NBE declares round 1 counselling results sponsored DNB post MBBS admissions 2025, details

New Delhi: The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has declared the first round allotment result for the Sponsored Post MBBS DNB seats for the 2025 admission session, marking a key step in the centralized online counselling process.

Candidates who have been allotted seats through the merit-based counselling process can now check their results on the official counselling portal and are required to join their allotted institutes on or before March 12, 2026, by 5:00 PM.

According to the official notice issued on March 6, 2026, the allotment result for the first round of online centralized merit-based counselling has been released and made available on the NBEMS counselling website.

Candidates can access the result by clicking the link given below-

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/2026/03/06/viewupload-331333.pdf

The candidate is required to join the allotted seat latest by 12-03-2026 before 1700hrs. The documents required for joining and other details can be seen in the handbook of centralized merit based online counseling for admission to Sponsored Post MBBS DNB seats 2025 admission session.

SCHEDULE OF COUNSELING

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE CENTRALIZED MERIT BASED COUNSELING FOR ADMISSION TO SPONSORED POST MBBS DNB SEATS FOR 2025 ADMISSION SESSION:

In order to be eligible to participate in the Online Centralized Merit Based Counseling, a candidate must be eligible for admission in Sponsored Post MBBS DNB seats, in addition to other conditions of eligibility for participation in the counseling process. Therefore:

Eligibility Criteria for Sponsored Post MBBS DNB Seats:

• Candidates who are working in a Government (State/ Central/ Autonomous/ PSUs, etc.) organization on a regular basis are eligible for Sponsored Post MBBS DNB seats;

AND

• Candidates must be in possession of MBBS degree or #Provisional MBBS Pass Certificate recognized as per the provisions of the NMC Act, 2019 and the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023 and possessing permanent or provisional registration certificate of MBBS qualification issued by the NMC/ the erstwhile Medical Council of India/ State Medical Council and must have completed one year of internship on or before 31st July, 2025;

AND

• Must have “Qualified” NEET PG 2025;

#Provisional MBBS Pass certificate of the MBBS degree In lieu of Final MBBS degree is acceptable only for those candidates who have qualified their MBBS degree but have not been issued their Final MBBS degree by the respective universities/ boards.

A certificate from the university/ board concerned shall be required to be submitted by such candidates at the time of counselling confirming that the final MBBS degree shall be conferred in the next convocation.

All such candidate who fulfil the aforesaid eligibility criteria and desirous for opting the Sponsored Post MBBS DNB seat are required to submit his/ her request to their parent organization. The Cadre Controlling Authority are required to issue an NOC in favor of candidates and submit to NBEMS, strictly as per the format prescribed by NBEMS on or before the prescribed date i.e. 08th January, 2026 published by NBEMS vide notice dated: 10-12-2025 which was later extended till 07th February, 2026.

Candidates already pursuing a Post Graduate course (MD/ MS/ DNB/ PG Diploma/ NBEMS Diploma) are not eligible for admission to Sponsored Post MBBS DNB seats of 2025 admission session for the entire duration prescribed for the course already joined by them earlier. This shall be irrespective of their resignation or discontinuation from the said course due to any reason.

In an event ineligibility is detected at any stage, NBEMS reserves its rights to cancel the result/ candidature of such candidates for NEET PG 2025 and also for Sponsored Post MBBS DNB seats of 2025 admission session, even if the result has been declared or candidate has participated in the counseling or admitted to the Sponsored Post MBBS DNB seats of 2025 admission session.

Candidates who joins Sponsored Post MBBS DNB seat in 2025 admission session, after opting a confirmed seat through Centralized Online Counseling for Sponsored Post MBBS DNB seats of 2025 session shall not be eligible to join any other DNB course for the entire duration of their Sponsored Post MBBS DNB course (i.e. 3 years). This shall be irrespective of their resignation or discontinuation from the course due to any reason.

Jurisdiction for disputes, if any, shall be at New Delhi only.

COUNSELING PROCESS AND AVAILABILITY OF SPONSORED DNB POST MBBS SEATS:

FIRST ROUND:

To appear in Sponsored Post MBBS DNB seats of 2025 admission session Counseling, candidates have to register with NBEMS through the designated website and have to fill the choice/ preferences of seats during the registration process. A candidate who does not register for the counseling shall not be eligible to participate in the counseling process.

Candidates will be registered only ONCE during the start of the counseling process. No fresh registration is permissible once the window of registration is closed or in any subsequent rounds of counseling. There is no other methodology for participation in the counseling for Sponsored Post MBBS DNB seats of 2025 admission session except for the ONLINE counseling through above referred website.

