Maharashtra NEET MDS Counselling 2023: Dates (Soon), Registration, Eligibility, Fees etc.

The Maharashtra NEET MDS Counselling 2023 is an important event for dental graduates who wish to pursue postgraduate studies in the state of Maharashtra. NEET MDS stands for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Master of Dental Surgery, and it is conducted by the National Board of Examinations (NBE). The Maharashtra NEET MDS Counselling 2023 is the process through which qualified candidates can secure admission to various dental colleges in Maharashtra.

Throughout this article, we have listed the important dates of NEET MDS Maharashtra in their rank. Candidates can read this complete article and correct information about Maharashtra NEET MDS Counselling.

Quick Facts

We have mentioned the Maharashtra NEET MDS Entrance Exam overview. Let’s Look.

Particulars	Description
Counselling Name	Maharashtra NEET MDS Counselling 2023
Counselling Authority	cetcell.net
Exam Level	Postgraduate Exam at National-level
Name Exam	NEET MDS 2023
Languages	English
NEET MDS Result	10 March 2023
NEET MDS Counselling Date	To be announced
Mode of Counselling	Online Mode
MDS Colleges in Maharashtra	Top Dental Colleges in Maharashtra

Maharashtra NEET MDS Counselling Schedule

The Maharashtra NEET MDS Counselling 2023 dates are yet to be announced, but it is expected to take place in the month of April or May 2023. Candidates who have qualified in the NEET MDS 2023 exam can participate in the Maharashtra NEET MDS Counselling 2023 process.

Activity	Dates
Online Registration	To be announced
Payment of Registration Fees (Non Refundable-Rs.3000/-) and Security Deposit(as applicable) through online payment gateway	To be announced
Uploading of all required Colored Scan Original Documents in pdf after successful Payment	To be announced
Publication of a General List of newly Registered Candidates (Including In-service, NRI, and PWD)	To be announced
Publication of  Combined Common Provisional State Merit List of NEET-MDS-2022	To be announced

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Maharashtra NEET MDS Counselling 2023

Candidates can visit the official portal of https://cetcell.net to get themselves registered for NEET MDS 2023 Maharashtra State Counselling. Before we speak about the counselling procedure for Maharashtra NEET MDS, Let us first look at the Maharashtra NEET MDS Counselling schedule.

Counselling Procedure

The counselling process can be best explained by the following steps.

Step-1:- Registration Online

Admission Seekers can apply online mode by visiting the website https://cetcell.net.

• For registration, seekers will use their NEET MDS roll no. and email registration in All India NEET MDS) and follow the instructions on the screen.
• After that, the candidate’s AI-NEET-MDS registration details will be displayed.
• The exam qualify applicant will make an online payment. An SMS will be sent to their registered mobile no (used for AI-NEET-MDS registration) to confirm successful registration. The password you create at the time of registration, kindly note this password for choice filling.
• After successful payment, candidates will get Transaction and Registration no. on their registered mobile number.

Step 2:- Online Security Money Payment

• Candidates willing to attend the counselling process to grade their MDS Dental seat in the desired Dental College must pay the required Security money fees.
• After paying security money and the state merit list has been declared, the online seat choice filling option will be available as per the earlier schedule.
• The applicant could take a printout of their online payment receipt.

Step-3:- Merit Declaration

• For Inter rank in the State merit list, the reference shall be AI-NEET-MDS 2023
• The final merit list will be prepared per the provisions (Displayed on the website).

Step-4:- Online Choice filling

• Click on the Choice filling.
• To know more information, visit the website- https://cetcell.net.
• Choice filling Procedure:
• Login for choice filling by using the NEET roll number and password created at the time you’ll receive registration.
• The choice filling can dine in several sessions, but remember to save and continue; otherwise, you’ll lose your work.
• A choice filling will not be complete until you finally submit and lock. No changes will be possible after closing the choice.
• After the last date of choice, the filling is over, and the seat allotment list will be declared online.

