Diplomat National Board Post Diploma Centralized Entrance Test (DNB PDCET)

National Board of Examination, (NBE) is the conducting authority for Diplomate of National Board Post-Diploma Centralised Entrance Test (DNB PDCET) entrance test, which was held on December 20, 2019, from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. The result for DNB PDCET 2020 was announced on January 14, 2020, in the form of PDFs for 14 specialties. NBE has revised the schedule for round three of DNB PDCET counselling 2020 on July 10. The authority has also extended the last date of physical reporting to allotted colleges for round one and two til July 31, 2020, considering the travel restrictions to many states. 

Earlier, the authority had declared the second round seat allotment result of DNB PDCET 2020 counselling. The authority had revised the schedule of DNB PDCET 2020 counselling round two on June 20. Earlier the authorities had released the list of candidates who have paid the fees to accept and freeze the seat allotted in DNB PDCET 2020 counseling process. The choice filling for round two will begin from June 22 to 28.

NBE had started DNB PDCET counselling 2020 for admission to 1,856 seats offered by 942 colleges/hospitals across India. DNB PDCET counselling round one result has been announced on May 24, 2020, in the form of PDF, indicating the rank, colleges allotted, state, category, specialties. A total of 1,596 candidates have been allotted seat in DNB PDCET 2020 counselling. While the last DNB PDCET rank for Unreserved (UR) category is 369. The shortlisted aspirants are required to provide their withdrawal/acceptance of allotted DNB PDCET seat, after which they can download the allotment letter. The remaining aspirants can appear for subsequent rounds of DNB PDCET counselling process. 

The scores obtained in DNB PDCET 2020 will be valid only in the same academic year. All candidates have been ranked in order of the marks secured in DNB PDCET 2020. A separate merit list has been published for each broad speciality course. Merit list for DGO, DMRD, DMRT, DORTHO, DOMS, DLO, DA, DVD, DPM, DCH, DNM, DTCD, DPMR, and DCP has been published separately.

DNB-PDCET is an essential pre-requisite entrance examination for admission to post-diploma DNB (broad specialities) postgraduate courses. The online exam was conducted in 24 test centres located across the country. As per the marking scheme of DNB PDCET 2020, single correct response questions of 4 marks. There is a negative marking of 25%, therefore, one mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer.

Candidates who have qualified the examination will be invited to participate in the online centralised DNB PDCET counselling 2020 which will be conducted by NBE. The counselling of DNB PDCET will be speciality specific on the basis of merit achieved in the entrance test.

For all the registered candidates, NBE had released the DNBPDCET admit card 2020 on December 13, 2019. DNB PDCET 2020 aspirants had to download the hall ticket as it was not sent via post. It was also mandatory to carry the hall ticket of DNB PDCET 2020 at the exam centre along with ID proof and registration certificate for verification purposes.

All candidates applying for the entrance test must fulfil the DNB PDCET eligibility criteria as laid down by the exam conducting authority. The eligibility criteria of DNB PDCET 2020 reflect the basic pre-requisite conditions which must be met in order to be considered eligible to appear for the examination. Following are the eligibility criteria which the aspirants must fulfill. 

• Candidates who have passed the final exam for a postgraduate diploma from a recognised Indian university.
• Candidates must possess a proof of having passed/ passing the postgraduate diploma final examination on or before November 30, 2019.

Mode of Application : Online

Mode of Payment : Net Banking | Credit Card | Debit Card

NBE had re-opened the correction window for candidates who have uploaded incorrect images of thumb impression, signature and photograph till November 25. Only those candidates who have been informed by NBE to upload correct images were be able to access. Earlier, the correction window facility of DNB PDCET 2020 application form was open from November 4 to 11.  Eligible candidates were required to fill the application form of DNB PDCET 2020 till October 31, 2019. The authority provided the correction window facility to edit certain details in the DNB PDCET 2020 application form from November 4 to 9, 2019.  In order to appear for the DNB PDCET, candidates had to fill the application form. Filling of DNB PDCET application form was a six-step process that included registration, filling of the application form, uploading of scanned images, choosing the test city, payment of application fee and printing of filled application form. All candidates irrespective of their category will be required to pay Rs. 4500/- as the application fee for DNB PDCET. 

Application Fees

The exam pattern of DNB PDCET acquaint the candidates with the details of entrance exam like the duration, the number of questions, types of questions etc. With the help of DNB PDCET exam pattern candidates are required to formulate a solid strategy to crack the entrance test.  NBE conducts the exam in computer-based mode, consisting of 200 multiple choice question with a single best answer. For every correct answer, candidates are awarded 4 marks and one mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer. The exam conducted only in English medium. The syllabus of DNB PDCET 2020 is based on MBBS exit level.

The exam conducting authority had issued the DNB PDCET admit card 2020 for all the registered candidates on December 13, 2019. The admit card of DNB PDCET is a crucial document which reveals the designated test centres of the candidates. Candidates were required to carry the following documents to the examination centre in order to gain entry.

• Print out of DNB PDCET admit card to the exam centre along with
• A government authorised ID proof like (in original) 
• A photocopy of permanent or provisional SMC/MCI registration. 

Candidates must furnish DNB PDCET admit card at the time of checking result and counselling thus it is necessary to retain it till the admission process concludes. Candidates were required to paste their latest photograph in the prescribed space in the admit card and report to the examination centre within the prescribed time.

The DNB PDCET result for final withheld candidates had been announced on April 16 in the form of PDF. Earlier, DNB PDCET 2020 result had been declared on January 14, 2020. The result of DNB PDCET 2020 had been declared in the form of merit list which is published separately for 14 different specialities. The result of DNB PDCET is uploaded on the official website of NBE. All candidates have been given a rank in descending order of the marks obtained by them. Such candidates who qualify the examination will be invited to participate in the online centralised counselling of DNB PDCET conducted by NBE.

Mode of Counselling: Online

Those candidates who have cleared the entrance test and fulfil the other eligibility criteria will be eligible to participate in DNB PDCET counselling 2020. NBE has revised the schedule of DNB CET counselling round three. The choice filling for round two will now start from August 5 to 8, 2020. The seat allotment process will be done from August 9 to 10, 2020 and the result will be announced by August 11. NBE had earlier, declare the result of DNB PDCET counselling 2020 round two on the official website.

The counselling for DNB PDCET 2020 had started from May 8. DNB PDCET counselling round one result had been announced on May 24, 2020, indicating roll number, rank, category, speciality, college/hospital name and state. Candidates need to freeze the allotted seat and can download DNB PDCET allotment letter for round one. They must report at the designated college along with documents for verification and admission process. After the completion of the admission process, the authorities will conduct the subsequent rounds of counselling of DNB PDCET 2020. 

A total of four rounds of DNB PDCET counselling are being organised wherein the first three will be online and the last round will be conducted in offline mode at NBE office, New Delhi. Those candidates who will not register in the first round of counselling will not be allowed to participate in further rounds. After registration, candidates are required to fill preference of course and college. Candidates with merit position will be allowed to fill their option/choices after remitting the required counselling fee of Rs 2500/- Based on the choices given and availability of seats, admission will be granted to specific specialities. To check the seat matrix for 14 broad specialities, click here