when will the management quota rounds being in karnataka.

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This is a In the ongoing third round of Karnataka state counselling for NEET, in PG medical and dental seats, 335 vacant NRI seats have been converted to the other category. This means that the seats will now go to the management quota  and not the government quota  and therefore only students who can pay up will be able to avail them.



This is a severe blow to numerous PG aspirants who could otherwise have got a seat had the vacant NRI seats been converted to government seats.



This year, 372 seats were allotted for the NRI quota in Karnataka, of which five were filled for PG dental and 32 for PG medical. Three hundred and thirty five seats became vacant and it is these seats that will now come under the other category. In total, there are 2275 seats including NRI seats in Karnataka.



The seats that have now been converted to the other category, that falls under the management quota. And the aspirants are left with little option but to pay through their nose if they want a PG seat.



While students are unhappy with this move, officials in charge say this is by the book  and that management quota seats and NRI quota seats are the only way in which medical colleges can subsidise government quota seats.



Dr S Sacchidanand, Director of Medical Education, told TNM, In Karnataka, we have the consensual agreement between private and government colleges. As per this agreement, 75% seats are given at subsidized rates. The fee ranges from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 7.5 lakh, depending on whether the seat is clinical, pre-clinical or para-clinical. Nowhere in India, 75% of seats at an institution are offered at this rate.



The students are the beneficiary here, the DME further said. Of the 25% seats which are remaining, as per the stipulation, 15% is for NRI quota and 10% is other seats. Now if the college has to give the subsidized fee for 75% seats, it has to charge a bit higher in NRI and other quota seats," he said.



If this is contrasted against Deemed Universities, they have 85% management seats and 15% NRI seats. And these management seats cost between Rs 18 lakh and Rs 25 lakh a year, whereas our seats are between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 7.5 lakh. So this is the benefit students are getting, he added.