Overview

• Documents state the proposed course would confer both MBBS and BAMS after more than five years of study plus a one-year internship, with a phase-1 syllabus prepared on CBME lines.
• The proposal was drafted by the Auroville Foundation and publicly announced by Union minister Prataprao Jadhav on May 27.
• RTI replies indicate the National Medical Commission and the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine were not involved or convened on the plan.
• The Indian Medical Association called the initiative an unscientific mixing of systems and urged the government to withdraw the proposal.
• JIPMER declined to share course details in response to an RTI from activist Dr K V Babu, who argues existing law does not permit awarding MBBS and BAMS together.