Amid uproar over the pattern of seats distribution, NMC has derecognised Vaishno Devi Medical has directed that students admitted by SMVDIME for academic year 2025-26 shall be accommodated in other Government Medical Colleges within J&K Union Territory by the competent authority.NMC has cited inadequate infrastructure in the college for the MBBS course.
In what can be seen as major development, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has withdrawn the Letter of Permission (LoP) granted to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence for starting MBBS course with an intake of 50 seats for the academic session 2025-26.A formal order in this regard was issued by the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) of the NMC , acting on the basis of a recent surprise inspection, which revealed serious deficiencies in faculty strength, clinical material and infrastructure at the proposed medical college.
Consequent upon withdrawal of the LoP, the students already admitted to the institute will be adjusted in various Government Medical Colleges across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.The withdrawal of LoP is likely to end the ongoing agitation by SMVD Sangharsh Samiti-a conglomerate of various social organizations, which has been protesting against admission of non-Hindu students in the Medical College being run by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board.The institute had been granted LoP on September 8, 2025. The Letter of Permission (LoP) is an official approval issued by the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) of the NMC.
It allows a proposed or existing Medical College to start admitting students for the MBBS course (or increase seats) in a specific academic year.Meanwhile, the National Medical Commission received multiple complaints alleging inadequate infrastructure, shortage of qualified teaching faculty and resident doctors, insufficient patient load, and poor bed occupancy at the SMVD Institute of Medical Excellence.
Acting on these complaints, MARB conducted a surprise inspection of the college on January 2, 2026. The assessment report pointed out glaring shortcomings, including a 39 per cent deficiency in teaching faculty and a 65 per cent shortage of tutors, demonstrators and senior residents. The outpatient department recorded less than 50 percent patients against the minimum required number while bed occupancy was found to be just 45 per cent against the mandated 80 per cent. Intensive Care Units also showed an average bed occupancy of around 50 per cent .
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