GMC, OMC, ESI, KMC Top Choices in Telangana MBBS Counselling

Hyderabad: The trend of Gandhi Medical College being selected first continued, followed by Osmania Medical College (OMC), ESI, Kakatiya (KMC), Mahbubnagar and Nizamabad medical colleges in the first phase of MBBS counselling for the 2026-27 academic year. All additional seats that the state received for the academic year will be filled, officials said.

Dr Nagarjuna Reddy, registrar, Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS), said, “Every year the trend is the same. GMC, OMC get filled first and followed by ESI, KMC, Mahbubnagar and Nizamabad.”

According to the first-phase allotment list released by the health university, Kompella Sai Gayatri Tejo Arunima, who secured 83rd rank in the All India NEET rankings and tooped the state, and Mamidi Chaitanya, ranked 158th, opted for Gandhi Medical College. Seven candidates with ranks within the top 2,000 also secured seats at the Gandhi Medical College. The first seat at Osmania Medical College went to Erukulla Abhiram, who secured an All India rank of 1,064.

The difference was also visible in the open-category cut-offs. At Gandhi Medical College, open general seats were filled by candidates up to NEET rank of around 7,535, while Osmania Medical Colleg offered an open-category seat up to around 18,251.

Among other government medical colleges, students continued to prefer older and established institutions. Kakatiya Medical College in Warangal recorded an open-category cut-off of around 28,872, followed by Nizamabad at 45,643, Mahbubnagar at 55,151 and Siddipet at 60,339.

In contrast, the cut-offs dropped sharply in newer district medical colleges. Open-category seats were available up to around 1.35 lakh rank in Komuram Bheem Asifabad, 1.31 lakh in Jayashankar Bhupalpally and 1.35 lakh in Gadwal.