NEET Counselling, Medical Colleges and MBBS seats in Himachal Pradesh

HP NEET UG counselling 2022 dates are announced on its official website. It will be conducted by Atal Medical & Research University, Himachal Pradesh on behalf of HPU, Shimla. After the completion of the counselling process, the merit list for the state and management quota seat allocation will be uploaded to the official website. 

NEET UG counselling session will start on the 10th of October for the All India Quota and the 17th of October for the state-level quota. The counselling is scheduled to be held in three rounds followed by a stray round (offline round and conducted for the seats which remain vacant in the counselling process).

Himachal Pradesh NEET UG counselling will be conducted for 85% of state quota medical seats of Himachal Pradesh. After completing the registration process, candidates can select the colleges of their choice based on their marks obtained in the NEET UG Exam.

Name of Examination	National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (UG) or NEET-UG
Conducted by	NTA (National Testing Agency)
NEET 2022 Exam Date	17 July 2022
NEET 2022 Result	7 September 2022 (Already Announced)
Date of Commencement of online  counselling application	10 October onward (Check official website)
Himachal Pradesh NEET Counselling Conducting Authority	Atal Medical & Research University, Himachal Pradesh on behalf of HPU, Shimla
Total number of MBBS seats in Himachal Pradesh	920 (8 colleges)

Eligibility Criteria for Himachal Pradesh NEET UG Counselling 2022

The Medical aspirants who belong to Gen/EWS (Economically Weaker Section) category are required to score 50 percentile and the candidates who belong to OBC/SC/ST category are required to score 40 percentile in the NEET UG Exam.

Let’s talk particularly about the year 2022. The marks needed to become eligible are as follows:

Category	Marks Obtained
General	117/720
OBC/SC/ST	93/720

NEET UG 2022 counselling process is divided into 3 rounds:

Round 1 –  It is conducted in online mode and all government/private/deemed medical universities’ seats can be filled in this step. 

Round 2 –  It is also an online mode and here also all government/private/deemed medical universities’ seats are filled in this step. This round is almost similar to the first round but with a little difference. Basically remaining vacancies in the first round are carried forward to this round.

Mop-up round: It is also conducted in online mode. It is about filling unfilled seats in NEET counselling during round 1 and round 2 steps. A student automatically becomes eligible for this round when he/she doesn’t get a seat in round 1&2. The mop round is a step in which state-by-state counselling for medical seats takes place.

Himachal Pradesh NEET 2022 Counselling Document Verification

All medical aspirants have to carry the required documents for the verification process. If any candidate is found ineligible to show the documents at the time of verification, his/her candidature may be disqualified. The list of documents is mentioned below: 

• Allotment Letter issued by MCC
• Admit Cards of Exams issued by NTA.
• Result/ Rank letter issued by NTA.
• Date of Birth Certificate (in case DOB is not mentioned in the metric certificate)
• Class 10th Certificate
• Class 10+2 Certificate
• Class 10+2 Marks Sheet
• Domicile Certificate
• Transfer certificate 
• Character certificate
• Migration letter
• Fee payment receipt
• Eight Passport size photographs are the same as affixed on the application form.
• Proof of identity (Aadhar/ PAN/ Driving License/ Passport)
• The Candidate should also bring these certificates, if applicable: SC / ST Certificate, OBC certificate, Disability Certificate, EWS Certificate. These certificates should not be older than 6 months.
• Gap certificate
• For NRI/ OCI candidates appearing for Deemed Universities documents mandatory are a Passport copy of the candidate,  embassy certificate, Sponsorship affidavit (stating that sponsor is ready to bear the expenses for the whole duration of the study), Relationship Affidavit (Relation of Candidate with the sponsorer)

Steps for Himachal Pradesh NEET UG counselling 2022

NEET counselling registration 2022

MCC conducts the NEET UG counselling to fill all India quota seats and state level seat in two rounds followed by a mop-up round. The simple steps for registration are mentioned below:

1. Registration with all necessary details and generate a password

• Visit the official website (https://amruhp.ac.in/)
• Click on the “New Registration” Tab 
• Put your Roll Number, Application number and candidate name and all the required details.
• Set your pin as per your admit card

2. Login 

• Use this credential for NEET counselling registration
• Now you will be shown your details as per the NTA database
• Verify all the information and click on confirm registration

Himachal Pradesh Medical Colleges, MBBS seats in NEET UG Counselling 2022

Sl.No.	Name and Address of Medical College / Medical Institution	University Name	Management of College	Year of Inception of College	Annual Intake (Seats)	Status of MCI/NMC Recognition	Date of LOP
1	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur	Statutory Autonomous, AIIMS (Bilaspur)	Govt.		50
2	Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla	Himachal Pradesh University	Govt.	1966	120	Recognized for 100 seats. Permitted for increase of seats from 100 to 120 under EWS quota (103rd constitution amendment) for 2019-20.
3	Dr. Radhakrishnan Government Medical College, Hamirpur, H.P	Himachal Pradesh University	Govt.	2018	120	Permitted for 100 seats for renewal of permission u/s 10(A) for 2020-21. Permitted for increase of seats from 100 to 120 under EWS quota (103rd constitution amendment) for 2019-20.	31/05/2018
4	Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College, Mandi, HP	Himachal Pradesh University	Govt.	2017	120	Permitted for 100 seats for renewal of permission u/s 10(A) for 2020-21. Permitted for increase of seats from 100 to 120 under EWS quota (103rd constitution amendment) for 2019-20.	31/05/2017
5	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru Government Medical College, Chamba	Himachal Pradesh University	Govt.	2017	120	Permitted for 100 seats for renewal of permission u/s 10(A) for 2020-21. Permitted for increase of seats from 100 to 120 under EWS quota (103rd constitution amendment) for 2019-20.	31/05/2017
6	Government Medical College, Nahan, Sirmour H.P.	Himachal Pradesh University	Govt.	2016	120	Recognized for 100 seats for renewal of permission u/s 10 (A) for 2020-21. Permitted for increase of seats from 100 to 120 under EWS quota (103rd constitution amendment) for 2019-20. Recognized for 100 seats only in respect of the students admitted in 2016-17 for academic year 2021-22	15/06/2016
7	Maharishi Markandeshwar Medical College & Hospital, Solan	Maharishi Marakandeshwar University, Kumarhatti, Solan	Trust	2013	150	Recognized when degree granted on or after December,2017.	14/07/2013
8	Dr. Rajendar Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda, H.P	Himachal Pradesh University	Govt.	1996	120	Recognized for 50 seats. Recognized for increase in intake of seats from 50 to 100, when degree awarded on or after 2015-2016. Permitted for increase of seats from 100 to 120 under EWS quota (103rd constitution amendment) for 2019-20. Renewal of recognition granted for the award of degree to 100 seats when degree granted or or after 2016-2017. Renewal of permission for admission of 120 seats (including EWS quota) granted for 2021-2022.	14/01/1999

What if you do not get any MBBS seats in NEET UG state counselling 2022?

Generally, candidates think that they only have one option i.e taking a drop to prepare for another year. And we know it is very tough to study the same syllabus again. Also, there is no surety that they would get a seat on their next attempt.

The best alternative to this situation is that you can choose MBBS abroad. There are much more benefits of doing MBBS from foreign countries. You can watch the below video: