MCI for RFID Tags to Exorcise Ghost Faculty

With the Medical Council of India stressing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags on the teaching staff to track them, the medical colleges in the government and private sector in the state will find it hard to recruit “ghost” faculty members. Ghost lecturers, as the name suggests, are those who do not really exist but are showcased on the college payroll at the time of annual inspections. Many medical colleges resort to such practices to get approval from the MCI for increasing the number of seats.