Thiruvananthapuram: Government medical colleges at Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode are the most sought after medical colleges as per the last rank details after the first round of allotments. The cut-off rank of the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College in the merit quota is 234 while that in the Kozhikode college is 236.
Last rank allotment details of various category in Thiruvananthapuram Medical college is as follows: Kudumbi (335), Muslim (389), Backward Hindu (417), Ezhava (459), Latin Catholic (635), Viswakarma (673), Backward Christians (745), Dheevara (1011), Kusuvan (1510), Scheduled Caste (3299) and Scheduled Tribe (10109).
Kozhikode Medical College: Backward Hind (346), Muslim (354), Viswakarma (391), Ezhava (441), Latin Catholic (771), Backward Christians (1175), Dheevara (1409), Scheduled Caste (2317), Kusuvan (2516), Kudumbi (4115) and Scheduled Tribe (9857).
Thiruvananthapuram Medical College has 200 seats and Kozhikode Medical College 250 seats. For Kottayam Medical College, last rank allotted in merit quota is 334, while in Thrissur Medical College it is 458. The last rank allotted in the government medical college in Malappuram is 500, Ernakulam 532 and Alappuzha 545 in merit quota.
However, there were no takers for newly started Idukki and Palakkad medical colleges in merit quota.
In Idukki Medical College, the last rank allotted in Muslim category was 832 and Backward Hindu 947.
In Palakkad Medical college, the last rank allotted in Muslim category was 827 and backward Hindu 937.
In the only self-financing medical college in the first round of allotment, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Medical College, the last rank allotted in merit quota is 713.
Though options were invited to Co-operative Academy of Medical Sciences, Pariyaram, Amala Medical College, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Pushpagiri Medical College they could not produce approval documents from the Medical Council of India (MCI) to the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE).
These colleges will be considered during the next phases of allotment if the colleges provided all the documents.
