Prof Neelam Mittal, dean and head, faculty of dental sciences, Institute of Medical Science, Banaras Hindu University, has been selected as the Fellow of International College of Dentists (India, Sri Lanka and Nepal section).
According to the BHU spokesperson, the fellowship would be awarded to Mittal at the annual convocation and award function at New Delhi on April 12.

In view of Parliamentary elections the BHU PMT-2009 Screening Test has been POSTPONED and will now be held on Thursday, May 28, 2009 between 2.30 PM and 5.30 PM at Varanasi, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad Centres. Further, PMT-2009 Main Test for MBBS course will be held on Sunday, June 28, 2009 between 9.30 AM and 12.30 PM at Varanasi Centre only. The distribution of seats in B.Pharm., Institute of Technology, selected through BHU PMT-2009 Screening Test has been revised and would be as follows : General – 17; OBC – 5; SC – 4; and ST – 2.

Dr MK Agrawal, head of department of Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS), Banaras Hindu University has been recently awarded ‘Agra Bibhushan’ by Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari in New Delhi.
It may be mentioned here that the award constituted by All India Agrawal Sammelan, New Delhi has been given to only six persons in the country so far.

The centre for population education, research and extension (CPERE), department of Community Medicine, Banaras Hindu University, is going to organize two-day National PEER, a workshop on maternal anaemia control through convergence.
According to Prof RK Srivastava, head, department of community medicine, BHU, and organising secretary of the programme, the two-day event would focus on ways to control maternal anaemia in the Varanasi district.
Joint organising secretary of the programme and coordinator, CPERE, Prof SC Mohapatra said the programme would also witness discussions on grass root networking for healthcare delivery in the region and issues like anaemia in adolescent girls would be also raised by experts.
Additional director, health, Varanasi, Dr MN Yadav would be the chief guest while director, Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS), BHU, Prof Gajendra Singh would preside over the inaugural function.

The first year admissions are over and we can find ”Say NO to Ragging” posters all around the campus. I just caught hold of the biggest holding near the university entrance. You will find a lots of things to share if you keep your eyes open, right.

I really cant figure out what happens to the proctorial board whenever there are new admissions at Institute of Medical Sciences. Everybody knows that this is the season of admissions in the entire university and IMS is no exception.

This year we are asked to sign a form that we wont rag freshers. Fine, this much was justified. But its ridiculous to get the form signed by our parents too. This is simply too much.

We are adults now and such matters (specially something like ragging) shall be concerned with us only. All seniors are travelling way down their homes to get the form duly signed by their parents. This is simply wastage of valuable time and money.