DCI warns Dental Colleges- Upload BDS admission data by November 5 or face action

New Delhi: The Dental Council of India (DCI) has directed all dental colleges to upload details of BDS students admitted for the 2025-26 academic session on the DCI portal by November 5, 2025. Failure to comply will invoke Section 10B or 16A of the Dentists Act, implying that unreported admissions will be considered invalid.

MCC, Directorate General of Health Services, Government of India, uploaded the Revised NEET UG Schedule-2025 and Revised NEET-UG-2025 online Counseling (Allotment Process) for MBBS / BDS / B.Sc (Nursing) seats of All India Quota / Deemed/ Central University / State Quota. The MCC has declared the last date for joining the BDS Course for the academic session 2025-26 as 05.11.2025, and as per the Revised Counselling Schedule issued by the MCC, the date of commencement of the academic session will be remain same as 22.09.2025, the DCI pointed out.

According to the DCI notice, only data uploaded on the DCI portal will be accepted; emails or hard copies will not be considered. No deadline extensions will be granted, and technical issues will not be entertained.

Colleges must upload student details after each round of NEET UG counselling, not wait till the last day. Strict warning issued against uploading false admission data — action will be taken for incorrect entries. Only uploaded data will be sent to the State Dental Councils for BDS registration.

Colleges are urged to ensure timely and accurate data entry to avoid penalties and litigation.

" Accordingly, the college authorities of all dental colleges are hereby directed to upload the details of students, admitted in BDS Course at their dental institution for the academic session 2025-26, on DCI Website, using their already allotted login credentials for admissions portal of dci, on or before the last date of joining i.e. 5th November, 2025 (12:00 midnight), positively. If the college authorities claim any admission after 12:00 midnight of 5th November, 2025, then Section 10B of the Dentists (Amendment) Act, 1993 and/or Section 16A of the Dentists Act, 1948, as the case may be, shall be attracted and it shall be presumed that the college authorities have not admitted such student(s) in BDS Course at their college for the academic session 2025-26," the DCI mentioned.

"In order to ensure smooth uploading the details of students and to avoid the unnecessary delay, undue pressure and technical fault on network, in uploading the details of the students at the last moment of cut-off date, each and every dental institutions shall make its efforts to upload the details of students gradually, immediately after the date of joining of student of each round of counseling, but not later than 12.00 Midnight of 5th November, 2025, in any circumstance. In other words, the college shall not wait for uploading the details of its students for last moment of cut-off date and the details would be uploaded by the college after each round of counseling," the notice read.

"Moreover, it has come to notice that some dental colleges upload the details of students who are not admitted in their college, because of which the college where the student has actually taken admission is unable to upload the details. Colleges are hereby strictly warned to upload the details of only the genuine and bonafide admissions of their college. The onus of furnishing true, correct and authentic information is upon the college concerned and in case of furnishing any wrong / incorrect information, it shall be open to DCI to initiate action against / penalize the college. Only the uploaded details of students on DCI portal shall be forwarded to the State Dental Councils / Tribunals for registration of BDS degree," the DCI said.

"It is also to inform you that only uploaded details of students on DCI Website shall be considered and any detail of students received in any other format viz. e-mail or hard copy shall not be considered at all, therefore, you are requested not to send the subject details through e-mail or post or any other mode. It is also stated that no request for extension of time to upload the above details of students or any other excuse or reason of technical fault, etc. shall be considered, therefore, you are again requested to ensure and make available all arrangements at your end to complete the above task, in time, so as to avoid any litigation and to enable this Council to take necessary action in a time bound manner," the notice added.

To view the full official notice click here: https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/lno5624-301633.pdf