NEET 2020: MBBS Admissions deadline extended by week to fill vacant seats in deemed institutes

The Supreme Court had earlier directed the MCC to extend the admission process to undergraduate medical courses across the country by another week. 

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released a circular announcing that the admissions to MBBS courses will be continued until February 11 to fill up the remaining vacant seats. The Supreme Court had earlier directed the MCC to extend the admission process to undergraduate medical courses across the country by another week. 

As per information shared by MCC, there are a total of five seats vacant—one each across five All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), and admissions for these will be conducted by AIIMS, New Delhi. Similarly, another 37 seats are currently lying vacant across five deemed institutes under non-resident Indian (NRI) and management quotas. This includes 17 vacant seats under the NRI quota at Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Medical College. The second offline NEET 2020 Counselling stray vacancy round will be conducted by the Directorate General of Health Sciences (DGHS).

The MCC in the circular stated that: " the competent authority has decided to conduct an ‘Offline’ Stray Vacancy Round II for the vacant MBBS seats enclosed in the list below. The eligible candidates are advised to take note of the following published seat matrix. Further, necessary information can be taken, by directly contacting the colleges where MBBS seats are available. Also, it is mentioned that admission will be done strictly in terms of merit to eligible candidates mentioned in the list."