Friday, October 5, 2012

PDCET 2013 Admission to Post Graduate DNB (Secondary) Courses January 2013 Admission Session


NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
Medical Enclave, Ansari Nagar, Mahatma Gandhi Marg (Ring Road), New Delhi-110029
Phone: 0124-4517187; Email: pdcetjan2013@natboard.edu.in


Diplomate of National Board
Post Diploma Centralized Entrance Test (PDCET)
DNB PD CET
For Admission to Post Graduate DNB (Secondary) Courses January 2013 Admission Session


CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PDCET 2013 INFORMATION BULLETIN:
CLICK HERE FOR PDCET 2013 ADMISSION SESSION REGISTRATION:

Post Diploma CET
Online application Open from 3rd October, 2012 to 24th October, 2012 23:59 hrs.

The Government of India established the National Board of Examinations (NBE) in 1975 with the prime objective of improving the quality of the Medical Education by establishing high and uniform standards of postgraduate examinations in modern medicine on an all India basis. The Board at present conducts postgraduate and postdoctoral examinations in approved specialties leading to the award of Diplomate of National Board.

Now you can submit your application for NBE examinations listed on this page through online application system. You are advised to go through the information bulletin for concerned examination available at our website www.natboard.edu.in.


IMPORTANT DATES
1. Availability of Information Bulletin : October 2012
2. OnlineRegistration forPDCET : 3rdOctober– 24th October 2012 examination
3. Last date to submit Acknowledgement of online application form submission 25th October 2012
4. ExaminationDate forPDCET : Wednesday, 21stNovember 2012
5. Cut off date for passing qualifying examination (Post graduate diploma) 31st December 2012

Instructions:
Registration for appearing in the PDCET is to be undertaken online at the website www.natboard.edu.in  

Application forms CANNOT be submitted in offline /printed copy by post.
Online applications can be accessed and completed till 23:59 hrs on 24thOctober 2012 only.

EXAMINATION
The POST DIPLOMA CET is an entrance examination for entry to the DNB Broad Specialty secondary seats. The examination shall be held on 21ST November 2012.

Appearance in the Post Diploma CETis an essential pre-requisite for entry to the DNB Broad Specialties (Secondary Seats) Jan 2013 admission session.

All the candidate who appear in the above examination will be given a merit position (rank) based on the descending order of the marks obtained by them in the above examinations. The merit list shall be published specialty wise (merit list for DGO, DMRD,DMRT,DORTHO, DOMS, DLO, DA, DVD, DPM, DCH, DNM, DTCD,DPMRDCPetc. shall be published separately).

Candidates successful in the Post Diploma CET shall be asked to participate in a Centralized counseling conducted by National Board of Examinations for allotment of DNB secondary seat at NBE accredited Institutions/hospitals/medical colleges in order of their Specialty merit and shall be able to opt for the NBE accredited institution/hospital/medicalcollege of their choice as per availability at their merit.

The list of Broad Specialties in which Post diploma candidates can pursue the postgraduateDNBdegree programme is mentioned at Annexure E. (refer information bulletin)

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR PDCET–JANUARY 2013 ADMISSION SESSION
Candidates who have passed the final examination leading to the award of Post Graduate Diploma from Indian Universities which are duly recognized as per provisions of Indian Medical Council Act 1956, Govt of India i.e. have passed/Passing the final examinations for Post graduate diploma on or before 31 December 2012 can apply for the Post diploma CETexamination in same Broad specialty.

A proof to this effect has to be produced at the time of Counseling for admission to January 2013 admission session.

Submission of proof of having passed/Passing the Post graduate diploma final examination on or before the 31.12.2012 at the time of counseling is an essential pre-requisite. In case the candidate does not submit requisite proof of passing his/her post graduate diploma final examination, the candidate shall not be allowed to participate in the merit based Counseling

Candidates found to be ineligible at any stage of PDCET will not be permitted to appear in the examination. In an unlikely event of any ineligible candidate appearing and/or being successful in the PDCET, the results/candidature of such candidate shall be cancelled and/or are deemed to be cancelled.

