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1 al said that knowledge acquisition does not necessarily mean successful application of the knowledge. What is more important is “Knowledge in action” and not the knowledge languishing in books or minds. Academic professionals need to possess not just the domainspecific knowledge but also greatly the ability to apply expeditiously knowledge and know-how, where and when needed. The gap between classical disciplinary knowledge and its application in the form of know-how is closing down in the recent times. This has paved way for competency based education (CBE). In medical science the same is referred to as “Competency based Medical Education”(CBME). Competency has become a buzz-word in medical science during last few decades. The competency approach has become prominent at most stages of undergraduate and post graduate medical training