Eligible candidates can begin exercising their institute and speciality preferences through the online allocation portal.
The schedule for 1st and 2nd rounds of online Institute allocation for admission to DM/M.Ch. courses of INIs for July 2026 session are given below:
The list of candidates eligible for online allocation for the institute will be published they can make choice.
The link for the portal will be activated only for eligible candidates on “My Page”, which will be accessible by logging in using the credentials that have been used for filling completion of the application form and other processes related to INI SS for admission to DM/M.Ch. Courses for the July 2026 session on website.
All the candidates who have been listed in the Result Notification No. 186/2026 and 187/2026 dated 02nd June, 2026 will be eligible to participate in the 1st and 2nd Round of the Online Institute Allocation. This shall be subjected to the fulfilment of the eligibility criteria as mentioned in the prospectus/notices published on website.
PROCEDURE:
1. The eligible candidate can access the online Institute allocation portal through link available after login in their login page where they have applied for INI-SS the July 2026 Session.
2. To retrieve the login credentials, click on the forgot your login details button in the registration/login page.
3. The INI-SS Online Institute Allocation portal will allow candidates to make choices of seats (a combination of Institute and subject/specialty) as per his/her eligibility. The candidate can arrange the choices in desired order preference. There is no limitation on number of choices (Institute & Subject/Specialty) that can be made by the candidate’s subject to eligibility. The choices can be edited and reordered within the date and time specified in the Important Dates link in the Portal.
4. The Portal will remain open on dates specified in the Important Dates link in the Portal. The choices made by the candidate will be locked either by the candidate OR will be automatically locked on the last Date and Time as specified in the Important Dates link in the Portal.
5. Kindly note that the choices cannot be edited and reordered after the closing date of exercising of Choice of 1st Round of Institute allocation. The allocation of the 2nd Round will be done as per choices made by the candidates during exercising of the Choice of the 1st Round of Institute allocation.
6. All the candidates who have been allocated to Institutes in the 1st Round are required to login to the INI-SS Online Institute Allocation portal and actively choose one of the following options within the date and time specified in the Important Dates link:
Option 1. ACCEPT allotted Institute and DO NOT WISH TO PARTICIPATE in further rounds of Institute Allocation.
Option 2. ACCEPT allotted Institute and WANT TO PARTICIPATE in 2nd ROUND of Institute Allocation
[If you choose option-2 and participate in 2nd round and you are allocated another Institute as per your choice in 2nd round, then you will have to join the Institute allocated during 2nd round. The Institute allocated in first round shall be considered vacated and the same shall be automatically allocated to other candidates in order of merit. Failure to join the upgraded Institute shall lead to impositions of penalty of Rs. 3.00 Lakh]
Option to REFUSE the allocated Institute is NOT available. Therefore, the candidates are requested to fill the choices carefully and responsibly. Candidate himself/herself shall be responsible for their choices.
Failure to login and selecting an option after Institute allocation within date and time specified in the Important Dates link will lead to forfeiture of the allocated Institute and render the candidate ineligible for further rounds except open/spot round of Institute Allocation (if any).
7. All the candidates who are allocated Institute are mandatorily required (irrespective of whether they choose in Option 1 and 2 as mentioned in point no. 4) to report in-person (for reporting and/or joining, to allocated Institute within the date and times specified in the Important Dates link. The candidates are required to deposit original certificates or security deposit of Rs. 3.00 Lakh on notification of the Institute allocation of the 1st Round at the time of reporting.
8. FOREIGN NATIONAL CANDIDATES:
a) The Institute allocation will be done in order of merit and according to choices made by the candidates as described in point no 2.
b) The candidates will be eligible to exercise of choices of Institute only as per applied Subject those are filled in the online registration form and eligibility as per information provided therein.
9. SPONSORED CANDIDATES:
i. The Institute allocation will be done in order of merit and according to choices made by the candidates as described in point no 2 against seats as published in respective category as per applicable rule.
ii. In case any discrepancy found in online data with the Sponsorship certificate valid information as in Sponsorship certificate will be accepted as per eligibility criteria.
iii. The candidates are eligible to exercise of choice of Institute only as per applied Subject in which sponsored Institutes are available and issued by the respective competent authority received at the Examination Section AIIMS, New Delhi within specified dates.
iv. In case, the NOC has been received in place of Sponsorship certificate, the Institute allocation will be done as per subject/Institute available in the online registration.
v. If the subject is not mentioned against the candidate’s name in the Sponsorship certificate, no allocation will be done for that institute.
vi. All allocation of Sponsored candidates will be done on the basis of Institute available against applied subject and that is mentioned in the Sponsorship Certificate/online registration for the July 2026 session.
vii. Only one best Institute available at that rank will be allocated during online Institute allocation. viii. The process of admission will be done as per procedure available for other candidates.
