Retired SBI banker from Odisha cracks NEET, enrols to pursue MBBS at 64

Learning truly has no age, and if you have a dream, there is no right time to go pursue it! A retired banker from Odisha, Jay Kishore Pradhan, proved this as he cracked NEET earlier this year and at the age of 64, has now enrolled as a first-year MBBS student like thousands of other students across India.

The would-be doctor said he wants to serve people for as long as he is alive. So even thought he might have already retired as a banker, he has enough time to become a practicing doctor in his life as well.

By the time his MBBA course is complete, Pradhan will likely be 70 years old. But he says it’s just a number.

"I have no commercial intentions going ahead. I want to serve the people till I am alive,” he



said, as per PTI.

It was the death of one of his twin daughters that motivated the retired banker to become a doctor.

On Wednesday, the former SBI employee took admission at Odisha’s Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology in the disability reservation category.

Since a writ petition is pending at Supreme Court regarding the upper age limit for the all-India National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), Pradhan’s age wasn’t a factor. He secured a good rank and qualified for VIMSAR.

"It is one of the rare events in the history of medical education in the country. Pradhan has set an example by getting admission as a medical student at such an age," VIMSAR Director Lalit Meher said, according to PTI.