“The ongoing crisis in Ukraine has brought to the fore the much debatable but generally dormant issue of medical education in India. Following the Russian invasion of that country, thousands of Indian students studying Medicine in various cities in Ukraine, have left the country and their MBBS courses midway and consequently, their future education is in jeopardy now” said Rahul V Karad, Managing Trustee & Executive President of MAEER’s MIT Group of Institutions. He further added, “In the call of the national duty and with the spirit of helping thousands of our own students who were pursuing medicine in Ukraine, I volunteer to accommodate some of those Indian students at our two medical colleges situated at MIMER Talegaon and MIMSR Latur, if Government of India grants special provisions and flexibility in the existing norms of admissions including intake of medical colleges”. He urged the Government of India to consider this proposal in all earnestness and hoped that if the Government can amend and make this special provision, many medical colleges in the country will be happy to volunteer for this cause and will offer lateral admissions to such Indian students in their respective colleges. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken immediate cognizance of the situation and urged the private institutions in the country to now step-in in a huge way by investing in elaborate infrastructure.