Medical Courses at BHU

The Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi has announced the admission schedule for MBBS/BDS/BAMS/B.Pharm./B.Pharm(Ayurveda) Courses-2009.
Admission to the MBBS course (63 seats) will be based on a two stage process, the PMT-2009 Screening and PMT-2009 Main. Admission to BDS (28 seats)/BAMS (57 seats) / B. Pharm. (28 seats) and B.Pharm.(Ayurveda) (Paid seats - 30) courses, will be based only on PMT-2009 Screening.
The PMT-2009 Screening will be held on 6th May 2009 (Wednesday) at Varanasi, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad Centres.
The PMT-2009 Main for selection of candidates to the MBBS Course will be held on the 14th June 2009 (Sunday) at Varanasi Centre only.
Applicant should have passed Intermediate, 10+2 or equivalent examination in English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Zoology + Botany) taken together. For admission to MBBS/BDS/BAMS/B.Pharm.(Ay.), applicant should have a minimum of 50% aggregate marks for General category and 40% for OBC/SC/ST candidates. For admission to B.Pharm course, applicant should have a minimum of 60% marks for General & OBC category and 55% aggregate marks for SC/ST candidates. Candidates appearing in qualifying examination may also apply.
Minimum and maximum age is 17-25.
The distribution of seats for various courses will be as follows:
M.B.B.S.(63 seats) : General - 42; OBC - 7; SC - 9 and ST – 5.
BDS and B.Pharm. (28 seats each): General - 19; OBC - 3; SC - 4 and ST – 2.
BAMS (57 seats) : General - 36; Foreign National - 3; OBC - 6; SC - 8 and ST – 4.
B.Pharm.(Ay.) (Paid seats, 30): General - 15; OBC - 8; SC - 5 and ST - 2.
Application Form along with the Information Booklet for PMT-2009 can be obtained on payment of Rs. 1000/- (Rs. 600/- for SC/ST candidates) from the following Post Offices.
VARANASI: (i) BHU Sub Post Office, near Central School (Application Form can be obtained from BHU Sub Post Office, Varanasi till 4 pm on 05.03.2009 Thursday) (ii) Varanasi HPO, near Kotwali Police Station, Vishvesvarganj (iii) Varanasi Cantt. HO, near TV Station; DELHI-(i) Delhi GPO, Connaught Place, Gole Dakghar (ii) New Delhi Head Office, near Kashmiri Gate; LUCKNOW - GPO, Hazaratganj ; KANPUR - HO, Civil Lines, Bara Chauraha, Mal Road; KOLKATA - GPO, Dalhousie Square; HYDERABAD - GPO, Aabidas; NAGPUR - HPO, Civil Lines; MUMBAI- GPO, CST Railway Station; JAIPUR - GPO, near Jaipur Railway Station; RANCHI - GPO, near Shaheed Chowk; CHANDIGARH - GPO, Sector 17; CHENNAI - GPO, near Rajaji Salai; BHOPAL - GPO, Royal Market; PATNA - GPO, near Patna Railway Station.
Application materials can also be obtained from the Office of the Director (PMT-Cell), Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005 by sending a written request to reach there latest by 18th February 2009 (Wednesday), by Registered Post along with Crossed Demand Draft/Bankers Cheque (MICR only) of Rs. 1100/- (Rs. 700/- for SC/ST candidates) of a Nationalized Bank, drawn in favour of ‘The Director, Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU’ payable at Varanasi and two self-addressed, preferably typed, white paper slips of 10 cm x 6 cm size.
The request should show the name and address of the candidate and full particulars of the enclosed DD/BC with the name and address of candidate written on the back of the DD. The envelope in which the request is sent should be super scribed ‘Request for Application for PMT-2009, BHU’. Separate Bank Draft will be required for each application form.
Application form duly completed must be sent through Registered Post so as to reach ‘The Director (PMT Cell), Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005’, latest by 5 pm on 9th March 2009 (Monday).
Foreign Nationals are not required to appear in the PMT examination for MBBS/BAMS course. They may seek admission through the Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi, as per the rules laid down for the purpose and their nomination must reach by 16th July 2009 (Thursday).
For more details visit www.bhu.ac.in, www.imsbhu.nic.in or http://bhuresults.nic.in

Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam 2009 on May 17

The Union Public Service Commission has invited applications for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2009, the first stage of the process for recruitment to the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and certain other Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ Central Services/Posts.

The Examination will be held on 17th May, 2009 at various centres across the country.

Applicant should not be less than 21 years of age and not more than 30 years of age as on 1st August, 2009. The upper age limit is relaxable for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Other Backward Classes and certain other categories of candidates to the extent specified in the detailed Notice.

Applicant should hold a Degree of a recognized University or an equivalent qualification and must be physically fit according to the Regulations given in Appendix-III of Rules for the Civil Services Examination, 2009 published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 6th December, 2008.

The maximum number of attempts permissible to different categories of applicants who are otherwise eligible are as follows:
(i) General Category - Four(ii) Physically Handicapped Candidates belonging to General Category - Seven(iii) Other Backward Classes - Seven(iv) Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST) - No limit.
Application has to be submitted in the Common Application Form devised by the Commission for its examinations, which can be purchased from designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices (specified in Appendix-III of the Notice published in Employment News/Rozgar Samachar), throughout the country against cash payment of Rs.20/-.
A fee of Rs. 50/- has to be paid by the applicants through Central Recruitment Fee Stamp only. SC/ST/PH candidates are exempted from payment of fees while OBC candidates are required to pay full fees).

Completed Applications should reach ‘Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110 069’, either by hand or by Post/Speed Post or by Courier, on or before 5th January, 2009.

