All India MDS Entrance Examination 2014

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

All India MDS Entrance Examination 2014

Those interested in admission for Dental PG course can now apply for the All India MDS Entrance Examination to be conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. The Institute will conduct All India Post Graduate Dental Entrance Exam for admission to Ministry of Health & FW/DCI recognized/ approved/ permitted seats of Dental Colleges for various postgraduate courses (MDS). The last date for applying Online applications is 31st December, 2013 (5:00 pm).

MDS COURSES

DURATION OF THE COURSE: 3 years

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

The candidate must be an Indian National / Person of Indian Origin / Overseas Citizen of India Card holders possessing BDS degree from a Dental College recognized by the Government of India under the Dentists Act, 1948 and who has obtained provisional or permanent registration from any of the State Dental Councils after passing the final BDS examination and has completed one year (12 months) Compulsory Rotating Internship in an approved/recognized Dental College shall be eligible.

The condition of one year Compulsory Rotating Internship is not applicable to those candidate who had passed their final BDS Examination on or before 1988 and hold a BDS Degree from a Dental College recognized by the Dental Council of India and have obtained provisional or permanent registration from any of the State Dental Councils.

No condonation of Internship of 12 months period shall be accepted except (i) the students of the batch admitted during the academic session 2007-2008 and have completed 4½ year BDS Course alongwith 06 months compulsory rotating internship and (ii) the students admitted during the academic session 2006-2007 at Rajah Muthiah Dental College, Annamalai University those have completed 05 years BDS Course without internship.

However, a candidate who, after passing the final qualifying examination (BDS or the foreign dental degree recognized by GOI/DCI), is undergoing 12-month compulsory rotating internship/practical training and is likely to complete the same by 31st March 2014 can take up this examination, but he/she shall not be eligible for admission unless he/she has completed the compulsory rotating internship and obtained provisional or permanent registration on or before 31st March 2014 or the candidate produces a certificate from the head of Institution that he/she will be completing internship by 31st March 2014.

The dates indicated by candidates with regard to 12 months Compulsory Rotating Internship i.e. starting date, completion date, shall be treated as final and candidates will be required to submit the original Compulsory Rotating Internship completion certificate at the time of counseling.

The cut off dates for the recognition of the Dental Colleges, from where the candidates have passed their BDS Degree Course and completed compulsory rotatory Internship for the year 2014 will be 31st Oct 2013. The Colleges recognized after this date will not be considered.

Registration with State Dental Councils is necessary and its documentary proof should be furnished at the time of counseling.

Some of the Universities are having regulations that candidates who are already pursuing the PG Course in their University or in another University are not eligible for admission till they complete the course. The candidates who are already pursuing PG Courses either through All India Quota or State Quota and are applying for a seat under All India Post Graduate Dental Entrance Exam may confirm the eligibility conditions of that University in this regard.

FOR INSTITUTIONS OF ARMED FORCES MEDICAL SERVICES: (a) Admission to the institutions of the Armed Forces Medical Services is restricted only to serving Army Dental Corps Officers. These candidates shall tick the option “Serving Armed Forces Dental Officer” in the Application Form. (b) ONLY those serving Armed Forces Dental Officers ticking the above option shall be considered for admission to the under-mentioned Armed Forces Medical Services Institutions: (i) Armed Forces Medical College, Pune (ii) Army Hospital (Research & Referral), Delhi Cantt. (c) A separate merit list of category “Armed Forces” shall be provided to the Directorate General of Dental Services for admission to Armed Forces institutions. It shall be necessary for a Dental Officer to obtain minimum of marks at 50th percentile to be eligible for admission in the “Armed Forces” category. (d) Selection and final admissions to these Institutions shall be made by the Armed Forces Medical Services based on applications by the Dental Officers to these institutions, as per Govt. of India – Ministry of Defence rules and regulations in conjunction with those applicable to the affiliated Universities.

