Sri Balaji Medical College, Hospital and Research Instiutute, Chittoor

State quota · 2025 official — the authority's own documents

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Overview

What the whole course costs

Provisional fee figures — verify against the fee notification. Not included: hostel, mess, one-time admission charges, security deposit (refundable), university & exam fees, books, instruments & living costs. Academic fees only. No Indian fee regulator publishes hostel, mess, one-time admission charges or refundable deposits, so those are not included in any total shown.

Scholarships that apply here

Andhra Pradesh's Post-Matric scholarship (SC/ST/OBC) covers tuition for eligible incomes — at a private college it offsets a slice of a larger fee. Central Sector adds ₹12,000 a year for board toppers in the income band.

Re-apply every year, not once. Full working-out in Paying for it.

Permitted means running on annual permission — not yet fully recognised. Check the latest year's renewal before you count on a seat.

Before you rank it

• →The state-quota seat needs Andhra Pradesh domicile — the certificate format the state accepts. Check yours in the eligibility checker.
• →Category certificates differ by route: central OBC-NCL format for MCC's AIQ, the state's own format for state counselling. One certificate rarely serves both.
• →This seat can carry a service bond — read it as part of the price, not fine print.
• →Fee figures here are provisional — confirm before you lock this choice.
• →Reporting is in person with originals — no proxy. Keep a signed receipt for every document handed over.

What the numbers can't tell you — ask a senior

Five questions worth one phone call before this college goes high on your list. Current students answer these honestly; brochures don't.

• ?Hostel reality — rooms per student, mess quality, and whether first-years actually get a seat or hunt for PGs.
• ?Patient load — clinical exposure is the education. A packed OPD teaches more than a famous name with an empty ward.
• ✓Internship stipend — the state column in NMC's disclosure shows ₹22,527/month (internet-sourced); this college's own figure wasn't disclosed — ask.
• ?Bond enforcement — is the service bond genuinely enforced here, and how are postings allotted? Seniors know the practice, not just the order.
• ?Faculty presence — vacancies in key departments show up in NMC inspection reports and in seniors' complaints long before rankings move.