No. 5/46/04-4HBIII/ 3537 Dated :1/7/2004

SUBJECT: ADMISSIONS TO DIPLOMA IN PHARMACY - UPVAID (AYURVEDIC)

1. GENERAL
The Governor of Punjab is pleased to notify that the admission to Diploma in Pharmacy (Ayurvedic) course for the year 2004-05 in the institutions in the State of Punjab.

2. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
(a) Qualifying Examination - Candidate must have passed 10+2 examination or its equivalent examination. Preference will be given to candidates who have passed 10+2 examination or its equivalent examination in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry & Biology/ Mathematics. The candidate must have obtained a minimum of forty percent marks (40%) in 10+2 examination. In respect of candidates belonging to Scheduled casts, Scheduled Tribes or other Backward Class the marks obtained in qualifying examination shall be pass marks instead of 40%.
(b) Age- The candidate must have completed 17 years of age as on 31/12/2004 i.e. he should have been born on or before 31/12/1987.

3. DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS
(a) 85% of the seats are earmarked for the candidates who have passed their 10+1 and 10+2 examination or other equivalent qualifying examination as a regular candidate from a recognised institute situated in the State of Punjab. The candidates would be required to submit a certificate to this effect from the Principal/Head of the institution last attended in the prescribed proforma.

(b) 15% of seats are earmarked for candidates who have passed the qualifying or equivalent examination as a regular candidate from a recognised institute from states other than Punjab.

(c) The seats remaining vacant in 15% out of State quota will be converted and filled from 85% quota and vice versa.

4. EXEMPTIONS UNDER PARA 3 (a)
The condition of having passed 10+1 and 10+2 or other equivalent qualifying examination as regular candidate from a recognized institution situated in Punjab given in para 3(a) above shall not be applicable to the following categories of candidates:

(a) Children, wards and dependent (whose parents are not alive) of those Judges serving on benches of the Hon’ble Punjab & Haryana High Court, employees of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, regular Punjab Government employees/ Members of All India Service borne on Punjab cadre/boards and Corporations/ Statutory bodies established by or under an Act of the State of Punjab, who are posted outside state of Punjab and have been holding the post outside Punjab on or before 1st January of the year of entrance examination that is on or before 1st January 2004.

(b) Children, wards and dependents (whose parents are not alive) of those regular Central Government Employees not covered under other categories of (i) above who have served for at least for two years in Punjab out of the 3 years preceding the year of entrance examination but were posted out of Punjab for some time during the said period of three years due to which the children/wards were compelled to do 10+1 and/or 10+2 or equivalent qualifying examination from out side Punjab. However those who have been holding the post in Punjab continuously for three years during the period shall not be entitled to be exempted under this clause as they are equally placed with other Punjab Government employee posted in Punjab. The three years for admission for the year 2004 are 2001, 2002 and 2003.

(c) Children, wards and dependents (whose parents are not alive) of those Punjab Government pensioners settled outside Punjab state before 1st January of the year of entrance examination i.e. 1st January 2004.

(d) Children, wards and dependents (whose parents are not alive) of military/paramilitary forces personnel belonging to the State of Punjab as per record at the time of their entry into service (a certificate on prescribed proforma by the Commanding Officer of the Unit has to be furnished;)

(e) Children, wards and dependents (whose parents are not alive) of the ex-employees of military/ para-military forces personnel belonging to the State of Punjab as per record at the time of their entry into the service, who have retired on or after 1st January of the year, preceding two years of the year of entrance examination (i.e. on or after 1st January 2002) for admission of the year 2004.

(f) Candidates who are applying against the 15% seats reserved for candidates who have passed 10+1 & 10+2 out side the state of Punjab.

(g) Students seeking admissions under NRI category.

Note 1. For those candidates who are repeaters in categories 2 (a) & 3 (a), the year of entrance for all these clauses shall be the year of passing 10+2 or equivalent qualifying examination by the Candidate instead of year of entrance examination.

Note 2. The dependency certificate in case of those whose parents are not alive shall have to be taken from the Deputy Commissioner of the District where the candidate resides.

5. INSTITUTIONS AND SEATS
5.1 GOVERNMENT COLLEGE

5.2 PRIVATE COLLEGES
 

6. PROCEDURE FOR ADMISSION
6.1 Government Colleges – All the seats in government institutions will be filled up on the basis of merit in the qualifying examination as explained in Para 2(a) and 8(a).

