MD/MS/PG COURSES – Three year

Diploma Courses Two years

MDS COURSES – Two year

Eligibility
(a) The candidate must be an Indian National.

(b) A candidate, who holds M.B.B.S. degree from a recognized medical college or a foreign medical degree included in the Schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 and who has obtained full registration either from the Medical Council of India or any of the State Medical Councils after completing compulsory rotating internship shall be eligible to take this examination.

(c) However, a candidate who, after passing the final qualifying examination (MBBS or the foreign medical degree recognized by MCI), is undergoing 12-month compulsory rotating internship/practical training and is likely to complete the same by 31st March, 2012 can take up this examination, but he/she shall not be eligible for admission unless he/she has completed the compulsory rotating internship and obtained full registration on or before 31st March, 2012 or the candidate produces a certificate from the head of Institution that he /she will be completing internship by 31st March, 2012.

For MDS:

A candidate who holds BDS degree from a Dental College recognised by the Dental Council of India and who has obtained full registration either from the Dental Council of India or any of the State Dental Councils after passing the final BDS examination and has completed one year (12 months) Compulsory Rotating Internship in an approved/ recognised Dental College shall be eligible.

The condition of one year Compulsory Rotating Internship is not applicable to those candidate who had passed their final BDS Examination on or before 1988 and hold a BDS Degree from a Dental College recognised by the Dental Council of India and have obtained full registration from Dental Council of India.

No condonation of Internship of 12 months period shall be accepted.

How To Apply
A candidate can submit application only ON-LINE through website www.aiimsexams.org . Read the Prospectus and other details carefully and follow the instructions given therein.

Application Fee : General/OBC Category: Rs.1000/- (SC/ST Category Rs. 800/-) + Transaction charges as applicable. Payment through computer generated ChallanForm in any branch of State Bank of India (SBI).

The candidates are required to bring AIIMS copy of Challan Form at the time of examination along with Admit Card and must hand over the AIIMS copy of Challan to the Invigilator, failing which their candidature will not be considered.

Application form/Registration Slip complete in all respects should be submitted online and NOT to be sent to Assistant Controller of Examinations, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110 608.

Admit Card

A downloadable Admit Card will be hosted for all the eligible candidates on website www.aiimsexams.org w.e.f. 28th December, 2011. All the candidates must take a printout of the same.

The admit card will not be sent through Postal System. No candidate will be admitted to the examination unless he/she holds a valid Admit Card issued by the AIIMS.

Contact Details
Examination Section, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110608
Tel.: 26594971/26594499
Fax : 26588789
Website: http://www.aiimsexams.org

Last date for receipt of form
21 December 2011

Entrance Date
08 January 2012

The course will be for four years along with an additional one-year internship. Though the new norm would be implemented from this academic year (2011-12), it would be applicable for batches admitted in the 2008-09 session. In 2007, the Dental Council of India (DCI) had made the BDS degree a five-year “all classroom” course, dropping the need for any hands-on training with patients.

A ministry official said, “Students on completion of a four-year theoretical BDS course will have to undertake the year-long clinical programme. This is on similar lines to what the Medical Council of India (MCI) has done with the revised MBBS curriculum.” DCI officials say, the rationale behind dropping the internship in 2007 was lack of seriousness on students’ part.

“Most of the dental colleges in India are private. A majority of students wouldn’t attend the internship, and obtain a fake certificate. On the other hand, in the final year there were nine subjects that were difficult to complete in a year, and students were put under too much pressure. Hence, BDS was made a five-year course without internship. However, it is now felt that internship is crucial. It will give the student a hands-on experience,” the official said.

Internships were first introduced in 1992-93 after dental science was recognized as a professional course like medicine and engineering. The Union health ministry order said, “The revised BDS course – 3rd Amendment Regulations, 2011 – also incorporate three months of compulsory rural attachment. All parts of internship will be done in a dental college duly recognized/approved by Dental Council of India for the purpose of imparting education to dental graduates in the country.”

“The compulsory rotational paid internship is aimed at improving training in all the different specialities of dentistry. On critical analysis, it was realized that the internship period in dental/medical course provides for better opportunities for practical training and skill development. Internship programme in dentistry are mandatory in most of the countries across the world.”

India has 249 private dental colleges and 40 government colleges, who among them produce 23,380 dentists a year. DCI’s new chairman Dr Dibyendu Mazumdar has also written to all chief ministers not to send proposals for opening of private dental colleges. Last year, not a single new dental college was given permission to start the undergraduate course even though 45 new colleges – 95% of which were private – had applied to DCI seeking permission to start new admissions.

Dr Anil Kohli, a former head of DCI, said India does not require new dental colleges. “There is hardly any employment opportunity for dentists in India. We must not open new dental colleges anymore but give accreditation to the old ones under three categories – doing well, can improve and bad. Colleges coming under the last category should be shut down.”

DCI’s senior members feel that dental education has become a lucrative business, which is diluting quality in the country. “There is a serious dearth of visiting faculty. It has become a lucrative business to start a new dental college. This explains the sudden spurt in the number of dental colleges applying for permission,” Dr Kohli said.

Eligibility for M.B.B.S. and B.D.S is H.S.C. (+2) or equivalent qualification with English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology (or) Botany & Zoology with marks as prescribed by the respective statutory Councils.

Selection will be made on merit, based on the marks secured in the Entrance Examination conducted by the University on All India basis. Course will be allotted through counseling.

Prospectus and Application Form for Entrance Examination may be obtained either by downloading from the website www.srmc.edu or from the Registrar on requisition with a Demand Draft for Rs. 1,100/—(Rupees one thousand one hundred only) drawn in favour of “The Registrar, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai 116” or in person by paying Rs. 1,000/-(Rupees one thousand only) at the University Office.

Application forms will be issued from 23,03.2009 (Monday). The last date for issue of Application forms is 24.04.2009 (Friday). Last date for receipt of filled in Application forms is 06.05.2009 (Wednesday). All India Level Common Entrance Examination will be held on 24.05.2009(Sunday) from 10.00. a.m. to 1.00. p.m in Examination Centres at BANGALORE, CHENNAI, DELHI, KOLKATA & PUNE.  

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Note:
1. Candidate belonging to any State in India are eligible to apply.
2. Candidates appearing for H.S.C. (+2) Examination in March/ April 2009 can appear for the Entrance Examination.
3. The University shall not be responsible for any postal delay or loss in transit.