10. Upper Age Limit
1.) AIIMS New Delhi & other AIIMS (As on 1st July 2026): The age validation for Courses of AIIMS New Delhi & other AIIMS under INI-SS for the July 2026 session:
General Category- 35 Years (Candidates Born on or after 01.07.1991 are eligible)
‘Sponsored Category’- There is no age limit for Sponsored Category.
2.) NIMHANS, Bangalore (As on 1st July 2026): The age validation for Courses of NIMHANS under INI-SS for the July 2026 session:
General Category- 37 Years (Candidates Born on or after 01.07.1989 are eligible)
‘Sponsored Category’- There is no age limit for Sponsored Category.
3.) SCTIMST Trivandrum (As on 1st July 2026): The age validation for Courses of SCTIMST under INI-SS for the July 2026 session:
General - 40 Years (candidates Born on or after 01.07.1986 are eligible)
Sponsored - However, for admission to SCTIMST, the upper age limit for the sponsored category would be 50 years.
4.) PGIMER, Chandigarh (As on 1st July 2026): The age validation for Courses of PGIMER under INISS for the July 2026 session:
General Category- 45 Years (Candidates Born on or after 01.07.1981 are eligible)
‘Sponsored Category’- There is no age limit for Sponsored Category.
5.) JIPMER, Puducherry (As on 1st July 2026): There is no age limit for any category.
11. All disputes pertaining to the conduct of the INI-SS by AIIMS, New Delhi and Online Institute Allocation / Counseling will be subject to the jurisdiction of High Court of Delhi only.
12. The 2nd round will be initiated after completion of 1st round.
Online Institute Allocation Process
Only the eligible candidates Result Notification No. 186/2026 and 187/2026 dated 02nd June, 2026 will be able to exercise their choices (Institutes and subject/specialty) for online Institute allocation.
The Eligible candidate can access the online Institute allocation portal through link available after login in their login page where they have applied for INI-SS July 2026 Session.
To retrieve the login credentials, click on the Forgot your login details button in the Registration/login Page.
Flow chart
The eligible candidate can access the online Institute allocation portal through link available after login in where they applied for INI-SS July 2026 Session.
To retrieve the login credentials, click on the Forgot your login details button in the registration/login Page.
The candidate will be able to login to the online Institute allocation portal and may begin the process of making choices (Institute and subject/speciality) and order the choices. The online Institute allocation portal will be remained open for date and time specified in the schedule for online Institute allocation.
Making Choices
The eligible candidate can access the online institute allocation portal through link available after login in their login page where they have applied for INI-SS July 2026 Session. Click on Institute Allocation button to proceed to exercise choices (Institute and subject/speciality) and their order. To add a choice, choose the Institute and the subject/speciality from the two separate drop-down menus and click Add choice. To remove a choice, click on Delete button against that Choice (Institute and subject/speciality). Click on the Save button to save the choices of the Institute and subject/speciality and their order.
The default order of your choices (Institute and subject/speciality) will be the order in which you add choices (Institute and subject/speciality). To re-order your choices, use up and down arrows OR Drag and Drop the choice (Institute and subject/speciality) to the appropriate position in the list.
Candidates can make choices (Institute and subject/speciality), edit or reorder them as many times they wish UNLESS they have already submitted and locked the choices (Institute and subject/speciality) OR last date and time for that Round is over. The candidate must save the choices (Institute and subject/speciality) in case they wish to add/delete/reorder them at a later time point (before the last date and time for 1st Round).
Submitting and Locking Choices
The candidate should click on the Submit and Lock Choices tab and tick the check box I accept the declaration and click on the submit and Lock choices (Institute and subject/speciality). Note that you will be prompted twice to reconsider and after you have submitted and locked your choices (Institute and subject/speciality), you cannot change it for further Round.
In case the candidate has made and saved choices but could not submit and Lock choices, the last saved choices (Institute and subject/speciality) and their order will be automatically considered as submitted and locked choices (Institute and subject/speciality).
Viewing and Printing the Choices after submission
The candidate can view the choices submitted and locked by them by clicking on the View choices button after logging in the online Institute allocation portal. Click the Print button to take a printout.
In case of any discrepancy, please send a query to the Assistant Controller (Examinations) through the help/query section of the choice-making dashboard.
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