AIIMS INI CET July 2023 Session: Check out Counselling Schedule, Selection Process, Eligibility criteria, Seat Matrix, FAQs

Delhi: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has released the counselling schedule, eligibility criteria, online seat allocation process, seat matrix and FAQs for admission to INI CET [MD/MS/DM (6yrs.)/MCH (6yrs.)/MDS] for July 2023 session.

Schedule for 1st Round of Online Seat Allocation (including Mock Round) –

1. Exercising of Choices (Institute and subject/speciality) for Mock Round - From: 11.06.2023, 11.00 am (Sunday) to 13.06.2023 up to 05.00 pm (Tuesday)

2. Announcement of Seat allocation of Mock of 1st Round - 15.06.2023 (Thursday)

3. Exercising of Choices (Institute and subject/speciality) for First Round - From: 16.06.2023, 11:00 am (Friday) to 17.06.2023 up to 05:00 PM (Saturday)

4. Announcement of seat allocation of 1st Round - 23.06.2023 (Friday)

5. Online Acceptance of allocated seat - From: 24.06.2023, 11.00 am (Saturday) to 28.06.2023 up to 05.00 pm (Wednesday)

6. Reporting & Submission of Documents/Security Deposit - From: 24.06.2023, 11.00 am (Saturday) to 28.06.2023 up to 05.00 pm (Wednesday)

Schedule for 2nd Round of Online Seat Allocation –

1. Announcement of seat allocation of 2nd Round - 07.07.2023 (Friday)

2. Online Acceptance of allocated seat - From: 08.07.2023, 11.00 am (Saturday) to 12.07.2023 up to 05.00 pm (Wednesday)

3. Reporting & Submission of Documents/Security Deposit - From: 08.07.2023, 11.00 am (Saturday) to 12.07.2023 up to 05.00 pm (Wednesday)

Schedule for Open Round of Online Seat Allocation –

1. Tentative vacancy in different subject/speciality after allotment in 2nd round of online seat Allocation - From: 24.07.2023 (Monday) by 05.00 pm

2. Online Registration and Exercising of Choices (Institute and subject/speciality) for Open Round of Seat Allocation - From: 24.07.2023, 05.00 pm (Monday) to 27.07.2023 up to 05.00 pm (Thursday)

3. Announcement of seat allocation of Open Round - 11.08.2023 (Friday)

4. Online Acceptance of allocated seat - From: 12.08.2023, 11.00 am (Saturday) to 17.08.2023 up to 05.00 pm (Thursday)

5. Date of Reporting - From: 12.08.2023, 11.00 am (Saturday) to 17.08.2023 up to 05.00 pm (Thursday)

The link for the portal will be activated only for eligible candidates on "MyPage" accessible by logging in using the credentials that have been used for filling completion of the application form and other processes related to INI-CET for admission to PG courses for the July 2023 session in www.aiimsexams.ac.in.

Eligibility -

Eligibility criteria as per INI-CET Prospectus Part-A & Part-B, including any notices published, have been applied considering the information provided by the candidates in the online registration form.

All the candidates who have been listed in the Result Notification No.72/2023 dated 13.05.2023 will be eligible to participate in the 1st and 2nd Round of the Online Seat Allocation except rank of OBC/EWS candidates lower than the cutoff rank of UR who failed to produce valid category certificate. This shall be subjected to fulfilling the eligibility criteria as mentioned in the prospectus/notices published on the website www.aiimsexams.ac.in.

Procedure -

The eligible candidates will have to register themselves on the PG Online Seat Allocation portal [PAAS/PG MedDen July 2023 of INI-CET]. The link for the portal will be activated only for eligible candidates on MyPage. Candidates can log in using the credential used for filling out the application form and completing other processes related to INI-CET PG Entrance Examination for July 2023 session.

The PG Online, Seat Allocation portal, will allow candidates to make choices of seats (a combination of Institute and subject/speciality) as per their eligibility. The candidate can arrange the choices in desired order preference. There is no limitation on the number of choices (Institute & Subject/Speciality) that the candidates can make. The choices can be edited and reordered within the date and time specified in the Important Dates link in the Portal.

The choices cannot be edited and reordered after the closing date of exercising of Choice of 1st Round of seat allocation. The allocation of the 2nd Round will be done as per choices made by the candidates during exercising the Choice of 1st Round of seat allocation.

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.

A mock seat allocation will be done before 1st Round of Seat Allocation (not a final allocation). The mock seat allocation represents the likely seat that a candidate may be allocated as per choices made by the candidate. The mock round seat allocation result will be announced as per the date specified in the Important Dates link. The candidate can register/edit/reorder their choices before the closing dates of choices for the 1st Round as per the Important Dates link in the Portal.

Those who will not log in during the exercising of choices (Institute and subject/speciality) for the First Round their order of choice will be considered as per choices made during the Mock Round.

Institute preference -

1. AIIMS New Delhi & 15 other AIIMS- The allocation of Institute preferences will be done per Roster Point Allocation for Counselling (Dynamic) which will be announced separately.

