NEW DELHI: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has once again asked all medical colleges and institutions to mandatorily update National Medical Register (NMR) or State Medical Register (SMR) numbers of faculty and other teaching staff on the Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System.
Granting three more weeks to update the NMR/SMR no, the Commission on Monday again warned that non-updation or incorrect entry will lead to automated blocking and rejection of daily attendance by the system.
On September 3, the NMC had directed medical colleges and institutions to update the information. It had said that NMR/SMR no. should be included in profile details of all medical faculty members, Junior Residents (JRs), Senior Residents (SRs), Tutors, and Demonstrators on the NMC AEBAS portal within one month of the notice
However, it noted that required action by nodal officers of some medical colleges/ institutions, of updation of the NMR/SMR No. are still pending.
“Further, some nodal officers have updated erroneous NMR/SMR details on the portal,” said the office memorandum.
In view of this, the NMC said, these colleges and institutions have been granted additional three weeks to complete the requisite details updates.
The NMC Secretary, Dr Raghav Langer, said non-updation or incorrect entry of NMR/SMR numbers will result in the automated blocking and rejection of daily attendance by the system.
He added that for any technical assistance, nodal officers may contact the official NMC helpdesk at support.aebas@nmc.org.in.
The NMC requires daily biometric attendance for medical colleges’ faculty to eliminate non-existent teachers and enforce quality standards in medical education. The latest mandate for NMR or SMR is to ensure that the medical colleges don’t list fake or proxy teachers, popularly termed as “ghost faculty,” on paper to secure seat approvals or renewals without them working there.