All India Post Graduate Dental Entrance Examination (AIPGDEE)-2014

All India Post Graduate Dental Entrance Examination (AIPGDEE)-2014

Applications have been invited by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences for the All India Post Graduate Dental Entrance Examination (AIPGDEE)-2014 for admission to the 3 year, Postgraduate MDS courses-2014. The examination is being conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in compliance to the directives of the Supreme Court of India, for admission to the seats of Dental Colleges for various postgraduate courses (MDS), recognized/approved/permitted by the Ministry of Health & FW/DCI.

Scheme : All India Quota & State Quota in Participating States:The scheme for selection of candidates for admission to the 50 pc Postgraduate Dental courses (MDS) on all-India basis will be applicable to all Government Dental Colleges/Institutions throughout the country. 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.

Those 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.

The number of seats available for 2014 has not been finalised. The number of AIQ seats available in different colleges with their subject-wise break-up, will be displayed at 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.

List of Dental Colleges where seats may be available and the courses that may be available for MDS Courses is available as Annexure VI, VII and VIII of the Information Bulletin that can be downloaded from http://neetmds.aiimsexams.org/StudentLogin.aspx

Armed Forces Medical Services : 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. Only those serving Armed Forces Dental Officers ticking the above option shall be considered for admission to (i) Armed Forces Medical College, Pune (ii) Army Hospital (Research & Referral), Delhi Cantt. 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. 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.

Eligibility :  Applicant 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. The condition of one year Compulsory Rotating Internship is not applicable to those who had passed their final BDS Examination in 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 for the students of the batch admitted during the academic session 2007-2008 and have completed 4½ year BDS Course along with 06 months compulsory rotating internship and for the students admitted during the academic session 2006-2007 at Rajah Muthiah Dental College, Annamalai University who have completed 5 years BDS Course without internship.

Those undergoing 12-month compulsory rotating internship/practical training and is likely to complete the same by 31st March 2014 can take up this examination, subject to the completion of the compulsory rotating internship and obtaining provisional or permanent registration on or before 31st March 2014 or producing a certificate from the head of institution that he/she will be completing internship by 31st March 2014. 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 October 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.   

Entrance Examination : Selection to the Programmes will be based on the merit in an online Entrance Examination to be held from 10 am to 1 pm,on 25th January, 2014 at Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Guwati and Thiruvananthapuram. Candidate should indicate in the Online Application Form, the city where he/she would like to appear for the examination.

There will be only one paper of 3 hours duration, containing 200 Multiple Choice Questions consisting of Basic Sciences, Para-Clinical and Clinical subjects. The questions will be single answer objective type. Each answer with correct answer shall be awarded four marks. One mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. Zero mark will be given for the questions not answered. More than one answer indicated against a question will be deemed as incorrect answer and will be negatively marked.

Syllabus : The syllabus for the All India Post Graduate Dental Entrance Exam for admission to the MDS courses shall be that of BDS standard and shall cover all the subjects/syllabus taught during the BDS course as prescribed in the DCI Revised BDS Course Regulations, 2007 as amended from time to time.

Application Fee :  Application fee forGeneral/OBC Category applicants is Rs.1000/- and that for SC/ST applicants is Rs. 800/-. Transaction charges as applicable will have to be paid by all. Payment is to be made through computer generated Challan Form in any branch of State Bank of India (SBI). Fee can also be paid online using Credit Card / Debit Card. This is to be done during the submission of application form online.

Online Registration & Submission of Application Forms : Applications can be submitted online at http://neetmds.aiimsexams.org/StudentLogin.aspx till 5 pm on 31st December, 2013. The different stages of online submission of applications include Registration, uploading of images, Payment Slip generation, Fee Payment and generation of Registration Slip. All these stages should be completed by31st December, 2013. Applicant should read the Advertisement, Prospectus, Help Manual etc; before start filling up the Online Application Form. Before proceeding to register, applicant should arrange a soft copy of his/her Photo and signature as per the AIIMS instructions. Applicant should fill his/her correct basic and academic details like Name, Date of birth, Address, Category, Contact No., and course etc. subsequently. Applicant should also choose the password between 6-10 characters. After 1st step of registration, applicant will get SMS and Email intimating the login details.