6.2 Private Colleges -
(a) The Distribution of seats in private institutions would be:
Government quota seats - 50%
Management quota seats - 50%
The 15 % non-state quota will also be part of the management quota.

(b) The government quota seats would be filled up by the Admissions Committee as per Para 9 below.

(c) The Management seats would be filled up by a Committee headed by the Principal of the institution concerned and comprising of the representative of the government. The Principals will request the government well in advance for nominating their representatives. Government quota seats remaining vacant will be transferred to management quota and vice-versa.

7. RESERVATION

7.1 Government Colleges - The reservation for various categories in all government colleges will be as under (40%):

(a) Scheduled Caste - 25%

(b) Backward Classes - 5%

(c) Backward Area/ Border Area 2%

(d) Physically handicapped (disability 50% to 70%) to be determined at the time of interview by a duly constituted board of concerned specialty). 3 %

(e) Sports person (credit will be given for the sports achievements made during 10+1 and 10+2 classes only and shall be graded by the Director Sports, Punjab) 1 %

(f) Wards of (in order of preference to the exclusion of next category) 1%

(i) Persons killed in terrorist action in Punjab
(ii) Riot affected/displaced persons

(g) Wards of Defence Personnel (in order of preference to the exclusion of next category ) 1%

(i) Killed in action
(ii) Disabled in action to the extent of 50% or above& Boarded out of service
(iii) Died while in service & Death attributed to Military service
(iv) Disabled in service & Boarded out with disability attributed to Military Service
(v) Gallantry Award/ other Award Winners both serving/ retired.
(vi) Serving Defence personnel/ Ex Servicemen

(h) Wards of Punjab Police Personnel, Punjab Armed Police, Punjab Home Guards, and Para-Military Forces (in order of preference to the exclusion of next category ) 1%

(i) Killed in action
(ii) Disabled in action to the extent of 50%
(iii) Winners of President’s Police Medal for Gallantry or Police Medal for Gallantry

(i) Children/ grandchildren of freedom fighters. 1%

7.2 For Private Colleges- The reservation in private colleges in government seats will be as follows (Total: 30%)

(a) Scheduled Caste - 25%
(b) Backward Classes - 5%

7.3 Explanation- The following point shall be observed while granting above reservation both in government and private college:

(a) The candidate under category 7.1 (d) shall be admitted only if he/ she has locomotory disability of lower limbs between 50% to 70% disability and with this disability he/ she is otherwise found fit medically to pursue the course in the speciality concerned by the Medical Board duly constituted by the Government and consisting of Heads of the respective Departments of three government Medical Colleges at Patiala, Amritsar and Faridkot.

(b) For the claim of reservation in category 7.1(h) above a certificate to this effect issued by Inspector General Police (HQ), Punjab shall have to be produced while submitting other documents. In case of Paramilitary Forces this certificate shall be countersigned by IG Police (HQ) Punjab.

(c) The above reservation will be made in each college separately subject to the availability of seats as per instructions issued by the Government of Punjab from time to time. The reservation in each institution shall not exceed 25% in case of SC and 30% in case of SC and BC combined together.

(d) Students claiming benefits of reservation under SC/BC category will be required to produce a certificate from the competent authority as per instructions of the Department of Welfare No. 1/41/96-RCI/110001-17 Dated Chandigarh 5/12/1996 ( for SC) and 1/41/93-RCI/459 dated 17/1/1994 ( for BC).

(e) In case of Sports category, relative merit of the candidates shall be determined on the basis of performance during 10+1 and 10+2 academic course by the Director Sports, Punjab.

(f) In the 15% out of the state quota, the reservation applicable will be-15% for SC, 7.5% for ST and 3% for the handicapped.

8. MODE OF SELECTION AND ADMISSION
(a) The admission shall be in order of preference to the exclusion of next categories-

(i) Students who have passed 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as subjects.
(ii) Students who have passed 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as subjects.
(iii) Students who have passed 10+2 with other subjects.

(b) Interview shall be compulsory to confirm the choice of station, which will be final irrespective of the choice filled in the application form.
(c) The interview/ counseling schedule shall be notified by the Principal, Govt. Ayurvedic College, Patiala.
(d) In case the two students have equal marks in the qualifying examination then the inter-se seniority shall be determined as follows:

(i) Candidate getting higher marks in the subject of Biology or Mathematics or English.
(ii) Candidate older in age.

