Orthopaedics at AIR 18,380–19,635, EWS

Formity, from MCC's Round 1 2026 and 2025's rounds: in Round 1 2026, 40 Orthopaedics seats went to EWS students at AIRs 18,380–19,635 (4 All India, 33 DNB, 3 deemed). In 2025, 48 EWS students in this range were allotted it in Round 1 and another 17 in later rounds.

2025, this range · how Orthopaedics came

Round 148

Later rounds17

2026 so far · Round 1

deemed3

DNB33

All India4

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

Vijaynagar Institute of Medical Sciences · All India quota · EWS

18,451

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

Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda · All India quota · EWS

18,943

₹39,000 a year · bond 2 years, ₹40 L · stipend ₹50,000 → ₹60,000 → ₹65,000 a month · Himachal Pradesh

Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences · All India quota · EWS

19,015

₹1,36,050 a year · bond 1 year, ₹50 L · stipend ₹56,250 → ₹62,500 → ₹68,750 a month · Karnataka

Khan Bahadur Bhabha Hospital · DNB · EWS

18,898

₹1,25,000 a year · bond 1 year, ₹50 L · stipend ₹64,026 → ₹64,587 → ₹64,587 a month · Maharashtra

Silchar Medical College · All India quota · EWS

19,096

₹2,481 a year · bond 2 years, ₹20 L · stipend ₹55,200 → ₹56,925 → ₹58,650 a month · Assam