SCHEME OF ENTRANCE EXAMINATION – ALL INDIA QUOTA & STATE QUOTA IN PARTICIPATING STATES : The scheme for selection of candidates for admission to 50 pc postgraduate Dental courses for admission to MDS Courses on all-India basis shall be applicable to all Government Dental Colleges/Institutions throughout the country and no Dental College/Institution shall hereafter conduct competitive entrance examination of its own for these seats on all-India basis, except the States of Jammu & Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh. However, the students having passed their BDS examination from any Institution in these two States shall not be eligible to participate in the 50 pc All India Post Graduate Dental Entrance Exam for selection of candidates against All India Quota seats. In case of, candidates who were nominated by the Government of India to do BDS from Dental Colleges in Andhra Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir shall be eligible to apply for admission under All India Quota, subject to submission of a bond on a Non-Judicial Stamp Paper of Rs. 10/- to this effect. A copy of the nomination letter must be attached with the bond.

ACTUAL NUMBER OF SEATS : The number of seats available for the year 2014 has not been communicated by all the colleges covered under the AIPDMEE Scheme till the time of this Online Prospectus. The number of AIQ seats available in different colleges with their subject-wise break-up, shall be displayed on web-site (www.mcc.nic.in)  / www.mohfw.nic.in  during the period of on-line counseling by the Medical Counseling Committee. State counseling authorities shall display before counseling the state quota seats. However, the state-wise, college-wise specialty -wise seats in MDS Courses shall be reckoned or determined on such date as AIIMS/respective state Government may appoint in this behalf.

CENTRES FOR EXAMINATION : Appendix – I of the prospectus shows the list of cities where examination will be conducted. The candidate shall indicate in the Online Application Form, the city where he/she would like to appear for the examination. The centre of examination once opted will not be changed and any request for such a change will not be entertained. Therefore, candidates should indicate their choice of centre after due care and thought. The allotment of centre/city will be done by AIIMS and will be final and binding. This may not necessarily be that of candidate's preference. The centre once allotted shall not be changed.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING THE ONLINE APPLICATION : Candidate should fill in the online Application Form from item No.1 onwards. Do not leave any column blank which is marked *(asterisk). Please See Help Manual for details of how to fill online application form.

ONLINE REGISTRATION & SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FORM : After selecting the online registration, fill in the details asked for step by step. Deposit the prescribed fee through computer generated challan form in any branch of SBI or through Debit/Credit card. It will be the responsibility of the candidates to ensure that correct address in the Application Form is filled.

STATUS OF REGISTRATION SLIPS RECEIVED : Acknowledgement with regard to successful Online Registration will be forwarded to applicants through SMS. However, the status of Admit Card will be available on AIIMS, New Delhi websites www.aiims.ac.in and www.aiims.edu as well as www.aiimsexams.org after 15th January 2014. Candidates are advised to check position regarding status of Application form on the website www.aiimsexams.org. If the status of a candidate’s Admit Card is not available on website, he/she should immediately contact to the Asstt. Controller of Examinations, AIIMS, New Delhi-110 029 along with full particulars of the Registration of application form by sending a email on exams.ac@gmail.com.

METHOD OF SUBMISSION OF ONLINE APPLICATION FORM :  A candidate seeking admission to the Entrance Examination is required to fill up online application as specified in the prospectus. The online application/examination fee is payable through bank challan/debit or credit card and is non-refundable and no correspondence in this regard will be entertained. The candidate should fill in the online application form as per the detailed instructions given in the Prospectus. The candidate is required to go through the Prospectus carefully and acquaint himself/herself with all requirements regarding filling the application form.

Discrepancy, if any, in the date and time of the entrance examination mentioned in the Prospectus, Admit Card etc. should be immediately brought to the notice of the Assistant Controller of Examination, AIIMS, New Delhi. Complaints received after the examination will not be entertained. In case, any discrepancy is found in the information provided in the various documents, the data provided on the Application will be considered as final for all purposes.

Furnishing of false information or suppression of material information in the Application will entail disqualification and shall render the candidate unfit for admission. If ineligibility is detected at any stage, the candidature/admission will be treated as cancelled and no further correspondence in this regard will be entertained. Further, intimation in this regard will be sent to DCI/State Dental Council, concerned Dental College for necessary action.

