2AR seats — BDS (NEET, Karnataka) 2026 Round 1
Category 2A — Rural. 16 seats across 16 colleges, from KEA's published matrix.
In short
KEA published 16 2AR seats across 16 colleges and 16 course rows in the BDS (NEET, Karnataka) 2026 Round 1 matrix — 0.6% of its 2,729 seats. 2AR is Category 2A — Rural. What 2AR category means.
These are not the only seats you can be allotted.
General Merit is a merit-open column, not a category column: a candidate from any category is allotted a GM seat if their rank reaches it, which is why GM closing ranks are the tightest figures on this site. So a college showing no 2AR seats is not closed to a 2AR candidate. Read this page as “where seats are reserved in this column”, not as a list of your only options.
Colleges holding 2AR seats
| College | KEA code | 2AR seats | Courses carrying them |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.J. Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore. | D556 | 1 | BDS (1) |
| Bangalore | D104 | 1 | BDS (1) |
| Bapuji Dental College, Davangere. | D661 | 1 | BDS (1) |
| College of Dental Sciences, Davangere. | D662 | 1 | BDS (1) |
| Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences, Virajpet. | D551 | 1 | BDS (1) |
| HKDET Dental College, Humnabad | D444 | 1 | BDS (1) |
| K.V.G.Dental College, Sullia | D555 | 1 | BDS (1) |
| M.R. Ambedkar Dental College, Bangalore. | D102 | 1 | BDS (1) |
| N.S.V.K. Sri.Venkateshwara Dental College, Bangalore | D120 | 1 | BDS (1) |
| Navodaya Dental College, Raichur. | D447 | 1 | BDS (1) |
| Oxford Dental College, Bangalore. | D112 | 1 | BDS (1) |
| PM Nadagowda Dental College, Bagalkot. | D336 | 1 | BDS (1) |
| Rajarajeshwari Dental College, Bangalore. | D114 | 1 | BDS (1) |
| S.J.M Dental college, Chitradurga | D664 | 1 | BDS (1) |
| Sri.Hasanamba Dental College, Hassan. | D225 | 1 | BDS (1) |
| Sri.Rajiv Gandhi Dental College, Bangalore. | D113 | 1 | BDS (1) |
Source: KEA — Dental (BDS) Provisional Seat Matrix 2026, published 07-08-2026. The published PDF. A seat matrix is only true about the moment it was published.
Other categories in this matrix
- GMP (371)
- GM (277)
- 2AG (83)
- GMH (79)
- GMR (52)
- S2G (30)
- S1G (29)
- 3BG (28)
- 1G (23)
- 2BG (23)
- 3AG (22)
- S3G (19)
- STG (17)
- GMK (17)
- GMRH (15)
Columns held by fewer than 10 colleges, and columns whose meaning KEA’s own abbreviations table does not state, have no page of their own — their totals are still on the full BDS (NEET, Karnataka) matrix.