Dear all, I need the answer of the query urgently as many faculty may be asked to resign on this basis.. According to Wikipedia:- *Doctor of Medicine* (*MD*, from the Latinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language *Medicinæ Doctor* meaning "Teacher of Medicine") is a doctoral degreehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctoratefor physicians http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician (medical doctors). The degree is granted by medical schoolshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_school . It is a first professional degreehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_professional_degree(qualifying degree) in some countries, including the United States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States and Canadahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada, although training is entered after obtaining at least 90 credit hours of university level work (see second entry degreehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_entry_degree). In other countries, such as United Kingdomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdomand India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India, the MD is either an advancedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postgraduate academic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academia *research* degree similar to a PhD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy or a higher doctorate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_doctorate But as per AICTE : MD is not equivalent to PhD... Is there any evidence for this that MD is equivalent to PhD in UGC Guidelines or any other norms etc... awaiting for your reply. -- Best wishes and regards Lata Suresh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.