Maharashtra Homeopathic Doctors Get MMC Registration to Prescribe Allopathic Medicines: Who Are the 3 Doctors?

Three homeopathic doctors from Maharashtra have been officially registered with the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC). MMC legally allowing them to prescribe modern or allopathic medicines after completing a 1-year Certificate Course in Modern Pharmacology (CCMP). Initially, Dr. Neha Siddharth Pawar was the first to receive registration on August 4, which now followed by Dr. Rajashri Memane and Dr. Mayuresh Kamble.

These doctors’ registrations follows a 2014 amendment to the Maharashtra Medical Council Act but are still strictly subject to the final orders of the Bombay High Court in the ongoing case regarding cross-practice.

Dr. Neha Siddharth Pawar was the first homeopathic doctor to receive Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) registration on August 4, 2026. Three weeks after the first registration, Dr. Rajashri Memane and Dr. Mayuresh Kamble were subsequently added to the list. Allowing the three homeopathic practitioners eligible to prescribe modern, or allergic, medicines legally.

Dr. Kamble, speaking to the TOI, said he completed his BHMS degree in 2012 and had already started prescribing allopathic medicines while working at Sushrut Hospital. He completed his one-year Certificate Course in Modern Pharmacology (CCMP) in 2023. While, Dr. Memane practicing homeopathy for the past 25 years and completed 1 year CCMP at BJ Medical College.

Addressing the current shortages of allopathic doctors in urban and rural areas, Dr. Memane said, “The homeopathic course includes all the subjects an MBBS doctor studies in the five-year course, barring pharmacology. It was introduced in the CCMP course. Allopathic doctors impart the course. Even our exams are conducted at allopathy colleges,” as reported in the TOI.

Although the legal stance remains unsettled.

Also see: Maharashtra Resident Doctors Launch Indefinite Strike from August 5 Over BHMS-CCMP, MMC Registration for Homeopathy Practitioners

The registration of homeopathic doctors with the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) has faced severe opposition and strikes from the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD). They have raised patient-safety concerns over allowing homeopathic practitioners to prescribe modern medicines and have opposed what they describe as “mixopathy.”

The state had ordered the MMC on August 3 to set up a committee to determine the competence of CCMP approved practitioners and frame rules for their practice, including operating standards and an ethical framework. The committee’s recommendations are still awaited.

The principal secretary Dheeraj Kumar said, as reported in the TOI, “It was a procedural error. A show-cause notice was issued to the person concerned,” as the issue has led to a statewide strike by allopathic doctors. The medical education department halted further registrations on August 18 but reversed the order on August 21 and directed the MMC to resume the process.

Dr. Santosh Kulkarni, Indian Medical Association President, said, “Accepting moral responsibility for the blatant administrative failure,” adding, “medical education minister Hassan Mushrif and principal secretary (Dheeraj Kumar) must tender their resignations immediately.”

Therefore, the final court order and the proposed regulatory framework will determine how Maharashtra handles the registration and practice of CCMP-qualified homeopathic doctors.

(Rh/TP)