DNB CET Counselling 2020

DNB CET Counselling 2020 - National Board of Examinations (NBE) is the conducting authority for DNB CET 2020 counselling. Authorities have released the NEET PG 2020 result on January 30. Candidates seeking DNB CET admission can download the scorecard of same from February 5, 2020. The authorities will conduct the counselling of DNB CET in online mode, for admission to 649 hospitals across India. There will be a total of four rounds of DNB CET counselling 2020, where the fourth round will be in offline mode. Choice filling for first round of DNB CET 2020 counselling will begin in the first week of April. Following which first mock allotment for counselling of DNB CET will be released in the second week of April 2020.

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Candidates who fulfil the eligibility criteria as given below will be allowed to participate in the various offline and online rounds of DNB CET counselling 2020. The entrance examination of NEET PG will be the basis for admission to the course nationwide. NBE conducted NEET PG 2020 on January 5. For more details on DNB CET 2020, important dates of counselling, eligibility criteria, overview and others, candidates can refer to the article below.

DNB CET 2020 Counselling - Important dates

Post diploma aspirants can refer to the table below for important dates pertaining to the counselling of DNB CET.

DNB CET counselling 2020 - Important dates

DNB CET 2020 counselling - Eligibility criteria

There is a set of criteria pertaining to the counselling of DNB CET which must be mandatorily fulfilled by candidates in order to participate in the same. For the convenience of candidates, these have been listed below:

• NEET PG eligibility criteria as set by NBE must be fulfilled by all the aspiring candidates

• Those medical aspirants who do not participate in the first round of DNB CET counselling 2020 will not be allowed to participate in the subsequent rounds, which includes the final in-person round

• Those candidates who are already pursuing any PG course other than DNB will first have to discontinue the same in order to be eligible for the counselling of DNB CET

• Those candidates who join the course on their opted seat and then wish to discontinue the same will not be allowed to appear for the examination or pursue the course for three years, i.e., till December 2022. It is the same for candidates joining DNB direct 6 years course. Such candidates will be debarred till 2025

How to register for DNB CET Counselling 2020?

Eligible candidates can refer to the steps below to know how to register for DNB CET 2020 counselling. Candidates must note that the registration process for first three rounds will be held in online mode. However, the fourth and final round for counselling of DNB CET will be offline and in-person round.

Step 1 - Registration

The first step is to register by creating a password. The login credentials thereafter will be the password created and NEET PG 2020 registered email ID/roll number

Step 2 - Login

After registering candidates will have to login using the credentials. An otp will be sent on their NEET PG 2020 registered mail ID and phone number. Aspirants are required to enter that in order to login for DNB CET counselling 2020

Step 3 - Payment of DNB CET 2020 counselling fee

In the next step candidates are required to pay the counselling fee, i.e., ₹2500. For reference, candidates can refer to the image below

Step 4 - Review personal details

The next step for candidates is to review and if need be edit their personal details for counselling of DNB CET.

Step 5 - Uploading documents

In this step candidates are required to upload documents required for DNB CET counselling 2020. The documents uploaded here are to be scanned. List of documents to be uploaded is given below in this article. Aspirants are also required to select their category specification for DNB CET 2020 counselling here

Step 6 - Choice filling

Candidates have to select their choices in this step. The choices given here should be in order of preference for counselling of DNB CET. For filling the same candidates have to first select the state, then hospital, followed by specialty and then add choice.

Candidates can also shift their choices and remove them by using the arrow and remove button respectively.

Step 7 - Declaration box

The final step of registration for DNB CET counselling 2020 is to click ‘I accept’ in the declaration box. In this step candidates can add and remove choices as many times as they want until they lock their choices.

DNB CET 2020 Counselling - Seat allotment procedure

The seat allotment procedure for each round of counselling of DNB CET has been given below. Candidates can refer to the same for ease of understanding.

DNB CET Counselling - Complete Process

DNB CET counselling 2020 procedure - Round one

Candidates who successfully register themselves for DNB CET 2020 counselling will be allowed to participate in the same. The procedure for round one is given in the points below:

• Each candidate will be allowed to opt for as many choices as many they want. However, they must note that selecting a college, during the counselling of DNB CET, which they do not wish to join will lead them into trouble as aforementioned

• Aspirants will be allowed to select their special category also. However, they will also have to upload certificates proving the same

• The certificates thus uploaded will then be verified by NBE as well as the authorities concerned at the allotted institute

• Aspirants who do not lock their selected choices for DNB CET counselling 2020 will have their options frozen and automatically locked after the last date.

