The National Board of Examinations (NBE), a body under the union health ministry, has barred a doctor for a period of seven years from all its exams after he was found guilty of using unfair means in tests.

According to the NBE, the accused Dr Patel Nevil Vishubhai had appeared in different examinations in different names for aspirants. The accused doctor is registered with Delhi Medical Council (DMC). Mail Today has a copy of the order.

The NBE is an autonomous body under the health ministry to standardise postgraduate medical education and examination in India. The case is reminiscent of the Sanjay Dutt-starrer Munna Bhai MBBS.

Taking cognisance of the board's directions, DMC has now formed a disciplinary committee to look into the matter and recommended all state medical councils to remove the doctor's name from the state medical register.

"Dr Nevil presented himself before the disciplinary committee and was heard in person. He used to charge huge amounts of money from the candidates with the motive of helping medical aspirants," Dr Girish Tyagi, registrar of DMC, told Mail Today.

Mentioning the observations of the disciplinary committee, Dr Tyagi informed that the DNB Board in the inquiry has established Dr Nevil had appeared in NEET PG 2013 on November 27 and 29 in 2012 at Panacea Testing Center and Asia Pacific Institute of Management Centre in New Delhi, with different names - Kakadiya Brijesh Kumar Bhai and Patel Nevil Kumar Vishnu Bhai.

Dr Nevil has accepted his guilt and has not challenged the NBE's decision, noted the disciplinary committee's observation. The panel has asked the NBE to further investigate the issue regarding laxity in issuance of admission card for appearing in the examination.

The doctor completed class 10 from Gujarat Secondary Education Board while he was enrolled with Adarsh School in the year 2002 and passed with 84 per cent marks. He then completed class 12 from Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Board and was enrolled in Adarsh School with a 90 per cent score.

Later, he was admitted to Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education and Research (SMIMER) where he completed his MBBS in 2010 after successful completion of internship.

He then applied with the Delhi Medical Council for registration as medical practitioner which was accepted by the DMC and a registration certificate dated 13th July, 2012 was issued to him.

"This was after he had provided all the documents for verification by Delhi Medical Council. He thereafter applied in January 2012 with the National Board of Examinations for admission into DNB General Medicine and he was allotted St Stephen's Hospital, Delhi as his institution for the three-year training," said Dr Tyagi.

He added that after successfully securing his place in the DNB Course, it was alleged that in the exam held in the session January 2013, he was involved in impersonating for some other candidate.

"As per section 21(5) of the DMC Act, the registration of a medical practitioner can only be cancelled if the entry in the register is found to be fraudulent or incorrectly made," Dr Arun Gupta, president of DMC, told Mail Today.

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