Application form/Registration Slip complete in all respects should be submitted online and NOT to be sent to Assistant Controller of Examinations, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110 029.

The candidates in employment may send their applications/registration slip directly to AIIMS, New Delhi. However, they must inform their employer about applying for this examination and further, in the event any communication from his/her Institution/ Department with holding permission to his/her appearing in the above Entrance Examination/admission to the course his/her candidature/admission may be cancelled.

Since allotments of seats are made through on-line allotment, candidates are not required to give their choice of subject and college at the time of submission of application form. Candidate must not obtain or give or attempt to obtain or give irregular assistance of any kind during the examination; this will entail expulsion and cancellation of candidature for the examination.

The rules are subject to change in accordance with the decision of the Medical/Dental Counseling Committee / Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi/ DGHS Nirman Bhawan.

The result of successful candidates with their rank numbers is expected to be declared by the 5th February, 2014 and will be displayed on the notice board of Examination Section, AIIMS, New Delhi. It will be available on the website at www.aiimsexams.org.

The candidates who figure in the merit list are required to download the Rank Letter from website www.aiimsexams.org  as the rank letter will not be sent through postal service. A downloadable Rank Letter will be hosted on website www.aiimsexams.org  only one week before the commencement of  counseling. It will be the responsibility of candidate to download the rank letter before the counseling.

The Universities and other authorities concerned shall organize admission process in such a way that teaching in postgraduate courses starts by 2nd May each year. For this purpose, they shall strictly adhered to the time schedule annexed with DCI Regulations, 2006 as amended from time to time.

There shall be no admission of students in respect of any academic session after beyond 31st May for postgraduate courses under any circumstances. The Universities shall not register any student admitted beyond the said date. The Dental Council of India may direct, that any student identified as having obtained admission after the last date of closure of admission be discharged from the course of study, or any dental qualification granted to such a student shall not be a recognized qualification for the purpose of the Dentists Act, 1948. The institution which grants admission to any student after the last date specified for the same, and in violation of condition of admissions as prescribed by DCI or by the State Government/ University/any Competent Authority of respective State Government, shall also be liable to face such action as may be prescribed by DCI including surrender of seats equivalent to the extent of such admission made from its sanctioned intake capacity for the succeeding academic year.

Merit List for 50 pc seats under All India Quotas: The merit list of the eligible and successful candidates who have opted for 50 pc All India quota seats and appeared in the AIPGDEE will be prepared by the AIIMS on the basis of the scores as mentioned above, obtained in the AIPGDEE. The merit list will be equal to the number of seats available for allotment in MDS courses under 50pc All India Quotas. There shall also be a waiting list equal to 4 times of the merit list. The list of successful candidates (Merit List/ Waiting List) shall be forwarded to the Medical Counseling Committee (Medical Examination Cell), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India for the purpose of allotment of seats by Online Counseling.

Merit list for seats under state quota: Based on the information in respect of State Code of Eligibility and Domicile filled in by the candidate in the application form, AIIMS, New Delhi will prepare state level merit lists of successful Candidates on the basis of the score obtained by the students of each state in the AIPGDEE. The list of successful candidates from each State/UT shall be forwarded to Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi for onward transmission to the Directorate of Medical Education of the State/UT concerned for the purpose of allotment of seats by online counseling / personal appearance subject to applicable laws prevailing in the State/UT.

Last date for applying Online applications 31st December, 2013 (5:00 PM)

Admit Cards to be hosted at www.aiimsexams.org by 15th January, 2014 (Through Net only, not by post)

Entrance Examination (Online Mode only) 25th January, 2014

Expected date of declaration of result 5th February, 2014

Allotment of 50 pc AIQ seats by On-line allotment / Counseling : Will be announced in due course of time on the website of Medical counseling committee (www.mcc.nic.in) Schedule for counseling by States / Private institutions Allotment of seats of state Quota (by states) Schedule for state seats shall be made available by the concerned state authorities / private institutions. Last date of admission Upto 31st May 2014.

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