Karnataka: Association of deemed varsities offer to accept Ukraine returnees

Officials of the consortium said they have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding their proposal.

The Consortium of Deemed-to-be Universities in Karnataka (CODEUNIK) has said that it will help medical students who have returned from war-torn Ukraine continue their studies.

The association further added that in case the qualifications of the students were not up to Indian standards, they would conduct bridge courses. (ANI)

CODEUNIK said that it will accept 25 students in each year of the course. The consortium comprises eight universities. Officials of the consortium said they have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding their proposal.

“In our effort to contribute to the good work initiated by our Prime Minister, we have resolved to offer our proposal of accepting 25 students in each year of the course — aggregating to 125 students in each of our universities. These students will be imparted medical education to enable them to complete their course and we also wish to mention here that all our member-universities are well established over two decades,” said S Kumar, secretary, CODEUNIK, in a statement.

It further added that CODEUNIK would accept any fees fixed by the government. “Any nominal fee as fixed by the government towards these repositioned students is acceptable to our group. This offer of ours will support the next major responsibility of the Prime Minister in ensuring uninterrupted education for these unfortunate students. This one-time offer from our consortium is subject to the due approval of statutory agencies — the NMC, the Ministry of Health, the Government of India,” added the statement.

The association further added that in case the qualifications of the students were not up to Indian standards, they would conduct bridge courses.

CODEUNIK chairman Prabhakar Kore said that the educational institutions decided that they want to help protect the future of the medical students who returned from the war-torn European country. He added that the educational institutions had decided that they want to be part of the nation-building efforts and help protect the future of the medical students who returned from the war-torn European country.

Meanwhile, the department of medical education said that they have not received any such proposals. A senior official of the department, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that the department can comment on the matter only when the proposal is presented to them.

According to the data of the Karnataka government, so far 610 medical students have returned to the state from Ukraine.