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

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Every seat in this range, first AIR first (40)Ganga Medical Centre and Hospital · DNB · General
12,353 · 12,584 · 13,710 · 16,751 · 17,050 · 18,380 · 18,917 · 19,356 · 19,740 · 19,827 · 19,876 · 20,007 · 20,162 · 20,352 · 20,387 · 20,913 · 20,930 · 20,950 · 21,033 · 21,146 · 21,167
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹50,000 → ₹55,000 → ₹60,000 a month · Tamil Nadu
Apollo Hospital, Chennai · DNB · General
18,406 · 21,616 · 21,646 · 22,143
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹48,000 → ₹49,500 → ₹50,000 a month · Tamil Nadu
Vijaynagar Institute of Medical Sciences · All India quota · EWS
18,451
₹1,32,650 at admission · bond 1 year, ₹50 L · stipend ₹56,250 → ₹62,500 → ₹68,750 a month · Karnataka · 2025: 5 of 5 left: 3 to a government seat, 2 to Karnataka's counselling.
Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences · DNB · General
18,525 · 23,826
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹67,968 → ₹67,968 → ₹67,968 a month · Punjab
Jupiter Hospital · DNB · General
18,545 · 20,032 · 21,271
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹66,100 → ₹67,800 → ₹69,500 a month · Maharashtra
Medanta The Medicity · DNB · General
18,694 · 22,149
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹65,000 → ₹68,000 → ₹72,000 a month · Haryana
Ruby Hall Clinic · DNB · General
17,394 · 18,777
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹89,698 → ₹90,489 → ₹91,279 a month · Maharashtra
Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital, 29/P2 · DNB · General
18,130 · 18,822 · 20,269 · 22,327
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹56,250 → ₹62,500 → ₹68,750 a month · Karnataka
Porwal Hospital · DNB · General
18,823 · 21,224 · 21,785
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹60,000 → ₹65,000 → ₹70,000 a month · Rajasthan
Metro Heart Institute with Multispecialty · DNB · General
18,879 · 20,349
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹90,208 → ₹92,942 → ₹95,676 a month · Haryana
Khan Bahadur Bhabha Hospital · DNB · EWS
18,898
₹1,25,000 a year · bond 1 year, ₹50 L · stipend ₹64,026 → ₹64,587 → ₹64,587 a month · Maharashtra
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal · deemed, self-financed · General
18,913 · 19,573 · 22,833 · 28,527 · 30,118 · 32,431 · 32,582 · 34,264 · 34,962 · 36,367 · 36,396 · 36,773 · 36,962
₹28,63,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹56,250 a month in year 1 · Karnataka · 2025: 7 of 12 left: 4 to a deemed seat, 1 to Uttarakhand's counselling, 1 to Punjab's counselling.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda · All India quota · EWS
18,943
₹39,000 a year · bond 2 years, ₹40 L · stipend ₹50,000 → ₹60,000 → ₹65,000 a month · Himachal Pradesh · 2025: 2 of 2 left: 1 to Madhya Pradesh's counselling, 1 to a government seat.
Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad · DNB · General
18,959 · 26,347 · 26,714 · 27,348
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹50,686 → ₹53,503 → ₹56,319 a month · Telangana
Tata Main Hospital · DNB · General
17,412 · 17,876 · 18,974 · 20,089 · 20,261 · 21,230
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹52,000 → ₹53,500 → ₹55,000 a month · Jharkhand
Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore · deemed, self-financed · General
18,992 · 19,708 · 24,970 · 26,920 · 27,550 · 29,904 · 30,446 · 30,526 · 30,824
₹28,63,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹56,250 a month in year 1 · Karnataka · 2025: 4 of 7 left: 3 to a deemed seat, 1 to a government seat.
Sheth Vadilal Sarabhai General Hospital and Sheth Chinai Prasuti Hospital · DNB · EWS
18,996
₹1,25,000 a year · stipend ₹84,000 → ₹85,400 → ₹87,500 a month · Gujarat
Government Medical College and Associated Hospital, Anantnag · DNB · General
19,004
₹1,25,000 a year · stipend ₹57,800 → ₹61,200 → ₹64,600 a month · Jammu and Kashmir
Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences · All India quota · EWS
19,015
₹1,36,050 a year · bond 1 year, ₹50 L · stipend ₹56,250 → ₹62,500 → ₹68,750 a month · Karnataka
Silchar Medical College · All India quota · EWS
19,096
₹2,481 a year · bond 2 years, ₹20 L · stipend ₹55,200 → ₹56,925 → ₹58,650 a month · Assam · 2025: 3 of 4 left: 2 to a government seat, 1 to Uttar Pradesh's counselling.
Utkal Institute of Medical Sciences & hospital · DNB · General
16,456 · 19,099 · 20,370
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹72,100 → ₹75,533 → ₹78,966 a month · Odisha
Parmanand Special Surgery Hospital · DNB · General
15,747 · 19,132
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹60,000 → ₹60,000 → ₹60,000 a month · Delhi
Aster Aadhar Hospital · DNB · General
19,144 · 23,655
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹86,429 → ₹87,173 → ₹87,917 a month · Maharashtra
Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences, Calicut · DNB · General
19,274
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹57,876 → ₹58,968 → ₹60,060 a month · Kerala
Dr. B. Nanavati Hospital · DNB · General
15,620 · 16,556 · 19,281 · 19,345 · 19,836 · 21,068
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹86,630 → ₹87,380 → ₹88,120 a month · Maharashtra
J.L.N. Main Hospital and Research Centre · DNB · General
19,299
₹1,25,000 a year · stipend ₹53,550 → ₹56,700 → ₹59,220 a month · Chhattisgarh
AMRI Hospitals, Mukundapur, 230 · DNB · General
19,325 · 26,478
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹55,000 → ₹58,000 → ₹60,000 a month · West Bengal
Ashwini Trauma Centre · DNB · General
14,850 · 19,378 · 22,081
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹67,000 → ₹70,000 → ₹73,000 a month · Odisha
Sadhu Vaswani Missions Medical Complex · DNB · General
19,386 · 19,510
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹90,000 → ₹91,000 → ₹92,000 a month · Maharashtra
Baby Memorial Hospital · DNB · General
19,389 · 20,461 · 20,963 · 20,987
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹53,000 → ₹54,000 → ₹55,000 a month · Kerala
Dr. B L Kapur Memorial Hospital · DNB · General
19,430 · 19,861
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹60,000 → ₹63,000 → ₹65,000 a month · Delhi
Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute · DNB · General
18,100 · 19,438 · 19,746 · 20,118
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹63,000 → ₹64,000 → ₹65,000 a month · Maharashtra
Rajagiri Hospital · DNB · General
19,447 · 23,538 · 25,751 · 29,036
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹55,120 → ₹56,160 → ₹57,200 a month · Kerala
The Calcutta Medical Research Institute · DNB · General
19,607 · 21,775
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹49,885 → ₹53,721 → ₹57,559 a month · West Bengal
Shri Balaji Action Medical Institute · DNB · General
16,536 · 19,635
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹72,000 → ₹75,000 → ₹78,000 a month · Delhi

Last year at your rank, and this year

Last year, 48 students at AIR 18,380 to 19,635 were allotted Orthopaedics in Round 1. By the last round:

Kept their Round 1 seat8

Upgraded to another Orthopaedics seat: they held theirs and chose Float11

Let their seat go and were allotted another Orthopaedics seat in a later round5

Moved to another specialty12

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

Another 17 at these AIRs got Orthopaedics only in Round 2, Round 3 or the stray round.

This year so far: 16 Orthopaedics seats ended between AIR 18,380 and 19,635 last year. This year most of them went 372 to 3,630 ranks further: Sadhu Vaswani Missions Medical Complex, AIR 19,138 last year, AIR 19,510 this year.

Orthopaedics seats MCC allotted in Round 1 (General and EWS, in the All India, DNB and deemed quotas): 1,352 last year, 1,383 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 16,464–18,340 AIR 19,671–20,400 →

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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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