1602 DM, MCh, DNB SS seats up for grabs in MCC NEET SS Counselling 2022, Check out detailed seat matrix, Schedule, eligibility criteria for mop-up round

New Delhi: With the reduced cutoff, a total of 1,602 DM, MCh and DNB SS seats are available for the mop-up round of NEET SS Counselling being conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee, MCC under DGHS.

The confirmation of this aggregate comes from the recently released mop-up round seat matrix on the official website of the MCC indicating the number of DM, MCh and DNB SS seats in various super specialisations being offered for the NEET SS Counselling as per the categories available in medical institutes across the country.

According to the seat matrix, 1602 seats are up for grabs including 787 DM and MCh seats in 29 specialities and 815 DNB SS seats in 21 specialities.

Top 10 specialities:

The maximum number of seats are available in the specialities of DNB SS Critical Care Medicine with 295 seats followed by DNB SS Cardiology with 185 seats, and MCh Cardio Vascular and Thoracic Surgery (CTVS) with 148 seats.

The list drops down to MCh Paediatrics Surgery with 120 seats, DNB SS Neurology with 102, DM Cardiology with 96 seats, MCh Plastic and Reconstructructive Surgery (PRSS) with 67 seats, MCh Neuro Surgery with 65 seats, DNB SS Nephrology with 43 seats and DM Nephrology with 38 seats.

The following tables are the speciality-wise breakup of the MCC NEET SS mop-up round Counselling seat matrix for DM, MCh and DNB SS programmes:

NEET SS Counselling Schedule of the special mop-up round for DM, MCh and DNB SS seats 2022

The registration and choice-filling processes have started and will continue till 15th February. The seat allotment procedure will follow from 16th February.

The results are going to be published a day later followed by reporting at allotted colleges on 18th February.

Who can appear for mop-up round?

As per the decision of MoHFW, the eligibility criteria for NEET SS 2022 admissions has recently been reduced from 50 percentile to 20 percentile. This move came in the backdrop of over 1000 super speciality seats being vacant after the completion of the two counselling rounds.

With this, the Candidates who have scored 20 percentile and above in the NEET-Super Speciality (SS) will be eligible to participate in the "special mop-up round".

“There will be a reduction in percentile for Super Specialty counseling for the academic year 2022, and all candidates above the 20th percentile will be eligible for SS counseling (for D.M/ M.Ch/ DNB SS Courses) in compliance with the directions of competent authority. Hence, a special mop-up round will be conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) of DGHS in compliance with the directions of MoHFW as per the schedule uploaded on the MCC website,” states the mop-up round eligibility criteria published by the MCC.

The rule position for the special mop-up round of SS Counselling 2022 is as under –

1. Candidates not holding any seat in previous rounds (i.e., Round 1 & Round 2) are eligible to participate in a special mop-up round.

2. Candidates who will be allotted seats in the special mop-up round will have to report at the allotted Institute and join the seat with their original documents.

3. The security deposit of candidates who do not join their allotted seats will be forfeited per the counseling policy.

The eligibility of candidates to participate in the mop-up round of SS Counselling 2022 is reiterated as under –

Eligible candidate –

1. Candidates not holding any seat in the previous rounds of NEET-SS Counselling, 2022.

2. Candidates who did not join their allotted seats in previous rounds and exited with forfeiture can participate in counseling after using the ‘RESET Registration’ option and paying the requisite Fee.

Ineligible candidate -

A candidate already allotted & joined a seat in previous rounds.

To view the official MCC notifications on NEET SS mop-up round, click on the following links:

Eligibility criteria

Schedule

DM, MCh seat matrix

DNB SS seat matrix