Bhubaneswar, July 22: About 2,000 students took part in the first day of medical counselling that kicked off here today.
This year, there are 100 more seats at SCB Medical College and 100 extra seats at Sardar Rajas Medical College at Jaring in Kalahandi.
From the state, 4,000 students have qualified NEET this year. The counselling will be completed in three phases. The first phase of counselling that began today will continue up to July 25.
For MBBS, admissions are on for 250 seats at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. Of the 250 seats, 212 students will be admitted through the state quota and 38 students according to all-India ranking. At MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur and VSS Medical College and Hospital in Burla — each of which have 150 seats each — 128 students will be admitted through the state quota and the remaining 22 through all-India ranks.
At private colleges — Hitech Medical College in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela — having 100 seats each, 85 students will be admitted through the state quota and 15 seats will be for the NRI category.
At Sardar Rajas Medical College in Jaring, Kalahandi, of the total 100 seats, 85 will be from the state quota, 10 for students of western Odisha and five for NRI aspirants. The students admitted under the Western Odisha Development Council will also be provided a fee concession of 40 per cent according to an MoU signed between the council and the state government.
Students under the council hail from Boudh, Bargarh, Balangir, Deogarh, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Sundargarh and Athamallik subdivision.
“In the second round, counselling will be held for vacant seats under the NRI quota, left out seats and surrendered seats. A seat matrix for the second round of counselling will be prepared before August 28,” said nodal officer for NEET Sitaram Mohapatra.
“If necessary, a third round of counselling will be done before September 30. It will not be delayed further under any conditions, as the order of the apex court has to be followed,” he added.
While the annual fee is Rs 25,000 for MBBS and BDS in government colleges, it is Rs 4.25 lakh for MBBS and Rs 2.10 lakh for BDS in private colleges.
