DNB PDCET 2020 Centralized Merit Based Counseling – Round 2 Counselling, Dates

DNB PDCET Counselling 2020- Round 2 counselling dates have been modified. Candidates who qualify the Centralized Entrance Test (DNB-PDCET) conducted by NBE and fulfil the eligibility criteria for admission to DNB (Post Diploma) courses (January 2020 admission session) at various NBE accredited Medical Colleges/ Institutions/Hospitals in India can participate in the counseling for allocation of seats purely on merit cum choice basis. Candidate pursuing any other postgraduate medical course (DNB, MD/MS) can join a DNB seat only after they resign from such course.

Latest:
– The notice has been released regarding the Schedule for Online Centralized Merit Based Counseling for admission to Sponsored DNB seats. Scroll down to get the details. 
– Due to COVID 19 Pandemic, Centralized Merit Based counseling for Sponsored DNB Seats shall be conducted by NBE Through online mode. Scroll down to check the notice.

DNB PDCET 2020

Candidates who will pass the final examination leading to the award of Post Graduate Diploma from Indian Universities which are duly recognized as per provisions of Indian Medical Council Act 1956, Govt of India i.e. have passed/Passing the final examinations for Post graduate diploma can appear for the Post diploma CET counseling in the same Broad specialty. Candidate should have completed his/her 2 years of post diploma training. Candidates can check the below schedule for Centralized Merit Based Counselling 2020

DNB PDCET 2020 Counseling	Important Dates
First Round Counselling
Registration and filling Options/Choice	08-17 May 2020 20 May 22 May 2020
Processing of Allotment	18-21 May 2020 23 – 24 May 2020
Allotment Result	22 May 2020 25 May 2020
Payment of 1st Year Course Fee	22-27 May 2020 25 – 31 May 2020 04 Jun 2020
Final list of candidates	05 Jun 2020
Availability of seat allotment letter	06 Jun 2020
Uploading of E-Joining	15 Jun 2020
Physical Joining	06 – 30 Jun 15 Jul 2020
Second Round Counseling
Adding/Editing/Reordering of filled Options/Choices for Second Round of counseling	15 – 19 Jun 22-28 Jun 2020
Processing of Second round Allotment	20 – 21 Jun 29-30 Jun 2020
Result of Second Round Allotment	22 Jun By 1st Jul 2020
Payment of First Year Course Fee	01-05 Jul 01-10 Jul 2020
E-joining joining	22 – 28 Jun 01-10 Jul 2020
Physical joining at allotted Institute	22 Jun – 03 Jul 01-15 Jul 2020
Third Round Counseling
Adding/Editing/Reordering of filled Options/Choices for Third Round of counseling	08 – 12 Jul 2020
Processing of Third round Allotment	13 – 14 Jul 2020
Result of Second Round Allotment	15 Jul 2020
Payment of First Year Course Fee	15 – 18 Jul 2020
E-joining joining	15 – 20 Jul 2020
Physical joining at allotted Institute	15 – 21 Jul 2020
Mop-Up Round Counseling
Mop-up round counseling shall depend on the no. of vacant seat after 3rd round of counseling. The decision to conduct Mop-up round is purely discretionary and the decision of the NBE in this regard shall be final and binding	27 – 29 Jul 2020
Physical joining at Medical Institute	27 – 31 Jul 2020

Schedule for Online Centralized Merit Based Counseling for admission to Sponsored DNB seats 

Counselling Process	Dates
Registration and filling Options/Choices of available seats	18 – 20 Aug 2020
Processing of Allotment	21 Aug 2020
Result of Allotment	21 Aug 2020
Payment of First Year Course Fee	21 – 27 Aug 2020
Physical Joining at the allotted institute	21 – 31 Aug 2020

Register here: Click here to register yourself for Centralized Counseling for DNB PDCET 2020

DNB PDCET 2020 Notice – For Centralized Merit Based Counseling

The Centralized Merit Based counseling for Sponsored DNB seats shall be conducted by NBE through online mode only. The detailed schedule has been announced. Check here-

Click here to download the Schedule for DNB PDCET 2020 Centralized Merit Based Counselling

Click here to download the DNB PDCET 2020 Notice for Centralized Merit Based Counseling

DNB PDCET 2020 Notice for Extension of Course Fee for Round 2 Counselling

Click here to download the above given notice.

