The Hindu group invited me to deliver a speech on medical admission process at The Hindu Education Plus Career Fair 2022 at Chennai. The Hindu Education Plus Career Fair 2022 is a one-stop shop for all students as they transition from school to college. The fair focused on higher education and professional careers. The fair provided career guidance, counselling services and … [Read more...]
Performance of Candidates from Tamil Nadu Improved in NEET 2019?
Here is an article titled "Raising the bar" that appeared in The Hindu newspaper dated 27 July 2019. This article discusses about the huge improvement in the performance of the Tamil Nadu medical aspirants in 2019 compared to 2018. The data is limited to the round 1 counseling for Tamil Nadu medical admission 2019. Status at the end of round 1 counseling in 2018 is compared to … [Read more...]
Interviewed by RJ Balaji
I was invited by RJ Balaji, probably the most popular RJ in Chennai, to share my knowledge regarding medical admissions in Tamil Nadu. RJ Balaji is a very lively and energetic person and his enthusiasm is infectious. I am a great fan of him and felt proud to be interviewed by him. We recorded a 30-40 minutes discussion that revolved around NEET, medical admissions in … [Read more...]
2019 MBBS Cut-off Up By 100 Marks After Round 1 Counselling
This article titled “After Round 1 counselling, year’s MBBS cut-off up by 100 marks” was published in Times of India, Chennai edition on 14 July 2019. The article contains some inputs from me on the cut-off for MBBS admission in Tamil Nadu for the year 2018. “These cut-offs are likely to go down slightly when students opt for upgrade and seats are returned from the All-India … [Read more...]
Medical Cut-offs Zoom in 2018
Here is an article titled “Medical cut-offs zoom” that appeared in The Hindu newspaper dated 02 September 2018. This article compares the performance of the Tamil Nadu medical candidates in 2018 compared to 2017. The comparison is done for both government medical colleges and government quota seats in private self-financing colleges of Tamil Nadu. The above article was … [Read more...]