9,845 MBBS seats up for grabs this year
SruthySusan.Ullas@timesgroup.com
26.01.2022
Bengaluru: Karnataka will have 9,845 MBBS seats for academic year 2021-22, an increase of 500 seats from last year.
As per the list of the consolidated seats shared by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, there are 2,200 seats available in deemed universities, 3,050 in government medical colleges, 650 in private universities and 4,045 in private colleges. In all, there are 62 institutions where students can pick seats from.The new government college in Chikkaballapura — Chikkaballapura Institute of Medical Sciences — has 100 seats on offer. Director of medical education Dr PG Girish said it is likely the new college in Chikkamagaluru will get approval, taking the number of seats to over 10,000 this time. “Appeals on new colleges in Yadgir and Haveri are also pending,” he added.
There is an increase of 500 seats compared to last year. The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation Medical Colleges in Bengaluru and Kalaburagi have added 25 seats each to make a total of 125. Khaja Bandanawaz University, Faculty of Medical Sciences added 50 seats to reach150.
The new medical college in Chikkaballapura added another 100. GR Medical College and Research Centre and Jagadguru Gangadhar Mahaswamigalu Moorusavirmath Medical College have150 seats each.
The seat matrix is yet to be notified on the KEA website. Of the total 9,845 seats, as many as 2,520 will be available through all-India quota counselling.
The remaining 7,325 will be offered through the counselling process conducted by Karnataka Examinations Authority.
The National Medical Commission had rejected the approval of four new medical colleges in the state. If permissions are given in time for further rounds, Karnataka will cross around 10,000-seat availability for the first time.
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