DNB PDCET 2020 Notice – Extension of Physical Joining for Round-1

Click here to download the Notice

DNB PDCET 2020 Counseling Notice Regarding Modified Schedule

Schedule for Round 2 counselling has been revised. Candidates can check the relevant notice below.

Click here to check the pdf of Revised Counselling schedule.

DNB PDCET 2020 Counseling Round-1 Payment List

Those candidates who qualified the Round 1 Counselling, they pay their respective courses fee for academic session 2020. Candidates can check the list of candidates those who have paid rs. 1,25,000/- to accept and freeze the seat in round-1 of DNB Post MBBS & Post Diploma counselling. The list is given below the direct link.

• Click here to check the list of candidates who have paid course fee for Post MBBS DNB.
• Click here to check the list of candidates who have paid course fee for Post Diploma DNB

Notice for DNB PDCET 2020 Online Counseling Round-1 Result

Candidates check the important notice regarding DNB PDCET 2020 Online Counseling. Check the notice image below.

DNB PDCET 2020 Online Counseling Round-1 Result – Announced!

The result and merit list for DNB PDCET 2020 Round-1 has been released. You can check from the notice given below. A A direct link to download the merit list of the students has also been provided below.

• Click here to download the notice for DNB PDCET 2020 Counselling Round-1
• Click here to download Allotment Details of DNB Post MBBS Counseling Round-1
• Click here to download Allotment Details of DNB Post Diploma Counseling Round-1

Notices pertaining to DNB PDCET 2020 Online Counseling

A notice has been released for the extension of the dates for counseling. You can check the same from below-

• Click here to Download the Notice for 02nd, 3rd, and Mop-Up round Counseling for DNB PDCET 2020 Admission
• Click here to check Notice for DNB PDCET 2020 Revised schedule of counseling and corrigendum for Post Diploma.
• Click here to check Notice for DNB PDCET 2020 Revised schedule of counseling and corrigendum for Post MBBS.
• Click here to download the Post Diploma Seat Matrix.
• Click here to download the FAQ regarding the Counselling
• Click here to download the Notice regarding the Documents
• Click here to download the Corrigendum for Couselling
• Click here to check notice regarding uploading the undertaking, in case of candidates unable to upload necessary documents due to COVID-19.
• Click here to check notice released regarding the schedule of DNB PDCET 2020 1st Round Counselling.
• Click here to check flow chart for counselling procedure.

Eligibility for Online Centralized Merit Based Counselling 2020

• Candidates who have passed the final examination leading to the award of Post Graduate Diploma from Indian Universities which are duly recognized as per provisions of Indian Medical Council Act 1956, Govt of India i.e. have passed final examinations for Post graduate diploma on or before 31st December 2019. AND
  Appeared in DNB PDCET December 2019.
• Candidate pursuing any other Post Graduate Medical course (other than DNB course) can join a DNB seat only after he/she resigns from such course. Such candidate shall be allowed to join the allotted institute only if the candidate has been relieved and discharged from the institution/college/hospital from where he/she is undergoing such post graduate medical course.
• If ineligibility is detected at any stage, NBE reserves its rights to take necessary actions as deemed fit including but not limited to cancellation of admission to DNB course and to debar the candidate from taking any further examinations conducted by NBE.
• Candidates absent/not participating in the first round of online counseling shall not be eligible for participation in subsequent round(s) of counseling including Final Round (In-Person) counseling.
• Candidates joining DNB (Post Diploma) courses for January 2019 admission session, after opting a confirmed seat through DNB (Post Diploma) Centralized Online Counseling shall not be eligible to appear in DNB (Post Diploma) and shall not be eligible for joining any other DNB course for the entire duration of their DNB Course (i.e. 2 years). This shall be irrespective of their resignation or discontinuation from the course due to any reason. Candidates joining DNB (Post Diploma) course for January 2019 session shall be debarred from appearing in DNB (Post Diploma) and admissions till December 2020.
• NBE reserves its rights to alter/amend or modify or interpret any clause / criteria /
  guidelines contained in this handbook pertaining to Centralized Counseling.
• Jurisdiction for disputes if any, shall be at New Delhi only.

Note: Guideline for online centralized merit based counseling shall be available at NBE website in due course.

Conselling Fee

Candidates are required to pay the counseling fee of Rs. 2500/- at the Time of the online registration process for counseling. Counseling fee shall not be refunded under any circumstances once the candidate has been registered for Counseling.

