Union Health Minister Mandaviya reviews NEET PG Centre at Punjab's Patiala
Patiala (Punjab), March 5: Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday paid a surprise visit to the NEET PG Centre in Patiala on Sunday to review the conduct of the NEET PG Examination.
Mandavia also oversaw all preparations and interacted with parents of students taking the NEET PG 2023 exam, according to the release.
NEET PG 2023 is being administered by NBEMS on a computer-based platform to 2,08,898 candidates at 902 examination centres spread across 277 cities.
"This is the first time the Union Health Minister has visited a National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) exam centre while the examination is ongoing", the release stated.
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The Union Health Minister congratulated students taking the NEET PG exam, saying, "I'm satisfied with the arrangements at the examination centre. I had the opportunity to interact with the parents of students during my visit to the Patiala Exam centre. I wish them all the best for the exam today".
"As a part of the zero-tolerance policy of NBEMS for the use of unfair means, strict vigilance is being observed at all the examination centres, including but not limited to biometric verification, CCTV surveillance, document verification, mobile phone jammers, etc," he added.
"Dr Abhijat Sheth, President NBEMS, is monitoring the conduct of the NEET PG from the command centre set up at Ahmedabad. A team of 90 members headed is making surprise visits at various test centres. This team has Governing body members of NBEMS, NBEMS officers and representatives of TCS," the official release further read.
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