CCMDS is an independent civic initiative focused on professional matters involving the NMC, NDC, MoHFW and related authorities.
Qualified by universities. Tested by patients. Crushed by regulatory systems. Still surviving.
Every submission is reviewed before publication. Patient-identifying information is not accepted through public forms.
The NMC’s own Indian Medical Register page states that it publishes doctors registered with State Medical Councils only up to 2021, with 2021 data excluded for Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh and Delhi, and adds: “This data is being updated.”
Years later, doctors may still find current registrations, additional qualifications or corrected details missing from the public IMR. This is not merely an outdated webpage. It can affect verification, Good Standing Certificate applications, overseas registration, employment, credentialing and professional mobility.
The NMC Good Standing application form instructs doctors to verify their IMR data before applying and to have discrepancies rectified through the relevant State Medical Council. A stale or incomplete central register therefore pushes the doctor back into another layer of correspondence and delay.
CCMDS has encountered more than one instance, across different periods, in which a professional’s valid State Council registration was not properly reflected in the central register, causing difficulty or rejection when applying for a Good Standing Certificate.
The professional may hold a valid State Medical Council registration, yet the corresponding IMR entry may be missing, outdated or incomplete. The applicant is then asked to correct a central record before a Good Standing Certificate can be processed.
The State Council may confirm that the registration details were already transmitted, while the central register remains unchanged. The professional must then repeat correspondence, provide documents again and wait without a clear deadline or accountable case officer.
Similar problems have affected professionals and their families for many years. In earlier cases, Good Standing Certificates had to be sent directly by post to the overseas regulatory council, making delays and administrative errors even more consequential because the applicant often had no direct control over delivery or correction.
Applicants may face additional enquiries concerning residence abroad, visits to India, professional activity or online consultations, even where the published eligibility criteria do not clearly identify such matters as conditions for issuance.
Where consultation records or messages are sought, the regulator should explain the legal basis, relevance, retention period, access controls and secure transmission method. Identifiable patient records should not be casually requested or transmitted through ordinary email.
Good Standing Certificates are commonly required for overseas registration, employment, credentialing and licence renewal. A missing IMR entry or unresolved correction can therefore jeopardise deadlines and opportunities despite the professional already being validly registered.
The current NMC Chairperson is Dr Abhijat Chandrakant Sheth. Public professional biographies describe qualifications beyond the primary medical degree, including postgraduate research and management training.
A spot-check reported to CCMDS indicates that the legacy public IMR does not display all of those additional qualifications. Because the IMR search interface is dynamic and records may change, CCMDS invites NMC to provide the current entry or correct the public register. The website will publish a correction promptly if the qualifications are now fully displayed.
If the regulator’s own Chairperson cannot rely on the public register to display a complete professional profile, the problem is not an individual doctor’s paperwork. It is the register.
Clear rules, accessible information, published timelines and decisions that can be understood.
Consistent standards, meaningful hearings and equal treatment across institutions and applicants.
Reasoned decisions, measurable performance and consequences for avoidable institutional failure.
The founder is a medical-dental professional who experienced the same combination of delay, opacity, repeated documentation and procedural uncertainty that CCMDS now seeks to document.
The founder’s identity is not displayed. The story is included because the movement did not arise from theory; it arose from direct experience of the system.
Read the anonymous introduction →CCMDS documents, explains and advocates on matters affecting medical and dental professionals, students, applicants and institutions before India’s principal health-profession regulators and the Union health ministry.
Medical education, qualification recognition, registration, licensing, ethics, professional conduct, disciplinary processes, appeals and administrative delay involving the NMC and its boards.
Dental education, qualification recognition, registration, professional standards, ethics, institutional approvals, disciplinary matters and the transition or functioning of national dental regulatory arrangements.
Policy, oversight, representations, grievances, appeals and administrative matters involving MoHFW and related departments or authorities affecting the medical and dental professions.
Medical and dental professionals are expected to document every decision, meet strict deadlines and justify departures from accepted standards. Regulatory institutions should be held to comparable standards of clarity, consistency and responsibility.
CCMDS deals specifically with NMC, NDC and MoHFW matters affecting medical and dental education, registration, recognition, professional practice, ethics, appeals and regulatory administration. It converts scattered individual experiences into documented patterns, public education and measurable reform demands.
Read our vision →Every pending regulatory matter should have a responsible officer and a realistic decision date.
View campaign →Every adverse decision should identify the applicable rule, evidence, reasoning and route of review.
View campaign →No career-altering decision without notice, disclosure and a meaningful opportunity to respond.
View campaign →A professional submits a chronology and supporting records. Public forms do not accept patient-identifying documents.
Dates, documents, applicable rules and internal consistency are checked.
Unverified allegations, personal abuse, threats, doxxing and patient-identifying content are rejected.
Where appropriate, the relevant institution is invited to respond before publication or escalation.
Each report is labelled submitted, under review, verified, escalated, resolved or closed.
Material corrections and updates are timestamped and kept visible.
CCMDS is a independent civic initiative. Its strength must come from credibility rather than volume.
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