Counselling for medical seats begins

The counselling for admission to health science courses in Maharashtra began on Tuesday with PCB group toppers of MHT-CET examination getting top priority. The counselling sessions simultaneously started at Grant Medical College in Mumbai, BJ Medical College in Pune and Government Medical Colleges in Nagpur and Aurangabad from 9 am. The first round would continue till July 11.As many as top 750 students from state merit list (from 186 to 189 marks out of 200) all over Maharashtra filled up the preference form of which 89 were from Nagpur with three absentees. A majority of students opted for MBBS course in 18 state government colleges, which indicated that most of the general category MBBS seats were already filled up.The admission procedure for physically handicapped candidates was also started on Tuesday at the Directorate Of Medical Education and Research (DMER) at St George's Hospital Compound in Mumbai. The process will continue till July 9. The list of candidates selected in the second round will be declared on August 28, and the last date of joining colleges is August 30. The list of candidates selected for the dropout round will be declared on September 14, and the last date of joining colleges is September 21. The cut-off date of the admission process for MBBS and BDS is September 30.