TN Health invites applications for BNYS course 2020

2. Application Form along with Option Form and Prospectus can be downloaded from our official website: " www.tnhealth.tn.gov.in " between 03-08-2020 and 28-08-2020 upto 05.00 p.m.

Application Form along with Option Form and Prospectus will not be issued at the Directorate of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy, Office of the Selection Committee, Arumbakkam, Chennai 106 or at any of the Medical Colleges.

3. Application Fee :

General Application Form along with Option Form : Rs.500/-

Application form for each Special Category : Rs.100/-

Applicants must submit their filled in General Application Form along with Option Form either through Postal or Courier Service or in person along with a crossed Demand Draft for the value of Rs.500/- (Rupees Five Hundred only) towards Application Fee drawn from any nationalized banks on or after 03.08.2020 in favour of ""Director of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy, Chennai 106'' payable at Chennai enclosed.

4. SC/SC(A)/ST candidates belonging to Tamil Nadu are exempted from paying the cost of Application Fee.

5. Special Categories:

The special categories are:

1. Children of Ex-Servicemen,

2. Eminent Sportsperson,

3. Differently Abled,

4. Candidate from Union Territories / Deficient State.

6. Candidates applying under Special Category should submit the Special Category application along with General Application Form along with Option Form for each special category subject to the maximum of three special categories. They should submit a Demand Draft for Rs. 100/- (Rupees One Hundred only) drawn in favour of "Director of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy, Chennai 106'' on or after 03-08- 2020 payable at Chennai from any nationalized bank for each Special Category seperately.

7. If the applicant is the first graduate of the family then he/she should submit necessary filled in certificates as instructed in the prospectus and also no other siblings in the family should have availed this concession.

The Last date for Downloading of General Application Form along with Option Form: 28-08-2020 upto 05.00 p.m.

Filled in Application Form along with Option Form with all necessary enclosures should reach either through Postal or Courier Service or should be submitted in person on or before 31-08-2020 – 5.30 p.m.to / at the following address,

8. Applications along with Option Forms received after the last date and time will not be accepted irrespective of the date of booking at postal, courier services office. No correspondence will be entertained in this regard.

The General Application Form along with Option Form and Prospectus can also be downloaded from the following official website and submitted by enclosing a Demand Draft as mentioned in Para 3.

Eligibility Criteria: - Candidate should be a citizen of India.

i. Candidate should be a Native of Tamil Nadu.

ii. Candidates who have studied from VIII to XII standards in schools in Tamil Nadu need not enclose the "Nativity Certificate".

iii. Candidates who are native of Tamil Nadu studied from VIII to XII Std. either partly or completely in schools situated outside Tamil Nadu should produce the "Nativity Certificate".

iv. The Certificate of Nativity in Tamil Nadu should be issued by the competent authority only in the specified format available(ANNEXURE I) in the prospectus and supported by a copy of Passport / Aadhar Card / Ration Card / Birth Certificate. If the copy of the supporting documents is not produced, then the application form will be rejected. Nativity Certificate submitted later will be summarily rejected.

v. Applications without a proper Nativity Certificate will not be considered.

vi. Permanent Residence Certificate will not be accepted.

vii. Foreign Nationals though they might have studied for 5 years from 8th standard onwards or in a college in Tamil Nadu , they are NOT eligible to apply for admission to B.N.Y.S. course 2020-21 session.

Note:-

a. Nativity Certificate should be produced as per instructions for Nativity Certificate in Annexure I

b. Producing false nativity certificate if detected at any time later during the course of study will result in expulsion of the candidate and also initiation of criminal proceedings against the candidate as well as the parents as per law.

3. Age Limit: Should have completed the age of Seventeen years on or before 31st December 2020. Evidence should be produced.

4.Educational Qualifications: Candidates should have passed in all the subjects of the qualifying examination of the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination (Academic) conducted by the Tamil Nadu State Board or any other equivalent Board in one and the same attempt in the following group of subjects with the minimum eligible marks. A failure in examination, reappearance / first appearance, a pass in compartment in one or more subjects will be treated as an attempt.

(a) Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology. (or)

(b) Physics, Chemistry, Biology with any other subject.

NOTE:- Candidates who have passed any other equivalent examinations with same subjects as mentioned above in clause 4 should produce the Eligibility Certificate from The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University before the Counselling date or before attending the Counselling. 

5. The following categories of candidates are NOT ELIGIBLE to apply for B.N.Y.S. Course.

a. Candidates who have passed H.Sc. in Vocational Stream and private candidates or who have passed Pre-University Course or candidates who have passed through Open Schooling.

b. The selection and admission of candidates of other Universities / Boards will be provisional subject to recognition of the qualifying examination by the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University under which the candidate gets admitted. In case, the recognition is not accorded for the admission of the candidate on any grounds, the provisional admission will not entitle the candidate for the continuance of the course and the admission will be cancelled.

6.Minimum Eligibility marks for B.N.Y.S.course in respect of all communities :-

I.Other Communities: 12th standard with science or any other equivalent examination recognized by University or Boards with Fifty percent aggregate marks in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Botany and Zoology taken together.

