Counselling for admission in MBBS, BDS begins

Counselling for admission in MBBS and BDS streams began in three cities of the State on Saturday.A total of 1700 students, who have qualified the All India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT), registered their names for the counselling which would be held at five nodal centres in Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur and Brahmapur.

The four-day counselling would continue till September 1 in which verification of documents of the eligible candidates would be done from 10 am to 5 pm.

According to Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) Secretary Priyabrata Sahu, five document verification centres have been set up at VSS Medical College Hospital at Burla in Sambalpur, Parala Maharaja Engineering College in Brahmapur and College of Engineering and Technology (CET), Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) and Sai Institute of Technological Science in Bhubaneswar. “Besides, students of Odisha, who had appeared in the AIPMT outside the State, can get their documents verified in any of these five centres,” Sahu added.

The first phase seat allotment would be made on September 6 and the students would have to report at the JEE Cell between September 7 and 11 for provisional admission. The list of vacant seats would be announced on September 12.Official sources said students seeking admission in MBBS and BDS streams in Government and private medical colleges and hospital, must be the native of Odisha and have to submit relevant and authentic document.