Common entrance for PG courses at PGI

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 2

The admission to all postgraduate (PG) courses at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, will be conducted through a centralised entrance exam – Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test — that will be conducted by AlIMS, New Delhi.

The common entrance test will be held for over 10 institutes of the country for admission to MD/MS courses. The examination will be held on November 20 for all medical and dental courses between 9 am and 12 pm.

“AIIMS invites online applications for the Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI-CET) for admission to PG courses [MD/MS/MCh (6years)/ DM(6years)/ MDS at AIIMS, New Delhi, JIPMER, Puducherry, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, and PGIMER, Chandigarh, along with seven other AIIMS (Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh) for the January 2021 session,” reads an official notification.

The INI-CET application form submission incorporates two stages — basic registration and final registration. The INI CET basic registration process began on September 29.

“All those who have applied earlier and whose basic registrations have been accepted for January 2019, July 2019, January 2020 and July 2020 session for AIIMS are not required to complete the basic registration again. They will have to complete the final registration only after a code is generated and editing of basic registration,” the notification read.