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Online applications for medical counselling

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Counselling for the courses likely to begin on July 23 at five centres

VIJAYAWADA: Candidates seeking admission to MBBS and BDS courses this year will have to fill online application forms on the website http://apds.ap.nic.in/ntruhs between 2 p.m. on July 16 and 6 p.m. on July 20.

After taking a printout, the application will have to be signed by the candidate and the parent and submitted to the university by post or in person, along with a demand draft and other enclosures, by 6 p.m. on July 21.

Counselling for these courses is likely to begin on July 23 at five centres – Osmania University, Hyderabad; JNTU, Kukatpally; Andhra University, Visakhapatnam; Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati; and NTR-UHS, Vijayawada.

University Vice-Chancellor A.V. Krishnam Raju said at a press conference on Monday that the university had decided to adopt online method for MBBS and BDS together and separately for other courses.

He made it clear that the candidates intending to join these courses should have secured 50 per cent marks both in EAMCET and Intermediate.

Candidates belonging BC, SC and ST communities should have secured 40 per cent marks.

No change in seats

He said there would not be much difference in the total number of seats available for admission this year from last year.

The total number -- 4,100 in MBBS and 1,630 in BDS, of which the university would fill 3,175 and 1,073, respectively – were unlikely to change.

The Medical Council of India (MCI) had not yet accorded permission for the filling of 150 seats in GSL Medical College, Rajahmundry and 100 seats each in Shantiram Medical College, Nandyal and Konaseema Institute of Medical Sciences, Amalapuram.

However, permission was likely to come through for the filling of 150 seats each in the new Government Medical Colleges at Srikakulam and Adilabad and 100 seats in Government Dental College, Kadapa.

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