AIIMS INI CET January 2026 counselling registration begins; NIMHANS, SCTIMST announce upper age limit
Anu Parthiban | December 6, 2025 | 03:12 PM IST | 3 mins read
INI CET Counselling 2026: OBC and EWS candidates with lower INI CET cut-off rank than UR and failed to produce a valid category certificate are barred from admission.
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All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi (AIIMS Delhi) has opened registrations for Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI CET) January 2026 counselling session. A total of 32,374 candidates who qualified the AIIMS INI CET exam will be eligible to participate in the counselling process.
Candidates belonging to OBC and EWS categories who have obtained lower than the INI CET cut-off rank of unreserved (UR) and failed to produce a valid category certificate will not be allowed to take part in the INI CET January 2026 counselling.
Admission to PG courses of INIs – MD, MS, 6-year DM and MCH, and MDS – will be filled through the selection process. Last year, 160 PG seats remained unfilled, and an RTI response confirmed that 48 of these were officially vacant, across various AIIMS institutes and JIPMER Puducherry.
Seat allocation in AIIMS New Delhi and other AIIMS will be done as per the roster point allocation for counselling (dynamic) which will be announced separately. The same process will be followed by JIPMER Puducherry.
No seats are available for institute preference at National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) Bengaluru, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh, and Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) Trivandrum.
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INI CET 2026 Counselling: Upper age limit
NIMHANS Bengaluru and SCTIMST Trivandrum have fixed an upper age limit for candidates seeking admission to PG medical courses. Course-wise upper age limit at these two institutes are given below.
NIMHANS Bengaluru | Age limit as on January 1, 2026 |
For MD Psychiatry course | |
General/ Unreserved | 32 years (Candidates born on or after 01.01.1994 are eligible) |
OBC | 35 years (Candidates born on or after 01.01.1991 are eligible) |
SC/ ST/ PWBD | 37 years (Candidates born on or after 01.01.1989 are eligible) |
Sponsored category | 45 years (Candidates born on or after 01.01.1981 are eligible) |
DM (Neurology), MCh Neurosurgery (Post MBBS category) Course and MD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 32 years (Candidates born on or after 01.01.1994 are eligible) |
SCTIMST Trivandrum | |
General/ Unreserved/ EWS/ Foreign National | 40 years (Candidates born on or after 01.01.1986 are eligible) |
SC/ ST/ Ex-service personnel/ PwBD | 45 years (Candidates Born on or after 01.01.1981 are eligible) |
OBC | 43 years (Candidates born on or after 01.01.1983 are eligible) |
Sponsored | 50 years (Candidates born on or after 01.01.1976 are eligible) |
INI CET 2026 counselling dates
The INI CET 2026 counselling schedule for round 1, round 2, and mock round.
INI CET January 2026 counselling | Dates |
Exercising of choices (Institute and subject/ speciality) for Mock Round | December 6 to 9 up to 5 pm |
Announcement of seat allocation of mock of first round | December 11 |
Exercising of choices (Institute and subject/speciality) for first round | December 12 to 13 |
Announcement of seat allocation of first round | December 18 |
Online acceptance of allocated seat | December 19 to 24 up to 5 pm |
Reporting and submission of documents/ security deposit | December 19 to 24 up to 5 pm |
INI CET round 2 counselling | |
Announcement of seat allocation of 2 nd Round | January 9 |
Online Acceptance of allocated seat | January 10 from 11 am to January 15 up to 5 pm |
Reporting and submission of documents and security deposit | January 10 from 11 am to January 15 up to 5 pm |
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