Process of Registration and Choice Filling for DNB (Post Diploma) Online Merit Based Centralized Counseling

• The Eligible Candidate has to create a Password to Login to the Online Counseling System using the link Create/Reset Password available in the Home page.
• The Eligible Candidate has to create a Password to Login to the Online Counseling System using the link Create/Reset Password available in the Home page.
• Candidate can Login to the Online Counseling System using his/her Roll number of DNB PDCET January 2019 or his/her registered email ID for DNB PDCET January 2019 and password.
• After the successful Login to the system, the candidate has to pay Rs. 2500/- as Counseling fee through online payment gateway.
• On successful payment of counseling fee, the candidate has to proceed for filling the Counseling Form.
• The candidate has to view and edit the personal details while registering them for online counseling.
• The documents have to be uploaded during this registration process. The eligibility of the candidate for DNB (Post Diploma) January 2019 admission session, in accordance with the Eligibility criteria mentioned in the information bulletin and handbook for counseling, will be determined by the allotted institute by verifying the original documents of the candidate by comparing the scanned copies uploaded through this page.
• The Candidate claiming reservation in SC/ST/OBC has to upload the category certificate during this registration process. The format of OBC(NCL) certificate (Annexure-D1) is available in Information Bulletin & Handbook for Admission to DNB (Post Diploma) January 2019 Admission Session.
• The PWD candidate has to confirm whether they are willing to be considered in the PWD category or not during the registration process. The relevant certificate is to be uploaded on this page. The format of the certificate (Annexure-D2) is available in the Information Bulletin & Handbook for DNB (Post Diploma) January 2019 Admission Session.
• The candidates claiming special reservation based on the seat matrix has to specify their category while registering for online counseling. The relevant certificate is to be uploaded on this page.
• During the registration process, the candidate has to select his/her choice of preference. The candidate can fill any number of choices during this process. The candidate has also to arrange the selected choices in the order of preference.
• For filing the choices, candidate has to select the State, then Hospital and then Add Choice.
• The candidate can move the selected choices up and down using the Mouse by Clicking the Arrow indicated in each choice.
• The selected choice can be removed from the preference list by clicking the Remove button.
• In the Declaration page, the candidate has to accept the declaration by clicking Checkbox ‘I accept the declaration’.
• In the declaration page, the candidate can save the selected choices each time. Candidate can add or remove choices, any number of times till she/he Lock and Confirm or the last date of registration.
• If the candidate does not Lock his/her preferences till the last date of the registration, the system shall lock the preferences on the end of the registration process.

Procedure for Allotment of Seats

First Round

• Eligible candidates with merit position are allowed to fill their options/choices after remitting the required counseling fee of Rs. 2500/-.
• The registered candidates are allowed to select and arrange the choices of seats in the order of their preference. The candidate can select any number of choices of seats. However, candidates are cautioned not to fill the choices in which they are not interested to join, if they do so and allotted with such seat and not pays the course fee or not joins the allotted seat, they will not be eligible for further round of counseling including final round (in person) counseling.
• The SC, ST and OBC candidates are required to confirm their category through the counseling website. Those who are not confirming and not uploading their category certificate (SC, ST or OBC) are treated as UR/General category candidate.
• The special category candidates (other than SC, ST and OBC) are allowed to select the special category during the registration process. Such candidates also required to upload their respective certificate during the registration process.
• The Certificates uploaded by the candidate during the registration process will be verified by NBE as well as the respective institute before Joining for the course. If the certificate(s) uploaded by the candidate found to be false/fake at any stage of counseling process, their allotment as well as their candidature will be cancelled.

Second Round

• The candidates who have accepted the first-round allotment by paying one-year course fee and all the registered candidates who have not been allotted with any seat during the first round of counseling, will be considered for Second Round of counseling.
• Candidate who have been allotted with a seat and not paid one-year course fee, will not be eligible for any further round of counseling.
• The panel of choice will be re-opened for all the eligible candidates mentioned above to re-shuffle/re-arrange their higher order choices and also allow to add new choices. No new candidate will be allowed to register for counseling during this period.
• The candidate who wish to freeze their first-round allotment (not interested in any further changes in their allotment) have to remove all their higher order options from the choice filling panel. Candidate failed to remove their higher order options during the second-round choice filling and allotted with an upgraded seat, have to accept the newly allotted seat, failing which their allotment shall be cancelled. In any circumstances, NBE shall not reinstate the seat allotted to the candidate during the first round of counseling.
• Candidates who have not paid one-year course fee after the first allotment, shall be filtered out from the counseling process.
• The allotment of seats will be made as per the choice preference arranged/selected by the candidates during the Second Round of counseling.

