Starting from the current academic session, the State Government would hold counselling for filling up 50 per cent of seats into post graduate (PG) streams especially in private and deemed universities.
The move of the Government aims at streamlining the admission process and to maintain transparency.
According to a notification issued by the Directorate of Medical Education and Training (DMET), counselling would be done for 50 per cent of PG Medical/Dental seats available in the medical colleges or that comes under the deemed universities like city-based Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital (IMMSH), its sister concern Institute of Medical Sciences (IDS), Kaliga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) and its sister concern Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences (KIDS).
“The counselling was earlier done for both private and Government medical colleges. But this year, State authorities will also do the counselling for the medical colleges under the deemed universities,” said DMET Joint Director Umakant Satpathy. As per plans, the Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) authorities would conduct the combined counselling including the 50 per cent seats of medical colleges under the deemed universities.
“The State quota seats shall be filled up by way of counselling from amongst the candidates whose names will figure in the PG (Medical) 2017 State Merit list. Similarly, the seats of the deemed universities shall be filled by way of counselling from amongst the candidates whose name will appear in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) PG 2017 All India Merit list,” the notification added.
Sources said the State Government has planned to follow the same format not only for PG courses but also for admissions into MBBS and BDS courses shortly.