2. JIPMER, Puducherry: Allocation of Institute preference for JIPMER Puducherry candidates and seats shall be done as per Roster Point (Dynamic)

3. NIMHANS, Bengaluru: No seat available for Institute Preference.

4. PGIMER, Chandigarh: No seat available for Institute Preference.

5. SCTIMST, Trivandrum: No seat available for Institute Preference.

The mock seat allocation and seat allocation for the 1st Round shall be done per the schedule specified in the Important Dates link.

All the candidates who have been allocated seats in the 1st Round are required to login to the PG Online Seat 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 seat and DO NOT WISH TO PARTICIPATE in further rounds of Seat Allocation.

Option 2. ACCEPT allotted seat and WANT TO PARTICIPATE in 2nd ROUND of Seat Allocation [if You choose option-2 and participate in the 2nd round and are allocated another seat as per your choice in the 2nd round, then you will have to join the seat allocated during the 2nd round. The seat allocated in the 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 seat shall lead to impositions of the penalty of Rs. 3.00 Lakh.]

Options to refuse the allocated seat are not available. Therefore, the candidates are requested to fill in the choices carefully and responsibly. The candidate shall be responsible for their choices.

Failure to log in and select an option after seat allocation within the date and time specified in the Important Dates link will lead to forfeiture of the allocated seat and render the candidate ineligible for further rounds except for the open round of Seat Allocation (if any).

All the candidates who are allocated seats are mandatorily required (irrespective of whether they choose Options 1 and 2 as mentioned in point no. 9 to report in person (for reporting and/or joining) to the allocated Institute within the date and times specified in the Important Dates link. The candidates must deposit original certificates of Rs. 3.00 Lakh as specified in the result notification of the seat allocation of the 1st Round at the time of reporting.

Candidates of constitutional reservation must show valid proof of their claim for reserved seats at the reporting INIs when depositing original certificates. If they do not possess a valid certificate, their claim for the allocated reserved seat will be nullified, and they will be eligible to appear in the further round as UR candidate subject to cut off in the UR merit list.

The OBC/EWS certificate must be valid for admission to Central Govt. Institution. The validity of OBC/EWS certification shall be as follows -

1. The OBC (-NCL) certificates should have been issued between 08.05.2022 and 07.05.2023 (date of Exam), both inclusive.

2. The EWS certificate must be valid for the financial year 2023-2024 and issued between 01.04.2023 to 07.05.2023 (on or before the Exam date), both dates inclusive, based on the income of the year 2022-2023.

Candidates availing PWBD horizontal reservation must show valid proof of their claim for allocated reserved seats at the reporting INIs depositing original certificates. Confirmation of admission shall be subject to verification of Disability by the Medical Board of AIIMS, New Delhi, as per the schedule mentioned in the result of the respective round of seat allocation. In case they do not possess a valid certificate then their claim for the reserved seat allocated will be nullified, and they will be eligible to appear further in their respective category (UR/OBC/SC/ ST/EWS) candidate as applicable without PWBD reservation subject to cut off in respective category.

The allocation of the PWBD candidates will be done as per Roster Point Allocation for counselling (Dynamic) of the final seat position as published for admission to PG courses of respective INIs as applicable for the July 2023 session.

Foreign national candidates -

The seat allocation will be done in order of merit and according to choices made by the candidates as described in point no 2.

1. The candidates will be eligible to exercise of choice only as per the Subject/Institute filled in the online registration form.

2. All allocation of Foreign National/OCI candidates will be based on of as per Subject/Institute filled in the online registration for the July 2023 session.

3. Only one best Subject/Speciality and Institute available at that rank will be allocated during online seat allocation.

4. Admission process will be done as per the procedure available for other candidates.

Sponsored candidates -

1. The seat allocation will be done in order of merit and according to choices made by the candidates as described in point no 2.

2. In case any discrepancy is found in online data with the Sponsorship certificate, valid information in the Sponsorship certificate will be accepted as per eligibility criteria.

3. The candidates are eligible to exercise of choice only as per the Subject/Institute available in the Sponsorship Certificate.

4. In case, the NOC has been received in place of the Sponsorship certificate, the seat allocation will be done as per the subject/Institute available in the online registration.

5. If the subject is not mentioned against the candidate's name in the Sponsorship certificate, no allocation will be done for that institute.

6. If the subject is not mentioned against the candidate's name in the Sponsorship certificate, but the subject is available in the online registration, the candidate can make exercising choices as per the subject available in the online registration.

7. All allocation of Sponsored candidates will be done based on the Subject/Institute available in the Sponsorship Certificate/online registration for the July 2023 session.

8. Only one best Subject/Speciality and Institute available at that rank will be allocated during online seat allocation.

9. The admission process will be done per the procedure available for other candidates.

Those who have not been allocated any seat in the first round of seat allocation will be allocated in the second round of seat allocation as per their choice filled during the exercising of choice of 1st Round in order of merit. The seat allocation of the subject available in Sponsored Category for PGIMER will be done by PGIMER Chandigarh separately.

