INI-SS: Overview, Participating Institutions & Eligibility Criteria
The Institute of National Importance Super Speciality (INI-SS) stands as a beacon of excellence in medical education within India. Renowned for its top-notch programs, AIIMS hosts this prestigious INI Super Speciality (SS) entrance exam annually. This exam is the gateway to exclusive medical courses offered by esteemed institutions like AIIMS in New Delhi and other Institutes of National Importance across the country.
As we approach the INI-SS Exam 2024, medical professionals and aspiring doctors are eagerly gearing up to highlight their skills and knowledge. This exam holds immense significance, paving the way for individuals to pursue a specialisation in medical courses such as DM/M.Ch./MD Hospital Administration.
Here is a list of institutions that participate in the INI-SS exam:
1. AIIMS, New Delhi
2. AIIMS, Bhopal
3. AIIMS, Bhubaneswar
4. AIIMS, Jodhpur
5. AIIMS, Patna
6. AIIMS, Raipur
7. AIIMS, Rishikesh
8. AIIMS, Bhatinda
9. AIIMS, Nagpur
10. AIIMS, Bilaspur
11. AIIMS, Mangalagiri
12. AIIMS, Rajkot
13. AIIMS, Gorakhpur
14. AIIMS, Bibinagar
15. JIPMER, Puducherry
16. NIMHANS, Bengaluru
17. PGIMER, Chandigarh
18. SCTIMST, Kerala
Eligibility Criteria for DM Courses
| S. No. | Course Type | Participating Institutes | Educational Qualification |
| 1. | DM – ADDICTION PSYCHIATRY | AIIMS |
MD/DNB in Psychiatry
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| PGIMER | |||
| NIMHANS | |||
| 2. | DM – CARDIAC SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE | AIIMS | MD/DNB in Anaesthesia/Pediatrics/Medicine |
| 3. | DM – CARDIAC-ANAESTHESIOLOGY/DM -CARDIOTHORACIC& VASCULAR ANAESTHESIA/CARDIAC ANAESTHESIA & INTENSIVE CARE | AIIMS |
MD/DNB in Anaesthesiology |
| PGIMER | |||
| NIMHANS | |||
| JIPMER | |||
| 4. | DM – CARDIOLOGY | AIIMS |
MD/DNB in Medicine/Pediatrics |
| SCTIMST | |||
| PGIMER | |||
| JIPMER | MD/DNB in General Medicine/Pediatrics/Pulmonary Medicine | ||
| 5. | DM – CLINICAL HEMATOLOGY | AIIMS | MD/DNB in Medicine/Pediatrics
|
| PGIMER | MD in Medicine or equivalent | ||
| 6. | DM – CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY | AIIMS | MD/DNB in Medicine/Pharmacology/Pediatrics
|
| PGIMER | MD in Pharmacology or equivalent
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| JIPMER | MD/DNB in General Medicine/Pharmacology/Pediatrics | ||
| 7. | DM – CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE/CRITICAL CARE/DM-INTENSIVE CARE | AIIMS | MD in Anaesthesiology/Medicine/Chest Medicine
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| JIPMER | MD in Anaesthesiology/General Medicine/Pulmonary Medicine
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| PGIMER | MD in Anaesthesia/Internal Medicine | ||
| 8. | DM -ENDOCRINOLOGY | AIIMS | MD/DNB in Medicine/Pediatrics |
| JIPMER | |||
| PGIMER | MD in Medicine or equivalent | ||
| 9. | DM -GASTROENTEROLOGY/MEDICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY | AIIMS | MD/ DNB in Medicine |
| PGIMER | MD in Medicine or equivalent | ||
| JIPMER | MD/ DNB in General Medicine /Pediatrics | ||
| 10. | DM -HEMATOPATHOLOGY | AIIMS | MD/DNB in Pathology/Lab. Medicine |
| PGIMER | MD in Pathology or equivalent | ||
| 11. | DM – INFECTIOUS DISEASES/CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES | AIIMS | MD/DNB in Medicine/Pediatrics/Microbiology/Tropical Medicine |
| AIIMS (Raipur) | M.D/DNB in Medicine/Pediatrics /Tropical Medicine | ||
| 12. | DM – MEDICAL GENETICS | AIIMS | MD in Pediatrics/Medicine/Obstetrics and Gynecology
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| PGIMER | MD in Pediatrics or equivalent | ||
| 13.
