What an FAGE means on a doctor's profile
The FAGE is a fellowship of Manipal's Academy of General Education, conferred on its graduates — a mark of where a doctor trained, not a qualification.
The FAGE is a fellowship of the Academy of General Education, Manipal, the trust behind Kasturba Medical College and the other Manipal institutions, conferred on their graduates. It appears on the letterheads of many Manipal-trained doctors in Karnataka. It is not a qualification in any branch of medicine and not an examination; it tells you where the doctor studied, which the degree line usually tells you too.
On this site the FAGE is recorded almost entirely on doctors in Bengaluru and coastal Karnataka. It is shown after the qualifications, and the measured block below makes the pattern visible.
How to check whether a doctor holds an FAGE
- Read the register entryA doctor's record on the Indian Medical Register names the qualification the state medical council recorded at registration, and further qualifications where the doctor has had them added. If the doctor says they hold an FAGE and the register shows only the primary degree, the FAGE has not been registered — which is common and not by itself a warning, but it does mean the register cannot confirm it.
- Check the college was recognised for the courseThe NMC's College and Course Search lists which institutions are recognised for which courses. This applies to degrees and diplomas; a fellowship or membership awarded by a society is not a course the NMC recognises, and will not appear there.
- Ask the awarding body when it mattersThe society or college that awarded it can confirm a fellowship or membership; that is the only check available, and this site says so on the profile. On this site a qualification is marked verified only when it has been checked against the awarding body and the date is shown; otherwise it is marked as supplied.
39 doctors record an FAGE
None of them has the qualification checked against the awarding body yet. All are recorded as supplied. Counts are read from the live database and refresh hourly.
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Questions people ask
- Is an FAGE a recognised medical qualification in India?
- Not in the statutory sense. It is awarded by a college or society rather than a university, and it is not on the schedules of recognised qualifications the National Medical Commission maintains. It may still represent real training or examination; what it cannot do is stand in for a recognised degree or diploma, and on this site it is shown alongside the qualifications, never in place of them.
Every profile lists its qualifications as supplied and says which of them have been checked against the awarding body and when. Where none has, the profile says so.
General information about medical qualifications in India, checked against the sources listed on 25 Sep 2026. Not advice about your situation. Errors can be reported through the corrections process.