70% of PG med seats in TN deemed varsities go 

vacant

Chennai: TIMES NEWS NETWORK





Counselling for postgraduate medical course admissions to deemed universities and management quota in private colleges closed on Tuesday with more seats vacant than filled. Students left 70% seats in deemed universities and 60% of seats in self-financing untouched, as the annual tuition fee peaked at up to `60 lakh in some medical colleges.This is the first year counselling for admissions to private colleges and universities were done by a government body based on NEET-PG scores. Until last year, deemed universities filled up seats based on in-house entrance examinations. The self-financing colleges surrendered some of their seats to the government for admission through single window counselling and the remaining seats were filled by the management based on an internal entrance.In March 2017, the Medical Council of India said all admission should be made by the appropriate authority in the state.
On Monday , the state selection committee, the authorised body to conduct counselling for all medical admissions, called 4,147 students eligible for admissions to deemed universities and 2,755 students eligible for management quota seats in self-financing medical colleges for counselling. While 255 attended the counselling for de emed universities, 147 attended counselling for self-financing colleges. At the end of the day , of 194 seats in deemed universities, 135 were vacant and of the 47 seats in self-financing colleges, 19 remained untouched.
State selection committee secretary Dr G Selvarajan said the committee has completed the process for private colleges.“The MCI has permitted these colleges to fill seats based on the merit list we release. It should be done before the MCI deadline,“ he said. On Wednesday , the committee will hold the last phase of counselling for admission to government colleges and government quota seats in self-financing colleges.