MP Ayush stray round: state-quota BAMS, BHMS registration runs November 3-5

Madhya Pradesh has opened a final stray vacancy round for state-quota seats in Ayush degree courses, with online registration running from Tuesday, November 3, 2026, to 11:59 pm on Thursday, November 5, 2026, on the state's Ayush counselling portal. The round covers undergraduate seats in Ayurveda (BAMS), Homoeopathy (BHMS), Unani (BUMS) and Yoga and Naturopathy (BNYS) left unfilled after the earlier rounds of state counselling, and it ends with provisional admission at colleges on Wednesday, November 18.

A stray vacancy round is the last step of counselling. It is held only to fill seats that are still empty after the regular rounds, either because no one chose them or because allotted students did not join. For a student who qualified NEET UG 2026 but has no seat yet, this round is the final chance in 2026 to enter a state-quota Ayush degree course in Madhya Pradesh. For colleges, it decides how many seats in this year's first-year batch stay empty.

The round runs alongside the national process. The Ayush Admissions Central Counselling Committee (AACCC), which runs the national counselling for All India Quota seats, opens registration for its own Stray Vacancy Round I on the same day, November 3, with registration until November 9 and the result due on November 12. The two processes are separate and run on different portals: the state round covers only Madhya Pradesh state-quota seats.

The round also comes in a year of close scrutiny of Ayurveda colleges. In mid-October 2026, the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM), the national regulator for education in the Indian systems of medicine, withheld recognition from 61 Ayurveda colleges for the 2026-27 session over non-compliance with its standards, and 12 of those colleges are in Madhya Pradesh, according to reports at the time. The lapses cited included shortages of teaching staff, gaps in hospital outpatient and inpatient services and refusal to permit inspections. Decisions of this kind shape which colleges and seats appear in the state's counselling lists.

Peepals calculation: Reports in October said 494 Ayurveda colleges had been granted recognition out of more than 600 operating in the country. Taking 600 as the base, 494 ÷ 600 ≈ 0.82, so at most about 82% of Ayurveda colleges were recognised for 2026-27, and at least about 18% were not. Our calculation from the reported figures.

Short-term: Students have three days to register and must complete document verification by November 6. A candidate who misses either step cannot take part in choice filling, which opens on November 8 once the vacant seat list is out.

Long-term: The number of seats still empty after this round will show how far Ayush colleges in Madhya Pradesh were able to fill their 2026-27 batches in a year when several colleges lost or were refused recognition.

Who is affected: NEET UG 2026-qualified students seeking Ayush degrees in Madhya Pradesh, their families, and government and private Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Unani and Naturopathy colleges in the state.

What to watch next: The state's list of vacant seats on November 7, 2026, and the college-wise merit list on November 14.

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