Counselling and Reservation

NEET MDS 2023 Counselling

The NEET MDS 2023 Counselling will be organized for those candidates who get qualified for the examination.
The shortlisted candidates will be called for the counselling process through online mode.
Counselling will commence from fourth week of April 2023.
The counselling for different quota will be conducted by different bodies at separate schedules.
The allotment of seats will be done on the basis of the rank in the exam. Candidates need to carry the documents for the verification round in the counselling process.
Reservation of PG Dental seats shall be as per the norms of the Government of India and respective State Governments as may be applicable.
As Per MHA notification dated 4th March 2021, OCI/PIO will be treated as foreigners and only eligible for NRI seats and will NOT be eligible for Indian National seats like All India Quota, State Quota, Paid Management seats of Deemed universities and Private dental colleges.

NRI Candidates will be eligible for both NRI Seats and Indian National seats as per their merit.
Further, candidates claiming to be NRI, OCI, PIO will not be eligible for reservation under SC/ST/OBC/EWS and will be treated as Unreserved only.

OBC - NCL (Non Creamy Layer) as per Central list of OBC are only eligible to claim OBC reservation in the counseling to be conducted by MCC of DGHS including all India 50% quota seats counseling. All applicants for NEET-MDS are accordingly advised to indicate their category as OBC in the application form only if their caste belongs to the Central list of OBCs and they fall under non creamy layer.

The designated Counseling Authority for NEET-MDS counseling is Medical Counseling Committee (MCC) of DGHS, Govt of India. The candidate helpline No (For Counseling related queries only) shall be as under.

MCC CALL Centre
Phone No.: 0120-4073500
Toll Free No.: 1800 102 7637

Please contact the above numbers for queries related to Counseling only. NEET-MDS examination related queries shall not be entertained at this number. Please note that all queries will be answered during the Call Centre timings only i.e. 09:00 AM to 09:00 PM and during the period of counseling only.