II.Backward Communities/ BC (MUSLIM): 12th standard with science or any other equivalent examination recognized by University or Boards with Forty Five percent aggregate marks in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Botany and Zoology taken together.

III.Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities: 12th standard with science or any other equivalent examination recognized by University or Boards with Forty percent aggregate marks in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Botany and Zoology taken together.

IV. Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Caste ( Arunthathiyar ), Scheduled Tribe. 12th standard with science or any other equivalent examination recognized by University or Boards with Thirty Five percent aggregate marks in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Botany and Zoology taken together.

V The candidates under Physically Challenged Category – ( Locomotor Disability of Lower Limbs alone ). OC / BC / BCM / MBC / DC should have obtained a minimum of Forty marks in each prescribed subject in the qualifying examination.

(i) The Marks obtained in the qualifying examination in the relevant science subjects in the first appearance only will be taken into consideration for the allotment of seats to candidates and the improvement marks in +2 examination of any year will not be considered.

(ii) Candidates who have passed any other equivalent examinations in the first attempt with the same group of subjects as mentioned above should produce the eligibility certificate from the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University before attending the counselling.

(iii) In the case of candidates who have furnished the mark-sheets of the qualifying examination, only in GRADES, the minimum marks of the grades alone will be taken into consideration while determining the marks in the Science subjects of Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Botany and Zoology.

(iv) Candidates who have submitted marks sheets with GRADES and without mentioning the range of marks for each grade should obtain the marks equivalent certificates from the examining authority and attach a certified copy along with their mark sheet as an enclosure with the application. 

(v) Normalization method will be adopted for calculating the minimum eligibility mark for the candidates who have passed any other equivalent examination.

The Tuition Fees for BNYS course in Self Financing Medical Colleges shall be collected as fixed by the Hon'ble Justice N.V. Balasubramanian Committee for the fixation of Fee for Private Professional Educational Institution for the year 2020-2021.

Any modification in the Fee Structure for the academic year 2020-2021 as fixed by the Fee Fixation Committee will be intimated at the time of counseling

(a) Detailed information regarding Tuition Fees, Special Fees, Caution Deposit, Scholarship, Fee Concession, Hostel Facilities, University Registration Fees, Curriculum Examination Fees, etc. can be obtained from the Head of the Institution in which the candidate joins.

(b) Candidates selected for BNYS course for 2020-2021 session through Counseling and who will be the first graduate in their family will be exempted from paying only the tuition fees in both Government and Self-financing colleges as per G.O.no.85/Higher Education (J2) Dept. dt: 16.04.2010. Candidates should furnish the self-attested Photostat copies of supportive documents prescribed in this regard also to fill up the Annexure-(V)a and (V)b.

(c) The students of SC/SCA/ST whose parent's annual income is less than Rs.2, 50,000/- (Rupees Two lakhs Fifty Thousands only) and the students of Converted Christian community whose parent's annual income is less than Rs.2, 00,000/- (Rupees Two lakhs only) are exempted from payment of only the tuition fees. The fees so exempted shall be claimed by the respective institutions under the scholarship program (As per G.O.Ms.No. 06 Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department dated 09-01-2012). Candidates should furnish supportive documents like income certificate and community certificate (Selfattested Photostat copies in triplicate) obtained from the competent authority.

(d) The candidates (except for SC / SC(A) / ST and Converted Christians whose parental annual income falls below 2.5 lakhs and 2 lakhs respectively and in possession of original income certificate at the time of counseling ) who are selected at the time of counseling shall remit a non refundable sum of Rs.5000/- (Rupees Five Thousand only) ( for seats allotted in Govt. Yoga & Naturopathy Medical College, Chennai ) or remit a Non refundable sum of Rs.10000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) ( for seats allotted against seats surrendered to Govt in Self Financing Yoga & Naturopathy Medical Colleges) by way of Demand Draft drawn in favor of the Director of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy, Chennai-106 on or after 11-09-2020 payable at Chennai at the time of receipt of the allotment orders. After the conduct of Registration Subcommittee meeting by the Tamilnadu Dr.MGR Medical University this the amount will be transferred to the Self Financing Medical Colleges concerned to get adjusted against the Tuition Fees to be paid by the candidates. This procedure of transfer of fee amount will NOT be applicable to Govt. Medical Institution. If the the candidate fails to join the course after getting allotment order within the the stipulated time he/she will forfeit this amount and the seat allotted.

(e) All the candidates attending BNYS course counseling will have to remit a nonrefundable amount of Rs.500/- (Rupees Five hundred only) by means of Demand Draft drawn in favour of Director of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy, Chennai-106, on or after 11-09-2020 payable at Chennai as processing fee for allotment and re-allotment in each category of seats.

(f) If any amount - remains due from the student as a result of the revision of fees if any, it shall be payable by the student. An undertaking to pay any amount that may become due as and when the fee structure is revised should be given to the Head of Institution at the time of Admission.