Jamia Hamdard University and HIMSR Feud Leaves Students Stranded

July 30, 2025

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Jamia Hamdard University and HIMSR Feud Leaves Students Stranded | Photo courtesy: (Left) Special arrangement, (Right) HIMSR

Exams Cancelled, Results Withheld: How a Power Struggle Upended Students’ Futures

Jamia Hamdard University and HIMSR feud: Uncovering how governance battles and an 813-crore bungling allegation has disrupted campus operations, how students are caught in the conflict and are collateral damage.

Jamia Hamdard University, a prominent institution in Delhi, has found itself at the centre of a deepening dispute that has led to the withdrawal of all 150 undergraduate MBBS seats and 49 postgraduate medical seats for the 2025-26 academic year. The decision stems from allegations of financial irregularities and governance lapses at its affiliated medical college, the Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (HIMSR), leaving hundreds of aspiring medical students in uncertainty amid ongoing counselling processes. The new developments have prompted questions about the institution’s internal management.

Established in 2012 as the medical arm of Jamia Hamdard University, HIMSR had built a steady profile in the capital’s private healthcare education sector, providing allopathic training and contributing to Delhi’s pool of medical professionals through its attached hospital. Yet this progress has been halted by the National Medical Commission’s latest seat allocation, which lists zero places for the institute. Reports suggest that the decision was taken following a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit that highlighted the alleged diversion of ₹813 crore intended for HIMSR and its facilities between 2011 and 2023.

However, HIMSR and Hamdard Education Society (HES) refute that the seat withdrawal directly followed or was caused by the CAG audit, insisting it’s solely due to Jamia Hamdard University’s unilateral affiliation revocation.

The fallout from the affiliation dispute has extended far beyond admissions, disrupting the academic lives of existing students at HIMSR, according to accounts from those directly involved. Dr Ali described how the University’s role in issuing admit cards and declaring results became a flashpoint in the conflict. “Jamia Hamdard University had a role: to give admit cards and give results,” he said. “When our junior batch was in their third year and their exams approached, the University did not give the students admit cards. The date sheet was announced by the University, but then there were no admit cards given. So the exam was called off a day before it was supposed to happen. This happened in October 2024. Students were panic-stricken. Then HIMSR conducted the exam on the same day.”