Odisha NEET Counselling

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 candidateiii. 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.

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. 

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.