INI-CET is a combined national-level entrance examination for admission to the medical postgraduate courses – MD, MS, DM (6 yrs), MCh (6 yrs), and MDS at INI institutes (Institute of National Importance). The INI-CET exam is around the corner. Getting admission to INI institutes is highly challenging and a dream for MBBS students. This is a highly competitive task to secure a seat in the renowned medical colleges in India.
Remember, Perseverance is the key.
The INI-CET exam will be held on 5th Nov 2023 for admission to the INI-CET January session 2024.
Here’s the tentative seat distribution (Category-wise) for admission to various MS/MD/DM (6 years)/MCh (6 years)/MDS courses at INI institutes through the INI-CET entrance examination for the 2024 January session.
Table 1: Tentative seat distribution for INI-CET January 2024 session at PGIMER, Chandigarh:
| Course | Subject | Total Number of Seats | |||||
| Total Number of Seats | UR | OBC | SC | ST | EWS | ||
| MD | Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| MD | Biochemistry | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MD | Community Medicine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MD | Dermatology, Venereology & Leprology | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MD | Forensic Medicine & Toxicology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MD | Medicine | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| MD | Microbiology | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MD | Nuclear Medicine | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MD | Pathology | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| MD | Pediatrics | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| MD | Pharmacology | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MD | Psychiatry | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| MD | Radiodiagnosis and Imaging | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| MD | Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MS | General Surgery | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| MS | Obstetrics and Gynecology | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MS | Ophthalmology | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MS | Orthopaedics Surgery | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MS | Otorhinolaryngology | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MD | Transfusion Medicine | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 120 | 59 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 0 | |
Table 2: Tentative seat distribution for INI-CET January 2024 session at JIPMER, Puducherry:
| Course | Subject | Total Number of Seats |
| MD | Anaesthesiology | 10 |
| MD | Anatomy | 3 |
| MD | Biochemistry | 3 |
| MD | Community Medicine | 3 |
| MD | Dermatology, Venereology & Leprology | 4 |
| MD | Emergency Medicine | 3 |
| MD | Forensic Medicine & Toxicology | 2 |
| MD | General Medicine | 12 |
| MD | Immuno Hematology & Blood Transfusion | 2 |
| MD | Microbiology | 4 |
| MD | Nuclear Medicine | 1 |
| MD | Pathology | 5 |
| MD | Pediatrics | 10 |
| MD | Pharmacology | 4 |
| MD | Physiology | 4 |
| MD | Psychiatry | 2 |
| MD | Pulmonary Medicine | 4 |
| MD | Radiodiagnosis | 6 |
| MD | Radiation Oncology | 5 |
| MS | General Surgery | 12 |
| MS | Obstetrics and Gynecology | 11 |
| MS | Ophthalmology | 6 |
| MS | Orthopaedics Surgery | 4 |
| MS | Otorhinolaryngology | 4 |
| MCh | Neurosurgery | 1 |
| MCh | Pediatric Surgery | 1 |
| MDS | Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopaedics | 0 |
| MDS | Oral & Maxofacial Surgery | 0 |
| TOTAL | 126 |
*Roaster Point Allocation for Counselling (Dynamic)
Table 3: Tentative seat distribution for INI-CET January 2024 session at NIMHANS, Bengaluru:
| Course | Subject | Number of Seats | |||||
| Total | UR | OBC | SC | ST | EWS | ||
| MD | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MD | Psychiatry | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| MD | Psychiatry (Karnataka Domicile Category) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MD | Psychiatry (North-Eastern Domicile) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DM (6yrs) | Neurology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MCh (6yrs) | Neurosurgery | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
Table 4: Tentative seat distribution for INI-CET January 2023 session at SCTIMST Trivandrum:
| Course | Specialty | Number of Seats | |||||
| Total | UR | OBC | SC | ST | EWS | ||
| MD | Transfusion Medicine | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Must Know: INI-CET 2024: Exam Pattern, Subject-Wise Weightage & High-Yielding Topics
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