at least 40% marks in paper II
Competitive entrance Examination
The candidate must secure not less than 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and
Biology taken together for general Category and 40% for Reserved Category
There is no payment seat.
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