Odisha NEET 2024 Counselling: Spot Counselling Round (Over), Institute Reporting (November 2 & 3), Merit List, Seat Matrix

The official website of the Odisha NEET counselling 2024 is ojee.nic.in. After visiting the website, candidates will have to navigate through the medical counselling portal wherein they will have to register, fill choices and carry out other activities. Participants of the Odisha NEET 2024 counselling will be able to download the important documents such as merit list, seat matrix, imprortant instructions on the official website. 

Odisha NEET UG counselling 2024 for the academic year 2024-25 Stray Vacancy or Spot Counselling round has concluded on November 3, 2024. As many as 100 candidates have been admitted seats in this round, which is supposedly the last and final round. The counselling process had started on August 10, 2024. 

Odisha NEET 2024 counselling Round 3 was conducted from October 7 to October 30, 2024. 

The Round 2 provisional seat allotment result was declared on September 24, 2024, and the final result was declared on September 26, 2024. The institute reporting and admission fee payment procedure was conducted from September 28 to October 2, 2024.

The registration process for the Round 2 of Odisha NEET 2024 counselling concluded on September 9, 2024. The provisional and final merit lists have been released on September 11 and September 13 respectively. The choice filling and locking rounds is being conducted from September 14 to September 23. The schedule for the Odisha NEET 2024 counselling for Round 2 and further rounds have been revised on account of the change in the seat matrix.

The Odisha NEET 2024 counselling process for Round 1 was conducted from August 10 to September 3, 2024. The Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) has announced the dates for counselling. The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) began the NEET UG counselling 2024 for the 15 per cent All India Quota (AIQ) seats from August 14, 2024. 

Odisha NEET UG counselling process is conducted by the Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE). OJEE conducts the counselling process for the undergraduate medical courses, MBBS, BDS, BAMS and BHMS. It is the state counselling for the 85 per cent State Quota (SQ) seats of the Odisha state. Candidates who qualify for the NEET exam are eligible to participate in this state counselling. Even though OJEE is the counselling authority for Odisha NEET UG counselling, the process and rules are inclined as per the Directorate General of Health Sciences (DGHS). Odisha NEET UG Counselling is done by a Committee consisting of OJEE Chairman, OJEE Vice-Chairman, OJEE Secretary OJEE, and three Members  (Additional Director of DMET Odisha, and two other Members).

The annual course fee for MBBS in a government medical college of Odisha is around INR 40,000. According to OJEE, the authority for Odisha NEET counselling, fees to be deposited to government medical/dental colleges is INR 37,950 per annum. Additional fees as prescribed by concerned Govt. Colleges may be collected at institutional level which may vary from institution to institution. On the other hand, annual MBBS fees for private medical colleges ranges from INR 5.5 Lacs to INR 6.5 lakh. OJEE also states, "NRI candidates have to pay four times of the above fees in private colleges."

No, there will not be an OBC category reservation in Odisha NEET 2024 counselling. Such candidates will be considered as open category students for admission purposes. This means, such candidates must secure the NEET qualifying cutoff for the General or Open category candidates as stated by the National Testing Agency (NTA) during the NEET 2024 result declaration. The other eligibility criteria stated by Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) counselling committee is also the same as that applicable for the General category candidates. OBC category candidates are not allowed to claim any special reservation during the seat allotment process. At the same time, such candidates need not furnish any specific documents pertaining to OBC category. 

No, admissions to medical, dental, AYUSH and allied courses in Odisha are done on the basis of NEET scores only. Scores of OJEE or the Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) will not be considered for medical or allied course admission. Hence, candidates seeking admission to medical and allied courses in the state of Odisha must have appeared, or planning to appear for NEET and qualify for the exam as well. Admission to Odisha NEET counselling will be done for 85 per cent state quota seats and is conducted by OJEE Counselling Committee.

Registered candidates who have filled choices for one or multiple rounds of the Odisha NEET counselling 2024 have to follow the steps given below to download and check the seat allotment result:

• Visit the official website of Odisha NEET counselling 2024

• Click on the link indicating seat allotment result for a particular round of counselling

• Download the PDF document

• Find name or NEET Roll Number to check seat allotment status

Based on the seat allotment status, candidates will have to plan their next course of action.

Odisha NEET counselling seat allotment result was declared in PDF format. Following information are mentioned on it:

• Application Number

• Candidate Name

• State Rank

• Category

• Sub Category

• Institute

• Course

• Quota

• Allotted Category

• Remark

The seat allotment dates for Odisha NEET counselling 2024 varies for each round. At first, Odisha Joint Entrance Exam (OJEE) releases the provisional seat allotment result, which is followed by the objection raising or reporting for discrepancies. After that, the final seat allotment list is released. The Odisha NEET 2024 counselling Round 1 provisional seat allotment result was declared on August 25, 2024, and the final result was out on August 27. The provisional seat allotment results for Round 2 and Round 3 will be declared on September 24 and October 15, 2024, respectively. The final results will be declared two days after the declaration of the provisional result. 