Upper Age Limit -

NIMHANS, Bengaluru (As on 1st July 2023): The age validation for Courses of NIMHANS under INI-CET for the July 2023 session -

For MD Psychiatry Course -

1. General/Unreserved Category'- 32 Years (Candidates Born on or after 01.07.1991 are eligible)

2. 'OBC Category'- 35 Years (Candidates Born on or after 01.07.1988 are eligible)

3. 'SC/ST Category’-37 Years (Candidates Born on or after 01.07.1986 are eligible)

4. 'Sponsored Category'- 45 Years (Candidates Born on or after 01.07.1978 are eligible)

DM (Neurology), MCh. Neurosurgery (Post MBBS category) Course & MD Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation -

1. 32 Years (Candidates Born on or after 01.07.1991 are eligible)

SCTIMST Trivandrum (As on 1st July 2023): The age validation for Courses of SCTIMST under INI-CET for the July 2023 session -

2. General/Unreserved/OBC/EWS/Sponsored/Foreign National category- 40 Years (candidates Born on or after 01.07.1983 are eligible)

3. SC/ST – 45 Years (Candidates Born on or after 01.07.1978 are eligible)

The 2nd round will be initiated after the completion of 1st round.

Online PG Seat Allocation Process –

Only the eligible candidates (Result Notification No.72/2023 dated 13.05.2023) will be able to exercise their choices (Institute and subject/speciality) for online PG Seat allocation except rank of OBC/EWS candidates lower than the cut-off rank of UR who failed to produce valid category certificate.

The link to access the online PG Seat allocation portal will be activated in the "MyPage". The candidate should log in using their login credentials when filling the Final Registration form for INI-CET for PG courses – July 2023 session and other processes related to the conduct of the entrance examination. To retrieve the login credentials, cl on the Forgot your login details button on the Registration/Login Page.

Registration for the online PG Seat allocation process –

On clicking the link, the eligible candidates will be directed to the online PG Seat allocation portal where the candidates will have to register for online seat allocation and set a new password. This password is only to access the online PG Seat allocation portal.

Once registered, the candidate can log in to the online PG Seat allocation portal and begin making choices (Institute and subject/speciality) and order the choices. The online PG Seat allocation portal will remain open for the date and time specified in the Important Dates link.

Making Choices –

The choices can only be made after the candidates have registered and logged in using the new password for this portal. On logging in, confirm your name and candidate ID. Click the Make the Choice 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 the Delete button against that Choice (Institute and subject/speciality). Click on the Save button to save the choices of Institute and subject/speciality and their order.

The default order of your choices (Institute and subject/speciality) will be the order in which the candidates add choices (Institute and subject/speciality). To reorder their 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 the last date and time 1st 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, tick the checkbox I accept the declaration, and click on the Submit and Lock choices (Institute and subject/speciality). They will be prompted twice to recons,ider and after they have submitted and locked their choices (Institute and subject/speciality), they cannot change it for further RounIfcase 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 the View choices button after logging in to the online PG Seat 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 choice making dashboard.

Revised final seat position –

Details issued for NIMHANS -

1. To claim that candidates are residents/domiciles of the states mentioned above, he/she should produce a certificate from the Tehsildar to the effect that he/she or his/her father/mother has been a resident of that state of 07 years or has owned or possessed land or property or house in that state. Candidates submitting Domicile Certificate in any other language than English need to provide a certified translated version of the Certificate at the time of admission.

2. PWBD category: 5% of the seats are reserved for PWBD (between 40% to 70% disability as per the Govt. of India regulations in all courses offered at NIMHANS except for DM/MCh courses.

3. Institute Stipendiary - No reservations applicable for MCh, DM and MD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Courses. Seat Allocation will be purely on a merit basis.

4. For North – Eastern Domi,cile applicants should be belonging to Domiciles of Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura & Uttarakhand states.

Details issued for PGIMER –

1. In the case of Rural Area candidates, five per cent of seats shall be allotted on a horizontal basis.

2. As per provisions (Chapter VI Clouse 32) of the rights of the Persons with Benchmark Disabilities Act 2016, five per cent seats shall be allotted horizontally. The disability certificate of the candidate should be issued by the authorised Medical Board of the State Govt./Govt. of India or any other Competent authority authorised in this regard by the State/ Government of India.

3. Five per cent of seats of the PwBD category and five per cent of the Rural Area Service (RAS) category shall be allotted horizontally as per the AIIMS pattern.

The detailed FAQs are attached in the notice below.

To view the notices, click on the links below –

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/04seat-position-09062023-211669.pdf

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/2023julyini-cet1stonline-seat-allocation11important-datesschedulenotice-211670.pdf

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/2023julyini-cet1stonline-seat-allocation12information-brochure1st-round-211671.pdf

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/2023julyini-cet1stonline-seat-allocation13how-to-fill1st-round-211672.pdf

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/2023julyini-cet1stonline-seat-allocation14faq-211673.pdf