MYSORE MEDICAL COLLEGE TO GET AUTONOMY BY DEC. 14 

The Government order granting autonomy to Mysore Medical College (MMC) will be issued before December 14th, announced Dr. V.S. Acharya Minister for Medical Education.

The Minister was speaking after inaugurating MAA "Utsav' on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of MMC Alumni Association in the Platinum Jubilee Auditorium here yesterday.

The autonomy was being granted to the college as well as Krishnarajendra Hospital, its teaching hospital, either on Dec. 13th or 14th, he said adding that although the autonomy was to be granted earlier, the order got delayed because the date for the Chaumndeshwari by-election was announced in the meanwhile.

Recalling the fact that the college earned its autonomy largely due to the untiring efforts of Dr. Raghothama Rao, the former Principal, the Minister explained that in spite of the Government considering the issue of autonomy to the college even when Siddharamaiah was the Deputy Chief Minister, the decision got postponed at the last moment because the then Government lost power.

Speaking to reporters after the function, the Minister explained: "Once the college gets autonomy, it will have no restriction on taking decision relating to recruitment of the required personnel, purchase of equipment needed for research as well as raising the standards of
teaching and also develop-mental programmes. However, the onus of making good use of the autonomy entirely will be on the college".

Autonomy would greatly help in generating revenue and strengthening the institution financially. He was confident that the MMC would make progress by overcoming the various short-comings bugging the institution at present and offer services of higher quality to the
public, the Minister said.

After autonomy was officially granted, Dean-cum-Director would be appointed as the head of the institution and even his name would be mentioned in the government's order, the Minister disclosed, adding that in the next two years or so, the other teaching hospitals in the State would also be granted autonomy according to their merits.

Dr. Kantha S. Jadhav, retired Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, Dr. B.C. Vastrad, Principal, MMC, Dr. Kolar N. Murthy, an NRI doctor were the chief guests. Dr. C. Rajan, Secretary of Alumni Association and Dr. M.S. Kempe Gowda, Treasurer were present.