Urology

The ranking of the college that you attend is also a significant factor. It has a large impact on anyone's medical career in terms of clinical exposure, surgical training, faculty expertise, and even research. Being from a well known institution such as AIIMS, PGIMER, or SGPGIMS carries a great deal of weight and the resources are equally reflective.
Regardless, from a practical exposure standpoint, there may be various variations even for lesser known colleges; look for a strong surgical caseload in cases and overall, and alumni success to gauge Urology course you would enter, not just a name.

Selection for Urology courses is entrance-based, primarily via a nationwide NEET SS exam. Admission will be done via centralized counseling based on your NEET SS rank.
Some private & deemed universities may select / conduct their own selection process, generally speaking, they pick on the NEET SS merit list.

If you're a new M.Ch. Urology graduates in India, a starting salary of anywhere from INR 1.20 Lacs to INR 2.50 Lacs per month, depending on the Hospital, location, and whether you are in the private sector or the government sector.
Eventually, with experience, well known reputation, and/or buildings a private practice, your salary can soar. Urology is one of the more financially comfortable super-specialties in medicine.

Urology is a super-specialty surgical field, so it comes under M.Ch. (Master of Chirurgiae) qualification. You pursue this qualification after doing an MS in General Surgery.
Neither MD or MS gives you a qualification of Urologist. MD is for medicine (non-surgical) while MS is a pathway to surgical specialties, including M.ch Urology.

Yes, for admission into Urology superspecialty programs in India, you have to take the NEET SS (Super Specialty) exam which is the national entrance exam conducted by the National Board of Examinations (NBE).

You will also have to complete a MS in General Surgery, and this also requires qualifying NEET PG therefore you must qualify NEET at both levels in Urology; that is the PG level as well as the Super-specialty level.

The NEET SS 2023 cutoff for M.Ch. Urology admission in West Bengal differed according to the quota and category. For the All India Quota (AIQ), the cut-off score for M.Ch. Urology was approximately 250. The cutoff scores were lowered from the 50th percentile to the 20th percentile for some specializations in 2023

The table explains how these are different: