Physiotherapy School & Centre, Topiwala National Medical College

Physiotherapy School & Centre, Topiwala National Medical College was established in a small room in the old building with Shri M.L. Chainani, a graduate of the first Batch of Physiotherapy in India in 1956. Initially the Department provided patient services. The Department has developed over years from its budding stage, to a full-fledged teaching and treatment centre. The Physiotherapy School started the Masters in Physiotherapy course affiliated to Bombay University from 1981 and subsequently to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences from 2000 (Intake Capacity of 10 students). The Bachelors in Physiotherapy course of this Institute commenced in 1990 (Intake Capacity of 10 students), affiliated to the Bombay University and subsequently to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences in 1998.

Physiotherapy School & Centre, Topiwala National Medical College Infrastructure

Classrooms: Spacious and well-equipped classrooms for lectures and theoretical learning.

Laboratories: Physiotherapy School & Centre, Topiwala National Medical College have anatomy and physiology labs, as well as specialized labs for practical training in therapeutic exercises, electrotherapy, and other physiotherapy techniques.

Library: A well-stocked library with textbooks, reference materials, and journals related to physiotherapy and allied health sciences.

Physiotherapy Equipment: Physiotherapy School & Centre, Topiwala National Medical College have a range of modern physiotherapy equipment such as ultrasound machines, electrical stimulation devices, traction units, and exercise machines to facilitate hands-on training.

Auditorium: An auditorium or seminar hall for conferences, workshops, and guest lectures.

Hostel Facilities: The college provide separate hostels for girls and boys with well ventilated rooms and attached toilets on every floor.

Sports Facilities: Physical fitness is often emphasized in physiotherapy education, so college have sports facilities for students to engage in physical activities.

Computer Labs: Equipped with necessary software for research, presentations, and data analysis.

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PROCEDURE FOR ADMISSION TO HEALTH SCIENCE COURSES AT GOVERNMENT / CORPORATION COLLEGES FOR MAHARASHTRA STATE QUOTA AND UNAIDED PRIVATE /MINORITY COLLEGES: NEET-UG 2024

Information Brochure NEETUG 23 of Preference System for admission to Health Science Courses in State Government/Corporation/ Private & Minority Colleges click here

Commissioner, State CET CELL, Mumbai Common counseling MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BHMS/BUMS/BPTh/ BOTh/BASLP/BP&O/B.Sc (Nursing) for admission to Health Science course in all Government / Corporation / Government Aided / Government Unaided / Minority Institutions on the basis of merit list of the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET-UG) In order to be eligible for admission to Health Science Courses for a particular academic year, it shall be necessary for a candidate to obtain minimum marks in ‘National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test’ held for the said academic year, besides obtaining minimum prescribed marks at the qualifying examination as prescribed by respective central council.

No candidate who has failed to obtain the minimum eligibility marks as prescribed by the respective Central Council shall be admitted to respective Course in the said academic year. All admissions to Health Science courses within the respective categories shall be based solely on merit (AIR) in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test.

Application process and provisional Merit list :-

The Commissioner, State CET CELL, Mumbai will conduct the admission process for all the Health Science courses in the State of Maharashtra. Online applications will be invited from eligible candidate(s) for admission to all Government/Corporation, Private & Minority Colleges. Online application form will be made available on website www.mahacet.org.The Competent Authority will prepare and publish the State MeritList on website of State CET Cell as per schedule.

Admission processing Fee:

ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION TO HEALTH SCIENCE DEGREE COURSES :-

• The candidate must be an Indian National.
• Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Candidate will be eligible for Government / Corporation / Government Aided / Private unaided college for academic year 2020-21 on words. Provided such candidate have passed 10th& 12th from the State of Maharashtra and should be domicile of Maharashtra or staying in state of Maharashtra for minimum period of 10 years
• Eligibility for Institutional Quota :- Eligibility for Institutional Quota :- Any eligible candidates on All India basis can be admitted including non-Resident Indians (NRI) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCI), as well as Outside Maharashtra candidate (OMS) who had appeared for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test and declared eligible for admission to undergraduate Ayurveda, Unani, Homeopathy, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Prosthetic and Orthotics and B.Sc Nursing Courses, in accordance with inter-se-merit amongst candidates who apply for institutional quota seats. However NRI candidate will be preferred. These seats will be filled by respective institute by calling application at the respective institutions from all eligible candidates. (As per Notification No. MED. 1016/C.R.69/16/Edu-2 of Medical Education and Drugs Dept. Government of Maharashtra
• Domicile of Candidate: - The Candidates must be Domicile of Maharashtra (EXCEPT :- All India basis can be admitted including non-Resident Indians (NRI) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCI), as well as Outside Maharashtra candidate (OMS))
• AGE:- The minimum age requirement for Indian candidates to appear for NEETUG is 17 years. The Birth certificate indicating name of the candidate, Secondary School Certificate i.e. SSC or equivalent examination certificate or School Leaving Certificate endorsing the date of birth will constitute a valid proof. ( Upper age limit for Admission to B.A.M.S., B.U.M.S and B.H.M.S degree Course – Not more than twenty-five years on or before 31St December of the year of admission in the first year of the course. Provided that the upper age limit may be relaxed by five years in the case of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward classes and Physically Handicapped candidates.)
• For BPTh, BOTh, BASLP & BP & O courses: Passing grade at HSC/12th Standard or equivalent examination is necessary.

CERTIFICATES:-Certificates / Documents to be brought on the day of document verification. (All the Originals & One set of attested photocopies)

DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS TO BE ALLOTTED BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY: for In Government / Corporation / Government Aided / Private Unaided / Minority colleges.

CONSTITUTIONAL RESERVATIONS:

The candidate should have claimed the constitutional reservation in the original Online application form for the State of Maharashtra. For claiming of category, Request for category claim after submission application form will not be granted. During document verification process, if constitutional category claim is found to be incorrect, same will be rectified as per the document(s) available with the candidate. However no fresh claim for constitutional reservation i.e. from open category to reservation category will not be considered. The Caste Certificate and the Caste/ Tribe Validity Certificate:- If a candidate claiming reservation in online application form does not submit online / produce document, then he/she will be automatically considered in open category if otherwise eligible for Open Category

GROUP - I

(i) Scheduled Castes and Schedule Caste converted to Buddhism (S.C.)

(ii) Scheduled Tribes including those living outside specified area (S.T.)

GROUP - II

(i) Vimukta Jati (DT) (A)

(ii) Nomadic Tribes (NT1(B))

GROUP - III

(i) Nomadic Tribes (NT2 (C))

(ii) Nomadic Tribes(NT3 (D))

iii) Other Backward Classes (OBC) including SBC

RESERVATION FOR FEMALE CANDIDATES: 30% seats at the disposal of the Competent Authority shall be reserved for female candidates in all the courses. This reservation shall be for all the categories like SC, ST, VJ, NT-1, NT-2, NT-3, OBC, , EWS, Common, HA, MKB & DEF and will be operated in parallel. If requisite numbers of female candidates are not available, then these seats shall be offered to male candidates of that category.

CRITERIA FOR DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS FOR MINORITY INSTITUTIONS:

• All the seats at Minority College will be filled by the respective minority candidate and if particular Minority candidate is not available then the remaining seats will be filled by general candidates.
• There will be 25% seats of the total intake capacity from Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions shall be reserved for constitutional reservation category candidates as notified under sub section (1) of section 5 of Maharashtra Act No XXX of 2006 Dated 01/08/2006.
• In all private unaided institution, all the seats will be distributed uniformly at State level. There shall be 30% female reservation. There shall not be any other specified reservation
• One percent seats from Open category are reserved in parallel for Orphan category candidate

ONLINE PREFERENCE FILLING PROCESS

1. There will be preference form filling for Round1, Round2,Round 3 and Online Stray Vacancy Round separately. For each round candidate can fill online preference form multiple times before clicking submit button. Once submit button is clicked, there is no provision to change the preference(s).These preference(s) filled for each round will be used for selection of respective round only. Online preferences filled for Online Stray Vacancy Round will be used for subsequent Online Stray Vacancy Round(s)(if any).
2. Online preference form filling process and selection process will be divided in three groups and schedule will be notified by Competent Authority in due course.

• Group A: For MBBS/ BDS courses,
• Group B: For BAMS/BHMS/BUMS courses
• Group C: For BPTH/BOTH/BP&O/BASLP courses

(The selection process for Group ‘C’ is similar to Group ‘B’).

There shall be four or more rounds of selection of candidates, depending on the availability of vacant seats. The selection will be on the basis of merit and the preferences submitted by the candidates for respective round. The choices of courses and colleges, once entered online for the respective round, shall be final and irrevocable. This final data shall be used ins election process of respective round, for the admission to first year Health Science Courses for the academic year 2023-2024.

The College code & FEE STRUCTURE

The College code is a four-digit number with S or N suffix, specific for each college & course combination. Candidate should fill minimum one preference and maximum as desired. It is not compulsory to fill all Preferences. Suffix S indicates State quota (All seats of Government / Corporation Colleges & 85% each in Private Colleges/ Minority Colleges), and N suffix indicates15% Institutional quota in Private Colleges / Minority Colleges. The candidate should verify the fee structure of State / Institutional Quota Seats prescribed by Fee Regulating Authority, before filling online preferences. The FEE STRUCTURE of Private and Minority medical colleges is available on website - www.mahafra.org.

Selection Scheme: Group C (For BPTH/BOTH/ BASLP and BP& O course)

For selection to BPTH/BOTH/BASLP & BP&O courses, candidates who have cleared NEET-UG 2024 are eligible. All such candidates will have to register during the stipulated period as per the Notice for NEET-UG 2024 admission process for the State Quota seats available with Commissioner State CET Cell. Candidate can register before Round 1 and Round 3.There shall be four or more rounds of selection of candidates depending on the availability of vacant seats during subsequent round (s).The selection will be on the basis of merit and the preferences submitted by the candidate. Candidate will fill fresh choices for Round1, Round2,Round 3 and online stray vacancy round separately. The choices filled for each round will be valid for that round only. Choices filled for respective round(s) will not be carried forward for any subsequent round(s) except choice(s) filled for Online stray vacancy round, which will be carried forward for subsequent online Stray Vacancy round(s) if any. For Unaided Private /Minority Institutions remaining seats after online stray vacancy round will be filled by institutional level round. While filling the online preference(s), candidates may kindly note that NEET-UG 2024 merit list will be operated from NEET-UG 2024 rank number one onwards in each round of selection. The online data of preferences of all candidates will be centrally processed at a later date for the selection of candidates for BPTH / BOTH / BASLP and BP& O Courses.

CAP Round1 Process:

CAP Round2 Process

CAP Round 3 Process:

Subsequent Round(s): After Round 3, subsequent Online Stray Vacancy Round(s) will be conducted if seat(s) remain vacant

INSTITUTION LEVEL ROUND FOR VACANT SEATS AFTER CAP Subsequent Round(s) :

1. For Unaided Private institutions, seats remaining vacant after Online CAP Stray Vacancy Round(s) for BPTH/BOTH/ BASLP and BP&O courses will be filled by the respective institute through Institutional Level Stray Vacancy Round(s). For 15% Institutional Quota of Courses other than BAMS, BHMS & BUMS, all seats are filled by the respective Institute.
2. Institutional Stray Round is only for Private Unaided/Minority Institutes and for 15% Institutional Quota seats and 85% State Quota seats remaining vacant after Online CAP Stray Vacancy Round.
3. Dean or the Principal of the Institutions shall carry out the admission of these vacant seats on the basis of inter-se merit from the list of NEET-UG 2023 eligible candidates as per the directions and schedule issued by the Competent Authority, State CET Cell, during the academic year 2023-24.
4. All those candidates joined during Round1,Round2,Round 3& Online CAP Stray Vacancy Round in Govt. / Corpn. / Govt. aided / Private Unaided/ Minority medical colleges and having “ADMITTED STATUS” as on prescribed date are NOT ELIGIBLE to participate in Institutional Level Stray Vacancy Round.

PAYMENT OF FEES: The fee for the course should be paid at the respective college by Demand Draft from any Nationalized / Scheduled Commercial Bank in favor of Dean/Principal of College, as applicable.