MCI or Medical Council of India (MCI) is a statutory body that is formed to maintain quality and standards of medical education in India. Medical Council of India has headquarters in Delhi.

MCI or Medical Council of India (MCI) is a statutory body that is formed to maintain quality and standards of medical education in India. Medical Council of India has headquarters in Delhi. One can say that the council is entrusted with the task of looking after the quality of medical education in India in the form of granting recognition to medical colleges and their degrees, giving accreditation to medical colleges, and granting registration to the medical practitioners in India. In recent year the task of registering foreign medical practitioners has also been entrusted to the medical council of India.

The institution called MCI was formed in the year 1934 under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1933. After independence the council was reconstituted Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 replacing former act. The council was recently in news due charges of corruption. This phase was very shameful for the history of healthcare in India.

Here we will like to deliberate on the various function of Medical Council of India. Establishing and maintaining uniform standards for undergraduate medical education is one of the prime responsibilities of Medical Council of India. Regulating post graduate medical education is another responsibility of this statutory body that is entrusted with the task of maintaining quality standards of India. The MCI also gives accreditation to the foreign medical qualification in India. Besides it also gives accreditation to medical colleges in India. Registration of doctors and maintaining a directory of registered doctors are among its other responsibilities.

In short, MCI has a great responsibility of maintaining quality medical education in India.