Assam NEET Counselling 2024: Special Stray Vacancy Round Result (Out), Institute Reporting (December 5), Choice Filling (Over)

The Directorate of Medical Education (DME), Assam is the responsible body to release the Assam cut-off and conducting authority for the Assam NEET counselling.

The Assam NEET 2024 counselling process began on August 21, 2024, a week after the commencement of the counselling for the 15 per cent All India Quota (AIQ) seats. The Directorate of Medical Education (DME) Assam announced the schedule for the Assam NEET UG counselling 2024 for the first three rounds.  The Round 1 of Assam NEET 2024 counselling was conducted from August 21 to September 5, 2024. The second round started on September 11, but was stalled midway. The Round 2 and Round 3 were merged with the reopening of the registration and choice fillling processes from October 16 to October 18, 2024. The third round concluded on October 23, 2024.  The stray vacancy round is being conducted from October 26 to November 5, 2024. 

The list of courses offered through Assam NEET counselling are given below:

• MBBS
• BDS
• BAMS
• BHMS
• BSMS
• BUMS
• BNYS
• BVSc

The admission to the above mentioned medical and allied courses are subject to the availability of seats and cutoff ranks. 

To participate in the Assam NEET counselling process, candidates must fulfill the following eligiblity criteria:

• Candidates must have appeared and qualified for NEET 2024 exam
• They must be at least 17 years of age as on December 31, 2024
•  Candidates must be permanent natives of Assam
• Candidates must have passed Class 12 Board exam in Science stream and in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English individually and must have secured minimum of 50 per cent marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry & Biology at Class 12 Science level for General Candidate (GE), 40 per cent for SC/ST candidates and 45 per cent for benchmark disability candidates (PC-GE). The required mark for Physically Challenged candidate of SC/ST category is 40 per cent.

In case a candidate is not a native of Assam, he/she has to apply through NRI quota in order to be eligible to participate in the Assam NEET UG counselling 2024.

The Directorate of Medical Education (DME) Assam allots the medical seats by two means during the Assam NEET counselling. Both the ways are dependent on the NEET score/percentile of the candidate and the availability of seats. After that, the preference is given according to the choice of colleges the candidate selected during the Assam NEET counselling form filling process.

Yes, candidates can participate in both the national level NEET counselling for the 15 per cent All India Quota (AIQ) seats and the 85 per cent State Quota seats. However, if a candidate has already joined an institute, then he or she will no longer be eligible to participate in other state/national level counselling. Moreover, they will also not be eligible to participate for the next round of NEET state counselling once they join an institute.

The Assam NEET UG counselling registration process is conducted in an online mode by the Directorate of Medical Education (DME Assam). Once the registration and application process begins, candidates have to visit the counselling website and follow the steps given below:

• Visit the official website of Assam NEET Counselling - dme.assam.gov.in
• Click on the Admission Notice section 
• Click on the link indicating registration for Assam NEET UG counselling process
• Fill up the online form with mandatory information
• Pay the rapplication fee in online mode.

The application fee is INR 500 which has to be paid online, through Credit/Debit Card or Net Banking. 

DME is responsible for allocating seats in the Assam NEET UG counselling process. The DME tentatively allocated 900 for MBBS and 40 for BDS via the Assam across the medical and dental colleges in Assam State, as per last year's data.

Yes, after the declaration of the Assam NEET counselling seat allotment result, candidates will be given the option to upgrade the seat choice. Based on that, the counselling authorities will upgrade the seats based on the choices entered by candidates, in case the desired seat is vacant after the institute reporting process is concluded, additional round of counselling will be conducted. 

The Directorate of Medical Education (DME) Assam will release the seat matrix for Assam NEET counselling 2024 before each round. In the original seat matrix, which will be released before the Round 1, the total number of seats available for admission will be displayed. In the later rounds, the seat matrix will indicate the number of vacant seats for that particular round. The seat matrix will help candidates in the choice filling process. 

In general, the institute reporting process is conducted for three to four days for each round of Assam NEET counselling. Candidates will have to check the important dates carefully and report to the institutes within the deadline. In certain cases, the last date of reporting to institutes is extended. There may be a possibility that DME Assam will conduct institute reporting separately for courses or candidate categories.

The list of documents required for the Assam NEET UG counselling are given below:

·        Assam NEET UG counselling seat allotment letter

·        NEET 2024 scorecard

·        NEET 2024 admit card

·        Valid photo identity card including Voter ID Card, Aadhaar Card, Passport, Driving License, etc.

·        Domicile Certificate

·        Category Certificate (if applicable)

·        Past academic records (mark sheets and certificates)

The list of required documents will be stated by the counselling authority along with the seat allotment letter.

In general, the total duration of the Assam NEET UG counselling is of three to four months. The total number of counselling rounds is also around three to four. On an average, each round is conducted for a duration of one month. The exact durtion will be updated once the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) Assam announces the round-wise schedule of the Assam NEET counselling 2024. The number of rounds may exceed in case vacant seats are left after the last round of counselling. In that case the overall duration or the tenure of the counselling will also extend.