TN: Kashmiri Muslim Doctor Quits Seat over Beard Rule, Moves NMC; MP Cites “Discomfort with Visible Muslim Identity”
25 June 2025 | Maktoob Media
A Muslim doctor from Jammu and Kashmir has claimed that he had to give up a Doctorate of National Board (DrNB) seat at a private hospital in Coimbatore after being asked to shave his beard to study at the super speciality institute.
The doctor, who requested anonymity for security reasons, had been allotted a seat in the nephrology department at Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital during the second round of the ongoing NEET Super Speciality (SS) counselling. According to him, when he visited the institute to confirm his admission, he was asked to sign a policy document that banned beards and was warned that refusal to comply would lead to denial of enrollment, as reported by Careers360…