Candidates are required to pay the Counseling fee [non-refundable] of ₹ 2500/- (payment gateway charges shall be extra) at the time of online registration process for counseling. The payment gateway/ bank charges shall also be borne by the candidate. Mere submission of counseling fee does not complete the registration process for the counseling. Following steps must be completed to participate in the counseling:

• Payment of Counseling Fee

• Upload prescribed documents

• Choice filling

• Lock and Confirm the Choices filled

Candidates must ensure that the choices/ preferences of seats filled by them during the choice filling process are confirmed (locked & confirmed) by them before the last date of choice filling window. Once locked and confirmed, the choices filled in for the counseling cannot be changed.

The seat allocation will be done in order of merit cum choice/ preference of seats indicated by the candidate during the registration/choice filling process.

For joining the allotted seat, the candidate is required to ACCEPT and FREEZE the allotted seat and have to pay First year course fee [non- refundable] of ₹1,25,000/- (Payment gateway charges shall be extra) within the stipulated time. After the payment of First year course fee, the seat allotted to him/ her will be FROZEN in his/ her favour and the candidate will not be eligible for any further round(s) of counseling.

A candidate who has FROZEN the seat & has paid First year course fee is required to download the Seat allotment letter from the website of the NBEMS. After downloading the seat allotment letter, the candidate is required to join the allotted institute within stipulated time, as mentioned in the counseling schedule published by NBEMS on its website failing which the candidate will lose his/ her admission to the said seat.

The candidate who opt for freezing the seat allotted to them but fails to pay the First year course fee within stipulated time will lose the seat allotted to him/ her, however, he/she will remain eligible to participate in the second round of Counseling. The seat which was allotted to the candidate in the First round will be then made available in the subsequent round of counseling.

Such candidates will NOT be eligible to participate in the mop-up round of counseling, if conducted, even in case they are not allotted any seat in the second round of counseling.

The candidate who after payment of First Year Course fee fails to join the institute allotted or fails to produce his/ her original documents for verification by the institute or fails to fulfills the eligibility criteria prescribed during the verification of documents, within stipulated time as per counseling schedule published on NBEMS website, will lose his/ her admission to the said seat and shall not be eligible for any subsequent round(s) of counseling. Further, the fees paid by the candidate shall also be forfeited. The said seat shall be made available in the subsequent round of counseling.

Further, once a candidate has joined his/ her allotted seat, he/ she will not be permitted to seek transfer to another institute.

The certificates uploaded by the candidate during the registration process shall be subjected to verification. If the certificate(s) uploaded by the candidate are found to be false/ fake at any stage of counseling process or even thereafter, their allotment as well as their candidature will be cancelled.

Only those candidates who are participating in 1st Round of Counseling will be eligible for participation in subsequent Round(s) of Counseling. Candidates not participating in the First round of online counseling shall not be eligible for participation in subsequent round(s) of counseling including Final Round (Mop- up) counseling (if conducted).

SECOND ROUND

The Indicative seat matrix for the Second round of counseling shall comprise of the seats lying vacant after the completion of First round of counseling.

Candidates who have not been allotted any seat during the First round of counseling will be eligible for participation in the Second round of counseling.

Candidates who have been allotted a seat in the First round of counseling but have opted not to freeze the same shall also be eligible for the Second round of counseling.

Candidates who have been allotted a seat in the First round of counseling & opted to freeze the same, but have not paid the First Year Course Fee shall also be eligible for the Second round of counseling.

NOTE: Any candidate who after freezing the seat allotted in the First round of counseling has also paid the First Year Course Fee, shall not be eligible for subsequent round of Counseling, irrespective of his/ her joining the seat allotted in First round of counseling. Such candidates shall be removed from the further counseling process for the 2025 Admission Session.

The panel of choices for indicating preference of seats will be re-opened to all eligible candidates as mentioned above. The choices indicated in the First round of counseling shall not be considered. They shall be required to fill in FRESH choices/ preference of seats. Candidate shall be required to “Lock and confirm” their choices to participate in seat allocation process.

The seat shall be allotted as per merit cum choice/ preference of seats submitted by the candidate during the Second Round of the Counseling process.

The process for freezing of the allotted seat and joining the institute/ hospital shall be same as mentioned in the First round of counseling.

For joining the seat in second round, the candidate is required to ACCEPT and FREEZE the allotted seat and have to pay First year course fee [non- refundable] of ₹1,25,000/- (Payment gateway charges shall be extra) within the stipulated time. After the payment of First year course fee, the seat allotted to him/ her will be FROZEN in his/ her favour and the candidate will not be eligible for further round(s) of counseling, if any.

