AIPMT 2012 on April 1 & May 13

No NEET this year. AIPMT is back. So apply fast.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the dates of the AIPMT 2012 Preliminary and Final Examinations for admission of candidates to the 15% All India Quota seats for MBBS/BDS. AIPMT Preliminary Examination will be held on 1st April, 2012 (Sunday) and the AIPMT Final Examination, on 13th May, 2012 (Sunday) as per a press release issued by the CBSE yesterday.

In the Press release, CBSE has clarified that this has been necessitated on account of the permission sought from the Supreme Court by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India to allow introduction of NEET for Under Graduate Medical Courses from the academic year 2013-14 instead of 2012-13.

Central Board of Secondary Education has also made it clear that the eligibility conditions, centre cities, syllabus, pattern, etc. will remain the similar to AIPMT 2011 Examination for which the information is already available on website www.aipmt.nic.in and that the schedule for the submission of application forms would be shortly communicated.

The All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Examination, 2012 will be for admission to the 15% All India Quota seats for MBBS/BDS courses, in the Medical/Dental Colleges of India except Jammu & Kashmir and Andhar Pradesh, as specified in the directive of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. This will be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi in two stages.

Preliminary Examination: The first stage of the entrance examination, the Preliminary Examination to be held on April 1, 2012(Sunday), would consist of one paper of 3 hours duration containing 200 objective type questions from Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany & Zoology). Each question will be followed by four options with single correct answer which is to be marked on the specially designed machine-gradable sheet using Ball Point Pen only.

Final Examination: The Final Examination for those who qualify in the Preliminary Examination, will be held on May 13, 2012 (Sunday), would also consist of one paper of 3 hours duration with 120 objective type questions from Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany & Zoology). Each question will have four options with single correct answer, to be marked on the specially designed machine-gradable sheet using Ball Point Pen only.

Centres of Examination : The Preliminary Examination is expected to be held at Itanagar, Agartala, Port Blair, Shillong , Imphal, Panaji, Puducherry, Guwahati, Trivandrum, Cochin, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Patna, Ranchi, Mumbai, Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Shimla, Lucknow, Noida, Dehradun, Chandigarh, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangaluru, Bhopal, Raipur and Jaipur.  The final Examination is expected to be held at Cochin, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Ranchi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Delhi, Kolkata, Bhopal and Jaipur.

ELIGIBILITY:

Nationality and Age: Applicant should be an Indian National and should have completed 17 years at the time of admission or should be completing the age on or before 31st December, 2012. Upper age limit will be 25 years as on 31st December, 2012. This would be relaxed by 5 years for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Other Backward Classes. So, applicants should have been born on or between 1.1.83 and 1.1.96 in case of SC/ST/OBC Category and on or between 1.1.88 and 1.1.96 in case of all other categories.

Qualifying examinations: Applicant should have passed any one of the following qualifying examinations

(i) Higher/Senior Secondary Examination or the Indian School Certificate Examination which is equivalent to 10+2 Higher/Senior Secondary Examination after a period of 12 years study, the last two years of such study with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-technology (which shall include practical tests in these subjects) and Mathematics or any other elective subject with English at a level not less than the core course for English as prescribed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training after introduction of the 10+2+3 educational structure as recommended by the National Committee on Education
(ii) The Intermediate/Pre-Degree Examination in Science of an Indian University/Board or other recognized examining body with Physics, Chemistry, Biology /Bio-technology (which shall include practical test in these subjects) and English
(iii) The Pre-professional/Pre-medical Examination with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-technology & English after passing either the Higher Secondary Examination or the Pre-University or an equivalent examination. The Pre-professional/Pre-medical examination shall include practical test in these subjects
(iv) The first year of the 3 Year Degree course of a recognized University with Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology including practical tests in these subjects provided the examination is a University Examination and further that applicant has passed the earlier qualifying examination with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-technology and English.
(v) B.Sc. Examination of an Indian University provided that applicant has passed the B.Sc. Examination with not less than two of the subjects Physics, Chemistry, Biology (Botany, Zoology)/Bio-technology and further that he/she has passed the earlier qualifying examination with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English
(vi) Any other examination which in scope and standard (Last 2 years of 10+2 Study comprising of Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Bio-technology; which shall include practical test in these subjects.) is found to be equivalent to the Intermediate Science Examination of an Indian University/Board, taking Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Bio-technology including practical tests in each of these subjects and English.

Appearing candidates: Those taking the qualifying examination prior to the competitive test or those awaiting result were also permitted to apply for AIPMT. However, such applicants were not be eligible for admission to MBBS/BDS, if he/she did not pass the qualifying examination with the required pass percentage of marks at the time of first round of allotment by personal appearance.

Marks requirement: Applicants were required to have passed in Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-technology and English individually and required to have obtained a minimum of 50% marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Bio-technology at the qualifying examination and in the competitive entrance examination. SC/ST/OBC applicants needed only 40% marks for Physics, Chemistry and Biology /Bio-technology together in the qualifying examination and competitive entrance examination. For persons with locomotory disability of lower limbs, the minimum marks was 45% for General-PH and 40% for SCPH/ST-PH/OBC-PH. Students of Indian Nationality educated abroad seeking admission to Medical colleges in India must have passed in Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-technology and English upto the 12th standard level with 50% marks and their equivalency will be determined as per regulations of the Medical Council of India and the concerned University.

Reservation: 15% seats were reserved for SC candidates, 7.5% for ST candidates and 27% for Non-Creamy layer OBC candidates in Central Educational Institutions only as per Hon’ble Supreme Court order dated 10.04.2008. Reservation would be applicable to the castes mentioned in the Central list of OBC. 3% seats are reserved on horizontal basis for PH candidates. The reservation will be made as per 2200 point reservation roster. The mode of implementation of reservation will be available atwww.mohfw.nic.in

Submission of Application: In 2011, there was provision for online submission and Offline submission of applications. The fee was Rs.700/- (General /OBC)/Rs. 350/- (SC/ST) which was to be remitted by Credit card or through Demand Draft drawn in favour of the’ Secretary, C.B.S.E., Delhi‘, on any Nationalized bank, payable at Delhi.

After submitting all the required details as per the instructions given at the site, applicants were required to take a print of the Online Application. The print out of the computer generated Application Form was to be sent by Speed Post / Regd. Post to reach the Board on or before the last date.

Offline Application Forms: For those applying offline, the Information Bulletin containing Application Form could be obtained on payment of Rs.800/- (General/OBC)/Rs. 450/- (SC/ST) by cash, from any of the 177 notified branches of Canara Bank . Banks charged Rs. 5/- as Service Charge for the sale of Information Bulletin in addition to the fee.

Websites: The official website of CBSE for All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Examination is www.aipmt.nic.in.  All the examination related information will be available here.

The official website of the Directorate General of Health Services iswww.mohfw.nic.in.  All the counselling related information will be available at this website.

For more details, see www.aipmt.nic.in