CENTAC MBBS Admission

According to the eligibility criteria for CENTAC NEET counselling, it is mandatory to appear and qualify for the NEET exam of the current year. In case a candidate has not appeared for NEET, or have not obtained the minimum qualifying marks or cutoff, then he or she will not be considered eligible to participate in the CENTAC NEET counselling or the CENTAC MBBS Admission process. Moreover, the participants should also ensure that they use the current year's NEET scores for the CENTAC NEET counselling process, since the validity of NEET scores is one year only. 

While there is no upper age limit for participating in the CENTAC NEET counselling process, a lower age limit is applicable, as per the NEET UG eligibility criteria. Candidates must be of at least 17 years of age as on December 31 of the year of admission. On the other hand, ther is no upper age limit for participating in the CENTAC NEET counselling for any of the courses. 

Yes, CENTAC follows vertical reservation system for the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) for the MBBS admission process. The percentage of reservation is given in the below table. CategoryReservation PercentageSC16%ST0.5%OBC11% 

Eligible candidates willing to participate in the CENTAC NEET UG counselling process will have to fill and lock the choice of seats based on the seat matrix. If a candidate fulfills the cutoff or admission criteria of the institute of their choice, they will be allotted the seats. The factors which are considered for the seat allotment are cutoff and availability of seats.

The CENTAC NEET counselling 2024 schedule has not been announced yet, apart from the registration process, which is being conducted from July 28 to August 8, 2024. It is estimated that the other events such as release of merit list, choice filling and seat allotment result will be conducted from the second week of August 2024. Based on past years' trends, it is estimated that there will be three to four rounds of counselling. Accordingly, the schedule for CENTAC NEET 2024 counselling will be from July to November 2024. 

Yes, it is possible for medical aspirants to participate in the CENTAC NEET counselling process, in case they belong to any other state or Union Territory apart from Puducherry. In that case, they should apply through the Management Quota. They must also ensure that they do not participate in the CENTAC MBBS admission in case they are already allotted a seat at the national level or any other state level counselling. 

According to the seat matrix released for the CENTAC NEET UG counselling last year, the total number of MBBS seats offered were 1,830. On the other hand, the total number of BDS seats offered was 200. The course-wise intake may change this year. The actual number of seats for CENTAC NEET 2024 counselling will be updated here as and when it will be announced by the counselling authorities through the seat matrix. 

The CENTAC NEET counselling process will be conducted in online mode. The official website of CENTAC is centacpuducherry.in. This is a common website for the admission or counselling process conducted across streams or courses such as Medical, Engineering, Architecture, among others. Candidates willing to participate in the CENTAC MBBS admission or other courses through NEET, will have to visit the official website CENTAC Puducherry and follow the due course of action. 

Some of the top colleges for CENTAC NEET UG counselling include Indira Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Sri Venkateshwaraa Dental College, Puducherry, Rajiv Gandhi Ayurvedic Medical College, Mahe and Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research (RIVER), among others.