The First Two Rank Holders Hailing From Seemandhra Take Admission in OMC
The ongoing turbulence in Telangana region seems not to have
deterred the Eamcet toppers in medicine stream to take admission in Osmania Medical
College (OMC). Admissions to the medical colleges began all over the state on Tuesday
19th July through the online system.
The first two rank holders hailing from Andhra region took admission in OMC. There
is nothing to fear about the ongoing disturbance in Hyderabad or Telangana region.
Once we become doctors, we have to serve all the people irrespective of caste, creed,
region and nation. OMC has the best faculty among all the colleges and I have decided
to join the college, said topper Himaja.
Vice-chancellor of NTR University of Health Sciences I V Rao and registrar T Venugopala
Rao handed over the admission cards to the first two rank holders to formally mark
the opening of the counseling session on the university campus here on Tuesday,
19th July 2011.
There were apprehensions among academicians and experts whether the students from
Seemandhra region would take admission in Telangana colleges in the wake of the
unrest in the region."We were wondering whether the prevailing tension in the T-region
could force the toppers to ignore good colleges like OMC. But it's heartening that
the students had decided to go ahead with their preferences”, a senior faculty of
the NTR university said.
While those in the rank list were allowed to take part in the online counseling
session from any of the four centres Tirupati, Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad and Vijayawada,
the toppers attended the counseling at the NTR Health University here. Second ranked
Nusum Uma maheswari of Darsi in Prakasam district also chose to join OMC citing
good teaching facilities.
Third ranked Nalluri Snehitha, who attended the counseling in Hyderabad, also opted
for OMC. There are 4,350 seats in both government and private medical colleges.
counseling is being held for 3,369 seats after leaving the management quota seats.
Of the 3,369 seats, 1,900 seats are available in government colleges and 1,225 seats
in `A category private colleges and 245 seats in `B category colleges.
In the dental stream 1,780 seats are available in two government and 18
private colleges. Of these, counseling would be held for 180 seats in government
colleges and 1,116 seats in private colleges under both A and B categories. Officials
said the counseling for the first batch would go on till July 25.
Courtesy: Times of India