Odisha Joint Entrance Exam (OJEE) releases provisional merit list for Odisha NEET counselling process. Candidates are given an opportunity to submit challenges against the provisional merit list. Based on the challenges or objections, OJEE will prepare and release a final merit list. Only those candidates whose names will appear in the Odisha NEET counselling final merit list will be eligible to participate in the state counselling process. 

The Odisha NEET counselling merit list is prepared based on the NEET rank secured by registered candidates. At first, the list of Odisha domicile candidates are sorted out. After this, State Rank is allotted based on their NEET All India Rank. On the basis of the State Ranks, the candidate names are arranged in descending order (the highest to the lowest rank).  

The following information are provided on the Odisha NEET counselling merit list:

• Candidate Name
• Application Number
• Domicile
• Category
• NEET 2024 All India Rank
• State Rank

The Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) or the counselling authority of the state will allot the medical or dental seats based on two factors. First, candidates'NEET score/rank and the choice filled by them. If candidates' preferred seats are available, then it is allotted to them. In case the first preferred seat is already allotted to a candidate with a higher rank, then his/her next available preference is allotted. Candidates have the option to accept or upgrade the seat available to them. 

The registration or application process for Odisha NEET counselling process is completely online. The step by step procedure is given below:

1. Visit the official website of Odisha NEET counselling 2024 - ojee.nic.in
2. Register online using a valid email ID, phone number and NEET 2024 roll number 
3. Log in using credentials generated while registering online
4. Complete the application form for Odisha NEET 2024 counselling
5. Upload scanned images of photograph, signature and thumb impression
6. Paying the application fee online and submitting the application
7. Taking a print of the filled Odisha NEET counselling 2024 application form.

The registration fee for Odisha NEET counselling process is same for all candidate categories. Based on last year's data, the application fee for Odisha NEET counselling process was INR 1,000. It is expected that the amount will remain the same this year as well. In case it is changed, the updated amount will be mentioned here. The application fee has to be paid in online mode only, i.e. through Credit Card, Debit Card and Net Banking. 

Yes, candidates belonging to states other than Odisha are eligible to participate in the Odisha NEET counselling process. However, while registering, they need to select their category as NRI, and not Odisha domicile, Based on this, their admission process through Odisha NEET counselling will take place. 

NTA re-released the NEET cutoff for 2024 on July 26, 2024, which states that two marks is reduced for each category as compared to the original NEET 2024 cutoff released on June 4, on the day of the result. As compared to last year, there has been an increase in the NEET cutoff across categories. The following table brings the NEET 2024 cutoff.

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.

Odisha Joint Entrance Exam (OJEE) will state the eligibility criteria to participate in the Odisha NEET counselling 2024 along with the announcement of the state counselling process. The criteria are given below.

•    Candidates must be of 17 years of age as on 31.12.2024 and there will be no upper age limit.

•    Candidates must be permanent natives of Odisha, or Children of All India Civil Service officers serving in state of Odisha cadre. 

•    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.

•    Candidates must have qualified for NEET 2024.

The eligibility criteria for NRI candidates to participate in the OJEE NEET 2024 counselling process are given below:

1. The NRI candidates, who have qualified the NEET UG 2024, are eligible.

2. NRI means the children or wards of a person of Indian origin residing outside India. Such candidates have to submit the following documents in support of NRI.

i. Documents claiming that the sponsorer is an NRI (Passport, Visa of the sponsorer)

ii. Relation of NRI with the candidate

iii. Affidavit from the sponsorer that he/ She will sponsor the entire course fee of the candidate duly notarized.

iv. Embassy Certificate of the Sponsorer (Certificate from the Consulate).

The merit list refers to the list of candidates belonging to the state, who will qualify for NEET 2024. The provisional and final merit list for Odisha NEET 2024 counselling will be released separately. The Odisha NEET 2024 counselling Round 1 provisional merit list was declared on August 18, 2024, 5 PM. Candidates could submit queries or challenge the provisional merit list, based on which the final merit list will be out. The last date to submit queries was August 19, 2024, till 5 PM. The final merit list was out on August 20, 2024. The Odisha NEET counselling 2024 Round 2 provisional and final merit lists were declared on September 11 and September 13 respectively. The Odisha NEET 2024 counselling Round 3 merit list will be declared on October 9, 2024, 5 PM.

Registration for Odisha NEET 2024 counselling is conducted separately for each round. The registration process for Round 1 was  conducted from August 10, 2024 to August 14, 2024. The registration process for Odisha NEET counselling 2024 is completely online. Only those candidates who qualified for NEET 2024 and fulfill other eligibility criteria can register and participate for the Odisha NEET counselling 2024.  The Round 2 registration was conducted from September 8 to September 9, 2024. The registration process for third round of Odisha NEET 2024 counselling is scheduled from October 7 to October 8, 2024.