MAHATMA GANDHI 
POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES
(MGPGI)
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY INSTITUTION
PUDUCHERRY - 605 006

ADMISSION

B.D.S. COURSE

 

Forty students are admitted each year to the B.D.S. course, of which 29 are from the Union Territory of Puducherry.  The admissions to these seats are made on merit basis by the Centralised Admission Committee (CENTAC), Govt. of Puducherry, through a Joint Merit List.  6 seats are allotted under the All India quota and are sponsored by the Director General of Health Services (DGHS), Govt. of India, New Delhi, through the All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Test.  Admissions to the remaining 5 seats, which are reserved to NRI / Foreign students / NRI Sponsored students, are made on merit, as declared by CENTAC, Government of Puducherry.

 

ADMISSION OF STUDENTS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2008 -09

 

Category

No. of Seats filled

No. of students discontinued

Puducherry Domicile

32

01

All India Quota

3

Nil

Non-Resident Indians / NRI Sponsored/ Foreign students

5

Nil

Total

40

1

 

M.D.S. COURSE:

 

Eleven students are admitted each year to MDS courses in five specialities out of which 4 seats are allotted to the Union Territory of Puducherry.  The selection of the domicile candidates are made on merit basis through Post Graduate Dental Entrance Examination (PGDEE)Five seats i.e.50%  are allotted to All India Quota and are filled by the Director General of Health Services (DGHS), Govt. of India, New Delhi, purely on merit basis.  One seat, which is reserved for NRI / Foreign students / NRI sponsored student, is also filled on merit basis, through PGDEE. One seat is allotted for the Army Dental Corps under Defense Quota for Oral Pathology and Microbiology.

 

ADMISSION OF STUDENTS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2008-09

 

Category

No. of Seats filled

No. of students discontinued

Speciality

Puducherry
Domicile

3

Nil

One seat each for Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Medicine& Radiology.

All India Quota

4

Nil

One seat each for Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Prosthodontics and Oral Medicine& Radiology.

Non-Resident
Indians / NRI
Sponsored/
Foreign students

1

Nil

Prosthodontics

Defense Quota

1

Nil

Oral Pathology & Microbiology

Total

9

Nil

Two seats for Prosthodontics, three seats for Oral Pathology & Microbiology,  two seats for Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, two seats for Oral Medicine & Radiology

 

 

Examination Results