NEET MDS Counselling 2024, Schedule, Selection/ Admission Procedure, Fee

NEET MDS 2024 Counselling Registration will be Started in 3rd week of July 2024. The designated authority for counselling for the 50% All India Quota seats of the contributing States, as per the existing scheme for postgraduate (Diploma/MDS) courses, shall be the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

Further Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India shall conduct counselling for all post-graduate (Diploma/MDS) Courses in Dental Educational Institutions of the Central Government, Universities established by an Act of Parliament and the Deemed Universities. There shall be common counselling for admission to all post-graduate courses (Diploma/MDS) in all dental educational institutions based on the merit list of the NEET.

The counselling for admission to post-graduate (Diploma/MDS) courses in all dental Educational Institutions in a State/Union Territory, including dental educational institutions established by the State Government, Universities established by an Act of State/Union Territory Legislature, Trust, Society, Minority Institutions shall be conducted by the State/Union Territory Government. In case any dispute arises on such common counselling, the matter is to the Central.

NEET MDS 2024 Counselling – Starting Soon

The government and its decisions shall be final in this Regard.

The counselling authorities for allotment of various types of seats to eligible and successful candidates are summarized as follows:

Candidates are advised to regularly visit the MCC, NBE& State Counseling Authorities website for the latest updates.

1. Admission To MDS Courses At Armed Forces Medical Services Institutions
   • Admission to the under-mentioned Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) training institutes is open to eligible candidates:
2. Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
3. Army Dental Centre, Army Hospital (Research & Referral), Delhi Cantt
   • The candidates shall be considered for admission to the AFMS mentioned above institutions under the following categories, in the order of precedence.
4. Priority-I (Serving Army Dental Corps Officers as applicable vide Training Rules-2014 for AD Corps Officers promulgated by the DGAFMS)
5. Priority-II (Foreign candidates)

Priority-Mi (Para Mil/other Govt. of India sponsored candidates)

1. Priority-IV (Ex-SSC AD Corps Officers)
2. Priority-V (Civilian Dental Surgeons)
   • At the time of online submission of the application form for NEET-MDS 2024, the candidates will have to select the option “YES” to “Are you willing to take up post-graduate courses in institution/hospital of Armed Forces Medical Services”. After that, they will have to indicate their category as mentioned in Para 15.2
   • The Dental PG Courses at AFMS training Institutes are reserved for Priority-I & Priority-II candidates. However, any vacant seat after fulfilling the AFMS requirement of seats to Priority-I & Priority-II candidates (balance of seats) shall be taken up for Priority III, IV & V candidates in that order. The counselling for these seats will be by DGHS through DGAFMS/AD Corps.

It is also likely that no seat may be available for some of the prioritized categories if the same has been allotted to candidates higher in priority and merit.

• Candidates should preserve the Score & admit cards of NEET (MDS)-2024, which must be produced during counselling to be conducted for admission to Postgraduate courses in their respective categories & for Grant of SSC in Army Dental Corps. The dates will be notified separately at a later date by the Army Dental Corps.
• Priority-IV candidates only: Ex-SSC AD Corps Officers released from service after completion of contractual service and within three years after their release from service and SSC AD Corps Officers in their last year of contractual service are also eligible to apply for this category such that:

Note: Possession/Use of Mobile Phones/Electronic Devices is strictly prohibited on the premises of the NBE Examination Centre.
Candidates shall be liable for penal action for Possession/Use of Mobile Phones/Electronic Devices.

• SSC AD Corps officers in the last year of contractual service and still not released from service on the day of the examination must have had the explicit permission of the DGAFMS to appear in the written entrance examination (NEET-MDS 2024)
• For further details of terms & conditions, candidates are requested to refer to the Info Bulletin on the subject by DGAFMS/Army Dental Corps as & when the same is notified.

Officers who have resigned their commission/dismissed/removed from service/ not completed their contractual service are NOT eligible under this category. Such officers are also not eligible as Priority-V candidates.

For Grant Of Short Service Commission In The Army Dental Corps:

• As per the Govt. of India policy, all the desirous candidates have to appear for NEET-MDS 2024. This includes BDS as well as MDS candidates. NEET-MDS marks shall be used for short-listing candidates for interview, and further selection process will be conducted by the DGAFMS/Army Dental Corps.
• Provisions have been made for candidates of Jammu & Kashmir for the ‘Short Service Commission in Army Dental Corps’ grant. However, such candidates will not stake any claim for PG seats under the All India 50% Quota. Candidates applying for Army Dental Corps shall tick the option yes to the field ”Are you willing for SSC in Army Dental Corps” in the online application form.

Reservations

• There is no provision for the reservation of seats for SC/ST/OBC/PH in the Armed Forces.
• Medical Services institutions are conducting Post Graduate Dental courses.

Results

• The result shall be declared on the NEET-MDS 2024 website. A separate merit list of categories
• ‘PG in AFMS Institutions’ and ‘Grant of Short Service Commission in Army Dental Corps’
• shall be provided to the Directorate General of Dental Services for admission to the Armed

Forces Institutions

Allotment Of Seats

1. The Armed Forces Medical Services shall make selection and final admissions to these institutions based on the merit of the candidates & as per the order of precedence mentioned in Para 15.2 and who have applied online both to NEET-MDS and also to AFMS and the admissions shall be done as per Govt. of India – Ministry of Defence rules and regulations in conjunction with those applicable to the affiliating Universities.
2. All eligible candidates desirous of MDS will have to register on the DGHS mandatorily, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare website mcc.nic.in, to be eligible for AFMS counselling for Post Graduate courses at AFMS teaching Institutes, failing which they will NOT be considered for allocation of specialities. The registration slip will be required to be furnished during counselling. The list of registered candidates DGHS provides for counselling will be final & binding for AFMS.

Note: Possession/Use of Mobile Phones/Electronic Devices is strictly prohibited on the premises of the NBE Examination Centre.
Candidates shall be liable for penal action for Possession/Use of Mobile Phones/Electronic Devices.

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