New Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has granted an additional 540 seats to 89 medical colleges across the country after considering applications for new and increased PG Super-Specialty courses for the academic year 2025-26.Speciality-wise, the highest number of approvals was seen in DM Cardiology with 64 seats, followed by M.Ch Urology with 48 seats, M.Ch Surgical Oncology with 40 seats, and M.Ch Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery with 39 seats.Additionally, DM Nephrology got 39 seats, DM Critical Care Medicine received 34 seats, M.Ch Neurosurgery got 31 seats, DM Neurology got 25 seats and M.Ch Paediatric Surgery got 25 seats, DM Neonatology got 24 seats, DM Medical Gastroenterology got 20 seats, M.Ch Surgical Gastroenterology got 18 seats, DM Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology got 16 seats, DM Cardiac Anaesthesia got 14 seats, DM Medical Oncology got 14 seats and DM Interventional Radiology received 12 seats.DM Endocrinology was granted 8 seats, DM Neuro Anaesthesia (8 seats), DM Onco Pathology (8 seats), DM Pulmonary Medicine (7 seats), DM Medical Genetics (5 seats), M.Ch Vascular Surgery (5 seats), DM Clinical Haematology (4 seats), DM Paediatric and Neonatal Anaesthesia (4 seats), DM Pediatric Cardiology (4 seats), M.Ch Head and Neck Surgery (4 seats), DM Paediatric Nephrology (2 seats), DM Pediatric Gastroenterology (2 seats), DM Hepatology (2 seats), DM Geriatric Mental Health (2 seats) and M.Ch Cardio Thoracic & Vascular Surgery (2 seats).The seats were granted in medical colleges across multiple states, including Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.A total of 89 medical colleges have received approvals. The approved colleges include Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre, Cuttack; ACS Medical College and Hospital, Chennai; Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellur; American International Institute of Medical Sciences, Bedwas; Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi; B J Medical College, Ahmedabad; Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore; Bharati Vidyapeeth University Medical College, Pune; Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya; Chettinad Hospital & Research Institute, Kanchipuram; Christian Medical College, Vellore; Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore; Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana; Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati; Dr. M.K. Shah Medical College, Ahmedabad; Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow; G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi; Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad; and Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati.Other institutions that received approvals are Gayathri Vidya Parishad Institute of Health Care & Medical Technology, Visakhapatnam; Geetanjali Medical College & Hospital, Udaipur; Goa Medical College, Panaji; Government Medical College, Amritsar; Government Medical College, Ananthapuram; Government Medical College, Aurangabad; Government Medical College, Jammu; Government Medical College, Kota; Government Medical College, Kozhikode; Government Medical College, Mysore; Government Medical College, Srinagar; Government Medical College, Thrissur; Government Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada; Guntur Medical College, Guntur; Guru Govind Singh Medical College, Faridkot; Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun; Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, New Chandigarh; Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna; Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi; Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi; and IMS & SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar.The list further includes Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh; Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum; Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Wardha; JSS Medical College, Mysore; Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal; Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar; Kasturba Medical College, Manipal; Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore; King George Medical University, Lucknow; Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad; L.N. Medical College, Bhopal; Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai; M G M Medical College, Indore; Madurai Medical College, Madurai; Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College, Jhansi; Malabar Medical College, Kozhikode; Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi; Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Allahabad; National Institute of Medical Science & Research, Jaipur; Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad; NRI Institute of Medical Sciences, Visakhapatnam; and Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad.Additionally, Padmashree Dr. D Y Patil Medical College, Pune; Pt. B D Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak; R.V.M. Institute of Medical Sciences, Siddipet; Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada; Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal; Rohilkhand Medical College & Hospital, Bareilly; Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate…

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