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South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine
Type
Private[1]
Established
2008 (2008)
President
Dr. Neville Fernando
Vice-Chancellor
Prof. Ananda Samarasekara
Academic staff
194
Location
Malabe
,
Sri Lanka
Campus
Main Campus, 4 acres (Suburban), Malabe
Colors
Blue, green
Affiliations
General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
Website
www.saitm.edu.lk
The South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) (originally known as the South Asian Institute of Technology and Management) is a privately owned educational institution providing higher education in Sri Lanka.[2] It is recognised as a degree awarding institute under section 25A of the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978.[1][3] In 2018, the parliament of Sri Lanka passed a special provisions act to abolish SAITM Medical faculty and to transfer the students to General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University.[4]
SAITM has become a highly controversial national issue with various segments questioning its standards and legality in terms of its operations as the only private medical college in the country.[2][5] In July 2016 the government of Sri Lanka suspended the provision for new admissions at the medical faculty of SAITM.[6] In February 2017 the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka upheld its legality and the validity of the medical degrees awarded by it, instructing the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) register its graduates as medical doctors. SLMC has since appealed the decision to the Supreme Court, while as of yet the SLMC has not recognized the medical degree of SAITM for the purpose of Registration to Practise Medicine and Surgery in Sri Lanka under the Medical Ordinance.[7][8][9][10][11] The SAITM medical course is one of only 17 programs worldwide that The General Medical Council of the United Kingdom has noted specifically by name as "medical qualifications (they) do not accept"[12] and is the only Sri Lankan Medical course not accepted by the GMC. In September 2018, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka upheld the decisions of the Court of Appeal ruling which directed the Sri Lanka Medical Council to register MBBS graduates of the SAITM.[13]
^ ab"Other Recognized Degrees". University Grants Commission.
^ abJayakodi, Jayasri (16 January 2009). "MoU signed to set up first private sector Green Campus". Daily News. Archived from the original on 4 August 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
^"Accreditation Degree Programs". Ministry of Higher Education and Highways (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^Nizar, Rushdy. "Eight medical faculties request to suspend SAITM degree until standards are met". Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
^Hettiarachchi, Kumudini (24 July 2016). "SAITM: Govt. agrees to immediately halt admission of new students to Medical Faculty". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
^"Sri LankanUniversities" (PDF). Sri Lanka MedicalCouncil. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^Rathnakara, Ishara. "SAITM wins major battle against SLMC". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
^Selvanayagam, S.S. "Court directs sl medical council to register SAITM's MBBS graduate". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 31 July 2017.
^Kannangara, Nirmala. "The Fraud Perpetrated By SAITM". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
^"SAITM illegal: Gammanpila". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 14 July 2017.
^"Overseas medical qualifications we do not accept".
^SC upholds ruling on registering SAITM medical students
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