9. ADMISSIONS COMMITTEES
9.1 Government College and government quota seats-The following committee is constituted for holding interview for admission:
i) Principal, Government Ayurvedic College, Patiala. Chairman
ii) Representative of the DRME Member
iii) Representative of Welfare Department Member
iii) Principal of the concerned institution Will participate
9.2 Private institutions- The following Committee would finalise the admissions against management quota seats in private institutions:
(i) Principal of the concerned institution Chairman
(ii) Representative of DRME Member

10. FEE STRUCTURE
10.1 For Government Ayurvedic College Patiala:

(a) D. Pharmacy (Ayurveda) 1st Year
Tuition Fee 3000-00 Rs.
Admission Fee 500-00 Rs.
Fund 1000-00 Rs.
(With included security Rs. 100/-)
College Security 1000-00 Rs.
Total 5500-00 Rs.

D. Pharmacy (Ayurveda) 2nd Year
Tuition Fee 3500-00 Rs.
Student Fund 2000-00 Rs.
Total 5500-00 Rs.

(b) Security:
Hostel : 1000-00 Rs. (Refundable)

(c ) Hostel Fee:
Room Rent 4800-00 Rs.
Electricity & Water Charge 2000-00 Rs.
Mess Servant Charge 2000-00 Rs.
Utensils 500-00 Rs.
Common Room Fond 750-00 Rs.
Dilapidation Fund 500-00 Rs.
Total : 10550-00 Rs.

10.2 Private institutions-

(a) Fees ( Annual and provisional) Rs.25,000 College fee

Note1 - These include all kinds of charges and nothing extra will be charged from the students under any head or guise.

Note 2- The fee will be payable on annual basis and the colleges will not insist on deposit of fee of the entire course in advance. At the most students can be asked to give a bond that they will be liable to pay the balance fee for the whole course even if they left in midstream
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Note 3- The fee shall be refunded/ adjusted if a candidate is shifted from one college to an other in second or subsequent counseling/operation of waiting list.

(b) Hostel fee and Security Advance ( Annual and provisional)

i. General Room Rs.10,000/- per year (Maximum) for single bed. Proportionate reduction if the room is shared.
ii. Special Room (attached bathroom and AC) Rs.20,000/- per year Maximum.
iii. Security Advance Rs.10,000/- or its equivalent (to be refundable at the completion of course.
iv. Mess charges – Actual and to be managed by the students
(These charges are exclusive of electricity/water but inclusive of everything else.)

(c) Fee Fixation Committee - The fee and charges indicated in Para 10.2 (a) and (b) above are provisional. The institutions will charge the provisional fee till their fee structure is approved by the Fee Committee under the chairmanship of a retired HC Judge which has already been constituted by the government. The difference between the provisional fee and the final fee will be adjusted after finalization of the fee structure.

10.3 Examination Fee:
For private & Regular Candidates
Examination Fee 1000-00 Rs.
Contingency Fund 100-00 Rs. Total: 1100-00

11. SYLLABUS AND EXAMINATION- The Director Research and Medical Education would prescribe the syllabus for the course. His office would arrange for the conduct of the examination and award of the Certificate of Diploma in Pharmacy.

Dated 1st July 2004 Chandigarh

Satish Chandra
Secretary to Govt. Punjab,
Deptt. of Medical Education & Research

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A copy along with spare copy is forwarded to the Controller, Printing and Stationary Department, Chandigarh Administration, Chandigarh for publishing in the Punjab Government Gazette (Ordinary) and supply two hundred copies without endorsement to this Department, for official use.

Under Secretary

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A copy is forwarded for information and necessary action to the: -

1. Director, Research & Medical Education, Punjab, Chandigarh.
2. Director, Health & Family Welfare, Punjab, Chandigarh.
3. Director, Ayurvedic, Punjab, Chandigarh.
4. Director, Homoeopathic, Punjab, Chandigarh.
5. Director Sports, Punjab, Chandigarh.
6. Director, Welfare of SC's and BC's, Chandigarh.
7. President, Punjab Medical Council, S.C.O. 2, S.A.S., Mohali.
8. Chairman, Homoeopathic Council Punjab, Chandigarh.
9. Chairman, Punjab Ayurvedic Board, Punjab, Sec:22, Punjab.
10. To all institutions concerned.

Under Secretary