AFMC All India Test for MBBS Admission in 2011
Applications are invited for admission to the MBBS course at Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, commencing from 01 Aug 2011
Total 130 candidates (including a maximum of 25 girls) will be selected. All the 105 boys and
25 girls admitted to Armed Forces Medical College, Pune have compulsory liability to serve as commissioned officers in the Armed Forces Medical Services on graduation. The type of commission will depend upon the vacancies available and merit-cum-option at the final MBBS examination. The liability of the Short Service Commission (SSC) officers passing out of AFMC to serve the Armed Forces Medical Services would be seven (7) years. All candidates admitted to the college are required to execute a bond to this effect for an amount of Rs. 15 lacs (Rupees Fifteen lacs) at the time of joining the college. Students removed from service liability due to any reason will have to pay the bond money as per conditions laid down by Govt of India.
Ten seats are reserved for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe candidates who also have similar service liability and have to fulfil the requirements of medical fitness, age, educational qualification and qualifying the entrance examination as per details given in the prospectus
Special concessions: The Govt will provide free accommodation and entitled rations, subsidised messing, AC 3 Tier free railway warrant from college to home and back during vacations, a book subsidy of Rs. 12,000/- during entire training period, uniform allowance of Rs. 6000/- per student during first year and Rs. 1250/- per year as maintenance allowance in subsequent years and any other misc allowances as applicable
All candidates should be medically fit as per laid down standards for the Armed Forces
Only unmarried candidates are eligible. Marriage during the course is not permitted. The college is fully and compulsorily residential both for boys and girl
AFMC MBBS 2011 Admission IMPORTANT DATES
AFMC 2011 MBBS Written Examination Date : 01 May 2011
AFMC MBBS 2011 Results of Written Exam : End May 2011, published in leading National newspapers and Employment news.
On-line Application Form will be available for download only till 5th Feb 2011.
The Last date of Receipt of completed Application Form along with Demand Draft of Rs. 250/- at AFMC Pune is 7th February 2011 (5.00 pm).
HOW TO GET AFMC 2011 MBBS APPLICATION FORM :
How to apply: (a) Prospectus and application forms can be purchased for Rs. 250/- in cash at the General/Head/Central/Main Post Offices located at the undermentioned places from the date of advertisement (December 2010) for approximately one month. - Agra Cantt HPO, Ahmedabad GPO, Ahmednagar HPO, Aizwal HPO, Allahabad HPO, Ambala Cantt HPO, Aurangabad HPO, Bagdogra PO, Bangalore GPO, Bareilly HPO, Bathinda HPO, Belgaum HPO, Berhampur HPO, Bhopal GPO, Bhubaneswar GPO, Chandigarh GPO, Chennai GPO, Coimbatore PO, Darbhanga HPO, Dehradun GPO, New Delhi (Gol Dakhkhana) GPO, Delhi (Kamla Nagar) PO, Delhi (Krishna Nagar) HPO, Delhi (Rohini) PO, Delhi (Lodhi Road) HPO, Delhi (Ramesh Nagar) HPO, Dharamsala HPO, Dharwad HPO, Ernakulam HPO, Ferozpur HPO, Guwahati GPO, Gwalior HPO, Hyderabad GPO, Imphal HPO, Indore HPO, Itanagar HPO, Jabalpur HPO, Jaipur GPO, Jalandhar HPO, Jammu HPO, Jhansi HPO, Jodhpur HPO, Jorhat HPO, Kanpur HPO, Kolkata
GPO, Kozhikode HPO, Lucknow GPO, Madurai HPO, Meerut HPO, Mumbai GPO, Nagpur HPO, Pathankot HPO, Panaji HPO, Patna GPO, Pondichery HPO, Port Blair HPO, Pune HPO, Raipur GPO, Rajkot HPO, Ramgarh Cantt HPO, Ranchi GPO, Sambalpur HPO, Shillong HPO, Shimla GPO, Siliguri HPO, Srinagar GPO, Surat HPO, Tezpur HPO, Tinsukia HPO, Tirucharapallai HPO,
Thiruvananthapuram HPO, Udaipur HPO, Vadodara HPO, and Visakhapatanam HPO
Note - While purchasing prospectus from above HPOs/GPOs candidates must ensure that they have received one copy of the Application Form also. Demand draft is not required to be sent alongwith these applications
(b) Prospectus and application forms can also be obtained by post from Officer-in-Charge (Admission Cell), Armed Forces Medical College, Sholapur Road, Pune- 411 040 on payment of Rs. 250/- per copy, only by Bank Draft on any nationalized bank payable at Pune in favour of “Commandant, AFMC, Pune”, along with full postal address of the candidate on two separate slips of paper (size 9 cms x 5 cms). Please ensure that the Demand Draft bears the code number of the issuing bank. The candidate must write his/her name & address on the back of the Demand Draft. The candidate should enclose an application for obtaining prospectus and application form giving his/her particulars and address and enclose a self addressed envelope of 11” X 13” size and affix postage stamp of Rs. 55/-. Bank Drafts on any other banks other than nationalized banks, Money Orders, Cash or Postal Orders will not be accepted. Each request should be accompanied by a separate demand draft. Combined demand draft for more than one application will not be accepted. Request for prospectus to be sent by post will be accepted from Dec 2010 to 7th Feb 2011 upto 5 pm only.
