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| Saturday, June 28, 2008
MBBS/BDS merit list released
- Nine students, who scored 200/200, secure
top ranks
- First phase of counselling to begin on July
4
Chennai: The merit list for MBBS/BDS admission was released
here on Friday, a day ahead of schedule.
Nine students, who scored 200/200, secured the top ranks in
the list released by the Directorate of Medical Education.
Sonu Rajan of Sri Sankara Vidyashramam Matriculation Higher
Secondary School, Tiruvanmiyur, tops the list and is the only
Chennai student among the top nine. She is a third year dentistry
student who could not get admission for MBBS in 2005-06 due
to low marks in the entrance examination. S.V. Manoj Kumar of
SRV Boys Higher Secondary School, Rasipuram, has been placed
second and V. Arun of St.Joseph’s Higher Secondary School,
Chengalpet, third.
The others are: T. Dinesh of Sri Vidya Mandir Matriculation
School, Uttangarai; S. Venkatesh, and K. Kamalakumar of SRV
Boys Higher Secondary School, Rasipuram; A.M. Vignesh of Rosemary
Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Palayamkottai; E. Manoj
Kumar of SRV Boys Higher Secondary School, Rasipuram; and I.V.
Priyamvadha of Bharathi Vidhyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary
School, Gobichettipalayam.
Since all the students had scored the same marks, other criteria
such as date of birth were used to rank them, according to Health
Secretary V.K. Subburaj, who released the list. He handed over
the first copy to director of Medical Education T.P. Kalaniti.
The information is also available on the website www.tnhealth.org.
Total seats
Of the 12,274 candidates who sought admission for the MBBS/BDS
courses, 4.78 per cent was found ineligible for a variety of
reasons. There are 1,483 seats in government medical colleges
and 348 seats are part of the government quota in private medical
colleges. Another 560 seats are available with private, self-financing
medical colleges in the State.
The cut-off mark for OCs alone this year is 197.25. Last year’s
cut-off was 196.75. The other cut-off marks will be announced
later, Mr. Subburaj said. A total of 85 BDS seats are available
in the Government Dental College and 783 seats are available
in 11 private dental colleges.
The first phase of counselling will begin on July 4 and go on
till July 9. Candidates will be called for counselling in the
order of merit and allotted seats of their choice, based on
availability of seats and colleges, following the rule of reservation.
Individual call letters will also be sent to the students. The
seat matrix will be available at the time of counselling.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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