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NBE – NEET PG 2013 Online Applications get huge response

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There seems to be huge competition for NEET – PG 2013 Entrance examination aimed at filled seats in Post Graduate Medical Colleges across the country. The Online application process for NEET – PG 2013 has been started on 5th October 2012. About 38000 candidates applied on the first day of the application process.

There are 350 Government PG Medical Colleges in India. About 20000 Medical Seats in MD / MS courses are available in these colleges. The NEET – PG 2013 online exams will be conducted from 23 November to 6th December 2012.

National Board of Examinations (NBE) will conduct the online examination in 33 centers across the country. NEET – PG 2013 will be a computer based common written examination. There are romours that the NEET – PG Online application website has been jammed due to heavy rush of candidates on the first day itself.

Online application process will continue till 12th November 2012. The NBE officials are estimating that about one lakh candidates are likely to appear for the NEET – PG examination. AIIMS, PGIMER Chandigarh and JIPMER are exempted from NEET – PG Entrance test.

Engineering Admissions in Gujarat, West Bengal and Goa through JEE Main

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The new JEE format for admission to Engineering courses in IITs, NIT, IIITs and other institutions is making inroads as more and more states accepting to participate in the examinations. The IIT JEE examination and AIEEE exam have been scrapped and replaced by a single JEE Main and JEE Advanced examinations. The reports says that Gujarat and Goa have already accepted to participate in JEE Main from the academic year 2014-15.

West Bengal also proposed to come under the purview JEE Main from the academic year 2015-16. Minister for Human Resource Development has informed that about 29 deemed universities have also accepted to take JEE Main exam scores for admission to engineering courses in their institutions.

BITS Pilani is not in favour of JEE examinations and has been on its way to conduct own examination as it is doing at present. Several other state are studying the pros and cons of accepting JEE Main and may come out with decisions soon or later this year.