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DM – MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
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AIIMS | MD/DNB in Medicine/Pediatrics |
| PGIMER | |||
| JIPMER | MD/DNB in Medicine / Pediatrics /Radiotherapy | ||
| 14. | DM – NEONATOLOGY | AIIMS |
MD in Pediatrics |
| PGIMER | |||
| JIPMER | |||
| 15. | DM-NEPHROLOGY | AIIMS | MD/DNB in Medicine/Pediatrics |
| JIPMER | |||
| PGIMER | MD in Medicine or equivalent | ||
| 16. | DM – PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY | AIIMS | MD in Pediatrics |
| PGIMER | |||
| SCTIMST | |||
| 17. | DM – PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY & INTENSIVE CARE | AIIMS | MD in Pediatrics |
| 18.
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DM – NEURO-ANAESTHESIOLOGY & CRITICAL CARE/DM-NEURO ANAESTHESIA/NEURO ANAESTHESIA AND NEUROCRITICAL CARE
|
AIIMS |
MD/DNB in Anaesthesiology |
| PGIMER | |||
| SCTIMST | |||
| NIMHANS | |||
| JIPMER | |||
| 19. | DM-NEUROLOGY | AIIMS |
MD in General Medicine/Pediatrics |
| JIPMER | |||
| SCTIMST | |||
| NIMHANS | M.D./DNB in Internal (General) Medicine/Pediatrics | ||
| PGIMER | MD in Medicine or equivalent | ||
| 20. | DM – NEUROIMAGING AND INTERVENTIONAL NEURORADIOLOGY/NEUROIMAGING AND INTERVENTIONS | AIIMS |
MD/DNB in Radiodiagnosis |
| NIMHANS | |||
| JIPMER | |||
| PGIMER | MD/DNB in Radiology or equivalent | ||
| SCTIMST | MD/DNB in Radiodiagnosis/Radiology | ||
| 21. | DM – ONCO -ANAESTHESIA | AIIMS | MD/DNB in Anaesthesiology |
| 22. | DM – PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY | AIIMS | MD/DNB in Pediatrics |
| PGIMER | |||
| 23. | DM – PULMONARY CRITICAL CARE & SLEEP MEDICINE | AIIMS | MD in Medicine/Pulmonary Medicine/Chest Medicine/Respiratory Medicine
|
| PGIMER | MD in Medicine/Respiratory Diseases or equivalent | ||
| 24. | DM – REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE | AIIMS | MD/MS in Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| 25. | DM – THERAPEUTIC NUCLEAR MEDICINE | AIIMS | MD in Nuclear Medicine |
| 26. | DM -CARDIOVASCULAR RADIOLOGY & ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS/DM- CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING AND VASCULAR INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY | AIIMS | MD /DNB in Radio-Diagnosis or equivalent degree |
| PGIMER | |||
| SCTIMST | MD /DNB in Radio-Diagnosis/Radiology | ||
| 27. | DM – PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY | AIIMS | MD in Pediatrics |
| 28.
