Ophthalmology at AIR 15,381–17,049, SC

Formity, from MCC's Round 1 2026 and 2025's rounds: in Round 1 2026, 40 Ophthalmology seats went to SC students at AIRs 15,381–17,049 (14 All India, 26 DNB). In 2025, 44 SC students in this range were allotted it in Round 1 and another 36 in later rounds.

2025, this range · how Ophthalmology came

Round 144

Later rounds36

2026 so far · Round 1

deemed0

DNB26

All India14

What to do · these seats in the order students choose them

Madras Medical College · All India quota · SC

15,725

₹50,000 a year · bond 2 years, ₹40 L · stipend ₹57,315 → ₹60,264 → ₹63,338 a month · Tamil Nadu

Vijaynagar Institute of Medical Sciences · All India quota · General

16,403

₹1,32,650 at admission · bond 1 year, ₹50 L · stipend ₹56,250 → ₹62,500 → ₹68,750 a month · Karnataka

Sri Venkateswara Aravind Eye Hospital · DNB · General

15,988

₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹35,000 → ₹37,000 → ₹39,000 a month · Andhra Pradesh

Gauhati Medical College · All India quota · General

16,321

₹27,300 at admission · bond 2 years, ₹20 L · stipend ₹55,200 → ₹56,925 → ₹58,650 a month · Assam

Rangaraya Medical College · All India quota · General

16,360

₹60,000 at admission · bond 1 year, ₹40 L · stipend ₹60,823 → ₹61,528 → ₹64,767 a month · Andhra Pradesh

Right: the last AIR in this range Round 1 2026 went to on that seat (SC). MCC Round 2 choices lock 15 Nov, 11:55 PM.

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Every seat in this range, first AIR first (40)Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College · All India quota · General
15,130 · 15,381
₹42,200 at admission · bond 2 years, ₹40 L · stipend ₹92,800 → ₹1,02,000 → ₹1,12,200 a month · Bihar · 2025: 2 of 2 left: 1 to a government seat, 1 to a DNB seat.
M.M. Joshi Eye Hospital · DNB · General
12,460 · 13,718 · 15,477
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹45,000 → ₹50,000 → ₹55,000 a month · Karnataka
Pt. J N M Medical College · All India quota · General
13,321 · 15,499
₹20,000 a year · bond 2 years, ₹50 L · stipend ₹85,050 → ₹90,027 → ₹93,996 a month · Chhattisgarh · 2025: 3 of 4 left: 1 to Punjab's counselling, 1 to a government seat, 1 to another MCC seat.
Sri Venkateswara Aravind Eye Hospital · DNB · General
12,043 · 12,425 · 12,612 · 14,451 · 15,580 · 15,988
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹35,000 → ₹37,000 → ₹39,000 a month · Andhra Pradesh
Dr. Agarwal`s Eye Hospital and Research Centre · DNB · General
10,793 · 15,691 · 15,993 · 16,075 · 16,893 · 17,738 · 18,035 · 18,450 · 18,841 · 19,501 · 20,047 · 20,217
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹48,000 → ₹49,000 → ₹50,000 a month · Tamil Nadu
Medanta The Medicity · DNB · General
12,677 · 15,701
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹65,000 → ₹68,000 → ₹72,000 a month · Haryana
Giridhar Eye Institute Pvt. Ltd, Kadavanthra · DNB · General
15,100 · 15,716 · 15,733
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹53,000 → ₹54,000 → ₹55,000 a month · Kerala
Madras Medical College · All India quota · SC
15,725 · 20,590
₹50,000 a year · bond 2 years, ₹40 L · stipend ₹57,315 → ₹60,264 → ₹63,338 a month · Tamil Nadu · 2025: 9 of 12 left: 4 to a government seat, 1 to a DNB seat, 1 to Tamil Nadu's counselling.
National Institute Of Ophthalmology · DNB · General
13,761 · 15,735
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹90,000 → ₹91,000 → ₹92,000 a month · Maharashtra
Nethradhama Super Specialty Eye Hospital · DNB · General
15,782 · 18,034 · 18,334 · 18,457 · 19,028 · 19,194
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹45,000 → ₹50,000 → ₹55,000 a month · Karnataka
Indira Gandhi Govt. General Hospital and PG Institute · DNB · General
15,913 · 17,206 · 18,830
₹1,25,000 a year · stipend ₹43,000 → ₹45,000 → ₹47,000 a month · Puducherry
Rangaraya Medical College · All India quota · General
15,247 · 15,981 · 16,360
₹60,000 at admission · bond 1 year, ₹40 L · stipend ₹60,823 → ₹61,528 → ₹64,767 a month · Andhra Pradesh · 2025: 3 of 5 left: 1 to Karnataka's counselling, 1 to Andhra Pradesh's counselling, 1 to a government seat.
Vivekananda Polyclinic and Institute of Medical Sciences · DNB · General
15,989
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹61,100 → ₹62,800 → ₹64,500 a month · Uttar Pradesh
Ahalia Foundation Eye Hospital · DNB · General
14,475 · 16,070
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹57,876 → ₹58,968 → ₹60,060 a month · Kerala
Anand Hospital and Eye Centre · DNB · General
16,213 · 20,762 · 21,334 · 23,289
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹55,200 → ₹58,650 → ₹60,950 a month · Rajasthan
Prabha Eye Clinic And Research Centre · DNB · General
14,833 · 16,243 · 16,375
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹45,000 → ₹50,000 → ₹55,000 a month · Karnataka
Assam Medial College · All India quota · General
16,273
₹19,500 a year · bond 2 years, ₹20 L · stipend ₹55,200 → ₹56,925 → ₹58,650 a month · Assam · 2025: 5 of 5 left: 4 to a government seat, 1 to a DNB seat.
Employees State Insurance Corporation Medical College, Gulbarga · All India quota · General
16,317
₹2,55,000 at admission · bond 2 years, ₹10 L · stipend ₹56,100 → ₹56,100 → ₹56,100 a month · Karnataka · 2025: 1 of 1 left: 1 to a government seat.
Gauhati Medical College · All India quota · General
12,988 · 16,321
₹27,300 at admission · bond 2 years, ₹20 L · stipend ₹55,200 → ₹56,925 → ₹58,650 a month · Assam · 2025: 4 of 5 left: 2 to a government seat, 1 to a seat not in our record, 1 to Assam's counselling.
Bangalore West Lions Superspecialty Eye Hospital · DNB · General
16,330 · 17,403 · 17,559 · 17,808
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹56,250 → ₹62,500 → ₹68,750 a month · Karnataka
Vijaynagar Institute of Medical Sciences · All India quota · General
15,073 · 16,403
₹1,32,650 at admission · bond 1 year, ₹50 L · stipend ₹56,250 → ₹62,500 → ₹68,750 a month · Karnataka · 2025: 3 of 3 left: 2 to a government seat, 1 to a deemed seat.
Chaithanya Eye Hospital · DNB · General
16,413 · 18,861 · 20,039 · 20,856 · 22,302 · 23,162 · 23,182 · 23,625 · 23,755 · 23,933 · 24,078
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹57,876 → ₹58,968 → ₹60,060 a month · Kerala
Mohan Eye Institute · DNB · General
16,461 · 17,021
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹56,100 a month in year 1 · Delhi
Government Medical College (Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpyee Memorial Med. Col.) · All India quota · General
16,648
₹72,000 a year · bond 2 years, ₹50 L · stipend ₹85,050 → ₹90,027 → ₹93,996 a month · Chhattisgarh · 2025: 1 of 1 left: 1 to a DNB seat.
Tezpur Medical College & Hospital · All India quota · General
16,718
₹36,300 a year · bond 2 years, ₹10 L · stipend ₹55,200 → ₹56,925 → ₹58,650 a month · Assam
Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences · All India quota · General
16,745
₹20,000 a year · bond 2 years, ₹50 L · stipend ₹42,500 → ₹45,000 → ₹47,000 a month · Chhattisgarh · 2025: 1 of 1 left: 1 to West Bengal's counselling.
Sahai Hospital and Research Centre · DNB · General
16,780 · 19,241 · 19,813 · 20,698 · 21,135
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹55,500 → ₹59,000 → ₹61,000 a month · Rajasthan
Nandadeep Eye Hospital · DNB · General
16,836 · 17,199 · 17,279
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹64,000 → ₹65,000 → ₹66,000 a month · Maharashtra
BIRLA EYE HOSPITAL · DNB · General
16,862 · 20,316
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · Maharashtra
Kodagu Institute of Medical Sciences · All India quota · General
16,891
₹1,45,400 a year · bond 1 year, ₹50 L · stipend ₹56,250 → ₹62,500 → ₹68,750 a month · Karnataka · 2025: 1 of 1 left: 1 to Telangana's counselling.
The Eye Foundation · DNB · General
16,904 · 17,354 · 17,538 · 18,449
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹48,000 → ₹49,000 → ₹50,000 a month · Tamil Nadu
ACSR Government Medical College · All India quota · General
17,049
₹30,000 a year · bond 1 year, ₹40 L · stipend ₹60,823 → ₹61,528 → ₹64,767 a month · Andhra Pradesh · 2025: 1 of 1 left: 1 to a government seat.

