Tamil Nadu seeks extension for MBBS counselling

Tamil Nadu seeks extension for MBBS counselling 

TIMES NEWS NETWORK  26.10.2024

Chennai : State selection committee has written to NMC asking for permission to extend the deadline for medical and dental counselling, health minister Ma Subramanian said. The state will be able to conduct counselling for 50 additional seats granted to a self-financing medical college only if counselling is extended. On Thursday, Annaii Medical College and Research Institute said it received permission to admit 50 more students, taking its seat tally to 100. “We are in the stray round now. We must complete counselling by Oct 29 by filling 296 vacant seats in medical and dental colleges. This includes one MBBS seat and 23 BDS seats in govt colleges,” he said. Besides this, there were 67 seats in self-financing medical colleges and 61 seats in private medic al universities. There are four vacant BDS seats under the 7.5% quota for govt students and 136 seats in self-financing dental colleges. If the committee adds the newly approved MBBS seats, then it must allow students who took seats in the previous rounds, including students who took BDS seats, a chance to upgrade their choice. 

“If that happens, there will be more vacanci- es. We won’t have the time,” said a senior official. While students who have not been allotted any seats can register for the stray round, the committee will permit students admitted to various colleges to upgrade if the NMC gives the extension, officials said. Students who register for the stray round m ust pay up to ₹5 lakh as a security deposit to avoid vacancies.

TN urges Centr e to permit PG courses in Ayurv eda  Chennai : The state has urged Centre to permit govt Ayurveda colleges in Tamil Nadu to start postgraduate courses in Ayurveda, health minister Ma Subramanian said here on Monday. Students who want to study postgraduate courses in Ayurveda are forced to travel outside Tamil Nadu as there are no courses here, he said after inaugurating the International Ayurveda Conference at TN Dr MGR Medical University. The state has urged the centre to grant permission for two postgraduate courses with five seats each. "We have sought a meeting with the Union Health Minister and Ayush Minister next week," he said.