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| 13th
July 2010 / Times of India / Bangalore Edition |
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525 students seal their Comed-K seats
Long Queues On Day 1 Of Counselling
Bangalore: It was a day when many students fulfilled their
dreams — the long-cherished wish of getting a medical
seat in the state’s most-coveted professional colleges.
On the first day of Comed-K counselling for medical seats
at the NMKRV College for Women, as many as 525 students
came to choose seats.
FAMILIAR FACES
In the long queues of candidates and their parents who
were waiting for their turn, there were some familiar
faces. Dr H Sudarshan Ballal, medical director and chairman
of medical advisory board, Manipal Health Systems, came
at 7.30 am for his son’s counselling. Ballal was
seen patiently waiting for his son’s turn at every
counter. “This is the third counselling session
that I am taking my son to. It is an important landmark
in his life. Unlike abroad, children here are not very
independent at the age of 18, thanks to their way of upbringing,”
said Ballal.
Devesh Ballal, his son, had secured rank 30 and was the
second person to choose a seat. Devesh opted for MSRIT.
“Dad is my inspiration. I always wanted to go for
medicine. Two years ago, I got to see a surgery and after
that there was no looking back. I realized this is a profession
that can directly help people,” said Devesh.
Former RGUHS registrar Sachidanand was also spotted in
the queue. His daughter Prajwala Sachidanand Aradhya,
whose rank is 265, has opted for MS Ramaiah. “I
took a day’s leave as she wanted me to accompany
her,” he said. Coming from a family of doctors,
which includes her father, mother and sister, Prajwala
said she always wanted to become a doctor and her father
was her role model.
MALPRACTICES
As many as five candidates were held for malpractices.
Munmun Kumar, Niraj Kumar, Kumar Saurav, Md Muntaka and
Manoj Rajakwere who were caught at the centre were “handed
over to the jurisdictional authorities’’.
While two were caught for submitting fake documents (colour
xerox), two others were caught for impersonation.
CET DELAY HAS ITS IMPACT
Many students came for counselling on Monday as they were
unsure whether they would get a seat in the next round
in CET. “I might get through the casual round. But
it is too risky to wait. So I thought of taking up a seat
here,” said Ronak Raheja, rank 65. Agreeing with
him, the former RGUHS registrar, said, “My daughter
got rank 463 in CET. But she did not get MS Ramaiah. She
might get it in the next round. But we did not want to
take a chance. If CET had completed its procedures, the
crowd would have been much less.”
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