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The Tamil Nadu Selection Committee has released the much-awaited merit list for MBBS and BDS admissions, with a record 72,743 applications received this year — an increase of 29,680 over last year. Health Minister Ma Subramanian unveiled the list on Friday, July 25, and announced that both offline and online counselling will commence on July 30.
Offline counselling for special categories — including sportspersons, children of ex-servicemen, persons with benchmark disabilities, and those under the 7.5% government school reservation — will be hosted at the Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital in the Omandurar Government Estate. Simultaneously, online counselling for the general category will also begin.
Key Application and Seat Details:
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Total applications: 72,743
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Government quota applications: 42,315; eligible candidates: 39,853 (13,998 boys, 25,855 girls)
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7.5% reservation applications: 4,281; eligible: 4,062 (1,136 boys, 2,926 girls); seats available: 495 MBBS, 119 BDS
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Management quota applications: 33,692; eligible: 9,737 boys, 18,542 girls; seats available: 1,144 MBBS, 515 BDS
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NRI quota seats: 592 MBBS, 15 BDS
Notably, this year’s intake saw a reduction of 50 MBBS seats at PSP Medical College, setting the overall total for MBBS and BDS seats in Tamil Nadu at 11,850.
Merit List Highlights:
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Government quota topper: Soorya Narayanan S (Tirunelveli) – NEET score 665
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Next in rank: Abhineet Nagaraj (Salem) – 655, Hruthik Vijaya Raja KS (Tiruppur) – 653
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7.5% reservation topper: Thirumurthy V (Kallakurichi) – 572
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Next: Sathish Kumar M (Krishnagiri) – 563, Madhumitha M (Kallakurichi) – 551
The information reveals a trend: a significant portion of eligible candidates are repeat NEET aspirants. In the government quota, 15,119 qualified on their second attempt, 12,354 on their first, and 8,381 on their third. The 7.5% category saw 1,524 succeed on their second, 1,259 on their third, and 859 on their first try. For the management quota, 11,182 cleared NEET in their second attempt, compared to 10,027 on their first.
Authorities cancelled 25 applications following the detection of forged documents, including falsified community, nativity, birth, and NRI embassy certificates.
Health Secretary P Senthil Kumar and Director of Medical Education (FAC) E Theranirajan attended the announcement, during which merit lists for allied healthcare courses were also released.
Disclaimer: This news article is based on details from public announcements and an official press release. For the most up-to-date information on counselling and seat allocation, please refer to the Tamil Nadu Selection Committee’s official channels or contact relevant authorities directly. The reporting herein does not constitute official notification for counselling or admissions events.