After filling of Online Application Form, a ‘My Page’ will be generated for each and every candidate bearing his entire information as filled by him/her along with a Unique Application Number which the candidate can use in future correspondence. The ‘My Page’will provide Due Steps (should be completed before closing date), Application/ Registration Status/Admit Card/Results etc  for the candidate.

Applicants need to click on ‘Pay through SBI Bank Challan’ link to generate ‘Bank Challan’ from ‘My Status’section on ‘My Page’ and deposit the registration fee at nearest SBI Branch, one day after generation of challan. After making the payment Bank Copy will be retained by the Bank.  Applicant may retain the Candidate Copy of Challan form safely. Payment can also be made through Debit/ Credit Card.

After making payment in SBI bank applicant will again receive SMS and Email after a day. On receipt of this, applicant should login to relevant AIIMS Online form and print his/her Registration Slip from ‘My Page’. Applicant has to click on ‘Print Registration Slip’ link to take print from ‘My Status’ section on ‘My Page’. Taking print of ‘Registration Slip’ is essential.

Applicant need not send hard copy to Exam Section, AIIMS. But the Registration Slip and Candidate copy of Challan Form should be retained for future references. No candidates should register more than one application.

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 at www.aiimsexams.org.  If the status of a candidate’s Admit Card is not available on website, he/she should immediately contact Asst Controller of Examinations, AIIMS, New Delhi-110 029 along with full particulars of the Registration of application form by sending an email on exams.ac@gmail.com.

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 online allotment, candidates are not required to give their choice of subject and college at the time of submission of application form.

Admit Cards : A downloadable Admit Card will be hosted for all the eligible candidates at www.aiimsexams.org    by 15th January, 2014. Candidates must take a printout of the same. The admit card will not be sent by post. Candidates should preserve the Admit Card till allotment of seat in College/Institute. Duplicate Admit Card will not be issued after the examination. Candidates should report at the allotted centre of examination at 8 am on the day of examination. No candidate will be allowed to enter the examination hall after 9.50 am. Candidate should carry only Admit Card and one photograph and I/D proof into the hall.

Declaration of Results : The result of successful candidates with their rank numbers is expected to be declared by the 5th of February, 2014 and will be displayed on the notice board of Examination Section, AIIMS, New Delhi. It will be available at www.aiimsexams.org.   There is no provision for rechecking/re-evaluation of the answer sheets and no query in this regard will be entertained.

Those who figure in the merit list are required to download the Rank Letter from 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 Institute will not intimate the individual unsuccessful candidates regarding the result of entrance test and no correspondence on this subject will be entertained. However, the marks of individual candidate will be available on AIIMS website on completion of the admission process.

Merit List : For All India 50 pc Quota, a total of five times the number of seats available for allotment or all qualified candidates, whichever is less, will be given chance to participate in online counseling (allotment process) for All India 50 pc quota. The result of only those candidates who will be eligible to participate in the All India PG counseling 2014 shall be declared under the All India 50 pc Quota list.

In order to be eligible for admission to any postgraduate course in a particular academic year, it shall be necessary for a candidate to obtain minimum of 50 pc marks in ‘All India Post Graduate Dental Entrance Exam for Postgraduate Courses’ held for the said academic year. However, in respect of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, the minimum marks shall be at 40 pc. In respect of candidates with locomotory disability of lower limbs, the minimum marks shall be at 45 pc.

The reservation of seats in medical college/Institutions for respective categories shall be as per applicable laws prevailing in States/Union Territories. An all India merit list as well as State-wise merit list of the eligible candidates shall be prepared on the basis of the marks obtained in All India Post Graduate Dental Entrance Exam and candidates shall be admitted to Postgraduate courses from the said merit lists only. 3 pc seats of the annual sanctioned intake capacity shall be filled up by candidates with locomotory disability of lower limbs between 50 pc and 70 pc. More details can be seen in the Prospectus.

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 adhere 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 50 pc  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, NirmanBhawan, 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.

Merit list for Seats under Armed Forces Dental Institutions : 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. In case of two or more candidates obtaining equal marks in thecompetitive entrance examination, their inter se merit will be determined by preferring candidate scoring less negative marks and then according to age, with the older will get preference over younger.

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