ESIC Admission Procedure for NEET 2017

Admission Procedure for under graduate courses (MBBS and EDS) in ESIC Medical Education institutions shall be as follows:

1. All India Quota: 'All India Quota' will be 15% of total available seats in each of its Medical Institutions, Or, All India Quota will be as per the prevailing Central Government's [i.e. Ministry of H & FW] directives for the said quota, from time to time. It will be filled up as per policy, including reservation policy, and procedures of the Central Government.

2. State Government Quota: Based on the location of the ESI's Medical Education Institution, a 'State Government Quota' will be as per the policy of respective States applicable to un-aided non-minority Institutions, or in the absence thereof, as may be mutually agreed to, between the respective State Government and the ESI Corporation from time to time. The Admissions to these seats will be made according to the policy, including reservation policy, and procedures of the State Government concerned, and these seats will be filled up accordingly.

3. Insured Persons (IPs) Quota: The remaining seats after allocation to All India Quota and the State Govt. Quota shall be treated as "Insured Persons (IPs) Quota". It shall comprise of seats 'pooled' together on All India basis from various ESIC Medical/Dental Colleges, as the case may be. The seats shall be allotted to the 'Wards of Insured Persons' (IPs) on All India basis and shall be filled-up through merit cum preference basis, following due process specified below or as may be specified by ESIC from time to time.

4. Methodology for filling up of Insured Persons (IPs) Quota: - Available seats of "Insured Persons (IPs) Quota" in various States will be pooled on 'All India Basis' and allotted, among the wards of Insured persons (IPs). The `guiding principles’ for filling up of 'Insured Persons Quota' will be as under:-

⇒ The Insured Persons (IPs) Quota seats will be filled through merit cum preference basis.

⇒ Reservation policy of the Central Government will be followed, within the Insured Persons (IPs) Quota enumerated above.

⇒ Candidates seeking admission under 'Insured Persons (IPs) Quota' will have to fulfill the following eligibility criteria.

• Minimum eligibility criteria for admission will be as per MCI regulations
• Submit "Ward of Insured Person" certificate issued by Competent/ designated Authority for the purpose by ESIC.

⇒ Prospective/desirous and eligible candidates will be required to appear in an All India competitive examinations in force or any other similar equivalent approved Central entrance test as may be specified from time to time by ESIC.

⇒ After qualifying in such Centralized test, candidates have to respond to the advertisement by the ESIC and, apply for admission under the Insured Persons (IPs) Quota, along with the marks/ merit obtained in the said Centralized Entrance Test, their preference and supportive documents, etc. under three Grown, as follows:

· Group-I: IPs who have been in continuous insurable employment for a minimum period of five years as on 1^st January of the year of admission and have paid at least 78 days of contribution in each Contribution Period (09), during this five year period.

· Group-II: IPs who have been in continuous insurable employment for a minimum period of four years as on 1^st January of the year of admission and have paid at least 78 days of contribution in each Contribution Period (07), during this four year period.

· Group-III: IPs who have been in continuous insurable employment for a minimum period of three years as on 1^st January of the year of admission and have paid at least 78 days of contribution in each Contribution Period (05), during this three year period.

⇒ ESIC will then prepare a merit list for each Group, i.e. Group-I; Group-II; and Group-III, based on the rank/ marks of eligible applicants in the specified test/ merit list for the year, consistent with the reservation policy of the Central Government for preparation of category-wise inter-se merit.

⇒ Candidates will be allotted the seats, based on their merit cum preference of Institution and category, through a centralized counseling to be conducted by ESIC for the Insured Persons (IPs) Quota, as under:

· 1^st Counselling- Candidates belonging to Group-I would be considered for allotment of available seats first, based on their merit cum preference of Institution and reservation status.

· 2^nd Counselling- Candidates belonging to Group-II would be considered for allotment of unfilled/ leftover seats after the 1^st counselling, if any, after the specified cut-off date. The seats would be allotted, based on their merit cum preference of Institution and reservation status.

· 3^rd Counselling- Candidates belonging to Group-III would be considered for allotment of unfilled/ leftover seats after the 2^nd counselling, if any, after the specified cut-off date. The seats would be allotted based on their merit cum preference of Institution and reservation status.

· 4^th Counselling- Seats falling vacant/ remaining  unfilled/ leftover, due to any reason/ after the deadline for joining the medical college, would be offered to balance candidates left out from Group I; II; and III and the allotment of these seats would be based on merit cum preference of Institution. The merit list for this counselling would be prepared from the pool of balance candidates, Group-wise, and the order of allotment of these seats would be to Group-I; Group-II; and Group-III candidates, in that order. The 2^nd; 3^rd; and 4^th counseling would be conducted as per requirement. Any seats left vacant after the 4^th counseling would be surrendered to the respective State Governments for filling up.

5. Unfilled/ leftover seats, if any, after all the counselling as above, will be surrendered to the respective State Government as per the time schedule given by the regulatory body, i.e. of Medical/ Dental Council of India (MCl/ DCI), for inclusion in the State Government Quota, to be filled up as per policy, including reservation policy, and procedures of the State Government.