Step-5:- Seat allotment:

• Login to the website. Your seat allotment status will be displayed.
• If you accept the allotment letter:-
• But do not join or resign after joining. You’re eligible for second counselling but will forfeit your security deposit.
• Join the college you’ll remain eligible for second counselling to upgrade your seat without losing your seat. If your seat is upgraded, then the previous allotment will be automatic.
• The online process will do the seat allotment on a merit cum option basis.
• Physically disabled category candidates are required to be physically present before the medical board constituted by dates will be available on the website- CET CELL, Maharashtra.
• Candidates eligible for the reserved category will be given admission as per the rules of the state
  government, applicable on the date of counselling.
• OBC candidates covered by the provisions of the creamy layer will not be entitled to the benefits of the OBC category.

• Candidates who fail to produce required original documents at the time of admission or, if any, concealment or falsification of facts come into the light at the time of entry and after that during the study will not be entitled to any benefit of having appeared in the entrance examination and any use of acquiring a seat subsequently. Legal action would be taken against such candidates.
• Candidates will be checked for their identity at the time of admission. If it does not match, it will be counted as unfair means, and their candidature will be cancelled. Additional legal action would be taken against such candidates.
• If a candidate does not participate in online counselling or does not join the allotted seat by the due date, they shall forfeit any right of admission based on said counselling/allotment.
• Once exercised by the candidate in online counselling, the option cannot be altered under any circumstances.
• No request for re-allotment of seats already allotted in the first and second rounds will be entertained.

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NEET MDS Counselling Flow Chart

The following flow chart is for candidates applying to MDS courses offered by various medical colleges.

NEET MDS Counselling Factors

The National Board of Examinations (NBE) conducting the counselling below-given factors.

S.No.	Particular
1.	All India 50% quota seats for MDS courses (all states)
2.	State quota seats for MDS courses for all States/Union territories of India.
3.	MDS courses at all Private Dental Colleges, Institutions & Universities all across the country
4.	MDS courses at Armed Forces Medical Services Institutions.
5.	Screening exam for dental surgeons (BDS & MDS) for Short Service Commission in Army Dental Corps

Documents Required

Candidates must bring the documents listed below in Original for verification during admission, and candidates must submit one Attested copy set of the following documents during counselling.

• NEET MDS scorecard
• NEET MDS Admit Card
• Mark sheet of BDS 1st, 2nd and 3rd-year examinations
• Qualifying examination certificate, that is, BDS Degree Certificate (5)Permanent or provisional certificate provided by DCI/Dental Council
• Internship completion certificate issued by the Head of the Institution
• 10th standard certificate as proof of birth
• Valid Government Identity proofs (Driving License/ PAN Card/Voter ID/Passport or Aadhar Card)
• A physically handicapped medical certificate, if required.
• (10)SC/ST/OBC certificate, if required

Top Specialization MDS

Here is the list of the Top 10 NEET MDS Courses in India. Let’s check out the complete information about MDS Courses.

Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics	Periodontology
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	Oral Medicine and Radiology
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics	Public Health Dentistry
Prosthodontics	Oral Pathology and Microbiology
Pedodontics	Preventive Dentistry

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Maharashtra NEET MDS selection List 2022

Cetcell has released the Maharashtra NEET MDS 2022 Counselling Selection List CAP round 1st. We have the below.

Particular	Link Here
Maharashtra NEET PG selection list Cap-1	Click Here

Maharashtra NEET MDS Provisional Merit List and Seat Matrix (Out) 2022

Cetcell has released the Maharashtra NEET MDS Participating College List, Provisional Merit List, Letter, Notice, and Seat Matrix. We have mentioned the PDF. You can download the PDFs and get information on the Maharashtra NEET MDS Merit List and Seat Matrix 2022.