• Those candidates who do not pay the registration fee within stipulated time will not be allowed to participate in DNB CET 2020 counselling process

• Candidates will be allotted seats on the basis of their preferences and their merit position. The allocation process in the counselling of DNB CET will be done first for the unreserved seats and then the reserved seats. Candidates can look below for the order of allocation.

1. Unreserved seats

2. In case UR seats are not available, SC/ST/OBC/PWD seats will be allotted to eligible candidates

3. If the above mentioned seats are not available then Special category seats (OBC-A/OBC-B/MBS/BCA/SEBC,etc.) will be allotted to eligible candidates

• A mock allotment of DNB CET counselling 2020 will be held, following which registered candidates will be allowed to re-arrange/re-shuffle their choices. The authorities will not allow fresh registrations at this time

• Once a seat gets allotted, other candidates who opted for the same will have that option automatically disabled

• Candidates who accept the allotted seat at the time of DNB CET 2020 counselling will have to pay one-year course fee, i.e., 80,000 through the online counseling portal of NBE. Such candidates will also have to select Certificate and Biometric Verification Centre at the time of online payment of course fee

• Aspirants who are allotted a seat will be allowed to participate for upgradation in the second round of counselling of DNB CET and those who were not allotted any seats will also be eligible for the second round

• The authorities will display the indicative seat matrix for upgradation on the official website

DNB CET counselling 2020 procedure - Round two

• NBE will avail the facility of choice filling for already registered candidates to select their preferred institute, which includes freezing of previously entered and available options and adding new ones. New candidates will not be allowed to register afresh for DNB CET 2020 counselling

• Candidates will have to mandatorily remove their earlier allotted seat choice during the second round. Failing to do this candidates will have to accept the newly allotted institute at the time of counselling of DNB CET. Under any circumstances, the authorities will not allow candidates to take admission on the seat allotted in first round if they participate in the second round of DNB CET counselling 2020

• Candidates opting for upgraded seat will have their earlier allotted seat given to candidate with a lower rank than the former

• After having a seat allotted to them at the time of counselling of DNB CET, candidates will be required to pay one-year course fee and report for Biometric and Document Verification at the allotted centre. Candidates who pay the fee but do not report to the allotted centre will have their candidature cancelled

DNB CET counselling 2020 procedure - Round three

All the processes for the third round of counselling of DNB CET will be same as above. After getting seats allotted to them and Biometric and Document Verification done, candidates will have to download their allotment letter. This will be available to them on the online portal of DNB CET counseling 2020. Such candidates will have to report to the allotted college with the allotment letter and original documents for verification. The authorities at the allotted institute will verify the documents and eligibility of candidates as per the guidelines set by NBE.

DNB CET 2020 counselling procedure - Fourth (In-person) round

• The authorities will conduct the final round of DNB CET counselling at the below given address

National Board of Examinations, PSP Area

Sector-9, Dwarka

New Delhi

Landmark - Opposite District Court, New Delhi

• All the travel expenses have to be incurred by the participating candidates themselves

• Below given documents have to be furnished by candidates at the time of DNB CET counselling 2020. Failing to do this candidates will not be allowed to participate in the same

1. MBBS degree certificate/Provisional MBBS pass certificate

2. Permanent registration certificate issued by the Medical Council of India (MCI)/ State Medical Council

3. Certificate of completion of internship (the date of completion of internship must be on or before December 31, 2020)

4. Caste certificate issued by competent authority and sub-caste should tally with Central Government list

5. Special category certificate (if applicable)

6. Any Bonafide certificate (if applicable)

7. Valid identity proof (PAN Card/Voter ID/Indian Passport/Driving license/ Aadhar Card with photograph)

• Candidates accepting their allotted seat will have to pay one-year course fee through Demand Draft drawn in favour of ‘ National Board of Examinations’ payable at ‘New Delhi’

The counselling fee is ₹2500, payable at the time of registration for online DNB CET 2020 counselling. The authorities will not be processing any sort of refund of the same under any circumstances.

DNB CET Counselling 2019 - Useful links

List of eligible candidates final round - Click here

Public notice for mop-up round - Click here

Public notice for admission schedule - Click here

Notice for NBE fee guidelines - Click here

List of designated centres for PwD certificate - Click here

Notice regarding stipend guidelines - Click here