(c) Application form and prospectus can also be downloaded from www.afmc.nic.in from Dec 2010 to 5th Feb 2011. Such forms, printed on A4 size glossy paper, duly completed in all respect along with a Crossed Demand Draft for a sum of Rs 250/- drawn in favour of “Commandant AFMC, Pune” on any nationalized bank payable at Pune be forwarded to AFMC Pune, so as to reach there not later than 05 Feb 2011 at 4 PM. The candidate must write his/her name & address on the back of the Demand Draft
(d) Completed forms must reach the officer-incharge (admissions cell), armed forces medical college, post office wanawadi, pune - 411040 by 5 pm on 05 February 2011
Disputes, if any, will fall within the jurisdiction of Pune (Maharashtra) only. AFMC will not be responsible for any postal delay or loss in transit.
ELIGIBILITY AND QUALIFICATIONS TO APPEAR IN THE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION GENERAL
Educational qualification: Applicants must have passed the XII standard/pre-professional/ premedical examination or equivalent examination of statutory Indian University/Board or any other recognized Board/University as a regular student in all the subjects opted for in first attempt with the subjects of English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology securing not less than 60% of aggregate marks in the three science subjects taken together, not less than 50% marks in each of the science subjects and not less than 50% marks in English. They must have also passed an examination in Mathematics at least of the matriculation standard. A graduate of B.Sc. examination with not less than two of the subjects Physics, Chemistry, Biology (Botany or Zoology) and also must have passed the earlier qualifying examination i.e. XII standard/Pre professional (Med) with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English and obtained marks as stated above.
Note - (a) Candidates who are to appear in the qualifying examination (10+2 or equivalent) upto 01 May 2011 may also appear for the test provisionally. (b) The following categories of students are not eligible to apply - (i) Candidates who have passed in Domestic Science, Domestic Arithmetic, Lower Maths separately or in combination with other subjects like General Science, Social studies in High School/Higher Secondary (Multi Purpose) or equivalent examination (ii) Candidates who have passed only Pre-University/Pre-Degree (one year course) or Pre-Professional in Agriculture/Veterinary/Dental Examination (iii) Candidates who have passed the Pre-Professional or equivalent qualifying examination as private candidates
Age limit:
There will be two categories for age criteria depending on academic qualifications: Academic qualification of the candidate 10+2 or equivalent; must have attained the age of 17 years on 31st December, 2011 but must not have attained the age of 22 years on that date i.e. must have been born not earlier than 01st January, 1990 and not later than 31st December, 1994
Academic qualifications of the candidate; passed B.Sc examination or appearing in final B.Sc examination; must not have attained the age of 24 years i.e. must have been born not earlier than 01st January, 1988. The criteria for marks in the qualifying examination (10+2) or equivalent will be same for candidates of this category
Method of selection: Candidates will be required to appear in the competitive written test of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Intelligence, Logic, Reasoning, English Language and Comprehension on 01 May 2011. It will be held at the following centres in India - Agra, Ahmednagar, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Ambala, Aurangabad, Bagdogra, Bangalore, Bareilly,Bathinda, Belgaum, Bhopal, Chandigarh , Chennai, Chilka, Cochin, Coimbatore, Danapur, Dehradun, Delhi, Devlali, Gaya,Golconda, Gorakhpur, Guwahati, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jammu, Jhansi, Jodhpur, Kamptee, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Meerut, Mhow, Mumbai, Nasirabad, Pathankot, Port Blair, Pune, Ramgarh, Ranchi, Secunderabad, Shillong, Tezpur, Thiruvananthapuram, Udhampur, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vasco-Da-Gama, Visakhapatanam and Yol
Candidates selected in the written test, will be called for interview at Pune in the month of June 2011. No TA/DA would be admissible to the candidates either for written test, interview or at the time of reporting for admission
Number of Seats:
A total of 130 students (105 boys & 25 girls) will be admitted.
Syllabus For the AFMC 2011 Written Examination:
The general standard of the entrance examination will be that of 11th and 12th class under the 10+2 scheme/pre-medical/intermediate science or an equivalent examination of the State Education Board/Indian University
Method of Selection:
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Candidates who are found provisionally eligible as per the criteria of eligibility, will be called at one of the examination centres to appear in the competitive examination on 1st Sunday of May. Issue of admit cards. however does not necessarily mean acceptance of eligibility which will be further scrutinized at subsequent stages of selection.
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The written examination centre will be allotted to candidates depending upon the administrative arrangements for the examination and availability of adequate seating capacity.
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The Roll Number of the candidates who qualify for interview based on the above written examination will be published in the leading newspapers. The college/DGAFMS take no responsibility for any error or omission in the roll numbers published in the newspapers.
* Results of candidates who have qualified for interview will be published in
Employment News and Rozgar Samachar in the third week of May. This result will also be
posted on the Website www. indarmy. nic. in / dgafms and www. afmc. nic. in No inquiries
on telephone / fax regarding results will be entertained by office of DGAFMS New Delhi or
AFMC Pune.
For any further clarifications contanct:
Admission Cell Tel. no 020 - 2682 0028, Fax no. 020 - 2687 4759
OR
Officer-in-Charge Admissions:
(Admission Cell)
Armed Forces Medical College
Sholapur Road, Pune - 411040
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