PGIMER 2019 exam postponed from May 12 to May 26, to avoid clash with elections

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Manashjyoti | March 20, 2019 | 11:01 AM IST

New Delhi, March 18: Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, will now conduct PGIMER 2019 entrance exam on May 26, and not on May 12 as announced earlier. The decision to postpone the exam is likely to avoid going head to head with the Lok Sabha elections; phase 6 of elections will be held May 12. Scheduling the exam on election day could have caused huge inconvenience for candidates, something the exam conducting body may have taken note of.

As per the recent notification released by the PGIMER, Chandigarh, mentioning that due to Lok Sabha elections on May 12, 2019, the PGIMER MD/MS entrance examination has been post-poned to May 26 at 10:00 AM. The medical graduates can read the official notice of PGIMER 2019 below.

PGIMER 2019 Official Notice:

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This year, the Lok Sabha elections will be conducted in seven phases. The first phase kicks off on April 11. In the sixth and penultimate phase, to be conducted on May 12, elections will be held for various constituencies in Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, and NCT OF Delhi. The seventh and last phase of elections will be held on 19. Meanwhile, the counting of votes and declaration of result will take place on May 23.

A national-level exam, PGIMER is conducted every year for admission to MD/MS courses at PGIMER Chandigarh. The institute, along with JIPMER and AIIMS, are among the only medical colleges that don’t consider NEET PG scores for admission. Instead they conduct their own exams.

The application form of PGIMER 2019 has commenced on March 18, with last day to apply being April 18.

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