In respect of candidates residing abroad or in certain remote areas specified in the Notice, the last date for receipt of applications by Post/Speed Post only (Not by Hand or by Courier) is 12th January, 2009.

The Preliminary Examination consists of two papers of objective type (multiple-choice questions) carrying a maximum of 450 marks. Paper – I (General Studies) will carry 150 Marks and Paper - II, which will be one of the optional subjects to be selected from the prescribed optional subjects, will carry 300 Marks. Question Papers will be set in English & Hindi.
For details, visit http://www.upsc.gov.in

COMEDK PGET on Feb 8

The ‘Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka’ (COMEDK) is conducting the Post Graduate Entrance Test 'COMEDK PGET-2009' and Centralised Counseling, for Post Graduate courses in Medical and Dental studies in Private Unaided Medical & Dental Colleges of Karnataka for 2009-10.
COMEDK PGET-2009 will be conducted only at centres in Bangalore on February 8, 2009 (Sunday).
There will be one test for admission to PG Medical and one test for admission to PG Dental Courses. Each test will have 180 multiple-choice questions of three hours duration. The test will begin at 10 am and end at 1pm
The syllabi for the Post Graduate Medical / Dental entrance test are based on the M.B.B.S. / B.D.S. syllabus as prescribed by MCI / DCI, respectively. Details are given in the website of COMEDK.
Applicants must have passed all years of their MBBS/BDS from an institution recognized by the Medical Council of India/Dental Council of India and must have completed/must be completing their internship by 30.4.2009. The test is open to all the eligible students in the country. There is no age limit for admission to the courses.
Applications are to be submitted online at http://www.comedk.org after obtaining a Demand Draft for Rs.1500/- in favour of COMEDK-2009, payable at Bangalore.
The completed Application Form along with the DD and the documents asked for has to reach ‘The Executive Secretary - COMEDK, # 37, First Floor, Ramanashree Chambers, Lady Curzon Road, Bangalore, Karnataka - 560001’, by Post or Courier on or before 5th January 2009 (Monday). Application should be sent in A4 size envelope only, without folding the Application form. The Test Admission Tickets would be despatched to the candidates by Seed Post by 13.1.2009.
For more details, visit http://www.comedk.org

MBA in Petroleum Management

Institute of Petroleum Management, has announced the admission process for the for the Two Year Residential MBA, focused on Oil & Gas Sector, starting in July 2009. Only those candidates, who have appeared for the Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by IIMs on 16th November, 2008 are eligible to apply.
Applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA in a 10+2+3 pattern.
Candidates appearing for the final Bachelor's Degree / equivalent qualification examination can also apply. Such candidates must produce a certificate from the Principal/Head of the Department/Registrar/Director of the University/ Institution certifying that the candidate has obtained 50% marks or equivalent based on latest available grades/marks (i.e. all the years’ grade/marks except the final year grade/marks). Such candidates, if selected, will be allowed to join the programme provisionally, only if they submit a certificate latest by June 30, 2009 from the Principal/Registrar of their College/ Institute/ University (issued on or before June 30, 2009) certifying that they have completed all the requirements and have appeared for the examinations/practical etc. for the final year/final term whatever the case maybe (the results may, however, be awaited) for obtaining the Bachelor's Degree/ equivalent qualification on the date of issue of the certificate.
Application from can be downloaded from http://www.ipmg.ac.in/pdf/admissionform2009.pdf.
The filled up Application from has to be sent only by Registered Post (not by Courier/Speed Post) to ‘Admissions 2009, MBA (Focused on Oil & Gas Sector), Institute of Petroleum Management, Gandhinagar, Off Koba-Gandhinagar Highway, Raisan, Gandhinagar, Gujarat -382 007’ along with attested copy of CAT score card, Application fee of Rs.2000/-, to be paid by way of a Demand Draft taken in favour of ‘Institute of Petroleum Management Gandhinagar – PDPU’, payable at Ahmedabad. The last date for receipt of filled up applications is 1500 hrs on 5.2.2009.
The annual tuition fee for the course is Rs.2,00,000.00 (Rupees two lakhs only). Other expenses towards boarding, lodging, computer facilities, library, utilities, placement and caution money etc. are extra.
For details, visit http://www.ipmg.ac.in

AFMC Admission 2009

Application invited for the MBBS course provided by Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune – 411040 [AFMC, Pune]. Admission to the MBBS course will be based on a written examination, to be conducted on May 3, 2009. A total of 130 candidates (including a maximum of 25 girls) will be selected for course. Ten seats are reserved for SC/ST candidates provided they qualify in the written examination and come within the first 500 in the final combined merit list of boys and girls.
Students, who pass out, have compulsory liability to serve as Commissioned Officers in the Armed Forces Medical Services at least for five years. Application form and Prospectus will be available for sale at selected General Post Offices / Head Post Offices of major cities all over the country, from December 22, 2008 to January 28, 2009.
A candidate seeking admission to the MBBS course should be a citizen of India, must be unmarried (Marrying during the course is not permitted), should be medically fit as per prescribed standards by the Govt. of India, Ministry of Defence and must have attained the age of 17 years on 31st December of the year of application, but must not have attained the age of 22 years on that date (Not more than 24 years in case of candidates who have passed or are appearing in final B Sc examinations). Candidate must have passed all the subjects opted for in the first attempt of the qualifying examinations (Plus Two) as a regular candidate with English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken simultaneously with minimum 60% marks in aggregate in these 3 science subjects taken together and not less than 50% marks in English and 50% marks in each of the science subjects. They must have also passed an examination in Mathematics of the 10th standard.
For more details students may visit the website http://afmc.nic.in/mbbs_admission.html