Shillong, Aug 2: The Hynniewtrep Youth Council (HYC) has demanded North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homeopathy (NEIAH) to reserve seats for the local indigenous youths of Meghalaya from the session of 2024.

In a letter to the Director of NEIAH, HYC president Roykupar Synrem said that NEIAH started the MD (Hom) courses in the year 2023 with the total number of 8 seats in different subjects.

Out of these 8 seats, 4 seats are for All India Quota and 4 seats are for Open North East category seats, of which 2 seats are reserved for students who graduated in BHMS from NEIAH and 2 seats are reserved for students having North Eastern PRC only.

However, no seat(s) is/are reserved specifically for the local indigenous youth of Meghalaya in the said course as is being done with regard to admission for BAMS and BHMS courses.

“Therefore, we demand that the institute should take appropriate action or step to reserve seats for the local indigenous youths of Meghalaya from the session 2024 onwards,” he said.

“We urged you and the concern authority to recognize the fact that the institute is situated in the tribal area of Meghalaya with an objective to serve the people of the region and the state of Meghalaya in particular. Hence, opportunities should be given to the local indigenous population to get admitted in different courses offered by the institute. We hope and urge upon you as the head of the institute to consider our just and reasonable demands for the welfare of our youths and the state as whole,” he added.

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