Deemed colleges hike PG med courses' fees by ₹10L

The deemed medical colleges across India have announced steep hikes in their fees for postgraduate medical courses, following a similar increase in fees for the MBBS course.

- Musab Qazi

Among the institutes with the highest surge are two colleges run by MGM group; one in Navi Mumbai and the other in Aurangabad. They have increased the fees of their several courses from last year's Rs30 lakh per annum to Rs40 lakh. The colleges have also increased their fees for other branches by Rs5 lakh.

Some of the other private, non-deemed medical colleges have also witnessed a fee hike. From Mumbai, KJ Somaiya College's MBBS fees have been fixed at Rs12 lakh. At Rs17.03 lakh, Vedanta Institute of Medical Sciences in Palghar will collect the highest annual fee in the state for MBBS this year.