Sri Vijaya Puram, August 11: Candidates seeking admission to professional, technical and non-technical courses reserved for students of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands at mainland institutions will appear for counselling on August 20, with seats across undergraduate, lateral-entry and postgraduate programmes available for allotment for the 2026-27 academic session.
The counselling will begin at 10 a.m. at the auditorium of Tagore Government College of Education (TGCE), Sri Vijaya Puram. The administration has said no claim or objection was received within the stipulated period against the provisional merit lists for BDS, BAMS, BHMS, MBBS (Malayalee Origin) and BAMS (Malayalee Origin). The provisional merit lists for these courses will therefore be treated as final.
The counselling will cover 18 listed course categories, including regular seats as well as surrendered or vacant seats in B.Ed., B.E./B.Tech. lateral-entry and postgraduate programmes.
The seats available include one MBBS (Malayalee Origin), one B.Sc. Agriculture (Malayalee Origin), two General Nursing and Midwifery (Malayalee Origin), two B.Sc. Nursing, eight B.Sc. Agriculture, five B.Sc. Horticulture, two B.F.Sc., two B.Tech. Fisheries Engineering, two B.Tech. Biotechnology, one B.Tech. Food Technology, two B.A.L.L.B. and 10 General Nursing and Midwifery seats.
The counselling will also include four surrendered or vacant B.Ed. seats at Bhopal; one vacant B.E./B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering lateral-entry seat; two B.E./B.Tech. Electronics and Communication Engineering lateral-entry seats; one B.E./B.Tech. Civil Engineering lateral-entry seat; and one B.E./B.Tech. Electrical and Electronics lateral-entry seat.
A total of 12 surrendered or vacant postgraduate seats will also be considered. These cover MBA in Business Administration, MBA in Tourism, M.Sc. Ecology, M.Sc. Environmental Science, M.Sc. Physics, MA Economics, MA History, MA Hindi, MA Philosophy, MA Anthropology and MA Sanskrit.
Candidates whose names appear in the final merit list for the respective courses must attend the counselling in person. They have been asked to bring their original educational qualification certificates and testimonials, five passport-size photographs, two permanency certificates for sureties and other documents supporting their category.
The administration has specified the order in which surrendered or vacant seats will be allotted. Such seats in B.Ed., B.E./B.Tech. lateral entry and postgraduate courses will first be offered within the respective categories from which the seats were surrendered. If seats remain unutilised, they will be allotted to Category-V candidates according to merit.
If seats continue to remain vacant, fresh eligible candidates present at the counselling will also be considered for allotment according to merit. Such candidates interested in the surrendered or vacant seats have also been asked to attend the counselling with all required original testimonials.
Candidates have been cautioned that no subsequent claim will be entertained from anyone who fails to appear in person or does not produce the required original certificates at the time of counselling or selection, irrespective of their merit.