Last year at your rank, and this year

Last year, 44 students at AIR 15,381 to 17,049 were allotted Ophthalmology in Round 1. By the last round:

Kept their Round 1 seat5

Upgraded to another Ophthalmology seat: they held theirs and chose Float12

Let their seat go and were allotted another Ophthalmology seat in a later round9

Moved to another specialty6

Let their seat go and held no MCC seat after (11 of them were in a state's counselling)12

Another 36 at these AIRs got Ophthalmology only in Round 2, Round 3 or the stray round.

This year so far: 11 Ophthalmology seats ended between AIR 15,381 and 17,049 last year. This year most of them ended within 1,593 ranks earlier and 1,385 ranks further: about where they did: Sankara Nethralaya, E, AIR 16,046 last year, AIR 15,354 this year.

Ophthalmology seats MCC allotted in Round 1 (General and SC, in the All India, DNB and deemed quotas): 898 last year, 941 this year. All seats MCC allotted in Round 1: 26,889 last year, 28,723 this year. All India quota Round 1 seat matrix: 12,678 last year, 13,522 this year.

Upgrading is allowed till Round 3; a Round 3 seat cannot be upgraded or resigned. Last year's students are not this year's.

Source: MCC NEET-PG 2025 Rounds 1 to 3 and the stray round, by AIR; MCC NEET-PG 2026 Round 1. Tell us if a figure does not match yours.

← AIR 14,318–15,354 AIR 17,199–18,634 →

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Source: MCC NEET-PG 2026 Round 1 final allotment; MCC NEET-PG 2025 Rounds 1–3; fee: MCC's 2026 institute profiles where they print one figure, else the college's or the authority's own (DNB: NBEMS, ₹1,25,000 a year); stipend: MCC's 2026 institute profiles, a month; bond: MCC's 2026 institute profiles where they state it, else the college's 2026 filing . Tell us if a figure does not match yours and we check it with our team.

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