PUNE: Probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, embroiled in an issue over the legitimacy of her certificates, secured MBBS admission to Pune’s Shrimati Kashibai Navale Medical College and General Hospital in 2007 underneath the reserved nomadic tribe-3 class furnishing a non-creamy layer OBC certificate, school director Arvind Bhore stated Saturday.
Khedkar gained admission by way of the Association of Management of Unaided Private Medical and Dental Colleges of Maharashtra (AMUPMDC) entrance check, scoring 146 out of 200, stated Bhore. AMUPMDC not exists after NEET’s introduction.
Khedkar is underneath a number of investigations for submitting a non-creamy layer certificate to UPSC, regardless of proudly owning properties value no less than Rs 17 crore, together with household items. Her choice underneath the benchmark disabilities class can also be underneath evaluate.
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According to Bhore, it was the medical school’s first batch when Khedkar joined. “Khedkar had also attempted the Maharashtra common entrance test for medical admissions. But her AMUPMDC score was higher than the state CET. She had provided a non-creamy layer certificate of the NT-3 category of the Vanjari community at the time of admission. We checked all the documents at the time of submission and found them to be authentic govt records,” Bhore stated.
Khedkar’s non-creamy layer certificate was issued by Pathardi sub-divisional workplace in Ahmednagar in 2007. Her caste and validity certificates had been additionally issued by the identical workplace, in accordance with school data. Bhore talked about she didn’t submit any incapacity certificate on the time of admission.
When TOI contacted Khedkar, her cellphone was switched off. She additionally hadn’t responded to textual content messages until the time of going to press.
College data point out Khedkar scored 83% in Class 10 and 74% in Class 12 state board exams. She earned her MBBS diploma in 2011-12 after finishing teachers and internship at Navale College. During her internship, she was stationed on the group drugs division.
“Her conduct was fine and she passed all her semesters with ease while her internship at the hospital was also completed on time,” Bhore stated.