Requests for appearing in PDCET from candidates who are qualifying and getting their results of the basic eligibility qualification after 31st December 2012 shall be summarily rejected.
Candidate who are qualifying and getting their results after 31st December 2012 or likely to qualify after 31st December 2012 need not apply in the PDCET exam as they shall be ineligible to participate at any stage of the admission process.

Candidates already pursuing a MD/MS/DNB course are not eligible to appear for the PDCET till such time they have completed the duration of prescribed course or have been discharged from the course.

Registration and /or appearance in PDCET do not confer any automatic rights upon the candidate for admission at NBE accredited hospital / institute.

Registration with M.C.I./State Medical Council/ is necessary and its documentary proof should be furnished at the time of counseling.

EXAMINATION FEE:
Amount
PDCETExam Rs. 4250/-
The above fee is inclusive of examination fees and information bulletin; Information Bulletin shall be available at website for information.

How to pay
Exam fees can be deposited in CASH along with prescribed Challan/Payin-Slip at:
1. All Branches of INDIANBANK
2. All Branches of AXISBANK
The list of branches of Axis Bank and Indian Bank can be seen at their websitewww.axisbank.com,www.indianbank.in respectively.
Kindly note that separate challan/pay-in-slip is to be used for each type of payment Banks are permitted to levy transaction charges for the above as follows:
Indian Bank - Rs. 30/- per Challan
AxisBank - Rs. 70/- per Challan
Fees by any other means than specified above shall not be accepted & application form of such candidates shall be returned.

Candidates remaining absent from the examination will forfeit their examination fee. Candidates are advised to read the rule position carefully and satisfy the terms and conditions for fulfillment of eligibility criteria before proceeding for payment of fees.

FEES SHALL NEITHER BE REFUNDED NOR CARRIED FORWARD IF THE APPLICATION FOR PDCET IS REJECTED/CANDIDATURE IS FOUNDTOBEINELIGIBLE

SCHEMEOFEXAMINATION:
PDCET is an entrance examination and is an essential pre-requisite for entry to post diploma DNB 2 years post graduate courses. The next session of entrance examination shall be held on 21st November 2012 and conducted as computer-based test only.

The test comprises 180 multiple choice, single correct response questions of 1 mark each in English language only as per the following indicative scheme:
S.No. Specialty No.ofQuestions
1. Human Biology (Anatomy, Physiology and 30 Biochemistry)
2. Applied Pathology,Microbiology andPharmacology 30
3. Medicine andAllied Sciences 30
4. Surgery andAllied Sciences 30
5. Obstetrics and Gynaecology 30
6. Community Medicine including basic 30 statistic and research methodology
Total 180

The standard of the examinations shall be at the level of Final MBBS (Exit Examination)
The above scheme is indicative and purely provisional. NBE reserves its rights to alter /vary /amend the same.
Candidates successful in the PDCET shall participate in a Centralized merit based counseling conducted by National Board of Examinations for allotment of DNB seats at NBE accredited Institutions/hospitals/medical colleges in order of their specialty specific merit and candidate shall be able to opt for the NBE accredited institution/hospital/medical college of their choice as per availability at their merit.

The provisional list of National Board of Examinations accredited institutes where candidates can pursue DNB is available at NBE website www.natboard.edu.in

The examination shall be a multiple choice questions test delivered using computer network as per scheme prescribed.

 Negative Marking: There shall be no negative marking.

Allocation of time for thePDCETshall be as follows:
Candidate EntryTime 2:15PM
Venue Entry Closes 2:45PM
Check-in Procedure 2:15PMTo 3:15PM
Test StartTime 3:15PM
Test End Time 6:30PM

The list of cities where Examination centres are located is as under:
S. No. City
1 Bengaluru
2 Chennai
3 Delhi &NCR
4 Kolkata
5 Hyderabad
6 Mumbai

CONTACT NBE
Candidate Care Helpline Number 0124- 4517187
(From Monday to Friday from 0900 Hrs to 1700 Hrs).
E-mail pdcetjan2013@natboard.edu.in
OfficialWebsite www.natboard.edu.in

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