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Eight centum-toppers in State medical, dental merit list

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Counselling to be held from July 6 to 17, announces Health Minister

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ON MERITS: Health Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam releasing the MBBS-BDS merit list for 2009-2010 at the Office of the Director of Medical Education in Chennai on Monday, with Health Secretary V.K. Subburaj.

CHENNAI: Health Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam released the merit list for MBBS and BDS admissions for 2009-10 on Monday.

He announced the names of the eight toppers – six boys and two girls who scored 200 out of 200 in the required subjects in the Standard XII Board examinations.

Karthika Sankar of ARC Kamatchi Matriculation Higher Secondary School; Balaji Prathep S. of Sri Vidya Mandir Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Uthangarai; and Karthikeyan M.A., of SRV Boys Higher Secondary School, Rasipuram, came first, second and third. Devasena N. of Kongu Matriculation HSS, Namakkal; Vignesh S. of SRV Boys HSS, Rasipuram; Karthikeyan T. of Sri Vidya Mandir Matriculation HSS, Uthangarai; Palanisamy V. of GVHS School, Mettur; and Varshini Ramesh of DAV HSS, Gopalapuram, took fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth places.

The first phase of counselling would be held as scheduled on July 6 and the process would go on till July 17, Mr. Panneerselvam said at a press meet at the Directorate of Medical Education. The candidates would be called in the order of merit and allotted seats of their choice, subject to availability of seats and colleges after following the rule of reservation.

Individual call letters would be sent. But those who did not receive them, but were eligible as per the criteria, could attend with original certificates as per the counselling schedule provided in newspapers and the website: www.tnhealth.org

Secretary, Selection Committee, Sheela Grace, said the seat matrix would be displayed at the time of counselling. A total of 14,321 candidates had applied for admission to MBBS and BDS. Of them, 384 candidates were found ineligible for various reasons.

Of the 13,937 candidates found eligible, the bulk were from the State Board stream, while 303 were from the Central Board stream, 20 from the ICSE stream and 58 from others. A total of 533 candidates who had passed Standard XII examination in previous years also applied.

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