<p>The last seat was in a medical college in Chitradurga. <br /><br />In all, 598 medical seats were filled in two days by the COMED-K. However, minority medical colleges that are a part of the consortium were able to fill only four seats of the 73 available in the State. Of these seats, 53 are for Christian minority and 20 for Tulu minority. These seats are currently reserved only for Karnataka students. <br /><br />“We will be expecting the seats to be filled in the second round of counselling set to begin on August 8 2009. The seats will be up for grabs on a preferential basis, first for the Minority community in the state and then for the same community from outside Karnataka,” said COMED-K officials. <br /><br />For parents of students who could not get a medical seat, the next preferred option were BDS seats. “Earlier, when fewer dental seats were available in the country, there was more demand for the course in Karnataka. But with dental colleges mushrooming across North India, the demand has fallen in the past couple of years,” said Dr Ashok, the officiating COMED-K personnel for the counselling this year. <br /><br />On day two of the COMED-K counselling, a total of 4,395 students confirmed their interest for the Medical and Dental seats. <br /><br />Fake certificates<br /><br />Meanwhile, three more fake certificates surfaced at the counselling centre, adding to the 13 reported on the first day. “They were minor cases. In one case, the candidate had fudged the date of birth in his certificate. He had first used a whitener on the original and then taken a photocopy. On this photocopy he scribbled his year of birth as 1989 instead of 1986,” said Dr Ashok. <br /><br />While the authorities believe that they have controlled the number of fake certificate cases to a minimum, it has not yet been eradicated. <br /><br />“We have used latest possible technology to ensure that even our seat confirmation cards are not tampered with. There are watermarks on these chits which will only show under ultraviolet light,” said Dr Ashok.<br /><br />However, COMED-K believes the worst is yet to come. “The ‘Acid Test’ will be day after tomorrow when the counselling for the Engineering seats begins,” Dr Ashok admitted. <br /><br />There have been a total of 16 fake certificate cases found by the COMED-K officials till the end of the first round of Medical seat counselling.<br /><br /></p>
<p>The last seat was in a medical college in Chitradurga. <br /><br />In all, 598 medical seats were filled in two days by the COMED-K. However, minority medical colleges that are a part of the consortium were able to fill only four seats of the 73 available in the State. Of these seats, 53 are for Christian minority and 20 for Tulu minority. These seats are currently reserved only for Karnataka students. <br /><br />“We will be expecting the seats to be filled in the second round of counselling set to begin on August 8 2009. The seats will be up for grabs on a preferential basis, first for the Minority community in the state and then for the same community from outside Karnataka,” said COMED-K officials. <br /><br />For parents of students who could not get a medical seat, the next preferred option were BDS seats. “Earlier, when fewer dental seats were available in the country, there was more demand for the course in Karnataka. But with dental colleges mushrooming across North India, the demand has fallen in the past couple of years,” said Dr Ashok, the officiating COMED-K personnel for the counselling this year. <br /><br />On day two of the COMED-K counselling, a total of 4,395 students confirmed their interest for the Medical and Dental seats. <br /><br />Fake certificates<br /><br />Meanwhile, three more fake certificates surfaced at the counselling centre, adding to the 13 reported on the first day. “They were minor cases. In one case, the candidate had fudged the date of birth in his certificate. He had first used a whitener on the original and then taken a photocopy. On this photocopy he scribbled his year of birth as 1989 instead of 1986,” said Dr Ashok. <br /><br />While the authorities believe that they have controlled the number of fake certificate cases to a minimum, it has not yet been eradicated. <br /><br />“We have used latest possible technology to ensure that even our seat confirmation cards are not tampered with. There are watermarks on these chits which will only show under ultraviolet light,” said Dr Ashok.<br /><br />However, COMED-K believes the worst is yet to come. “The ‘Acid Test’ will be day after tomorrow when the counselling for the Engineering seats begins,” Dr Ashok admitted. <br /><br />There have been a total of 16 fake certificate cases found by the COMED-K officials till the end of the first round of Medical seat counselling.<br /><br /></p>
