Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), on behalf of the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), will conduct the Puducherry NEET MDS counselling 2022 in the first week of June. Puducherry NEET MDS 2022 counselling will be conducted online to take admission in Dental colleges in India. To participate in Puducherry NEET MDS counselling 2022, candidates must have secure minimum marks in PG dental entrance test.
[[PAGE INDEX]] 1. MDS Quick Facts 2. Counselling Date 3. Eligibility Criteria 4. Counselling Process 5. Counselling Fees 6. MDS Cutoff 7. List of MDS Colleges 8. FAQs |
Quick Facts
Before we speak about Pondicherry NEET MDS 2022 Highlights, Let us first have some significant highlights.
Name of Exam | NEET MDS |
Counselling Name | Pondicherry NEET MDS Counselling |
Languages | English |
Counselling Authority | CENTRALISED ADMISSION COMMITTEE (CENTAC) |
NEET MDS Counselling Date | To be Announced |
NEET MDS Result | 27 May 2022 (Released) |
Mode of Counselling | Online |
Counselling Purpose | Admission to Postgraduate Dental Course |
MDS Colleges in Pondicherry | Top Dental College in Pondicherry |
Pondicherry Counselling Important Dates 2022
Here in this table, we have mentioned Pondicherry NEET MDS Counselling Date. However, the NEET MDS 2022 dates for counselling will be released by the CENTAC.
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Event | Dates* |
Round 1 | — |
Registration for NEET MDS counselling | To be notified |
Choice Filling and Locking | To be notified |
Provisional seat allotment list | To be notified |
First seat allotment list | To be notified |
Reporting at the allocated institute | To be notified |
Round 2 | — |
Registrations reopen for the round 2 | To be notified |
Choice Filling and Locking | To be notified |
Second seat allotment list | To be notified |
Reporting at the allocated institute | To be notified |
Mop-up round | — |
The seat matrix for the mop-up round released | To be notified |
Registrations reopen for mop-up round | To be notified |
Choice Filling and Locking | To be notified |
Seat allotment list for the mop-up round | To be notified |
Reporting at the allocated institute | To be notified |
Transfer of vacant seats to Deemed/Central Universities/ESIC | To be notified |
Stray Vacancy Round at Institute level | To be notified |
Reservation
Mop-up Counccelling Will be done in sessions.
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- In the first session, Reservations will be allowed for government quota seats. Thereafter unfilled reserved seats will be converted into unreserved seats and offered as per Merit. Mop-up counselling will be done for government quota and management quota seats;
Date and Day | Counselling Time | Type of Seats | Category of Students Allowed |
6/11/2022 (Saturday) | 10.30 AM | Govt. Quota Seats-Reserved Students | All UT of Pondicherry students with a reservation |
11 AM | Govt. Quota Seats | All UT of Pondicherry students can participate. Even the students who have joined are allowed to slide If they want. | |
11.30 AM onwards | Management Quota Seats | All India Basis (all Students) |
Eligibility Criteria
Students who are registered with CENTAC including students who have joined college till 2nd round of counselling are eligible for Mop-up Counselling. This is done based on the consideration that a student should be able to choose the course of his choice based on merit.
Pondicherry NEET MDS Counselling Procedure
- After a few days of the declaration of the result, the university will publish the merit list for various PG courses on the website.
- Candidates will be called for counselling based on the merit list, i.e., a personal interview round.
- Candidates have to report to the prescribed counselling venue by the university on a given date and time.
- Candidates have to verify the said documents. After the document verification process, the university will return the original certificates to the candidates.
- It will be necessary for the candidates to bring their original documents for the verification process. Without verification of documents, candidates will not be able to be an admission.
- As per the preference filled by the candidate and interview & past academic records, the candidates will be allotted the seats in order of their merit.
- If the candidate does not attend the counselling on the given date and time, their admission will be considered cancelled.
- After the seat allotment, candidates must report to the allotted college and submit the counselling fee.
- The fee will be paid at the time of admission. The admission fee will be paid through online mode.
Counselling Fee
The Pudducherry NEET MDS Counselling 2022 fees have two categories refundable and non-refundable. Refer to the following table to know the fee details.
Non-refundable registration fees | — |
General | 1,000 |
SC/ST/OBC | 500 |
For Deemed Universities | Fee (INR) |
All categories | 5,000 |
Refundable Fees | — |
General | 25,000 |
SC/ST/OBC | 10,000 |
Deemed Universities | Fee (INR) |
All categories | 2,00,000 |
Counselling Flow chart

Documents Required
The applicants who are allocated a seat through the Puducherry NEET MDS 2022 counselling must report to the allotted institute to confirm the documents. The candidate must carry the following documents for proof of the seat assigned.
- Result/ Rank Latter issued by NBE
- Documents for Reservation Claimed
NEET MDS Cutoff 2022 (Announced)
The College Cut-off is the minimum marks prescribed by the selection board for the admission of students. A merit list will be designed on these Cutoff scores. Aspirants who apply for the Institute need to clear the Cutoff for various courses.
- Aspirants are required to obtain minimum qualifying percentile marks in NEET 2022 entrance examination in order to qualify for further admission process.
- Candidates who belong to SC/ ST/ OBC are required to obtain marks equivalent to at least 40thpercentile to be considered for AIQ and state counselling process.
- Aspirants who belong to the UR category are required to score equivalent to at least 50thpercentile
Category | Minimum Qualifying/Eligibility Criteria | Cut off score (Out of 960) |
---|---|---|
UR/EWS | 50th percentile | 263 |
SC/ST/OBC (Including PWD of SC/ST/OBC) | 40th percentile | 227 |
UR PWD | 45th percentile | 245 |
NEET MDS 2022 Cutoff (Graphical Representation)

NEET MDS Cutoff 2022
The cutoff is the minimum score required by the candidates to get admission to the Top Prosthodontics Colleges in India. The Cutoff will be decided by various factors such as the number of students appearing for the exam, difficulty level of the exam, etc.
NEET MDS Previous Years Cutoff (2021 & 2020)
Category | NEET MDS cutoff %tile | NEET MDS 2021 cutoff scores | NEET MDS 2022 cutoff scores |
General/EWS | 50th percentile | 259 | 286 |
SC/ST/OBC | 40th percentile | 227 | 250 |
General/EWS-PH | 45th percentile | 243 | 268 |
SC/ST/OBC-PH | 40th percentile | 227 | 250 |
List of MDS Colleges in Pondicherry
S. No | Institute Name | Establishment Year | Affiliated with |
1. | Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences Pondicherry | 2006-07 | Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University |
2. | Mahe Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital Pondicherry | 2009-10 | Pondicherry University |
3. | Sri Venkateshwaraa Dental College Pondicherry | 2014-15 | Pondicherry University |
4 | Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Dental College Pondicherry | 1990-91 | Pondicherry University |
Frequently Asked Questions(FAQs)
Ans: Yes, the entire counselling of NEET MDS 2022 will be carried out online mode
Ans: The seats allotted in round one will not be cancelled. If a candidate is not assigned a seat in the second round of NEET MDS counselling 2022, their centre in round one will be considered.
Ans: The entrance test will be conducted for 6,228 seats offered in various dental colleges in the country.
Ans: According to officials, General/OBC candidates were able to attempt only three times for the NEET examination up to 25 years, while SC/ST could try the same (3 times) for up to 30 years.
Ans: Yes, if seats are left vacant even after the mop-up round of counselling. The exam conducting authority will lower the NEET MDS cutoff in consultation with India’s government.
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