Applications invited for AIPMT-2010

The Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi, has invited applications in the prescribed form for the All India Pre-Medical / Pre-Dental Entrance Examination (AIPMT) 2010 as per the following schedule for admission to 15% of the total seats for Medical/Dental Courses in all Medical/Dental Colleges run by the Union of India, State Governments, Municipal and other local authorities in India except in the States of Andhra Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir.

The Preliminary Examination will be held on April 3, 2010 (Saturday) and the Final Examination will be held on May 16, 2010 (Sunday). Both preliminary and final examinations would be objective-type.

Eligibility criteria: (i) He/She has completed age of 17 years at the time of admission or will complete the age on or before 31st December of the year of his/her admission to the 1st year M.B.B.S./B.D.S. course and is an INDIAN NATIONAL.

(ii) The upper age limit for All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Examination is 25
years as on 31st December of the year of the entrance examination. Further provided
that upper age limit shall be relaxed by a period of 5 (five) years for the candidates of
Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Other Backward Classes.

(iii) The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at All India Pre-Medical/Pre-
Dental Entrance Examination shall be limited to 3 (three) uniformly for all the
candidates.

(iv) The candidate must have passed in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and
English individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks taken together
in Physics, Chemistry and Biology at the qualifying examination. In respect of
candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward Classes
the marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together in qualifying
examination be 40% instead of 50% for General Candidates. Further, for persons for
locomotory disability of lower limbs, the minimum of 45% marks for General-PH and
40% marks for SC-PH/ST-PH/OBC-PH are required. Those who are taking plus two
examination in 2010 can also appear for the entrance test provisionally subject to their
fulfilling the conditions later.

(v) 15% seats for SC candidates, 7.5% seats for ST candidates, 27% seats for non-creamy
layer OBC candidates in Central Institutions only and 3% seats on horizontal basis for
Physically Handicapped candidates are reserved in 15% All India Quota for
MBBS/BDS courses.

A candidate can apply for the All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Examination in
either of the following two ways:-

Offline: Offline submission of Application may be made on the prescribed Application Form. The Information Bulletin and Application Form costing Rs.800/- for General/OBC Category and Rs.450/- for SC/ST category can be obtained against Cash Payment from the designated branches of Canara Bank/Regional Offices of the CBSE between 20-10-2009 to 27-11-2009.

Information Bulletin and Application Form can also be obtained by Post from the Board by
sending a written request with a Demand Draft for Rs.850/- for General/OBC Category
and Rs.500/- for SC/ST Category payable to the Secretary, Central Board of Secondary
Education, Delhi along with a Self Addressed Envelope of size 12" x 10". The request
must reach the Board on or before 18-11-2009. The request should be superscribed
as 'Request for Information Bulletin and Application Form for AIPMT-2010'.

Online: Online submission of application may be made by accessing the Board’s website
www.aipmt.nic.in from 20-10-2009 to 27-11-2009 (5.00 P.M.). Instructions for sending online application, payment of fee and computer generated printout are available on the Board’s website.

Fee of Rs.800/- for General/OBC Category Candidates and Rs.450/- for SC/ST Category
Candidates may be remitted in the following ways:
1. By Credit card, or
2. Through Demand Draft in favour of the Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi drawn on any Nationalized Bank payable at Delhi.

Last date of submission of Application Form: Both offline and online (Computer generated printout) application should be sent through registered post/speed post only so as to reach to the Board on or before 04-12-2009.

Boards address for sending Application: The Deputy Secretary (AIPMT), Central Board
Secondary Education, Shiksha Kendra, 2, Community Centre, Preet Vihar, Delhi-110 301