17-07-2025
Counselling for MBBS, BDS seats kicks off on July 30
Chennai: The selection committee will declare the merit list for MBBS/BDS admissions by July 25 and begin counselling by July 30, health minister Ma Subramanian said on Wednesday.
The committee received 72,743 applications for admissions under govt, management, and NRI quotas this year. "The applications were scrutinized early.
During the process, officials found some candidates missed important documents, including birth certificates, minority certificates, or nativity certificates.
The committee has asked these candidates to make necessary corrections or submit documents before 10am on Friday," he said.
These documents will be scrutinized before the merit list is released. Now, scrutiny is being carried out for candidates who applied under IRT and ex-servicemen quota.
"The merit list will be released by July 25. The first round of online counselling for the allotment of seats will be held as per the schedule released by Centre's
medical counselling committee
starting July 30," he added.
At least 20 candidates who submitted forged nativity, community, or NRI documents have been debarred from Tamil Nadu medical counselling for three years.
The committee will cancel their candidature and initiate legal action against them, Subramanian said.
While the embassy certificates submitted by four candidates opting for seats under the NRI quota were found to be fake, nine students submitted fake nativity certificates, while nine submitted fake community and nativity certificates, he said.
While there will be no additional MBBS seats in Tamil Nadu, the directorate of medical education has applied for permission to start post-graduate seats in at least 13 institutions in courses such as general surgery, general medicine, obstetrics, and gynaecology, including 12 medical colleges and Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospitals, he said.
These additional seats will increase PG seats in Tamil Nadu if they are approved by National Medical Commission, the apex regulatory authority in Tamil Nadu.
