Scenes from NEET 2017: Nervous students, anxious parents, and officials 'tailoring' dress code

Students appeared for National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2017 across the country on Sunday. Approximately 11 lakh aspirants wrote the national-level entrance to get admission in MBBS and BDS. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
Students appeared for National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2017 across the country on Sunday. Approximately 11 lakh aspirants wrote the national-level entrance to get admission in MBBS and BDS. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
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Anxious parents wait while their children are inside writing the exam. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
Anxious parents wait while their children are inside writing the exam. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
(R Satish Babu | EPS)
(R Satish Babu | EPS)
(R Satish Babu | EPS)
(R Satish Babu | EPS)
Parents discuss the question paper with their children after the exam outside a NEET centre. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
Parents discuss the question paper with their children after the exam outside a NEET centre. (R Satish Babu | EPS)
(R Satish Babu | EPS)
(R Satish Babu | EPS)
Sleeves of students being cut off before enetering the NEET exam centre in Chennai. (Romani Agarwal | EPS)
Sleeves of students being cut off before enetering the NEET exam centre in Chennai. (Romani Agarwal | EPS)
(Romani Agarwal | EPS)
(Romani Agarwal | EPS)
(Romani Agarwal | EPS)
(Romani Agarwal | EPS)
Even sacred threads were not spared at some of the NEET exam centres in Chennai. (Romani Agarwal | EPS)
Even sacred threads were not spared at some of the NEET exam centres in Chennai. (Romani Agarwal | EPS)
(Romani Agarwal | EPS)
(Romani Agarwal | EPS)
(Romani Agarwal | EPS)
(Romani Agarwal | EPS)
(Romani Agarwal | EPS)
(Romani Agarwal | EPS)
Coimbatore Medical College students protesting the dress code with a placard saying  'NO NEET' reportedly written with blood in Coimbatore on Sunday.  (Prakash Chellamuthu | EPS)
Coimbatore Medical College students protesting the dress code with a placard saying 'NO NEET' reportedly written with blood in Coimbatore on Sunday. (Prakash Chellamuthu | EPS)
A girl is asked to remove her earrings at a NEET centre  in Chennai. (Romani Agarwal | EPS)
A girl is asked to remove her earrings at a NEET centre in Chennai. (Romani Agarwal | EPS)
Students come out from exam hall after attending NEET entrance exam at Vedavyasa Vidyalayam, Kozhikode on Sunday. (A Sanesh | EPS)
Students come out from exam hall after attending NEET entrance exam at Vedavyasa Vidyalayam, Kozhikode on Sunday. (A Sanesh | EPS)
A parent offering glucose to her daughter who came out from exam hall after attending NEET entrance exam at Vedavyasa Vidyalayam, Kozhikode on Sunday. (A Sanesh | EPS)
A parent offering glucose to her daughter who came out from exam hall after attending NEET entrance exam at Vedavyasa Vidyalayam, Kozhikode on Sunday. (A Sanesh | EPS)
A student cools herself off after the NEET exam. (Romani Agarwal | EPS)
A student cools herself off after the NEET exam. (Romani Agarwal | EPS)

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