Tamil Nadu NEET UG Counselling 2020

The Governing body which conducts Medical/Dental counselling in the State for the 100% Private Seats and 85% State quota seats for the students of the state is DME – Directorate Of Medical Education, Tamil Nadu.

Out of 3647 seats from 27 Government Colleges 547 seats got filled through AIQ (All India Quota) and remaining 3100 got filled through State counselling process.

There are 13 Private Medical Colleges in the State which offer 2000 seats which entirely got filled through the State counselling process.

To opt Private seats under Management quota, Tamil Nadu allows other students also to participate in the counselling process.

Overall, there were 3 rounds of counselling, Round 1 and Round 2 were conducted online, and mop up was conducted offline.

Tamil Nadu has one of the highest numbers of Government seats as per “Select Your University” research to be offered to the state domicile students. In total 31353 students, there was a huge competition for the Government seats, applied for 3100 Government seats. For 1 seat, there was a fight between 10 students.

Important information useful for Medical Aspirants looking for seat In Tamil Nadu state counselling is as follows:

• A student will not be allowed to participate in the subsequent round, if he/she in any circumstances misses to participate in person in round 1.
• The state will prepare its own merit list on the basis of NEET Rank considering people who have applied. Candidates are needed to send a hard copy of their online filled in application form with necessary enclosure.
• It is compulsory to obtain Community certificate from Tamil Nadu as certificate obtained from other states will be considered as open category.
• At a higher fee structure self-financed Government seats are available but only those students are allowed to participate whose parent’s income is higher than 2.5 lakh per annum for the entire category except for those who have converted to Christianity. These candidates can apply if their parent’s income is more than 2 Lakhs.
• Before the commencement of class, all selected students are required to take Hepatitis B Vaccine.

We would like to advise our medical aspirants to look into all the necessary information prior to the form filling. In order to explore more opportunities, we suggest you to take proper counselling. You can contact our team for more details.

Below Mentioned schedule is a tentative schedule. And counselling is expected to get delayed due to COVID 19. We will announce the fresh schedule as soon as it is online.

• Candidates must have passed the qualifying examination with a minimum of 50% marks (40% for reserved category candidates) in PCB and English subjects.
• Appearing candidates can also apply. The lower age limit to apply is 17 years as on 31st December in the year in which the admission is being taken.
• For reserved categories, the upper age limit is 25 years and 5 years of age relaxation.
• To apply for MBBS/BDS Degree Courses subject to the production of proof of such registration, Overseas Citizens of India, who are registered under Section 7A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (Central Act 57 of 1955) are eligible. However, OCI candidates will be treated only as Open Category and will not be eligible for any kind of reservation.
• For the Tamil Nadu NEET 2019 counselling, only candidates who have qualified in NEET 2019 entrance test by achieving a minimum 50 percentile for General and 40 Percentile for SC/ST will be eligible to participate.
• For State Government Seats and Private seats, Tamil Nadu Domicile candidates can only apply. Under Management quota, non-domiciles are eligible to apply for Private seats.
• Candidates who have passed 10+2 as private candidates or from Open School shall not be eligible to appear for ‘National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test’. Furthermore, at 10+2 level study of Biology / Biotechnology as an additional subject also shall not be permissible.

• Candidates should fill the form online on www.tnhealth.org and submit their filled in online application form after uploading the details in the required fields. With necessary enclosures, students should send the printout filled in online application form. The cost of application form which is Rs.500/- (Rupees Five Hundred Only) should be paid through Bank payment portal in the websites or by means of Demand Draft that is drawn in favor of “The Secretary, Selection Committee, Kilpauk, Chennai-10” payable at Chennai.
• Students should send Application form to THE SECRETARY, SELECTION COMMITTEE, 162, PERIYAR E.V.R. HIGH ROAD, KILPAUK, CHENNAI – 10.
• Then the Merit list will be published.
• And finally the Result will be published.
• Then students will have to undergo Document Verification, fee submission, and reporting.
• Students can either go for the upgradation or can surrender the seat.
• A person is eligible to participate in the Mop up round if after 2nd round there is no allotment happened.

Original documents of the candidate will be verified & candidates also need to attach the self-attested copies of the given documents with the application:

• Class 10th Mark Sheet & Passing Certificate
• 12th or its Equivalent Examination Mark Sheet
• NEET Score Card
• Proof of Date of Birth
• School Leaving Certificate or Transfer Certificate
• Caste Certificate
• Non-Creamy Layer Certificate
• PwD Certificate
• Domicile Certificate
• Photo ID proof