More than 90% of MBBS/BDS seats in deemed universities across the country remain vacant at the end of the first round of counselling conducted by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), New Delhi. The last date to report at the deemed universities concerned or 'resign' allotted seats ended on July 22, and the DGHS has bgun the second round of counselling for which allotments would be announced on August 8. In the first round, allotments were made until all-India rank of 6,47,124 for available seats.
This year, for the first time, DGHS is conducting MBBS/BDS admissions for deemed universities based on NEET-2017 scores. On Tuesday, when the DGHS published vacancies on its web page, it was found that most of the allotted students had either not reported at the universities concerned, or chose to "resign" the allotment. At the eight deemed universities in Tamil Nadu, offering 1,185…
