MDS admissions: Internship completion cut-off date extended
Hindustan TimesOn the recommendations of the Dental Council of India, the directorate general of health services has extended the internship completion cut-off date by four months for eligible students for admissions to MDS and dental postgraduate diploma courses for the academic session 2021-22. In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the DCI had requested to extend the internship completion cut-off date from March 31 to July 31 for those students who appeared in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test -MDS 2021 and fulfil the eligibility criteria for admission to MDS and PG diploma courses. There are 11 all india quota MDS seats in two government dental colleges in the state. However, the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences is yet to start counselling for the 85% state-quota MDS seats in government dental colleges and all the seats of private dental colleges.