Admission to professional courses (MBBS, BDS) is centralized and done by the Centralized Admission Committee (CENTAC), Government of Puducherry.

There is only one college under CENTAC, i.e. MAHATMA GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, PUDUCHERRY which conducts BDS courses. 1. ADDRESS OF THE COLLEGE: Indira Nagar, Gorimedu, Puducherry - 605 006



Phone: (0413) - 2278124, 2279601 to 2279606 (EPABX)



Fax : (0413) - 2271854 , 2278124

Grams : "PONDENT"



E-Mail : mgdch@md5.vsnl.net.in / mgdch@pondy.pon.nic.in

Website: http://www.mgpgi.puducherry.gov.in

2. COURSE OF STUDY: B.D.S.



3. SANCTIONED INTAKE: 40



4. ALLOCATION OF SEATS FOR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES / REGIONS



Of the total number of 40 seats,

a) 29 seats are available to the candidates of UT of Puducherry - which will be filled by CENTAC, Govt. of Puducherry.

b) Five (5) seats are available for NRI /NRI sponsored/Foreign students.

c) Six (6) seats allotted to All India Quota will be filled by All India Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Test through CBSE to be sent by DGHS, Government of India, New Delhi.

d) Special Regional Allocation (Applicable to the candidates of UT of Puducherry only)

Out of the sanctioned intake of 40 seats, 5 seats have been allotted to NRI/NRI Sponsored/Foreign Students. In the event of any vacancies allotted for NRI/NRI Sponsored/Foreign Students, they will be surrendered to state quota which will be filled by CENTAC. Govt. of Puducherry. The Candidates shall contact the Director/Dean/Registrar of the College directly/visit Web site http://www.mgpgi.puducherry.gov.in

SELECTIONPROCEDUREFORADMISSION

Ranking of Candidates

Selection of Candidates for admission to all the Degree courses will be based on the Merit lists prepared by CENTAC, based on the marks arrived at by adopting the 'method of normalization'.

For all Biology-based Degree courses, excepting, i.e. for M.B.B.S./ B.D.S./ admission is based on the marks secured by the candidates in the prescribed subjects in the qualifying examination (i.e. Biology / Botany & Zoology, Physics and Chemistry, including practicals), and 'normalizing' them by the prescribed procedure.



Equal weightage will be given to all the above three prescribed subjects. In case a candidate has appeared in more than one of the prescribed optional subjects, the subject in which the candidate has obtained the highest marks will be taken into consideration for 'normalization' and for calculating the actual total marks, in the prescribed subjects. Wherever separate marks for practicals are awarded, the same will be considered along with the respective subjects, for arriving at the total actual marks and hence the 'normalized marks'.

In order to evolve a common base for comparing the marks obtained by the candidates from various Boards of Examinations, 'normalization procedure' as outlined below will be followed.

(i). The marks obtained by the students in the relevant subjects in the qualifying examination conducted by the various Boards or Authority, shall be equated with the marks obtained by the students in the same subjects in the qualifying examination, conducted by the State Board (i.e. State Board of School Examinations, Tamil Nadu), by adopting the method of normalization.

Under the method of normalization, the highest mark obtained by the students of various Boards in each subject, shall be equated to the highest mark obtained by the students of the State Board in that subject, and the relative marks of other students in that subject, shall be determined accordingly.

If the highestmarks secured by a student of the State Board, in Physics is 100 and the highest mark secured by a student of any other Board (say 'X'), in the same subject is 90, then, both the highest marks will be considered to be equal to 100. If any other student of the other Board (i.e "X") secures 60 marks in Physics, when the first mark in Physics in the same Board (i.e "X"), is 90, then, 60 marks secured by such a student will be considered to be equal to 66.667 marks as arrived at and given below:

After normalization of marks of the eligible students of different Boards, in the relevant subjects, the 'normalized marks' obtained shall be merged into a 'common merit list'..

For the purpose of normalization of marks of candidates from 'Other States', such courses, wherever such quota is available, maximum marks obtained in the respective subjects, from among the various Boards under which the above candidates have actually studied and applied for a particular course, will only be considered.

The Director,School Education, Government of Puducherry, will be the 'designated authority', to furnish the 'maximum marks' in each of the 'prescribed subjects' for the various courses, of the various Boards of Examinations, and furnish it to CENTAC. For the 'normalization Procedure' only the above officially furnished data will be used and will form the basis for preparing the 'common merit list' for the various courses, coming under the purview of CENTAC.

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When more than one candidate have got the same marks in the common merit list (i.e. the merit list prepared after merging the normalized marks of candidates from various Boards), the 'inter-se merit' among such candidates, for each course will be determined "in the order of priority" as specified in

Admission of candidates belonging to Union Territory of Puducherry to professional colleges ( Medicine, Pharmacy etc.) in 'Other States', against the seats reserved for Candidates from Puducherry U.T. of Puducherry, will be coordinated by CENTAC. However, they shall not be required to submit any separate admission application for this purpose and hence, the application/(s) normally submitted to CENTAC for admission. The Directorate of Higher & Technical Education (DHTE), Government of Puducherry, and other concerned Authorities, will be furnishing the exact details of seats reserved in different Colleges/ Courses/ States to CENTAC will be made available to all the candidates, at the time of counselling.

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Admission of the above candidates to B.D.S. will be based on the norms/ procedure prescribed by the respective Institutions offering the above courses (i.e. MGPGIDS & RAGACOVAS), respectively. All such candidates will have to contact the "DEAN" of the above Institutions, for all details, in this regard.