Puja Khedkar submitted non-creamy layer OBC certificate for MBBS admission in 2007: Medical college director
probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar has deepened with new information revealing that she had submitted a non-creamy layer OBC certificate to secure admission to an MBBS program in 2007.
Director of Shrimati Kashibai Navale Medical College and General Hospital Arvind Bhore provided details on Khedkar's admission. According to Bhore, Khedkar gained a seat for the MBBS course at the college through the Association of Management of Unaided Private Medical and Dental Colleges of Maharashtra (AMUPDMC) entrance test. She scored 146 marks out of 200 in the exam and was part of the college's first batch in 2007.
Bhore further explained that although Khedkar had taken the CET exams, her higher score in the AMUPDMC exam secured her admission. The AMUPDMC exam has since been replaced by the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).
Khedkar obtained her seat under the reserved Nomadic Tribe-3 category by submitting a non-creamy layer OBC certificate.
Bhore said, «She had provided a non-creamy layer certificate of the NT-3 category of the Vanjari community at the time of the admission. We had checked all the documents at the time of submission and found them to be authentic government records. The issuing authority was from Ahmednagar district.»
He also added, «She had submitted her medical fitness certificate and according to that she was medically fit.»
Earlier, Pune RTI activist Vijay Kumbhar had raised questions about Khedkar's appointment alleging that she did not fall under the OBC non-creamy layer as her