Third Round

• The candidates who have accepted the allotment by paying one-year course fee and successfully verified their certificate and Bio-metric at NBE designated centres along with all the registered candidates who have not been allotted with any seat during the First and Second round of counseling will be eligible for Third Round of counseling.
• The candidates allotted with a seat and not paid one-year course and/or did not get verified their Certificate and Bio-metric, will not be considered for Third round of counseling.
• The panel of choice will be re-opened for all the eligible candidates mentioned above to re-shuffle/re-arrange their higher order choices and also allow to add new choices. No new candidate will be allowed to register for counseling during this period.
• The allotment of seats will be made as per the choice preference arranged/selected by the candidates during the Third Round of counseling.
• The method of allotment will be same as mentioned in the Second Round of counseling.
• During the allotment process, seat vacated by the candidate due to the allocation of their higher order options, dynamically allotted to the lower ranked candidate than the candidate who have vacated the seat, as per the choice made by them during the third round of counseling.
• Candidate allotted with a seat first time will have to pay one-year course fee of Rs. 80000/- through NBE online counseling portal. The candidate who have not paid the course fee within the stipulated time will be treated as explicit refusal of allotted seat and such candidate will not be considered for any further round of counseling.
• The candidates who have been allotted with a seat first time and paid the one-year course fee have to report to the selected centre for the Certificate and Bio-metric verification. Candidate who have been allotted with a seat and paid the one-year course fee and not reported for Certificate and Bio- metric Verification will not be eligible for any further round of counseling.The seat allotted to them will be taken back for further allotment and their candidature will be cancelled.

Final Round (In-person)

• All the registered candidates who have not been allotted with any seat during the first, second and third round of counseling, will be considered for Final Round of counseling.
• The Final Round of counseling shall be held in New Delhi, at National Board of Examinations, PSP Area, Sector – 9, Dwarka (Landmark: Opp. District Court, New Delhi) as per the prescribed schedule.
• Candidates are required to make their own arrangements for boarding & lodging. Travel cost to appear in the counseling shall be borne by the candidates themselves.
• Candidates are required to produce the following documents in original at the time of counseling, failing which the candidate shall not be allowed to participate in the counseling:
  • MBBS Degree certificate.
  • Post Graduate Diploma Medical Qualification Pass certificate/Provisional Pass Certificate*.
  • Permanent Registration certificate issued by MCI/State Medical Council for registration of MBBS qualification.
  • Proof of having passed the Post graduate diploma final examination on or before 31st December 2018.
  • Proof of Post Graduate Diploma Medical Qualification recognized as per IMC Act/Central Government.
  • SC/ST/PWD/OBC certificate issued by competent authority, if applicable. Caste certificate must be issued by competent authority. The sub-caste should tally with the Central Govt. list.
  • Special category certificate issued by the competent authority, if applicable.
  • Valid Identity proof i.e. PAN card, Indian Passport, Voter ID card, Driving License or Aadhaar Card (with photograph).
  • Any Bonafide Certificate (optional)
• Candidates are advised to report to the counseling venue at the prescribed time. Candidates reporting after the prescribed time are liable to miss their turn in the Counseling/non-participation. NBE shall not be responsible for any delay in arrival due to any reason. No claim in this regard shall be entertained. NBE reserves its rights to take appropriate decisions in cases of late reporting by the candidates. However, no candidate under any circumstances shall be allowed to disrupt the existing flow of candidates for counseling if he/she reports late on any
  ground.
• The allotment of seats shall be made to the eligible candidates only through personal appearance and they shall be called in batches in order of their merit position, as per the schedule of Mop-up (Final) round of Counseling available on NBE website.
• Candidate opting a confirmed seat has to pay one-year course fee by way of Demand Draft in favor of “National Board of Examinations” payable at “New Delhi”.
• Authorized representative on behalf of candidate shall be permitted only after due approval of NBE, in exceptional circumstances only at sole discretion of NBE.

Official Website: natboard.edu.in

For getting the detailed information about DNB PDCET 2020 Counseling, download the following documents-

• Download Notice regarding 02nd, 03rd, and Mop-up Round Counseling.
• Download the FAQ regarding the Counselling
• Download the Notice regarding the Documents
• Download the Corrigendum for Couselling

DNB PDCET