Eligibility Criteria For Admission to M.D.S Course

Only NEET MDS qualified and registered with Rajasthan State PG Counseling Board candidates shall be eligible for admission.

1. State Eligibility

Degree seats

(i) 50% of the total seats in Government colleges as well as 50% of the total seats in Private Colleges, the NEET qualified candidates who possess the degree of BDS from the colleges situated in the State of Rajasthan and all medical officers/medical teachers serving under Government of Rajasthan are eligible to participate, but on 25% seats out of these seats in Govt. colleges, preference shall be given to the candidates who possess the degree of BDS from the University of Rajasthan / Rajasthan University of Health Sciences; and

(ii) for the remaining 50% of the total seats of Private Colleges, all NEET Qualified candidates who possess the degree of BDS from anywhere are eligible to participate;

Provided that in case during/after third round of counseling, adequate number of candidates having eligibility as mentioned in clause (i) are not available for admission, then all NEET Qualified candidates who possess the degree of BDS from anywhere will be considered as per merit on the seats remaining vacant after exhaustion of the list of candidates having eligibility as per clause (i).

Provisions for Senior Demonstrators: As per Government order dated 31.03.2017 and 05.04.2017, regularly selected Senior Demonstrator working in Non-Clinical & Para Clinical Departments of colleges run by Government, Government Societies and GovernmentUniversitieswillbegivenpriority(inthesamedepartmentinwhichtheyare working) in Non-Clinical& Para-Clinical PG Degree seats allotment. They will be considered only after completing three years of regular service in the same department and qualifying the NEET examination. NOC (specifying service duration also) of the employer will also be necessary.

2. Eligibility(Academic)

Applicable to all categories

The candidate should have

• Obtained BDS qualification recognized by DCI

• Completed satisfactorily one year’s compulsory rotatory internship after passing the final BDS examination.Nocondonationofcompulsoryrotatoryinternshipshallbeaccepted.

• Obtained registration from DCI / Rajasthan or other state Dental Council (provisional or permanent). The candidates registered with other than Rajasthan dental council are required to submit RDC registration certificate within one month after joining, at the allotted college.

• Secured minimum of marks at 50thpercentile (40thpercentile in case of natural born SC, ST, OBC, MBC (most backward classes) and 45thpercentile in case of loco motor disabled for unreserved candidates) in the NEET MDS 2023.

In-service category

• Weightage of Bonus Marks in the obtained NEET MDS Exam Score shall be given to all eligible in-service candidates after verification by Directorate of Medical and Health Department, Rajasthan.

• Other criteria/ conditions shall be as per the Government of Rajasthan norms i.e. service conditions, age etc.

Note:

Candidates must ensure that they have scored minimum percentile in NEET MDS Exam before addition of bonus marks to be eligible for application form filling and registration for State Counseling.