AACCC Asks PwBD Registered Candidates For PG AYUSH Counselling To Obtain Their PwBD Certificate

Delhi: Ayush Admissions Central Counseling Committee (AACCC) has asked all the candidates who have registered as PwBD candidates to obtain their PwBD Certificate.

As per the notice, all the PwBD candidates participating in AACCC-PG counseling, 2022 who have registered themselves as PwBD candidates on the NTA website at the time of registration of AIAPGET-2022 examination and want to avail benefits of 5% PwBD reservation in AIQ seats of Govt./Govt.Aided/Central Universities/National Institute of ASU & H PG (MD/MS) courses will have to obtain their PwBD Certificate by reporting physically to the Disability Certification Centres designated by the DGHS, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi.

In this regard, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India, has already directed Disability Certification Centres to issue Disability Certificates to the PwBD Candidates seeking admission in UG/ PG Ayurveda/ Siddha/ Unani/ Homoeopathy courses under All India Quota seats, vide O.M. dated 10.11.2022.

Overall, 5 types of disability have been recognized by AACCC for considering the candidates under the disability category.

Following are the types of disabilities included –

1. Physical Disability – Locomotor Disability, Visual Impairment, Hearing Impairment, Speed Language Disability

2. Intellectual Disability

3. Mental Behaviour

4. Disability caused due to - Chronic Neurological Conditions, Blood Disorders

5. Multiple Disabilities, including Deaf-Blindness

AACCC has identified 16 centers for issuing Disability Certificates. These centers have been identified as Delhi, Mumbai, Goa, Agartala, Myusru, Kolkatta, Chennai, Jaipur, Varanasi, Thiruvananthapuram, Chandigarh, and Nagpur.

The list of disability centers includes –

1. Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi-110029

2. All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (for Locomotor Disability only), Hazi Ali, Mumbai100034

3. Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata–700020

4. Madras Medical College, Park Town, Chennai60003

5. Grant Government Medical College, J.J. Hospital Compound, Mumbai, Maharashtra

6. Goa Medical College, NH17, Bambolim, Tiswadi, Goa- 403202

7. Government Medical College, Medical PO, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala State, India PIN695011

8. SMS Medical College, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Gangawal Park, AdarshNagar, Jaipur Rajasthan 302004

9. Govt. Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh

10. Govt. Medical College, Agartala, State Disability Board, Agartala, Tripura

11. Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

12. Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities, Bandra, Mumbai (For Hearing Disabilities only)

13. AIIMS, Nagpur

14. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences & RML Hospital, New Delhi. (ABVIMS & RMLH)

15. Lady Harding Medical College& Associated Hospitals (LHMC)

16. All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru

The format of the Disability Certificate and the detailed list of designated centers are attached to the notice below.

To view the notice, click on the link below - 

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/notice-regarding-pwbd-certificate-196460.pdf