A candidate who has FROZEN the seat & has paid First year course fee is required to download the Seat allotment letter from the website of the NBEMS. After downloading the seat allotment letter, the candidate is required to join the allotted institute within stipulated time, as mentioned in the counseling schedule published by NBEMS on its website, failing which the candidate will lose his/ her admission to the said seat.

The candidate who opt for freezing the seat allotted to them but fails to pay the First year course fee within stipulated time will NOT ONLY lose the seat allotted to him/ her, but also will NOT be eligible to participate in the subsequent round of Counseling, if any. The seat which was allotted to the candidate in the second round will be made available in the subsequent round of counseling, if any.

The candidate who after payment of First Year Course fee fails to join the institute allotted or fails to produce his/ her original documents for verification by the institute or fails to fulfills the eligibility criteria prescribed during the verification of documents, within stipulated time as per counseling schedule published on NBEMS website, will lose his/ her admission to the said seat and shall not be eligible for subsequent round(s) of counseling, if any. Further, the fees paid by the candidate shall also be forfeited. The said seat shall be made available to the subsequent round of counseling, if any.

Further, once a candidate has joined his/ her allotted seat, he/ she will not be permitted to seek transfer to another institute.

The certificates uploaded by the candidate during the registration process shall be subjected to verification. If the certificate(s) uploaded by the candidate are found to be false/ fake at any stage of counseling process or even thereafter, their allotment as well as their candidature will be cancelled.

FINAL ROUND [MOP-UP]

The decision to conduct Final Round (Mop-Up) is purely discretionary and the decision of the NBEMS in this regard shall be final and binding.

Candidates who after successfully registering for the counseling (in the beginning of the counseling process) have not been allotted any seat during the counseling, will alone be eligible for Final Round (Mop-up) of counseling.

Candidates who have been allotted a seat in any of the previous rounds of the counseling but:

• have opted not to freeze the same, or

• have not paid the First Year Course Fee after freezing the seat, or

• after payment of First Year Course fee fails to join the institute allotted, or

• after payment of First Year Course fee fails to produce his/ her original documents for verification by the institute, or

• after payment of First Year Course fee fails fulfills the eligibility criteria prescribed during the verification of documents shall also NOT be eligible for participation in mop-up round of counseling.

The Final Round (Mop-up) schedule and process of counseling shall be notified on NBEMS website (if conducted).

AVAILABILITY OF SPONSORED POST MBBS DNB SEATS:

The Indicative seat matrix for Sponsored Post MBBS DNB - Broad Specialty course is available on NBEMS website. Final Seat matrix shall be made available at the time of online counseling.

NBEMS does not own or control any of its accredited hospitals. NBEMS neither employs a candidate nor itself makes any payment/ stipend to the candidate.

NBEMS seats remaining vacant after the completion of all rounds of counseling shall not be carried forward to the next admission session.

LIST OF PRESCRIBED DOCUMENTS TO BE UPLOADED AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION IN THE 1ST ROUND OF COUNSELING:

a) MBBS Degree or Provisional MBBS Pass certificate#.

b) Permanent or provisional registration certificate of MBBS qualification issued by the NMC/ the erstwhile Medical Council of India/ State Medical Council.

c) Proof of completion of one year of compulsory internship on or before 31st July 2025.

d) Proof of MBBS qualification recognized as per the provisions of the NMC Act, 2019 and the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023 i.e. Screenshot of NMC website confirming that the MBBS Degree is recognized as per NMC Act, 2019/ FMGE Pass Certificate issued by NBEMS in case of candidates who have completed their MBBS not from India.

e) Matriculation/ High School/ Higher Secondary Certificate as a proof of Date of Birth.

f) Valid Government issued Identity proof with Photograph.

g) NOC as issued by Parent Organization and Undertaking by the candidate, in the prescribed format.

# Provisional certificate of MBBS Qualification is permissible only for those candidates who are yet to be issued the final MBBS Degree.

Candidates who are employed/ under any institutional bond:

After allotment of a seat, a ‘Relieving Letter’ issued by the employer/ institution is mandatorily required to be submitted to join the Sponsored Post MBBS DNB seats. Extension of date of joining on the grounds of seeking ‘Relieving Letter’ from the employer/ institution shall be permitted only after approval of NBEMS.

The seat allotment letter issued to the candidates through online Counseling portal will subject to submission of a valid ‘Relieving letter’ at the time of joining of the course. The date of joining of candidate can be only after the date of relieving.

All certificates must be in HINDI or ENGLISH. In case if any of the certificate(s) is/ are in regional language, its Hindi/ English version translated copy duly authenticated by a Gazetted Officer will be required in original at the time of certificate verification/joining the allotted institute.

