All seats filled at college offeringfree MBBS edu

Bengaluru: All seats at Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (SMSIMSR), which is offering free MBBS education to 80% of its students, have been filled.
SMSIMSR in Chikkaballapur district has been in the news after it offered its government and private quota seats for free. The college opened this year. Of its 50 seats, 40% (20 seats) are under government quota and another 40% under private quota.While seven seats come under NRI quota, there are three management ones. Seats under government and private quota come without tuition or hostel fees. A seat under the other two quotas costs Rs 40 lakh a year.
But here’s the catch: The MBBS students have to serve five years of compulsory service in any of the free hospitals established by the institution or its allied trusts. The college will pay salary as per the norms. If the students fail to comply with the required service, they have to pay double the NRI quota fee as penalty within six weeks of the college issuing notice on the same.
While the first round of counselling saw a tepid response, the numbers picked up in the second round. There was one seat available in the stray vacancy round, which was also picked up by a student in the all-India rank range of 3.05 lakh. The result of the stray vacancy round was declared on Thursday night. However, sources said many students were unaware of the clauses until they submitted their documents.
The college declined to respond to queries from TOI. According to the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA), there are 69 NRI/management quota MBBS seats that are still not allotted among all the colleges. While September 30 is the last date for admissions, KEA said it will take special permission to hold one more round. “We’ll wait to see whether any of the allotted seats also fall vacant. We will seek permission from the government to extend the last date of admission and hold one more round of counselling,” said Ramya S, executive director, KEA.