Ophthalmology at AIR 20,217–22,371, 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 20,217–22,371 (5 All India, 35 DNB). In 2025, 63 SC students in this range were allotted it in Round 1 and another 39 in later rounds.

2025, this range · how Ophthalmology came

Round 163

Later rounds39

2026 so far · Round 1

deemed0

DNB35

All India5

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

SMS Medical College · All India quota · SC

22,363

₹23,480 a year · bond 2 years, ₹1 Cr · stipend ₹55,200 → ₹58,650 → ₹60,950 a month + DA · Rajasthan

ESIC Medical College & Hospital · All India quota · SC

22,371

₹2,50,000 at admission · bond 2 years, ₹10 L · stipend ₹1,30,846 → ₹1,30,846 → ₹1,30,846 a month · Delhi

Madras Medical College · All India quota · SC

20,590

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

Madurai Medical College · All India quota · SC

21,840

₹1,00,000 at admission · bond 2 years, ₹40 L · stipend ₹54,000 → ₹56,800 → ₹59,700 a month · Tamil Nadu

Employees State Insurance Coporation Medical College · All India quota · SC

21,856

₹2,50,000 a year · bond 2 years, ₹10 L · stipend ₹1,34,379 → ₹1,34,379 → ₹1,34,379 a month · Telangana

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)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
Dr. Agarwals Eye Hospital · DNB · General
19,567 · 20,223 · 21,549
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹52,450 → ₹53,540 → ₹54,630 a month · Tamil Nadu
Sankar Foundation Eye Hospital · DNB · General
19,404 · 20,226 · 21,324 · 21,706
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹60,823 → ₹61,528 → ₹64,767 a month · Andhra Pradesh
District Hospital, Palakkad · DNB · General
20,188 · 20,254 · 23,008
₹1,25,000 a year · stipend ₹53,000 → ₹54,000 → ₹55,000 a month · Kerala
Aakash Healthcare Super Specialty Hospital · DNB · General
19,575 · 20,255
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹80,000 → ₹85,000 → ₹90,000 a month · Delhi
BIRLA EYE HOSPITAL · DNB · General
16,862 · 20,316
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · Maharashtra
M. N. Eye Hospital · DNB · General
19,313 · 20,350 · 21,148 · 21,790
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹48,000 → ₹49,000 → ₹50,000 a month · Tamil Nadu
M R Bangur Hospital · DNB · General
20,373
₹1,25,000 a year · stipend ₹45,071 → ₹48,538 → ₹52,005 a month · West Bengal
KD Hospital · DNB · General
19,428 · 19,608 · 20,474 · 20,496
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹1,00,800 → ₹1,02,480 → ₹1,05,000 a month · Gujarat
Sarakshi Netralaya · DNB · General
19,733 · 20,537
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹49,000 → ₹50,000 → ₹51,000 a month · Maharashtra
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.
Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya · DNB · General
17,561 · 17,572 · 18,436 · 19,549 · 20,635 · 22,330
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹48,000 → ₹49,500 → ₹51,000 a month · Assam
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
Sri Krishna Medical College, Muzaffarpur · DNB · General
20,064 · 20,747
₹1,25,000 a year · stipend ₹82,000 → ₹90,200 → ₹99,220 a month · Bihar
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
RETINA SPECIALITY HOSPITAL · DNB · General
19,460 · 20,790
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹75,444 → ₹77,764 → ₹80,086 a month · Madhya Pradesh
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
Rajan Eye Care Hospital · DNB · General
21,551 · 21,834 · 22,879 · 23,287
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹35,000 → ₹37,500 → ₹40,000 a month · Tamil Nadu
DR SREEKANTH EYECARE AND RESEARCH CENTRE · DNB · General
21,597
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹57,876 → ₹58,968 → ₹60,060 a month · Kerala
Medivision Eye and Health Care Centre · DNB · General
21,677 · 22,518
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹44,075 → ₹46,529 → ₹48,973 a month · Telangana
DR RAMANARAJUS VISIONTREE SUPERSPECIALITY EYE CARE CENTER · DNB · General
21,728 · 24,494
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹60,823 → ₹61,528 → ₹64,767 a month · Andhra Pradesh
Madurai Medical College · All India quota · SC
21,840
₹1,00,000 at admission · bond 2 years, ₹40 L · stipend ₹54,000 → ₹56,800 → ₹59,700 a month · Tamil Nadu · 2025: 9 of 9 left: 3 to a government seat, 2 to Karnataka's counselling, 2 to a DNB seat.
Employees State Insurance Coporation Medical College · All India quota · SC
21,856
₹2,50,000 a year · bond 2 years, ₹10 L · stipend ₹1,34,379 → ₹1,34,379 → ₹1,34,379 a month · Telangana · 2025: 2 of 2 left: 1 to a DNB seat, 1 to a government seat.
Dr. Virendra Laser · DNB · General
22,088 · 22,250
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹48,000 → ₹51,000 → ₹53,000 a month · Rajasthan
Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital · DNB · General
22,155 · 23,440 · 23,523
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹82,500 → ₹90,500 → ₹1,01,000 a month · Bihar
Mahathma Eye Hospital · DNB · General
15,344 · 18,634 · 22,306 · 22,604
₹1,25,000 a year · no bond · stipend ₹48,000 → ₹49,000 → ₹50,000 a month · Tamil Nadu
SMS Medical College · All India quota · SC
22,363
₹23,480 a year · bond 2 years, ₹1 Cr · stipend ₹55,200 → ₹58,650 → ₹60,950 a month + DA · Rajasthan · 2025: 3 of 7 left: 1 to a DNB seat, 1 to Assam's counselling, 1 to Rajasthan's counselling.
ESIC Medical College & Hospital · All India quota · SC
22,371
₹2,50,000 at admission · bond 2 years, ₹10 L · stipend ₹1,30,846 → ₹1,30,846 → ₹1,30,846 a month · Delhi

Last year at your rank, and this year

Last year, 63 students at AIR 20,217 to 22,371 were allotted Ophthalmology in Round 1. By the last round:

Kept their Round 1 seat9

Upgraded to another Ophthalmology seat: they held theirs and chose Float9

Let their seat go and were allotted another Ophthalmology seat in a later round10

Moved to another specialty14

Let their seat go and held no MCC seat after (18 of them were in a state's counselling)21

Another 39 at these AIRs got Ophthalmology only in Round 2, Round 3 or the stray round.

This year so far: 25 Ophthalmology seats ended between AIR 20,217 and 22,371 last year. This year most of them ended within 1,993 ranks earlier and 2,311 ranks further: about where they did: Rajan Eye Care Hospital, AIR 21,272 last year, AIR 23,287 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.

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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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