All documents that are uploaded on the Counseling website by the candidate shall need to be produced in original for verification at the time of joining at the allotted institute/hospital. Failure to produce the original documents will make the candidate ineligible for participating in the Counseling or for admission to the seat allotted to him/ her.

JOINING OF SPONSORED POST MBBS DNB SEAT:

Candidate allotted with a seat have to download their seat allotment letter from NBEMS website after freezing the seat and payment of First Year course fee.

Each candidate shall be given a prescribed time from the date of issuance of the allotment letter to report and join the allotted NBEMS accredited Medical College/ Institution/ Hospital.

Joining of the candidate is subject to verification of original documents and fulfillment of eligibility for admission to Sponsored Post MBBS DNB seat as per NBEMS criteria indicated in the NEET PG 2025 Information Bulletin and this Handbook for Sponsored Post MBBS DNB seats Counseling for 2025 admission session.

Candidate has to begin his/ her training within the prescribed time. NBEMS accredited Institute is required to upload the JOINING STATUS of the candidate to NBEMS online portal.

The allotment made shall be firm and final. Change of Institute/ College from one place to another is not permitted under any circumstances. Requests for the same shall not be entertained by the NBEMS after the allotment process is completed.

NEET PG 2025 merit is valid for admission to Sponsored Post MBBS DNB seats Counseling for 2025 admission session only. The result shall not be carried forward to next session under any circumstances.

Joining of a candidate to an NBEMS accredited institute through Centralized Merit Based Counseling is subject to medical fitness of the candidate as assessed/ examined by the accredited hospital/institution.

The medical examination of the candidate shall be done by the Medical Board of the concerned NBEMS accredited institute. Candidate found fit in the medical examination shall only be allowed to join Sponsored Post MBBS DNB seat.

The medical fitness of a candidate shall be determined in terms of the guidelines so prescribed by NBEMS.

Candidates are required to submit relieving letter at the allotted institute. Their joining shall only be considered after submission of the said relieving letter. After allotment of a confirmed seat, a ‘Relieving Letter’ issued by the employer/ institution is mandatorily required to be submitted to join the Sponsored Post MBBS DNB seat. Extension of date of joining on the grounds of seeking ‘Relieving Letter’ from the employer/ institution shall be permitted only after approval of NBEMS. The date of joining of candidate can be only after the date of relieving.

COURSE FEE GUIDELINES FOR SPONSORED POST MBBS DNB TRAINING:

The Course Fee guidelines for NBEMS trainees have been published on the website of NBEMS vide notice dated 03.04.2019. Kindly refer to the said notice for detailed guidelines.

Fee Structure for Sponsored Post MBBS DNB Training as per aforesaid guidelines is as follows:

*Maximum Permissible Limit: Accredited institutions are at liberty to charge fees which is less than indicated under respective category. The fee cannot be higher than this amount

After allotment of a seat and payment of First Year Course Fee, the Course Fee shall NOT be refunded to the candidates, irrespective of joining or non- joining the course.

The course fee shall be paid by the candidate in accordance with NBEMS notice dated. 20.10.2023 which is available at NBEMS website.

The accredited hospital cannot charge any other fees like capitation fees, security deposit, security bond, and caution bond in the form of cash, fixed deposit, bank guarantee, and agreement by any instrument whatsoever.

NBEMS accredited Govt. institutions/hospitals can implement a service bond with prior information displayed at the time of counseling.

Stipend Guidelines

The stipend shall be paid by the sponsoring authority.

NBEMS or its accredited hospital has no liability whatsoever to pay stipend to the DNB trainee.

PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION WITH NBEMS FOR SPONSORED POST MBBS DNB SEATS AFTER JOINING IN THE ALLOTTED INSTITUTE

The candidates are required to upload the documents at NBEMS website. Thereafter, the hospitals are also required to update the joining status at the same website.

Candidate who has Joined the allotted seat shall be referred as NBEMS trainee.

NBEMS has introduced a web portal named as Online Portal for Joining and Registration (OPJR). Candidates as well as the concerned Hospitals/ Institutes are required to complete the Registration formalities after conclusion of all rounds of counseling. OPJR shall not be accessible for both candidates as well as institutes during the ongoing process of counseling.

Subsequent to conclusion of counseling, the candidate and hospital shall be able to access the Online Portal for Joining and Registration (OPJR) through web-link where they shall be required to complete the joining and registration formalities.

A detailed notice regarding the same shall also be published after conclusion of counseling for Joined candidates to register themselves as trainees with NBEMS. The joining of a candidate for a course is considered complete only after successful submission of Self-Appraisal to NBEMS both by the candidate and its training institution.

To view the official notices, click the link mentioned below-

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/2026/03/06/viewnotice1-331347.pdf

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/2026/03/06/viewupload1-331348.pdf