Fr Muller Center for Hospital Admin to host 'Horizon 2012' on Aug 24, 25

August 22, 2012

Mangalore, August 22: Father Muller Center for Hospital Administration, a wing of Father Muller Medical College (FMMC) Mangalore, will organise 'Horizon 2012' – a two-day national conference on marketing on August 24 and 25 at the Decennial Memorial Hall, FMMC.

Announcing this at a press meet here on Wednesday, Fr. Reginald Pinto, Head of Department of Hospital Administration, said that the conference would be inaugurated at 9.30 a.m. on the first day by Prof. B.M. Hegde, Former Vice Chancellor of Manipal University. Dr. Selwyn Colaco, Facility Director of Fortis Hospital, Bangalore, would be the chief guest on the occasion, and Fr. Patrick Rodrigues, Director of Fr Muller Charitable Institutions would preside.

He said that around 300 delegates from all over India would participate in the conference. National speakers will speak on topics from the field of marketing such Marketing and operations, Internal marketing, Business plan, Customer relationship management, Digital strategy and Marketing opportunities. The conference is not only aimed at hospital administrators, but even management and marketing professionals and students as well, he said.

Alphonsa Fernandes, Student Co-ordinator, Dr. Sharmila Raj and Dr. Amritha from Media Committee, were present at the press meet.

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Karnataka to scrap separate entrance exams for private universities from 2025

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September 20,2024

Starting in the 2025-26 academic year, private universities in Karnataka offering professional courses will no longer conduct separate entrance exams. This decision follows a directive from the state’s Higher Education Department, prompting private universities to form an association and agree to this significant change.

In a recent meeting with Higher Education Minister Dr. M. C. Sudhakar, representatives from 17 private universities confirmed their decision to discontinue individual entrance tests. Of the 27 private universities in the state, 17 offer professional courses, and they have collectively agreed to accept scores from existing national or state-level entrance exams.

“Some universities will consider JEE scores, others will rely on KCET, and a few are inclined towards COMEDK,” Dr. Sudhakar stated, leaving the choice of examination to the universities themselves. However, the department has also suggested that the universities consider a unified entrance test for admissions.

Looking ahead, Dr. Sudhakar hinted that the government may introduce a common entrance test for general degree courses at private universities as well. "As government colleges and universities currently don’t require entrance exams for general degree courses, we haven’t made any decisions on this yet," he explained.

The meeting also addressed concerns over the high fees charged by private universities. To regulate this, the universities were instructed to establish fee fixation committees, headed by retired judges, as required by law. These committees will be responsible for determining tuition fees. Additionally, the government will continue to regulate fees for 40% of seats in professional courses that are filled through KCET.

In an effort to bring greater uniformity among private institutions, the government is considering enacting a common law for all private universities, which would replace the individual acts currently governing each university. This would place all private universities under a single regulatory framework.

This move is expected to streamline the admissions process and create a more standardized system for both professional and general degree programs across Karnataka's private universities.

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