PGI Chandigarh MDS (House Job Courses) January 2016 admissions

PGI - Chandigarh MDS (House Job) Admission Session - January 2016

Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh has invited applications for admission to Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) - House Job Courses for the academic session starting from 01st January 2016

Important Dates

Last Date for Submission of Online Form: 26th October 2015

Last Date for Depositing the Fee in the bank: 30th October 2015

PGI Chandigarh MDS (House Job) Schedule of Exam - Jan 2016 Session

Entrance Examination: 19th November 2015 at 10.00 AM

Declaration of Result: 30th November 2015 at 09.00 AM

Counseling: 02nd December 2015 at 11.00 AM

Details of MDS (House Job Course)

The MDS course has duration of three academic years

The House Jobs are for a period up to 30 June for January session and December 31 for the July session

At present, this translates to a Pay Scale of Rs 15600 - 39100/- and a Grade Pay of Rs 5400/-

Details of MDS /House Job Seats at PGIMER January 2016 Session

Master of Dental Surgery (MDS)
i) Pedodontics [Gen-01, Spon-01]
ii) Orthodontics [Gen-01, Spon-01]
iii) Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery [Gen-01, Spon-01]
First Year Junior Resident (House Job) for Oral Health Sciences [OBC-01, ST-01]

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for admission to MDS/HOUSE JOB courses at the Institute, a candidate:

Must hold degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) of Panjab University or any other University recognized by Dental Council of India

Must have either completed, or due to complete, compulsory rotatory internship training on or before 31st December for January session and 30th June for July session respectively

Candidates are eligible for House Job within three years of obtaining the BDS degree

Selection Procedure (MDS /House Job)

Candidates will be considered for selection based on a theory paper consisting of 100 multiple choice question (MCQs) with four alternatives each and a single correct or most appropriate response

The duration of this competitive entrance exam to be conducted at various centres at Chandigarh, is 90 minutes; there will be no clinical/practical exam

Each incorrect response will be penalized with negative score of 0.25 marks

Candidates of various categories will qualify for admission if they secure minimum marks in theory exam, as mentioned against each category

a) Open (General) and Sponsored/Deputed: 50 marks
b) OBC & SC/ST: 45 marks

Fees and Dues

The following dues are payable to the Institute, by the candidates admitted to the MDS /House Job Courses:

a) Registration Fee: Rs.500/-
b) Tuition Fee: Rs.250/- per annum
c) Laboratory Fee: Rs.900/- per annum
d) Amalgamated Fund: Rs.360/- per annum
e) Security: Rs.1000/- (refundable only after completion of course)
f) Hostel Security: Rs.5000/- (refundable) to the deposited with the Administrative Officer (Hostel) if hostel accommodation is allotted

The first installment of fees for six months is required to be paid immediately after selection

How to Apply? 

Candidate should fill his/her online application form available on PGIMER website www.pgimer.edu.in. He/She should fill all the fields/columns of the form. No fields/columns should be left blank

After filling application form, the candidate should deposit the application fee through challan form (triplicate) in any branch of SBI

Candidates can go to any Branch of State Bank of India with the fee Payment Challan duly filled in and pay the prescribed Application Fee in the “Power Jyoti” PUL current account of PGIMER

The Challan form is required to be filled up in the name of Director, PGIMER, Chandigarh (Exam) in the Power Jyoti Account No.32211613319 and those candidates who have SBI account can also pay their fee through i-collect service of SBI and I-collect Account No. is 32222954695

In that case the INB reference No. will have to be mentioned instead of Challan No. in the application form. The fees for GENERAL/OBC candidates is Rs.1000/- and for SC/ST Rs.800/- (indicating category i.e. General or SC/ST). Fee once deposited is non-refundable

No representation/request /demand for refund of application fees will be entertained if the candidate fails to apply within the stipulated time after payment of application fee

The application, sponsored category alognwith requisite certificates must reach the office of Registrar, PGIMER, Sector-12, Chandigarh-160012 before the last date of receiving the application

Fee Details

For SC/ST Candidates: Rs.800/-

For General & all other categories: Rs.1000/-

PGIMER Chandigarh

Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh, Registrar, PGIMER, Sector-12, Chandigarh-160012, Email:trainingbranchpgi@yahoo.com, Website www.pgimer.edu.in