Particular	Links Here
Maharashtra NEET MDS List of Colleges	Click Here
Maharashtra NEET MDS DME Letter	Click Here
Maharashtra NEET MDS Common Provisional Merit List	Click Here
Maharashtra NEET MDS Provisional Seat Matrix in Private minority College	Click Here
Maharashtra NEET MDS Provisional Seat Matrix in Government corporation College	Click Here

Maharashtra NEET MDS Common Provisional merit list Round-3 List/ Provisional Registered Candidates 2022

CETCELL has released the NEET MDS Provisional List of Registered Candidates and Common Provisional merit list Round-3. We have mentioned it below in the PDF. You can download the PDF and get information.

Particular	Links Here
Maharashtra NEET MDS Round-3 common provisional Merit List	Click Here
Maharashtra NEET MDS Provisional List of Registered Candidates	Click Here

NEET MDS Cutoff 2023 (Out)

By the minimum qualifying/eligibility criteria for admission to the MDS course, as mentioned in the information Bulletin for NEET-MDS 2023, the cutoff scores for various categories are as follows:-

NEET 2023 Percentile and Scores

Category	Cut off percentile	Cutoff Marks 2023
General and EWS	50th percentile	272
SC/ST/OBC	40th percentile	238
General and EWS – PH	45th percentile	255
SC/ST/OBC – PH	40th percentile	238

Participating in MDS Colleges in Maharashtra

To know which colleges are participating in MDS Colleges in Maharashtra, we have mentioned the table for participating Colleges.

College Name	Links Here
Aditya Dental College, Beed	Click Here
Annasaheb Chudaman Patil Memorial Dental College, Dhule	Click Here
Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College & Hospital, Navi Mumbai	Click Here
Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College & Hospital, Pune	Click Here
Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College & Hospital, Sangli	Click Here
Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Shikshan Sanstha’s Dental College & Hospital, Aurangabad	Click Here
Dr D.Y. Patil Dental College & Hospital, Pune	Click Here
Dr Hedgewar Smruti Rugna Seva Mandal’s Dental College & Hospital, Hingoli	Click Here
Govt. Dental College & Hospital, Aurangabad	Click Here
Govt. Dental College & Hospital, Mumbai	Click Here
Govt. Dental College & Hospital, Nagpur	Click Here
Guardian College of Dental Sciences & Research Centre, Pune	Click Here
Late Shri Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Dental & Rural Development Foundation’s Dental College & Hospital, Ahmednagar	Click Here
M.A. Rangoonwala College of Dental Sciences & Research Centre, Pune	Click Here
Maharashtra Institute of Dental Sciences & Research Latur	Click Here
Mahatma Gandhi Missions Dental College and Hospital Navi Mumbai	Click Here
Mahatma Gandhi Vidya Mandir’s Dental College & Hospital, Nashik	Click Here
Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai	Click Here
Padmashree Dr D.Y. Patil Dental College & Hospital, Navi Mumbai	Click Here
Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay Dental College, Solapur	Click Here
Rural Dental College, Loni	Click Here
S.M.B.T. Dental College & Hospital, Amrutnagar	Click Here
Saraswati Danwantri Dental College & Hospital, Parbhani	Click Here
School of Dental Sciences, Krishna Institute of Dental Sciences, Karad	Click Here
Sharad Pawar Dental College & Hospital, Wardha	Click Here
Sinhgad Dental College & Hospital, Pune	Click Here
Swargiya Dadasaheb Kalmegh Smruti Dental College & Hospital, Nagpur	Click Here
Tatyasaheb Kore Dental College & Research Centre, New Paragon	Click Here
Terna Dental College & Hospital, Navi Mumbai	Click Here
Vasantdada Patil Dental College and Hospital, Sangli	Click Here
Vidarbha Youth Welfare Society’s Dental College & Hospital, Amravati	Click Here
VSPM’s Dental College & Research Centre, Nagpur	Click Here
YMT Dental Trust & Research Centre’s Dental College & Hospital, Navi Mumbai	Click Here
Yogita Dental College & Hospital, Ratnagiri	Click Here

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