Manipur to begin Round 1 NEET Counselling from tomorrow, details
Manipur: The round 1 NEET UG counselling is going to be conducted on the 2nd and 3rd of August 2023. The Directorate of Health Services (DHS) has released the schedule, counselling process and seats details.
Detailed schedule –
| Date of Counselling | 2nd & 3rd August 2023. |
| Time of registration | 8:15 AM to 9:30 AM |
| Venue | Main Auditorium, JNIMS, Porompat |
Candidates will also be allowed to attend the Counselling through Video Conference from any of the following seven NIC District Units located in the DC Offices of Chandel, Churachandpur, Jiribam, Kangpokpi, Noney (for Noney & Tamenglong), Senapati & Ukhrul.
Candidates / authorised representatives shall bring all relevant documents in original along with 5 PP-size photographs on the day of counselling, failing which, they will not be allowed to attend. Candidates failing to attend Round-1 counselling shall not be allowed to attend in further rounds of counselling.
Steps for conducting the counselling session -
Separate Registration Counters shall be opened for (1) State Government quota seats & (2) Management & NRI quota seats in all the Counselling Centres.
Registration of candidates or his/her authorised representative will be done from 8:15 am to 9:30 am.
After 9:30 am, no new candidates shall be allowed to register.
By 9:45 am, CMO concerned shall mail a photocopy of the Attendance sheet to the Selection Board (email ID: medicaldirectoratelamphel@gmail.com).
Final Attendance sheets shall be prepared separately for (1) State Government quota seats & (2) Management & NRI quota seats by 10 am.
District venues shall remain connected with the main venue through Video Conference for the entire session. If VC breaks down, counseling will be conducted through the Telephone of the CMO (Nodal Officer).
The counseling session will begin officially with a brief statement on the available seats.
Counseling shall be done on a merit basis.
The candidate whose names are being called out shall report to the Selection Board in person or via Video Conference or telephone call with the number of the CMO/ Nodal Officer.
The courses shall be allotted in the following sequence -
1. MBBS seats (Government quota)
2. BDS seats (Government quota)
3. MBBS seats (Management and NRI quota at SAHS)
First, the selection of candidates for the three horizontal reservations will be done —Meritorious Sportsperson (2 seats), Ex-Servicemen or Child of Armed Forces (2 seats) and PwD (5% of total seats). Seats of the candidates selected in horizontal reservation shall be kept reserved in their respective vertical categories of the course chosen. However, Institutes shall be allotted on a merit basis to the candidates in the respective vertical categories.
Next, the selection of candidates for the UR seats will be done. A meritorious OBC/SC/ST candidate selected in the UR category is called a Meritorious Reserved Candidate (MRC). If an MRC does not like the college where the UR seat is available, he/she may choose a reserved seat in a different college. And, in doing so, the UR seat rejected by him/her shall be marked for the specific reserved category. This exercise leaves the total seat distribution among the reservation categories undisturbed. Later, if the MRC surrenders his/her seat, a UR seat will become vacant again.
After filling up the UR seats, the selection of candidates may be done in the following order -
1. ST category
2. OBC (M) category
3. OBC (MP) category
4. OBC (T/N) category
5. SC category
Management and NRI quota seats in SAHS shall be filled purely on a merit basis.
Nomination letters of the selected candidates may be collected from the Directorate Office. Scanned nomination letters may also be made available in the CMO offices.
Counseling in the Main Auditorium, JNIMS will be managed by the following -
1. Registration team
2. Certificate verification team
3. Official Record Keeping of Selected Candidates
4. Team for preparation of Nomination letters
5. SAHS team (for management & NRI seats)
6. NIC Technical Team (to arrange VC facility)
Counseling in the District NIC Units will be managed by the following -
1. CMO (Nodal Officer)
2. District Informatics Officer (to arrange VC facility)
3. Registration team
4. Certificate verification team
Seat matrix –
State government quota seat –
367 seats are available for round 1.
| Course | Seat |
| MBBS | 306 |
| BDS | 59 |
| BASLP | 2 |
To view the notice, click on the link below –