|
DM – CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
|
PGIMER | MD/DNB in Psychiatry or equivalent |
| NIMHANS | |||
| 29. | DM – CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY & RHEUMATOLOGY | AIIMS | MD in Medicine/Pediatrics
|
| PGIMER | MD in Medicine or equivalent | ||
| JIPMER | MD/DNB in General Medicine/Pediatrics | ||
| 30. | DM – PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY/PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY | AIIMS | MD/DNB in Pediatrics or equivalent |
| JIPMER | |||
| 31. | DM – HEPATOLOGY | PGIMER | MD in Medicine/Pediatrics or equivalent |
| 32. | DM -HISTOPATHOLOGY | PGIMER | MD in Pathology or equivalent |
| 33. | DM – PEDIATRIC CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND RHEUMATOLOGY | PGIMER | MD in Pediatrics or equivalent |
| 34. | DM – PEDIATRICS CRITICAL CARE | AIIMS | MD/DNB in Pediatrics or equivalent |
| PGIMER | |||
| JIPMER | |||
| 35. | DM – PEDIATRIC HAEMATOLOGY -ONCOLOGY | AIIMS | MD/DNB in Pediatrics or equivalent |
| PGIMER | |||
| 36. | DM – PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY | AIIMS | MD in Pediatrics or equivalent |
| PGIMER | |||
| 37. | DM – TRAUMA ANAESTHESIA & ACUTE CARE | PGIMER | MD in Anaesthesia or equivalent |
| 38. | DM – PEDIATRIC ANAESTHESIA & INTENSIVE CARE | PGIMER | MD in Anaesthesia or equivalent |
| 39. | DM – ACUTE CARE-EMERGENCY MEDICINE | PGIMER | MD in Internal Medicine/General Medicine/ Emergency Medicine or Equivalent |
| 40. | DM – PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY | AIIMS | MD in Pediatrics or equivalent |
| PGIMER | |||
| 41. | DM -NEUROPATHOLOGY | NIMHANS | MD/DNB in Pathology |
| 42. | DM – FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY | NIMHANS | MD/DNB in Psychiatry |
| 43. | DM – GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY | NIMHANS | MD/DNB in Psychiatry |
| 44. | DM -INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY | AIIMS | MD in Interventional Radiology
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| PGIMER | MD/DNB in Radio-diagnosis or equivalent | ||
| 45. | DM – PAIN MEDICINE | AIIMS | MD in Anaesthesiology or equivalent |
| 46. | DM – METABOLISM MEDICINE | AIIMS | MD in Biochemistry/Medicine/Pediatrics/Internal Medicine |
| 47. | DM – HOSPITAL MEDICINE & CRITICAL CARE | AIIMS | MD in Internal Medicine/Geriatric Medicine |
| 48. | DM – MEDICAL AND FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY | AIIMS | MD/DNB in Forensic Medicine or Forensic Medicine & Toxicology/Pharmacology/Emergency Medicine/Internal/General
Medicine/Pediatrics |
| 49. | DM – PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE | AIIMS | MD/DNB in Pediatrics or Emergency Medicine |
| 50. | DM – FORENSIC PATHOLOGY | AIIMS | MD/DNB in Forensic Medicine/Forensic Medicine and Toxicology |
| 51. | DM – FORENSIC RADIOLOGY & VIRTUAL AUTOPSY | AIIMS | MD/DNB in Forensic Medicine/Forensic Medicine and Toxicology |
| 52. | DM – HIGH ALTITUDE MEDICINE | AIIMS | MD/DNB in Internal Medicine/Physiology/Anaesthesia/Community Medicine |
Eligibility Criteria for M.Ch. Courses
| S.No. | Course Type | Participating Institutes | Educational Qualification |
| 1. | M.Ch. – BREAST, ENDOCRINE AND GENERAL SURGERY | AIIMS | MS in Surgery |
| 2. | M.Ch. – CTVS/CVTS* | AIIMS | MS/DNB in Surgery/General Surgery |
| PGIMER | |||
| JIPMER | |||
| SCTIMST* | |||
| 3. | M.Ch. – G.I. SURGERY/SURGICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY | AIIMS | MS in Surgery/General Surgery |
| JIPMER | |||
| PGIMER | |||
| 4. | M.Ch. – GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY | AIIMS | MD/MS in Obstetrics & Gynecology |
| JIPMER | |||
| 5. | M.Ch. – HEAD-NECK SURGERY AND ONCOLOGY/HEAD & NECK SURGERY* | AIIMS | MS in Surgery/ENT |
| PGIMER* | |||
| 6. | M.Ch. – MINIMAL ACCESS SURGERY & GENERAL SURGERY | AIIMS | MS in Surgery |
| 7. | M.Ch. – NEURO-SURGERY | AIIMS | MS/DNB in Surgery |
| PGIMER | |||
| NIMHANS | MS/DNB in General Surgery | ||
| JIPMER | |||
| SCTIMST | |||
| 8. | M. Ch. – PEDIATRIC SURGERY | AIIMS | MS in Surgery/General Surgery |
| JIPMER | |||
| PGIMER | |||
| 9. | M.Ch. – PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY/PLASTIC SURGERY | AIIMS | MS in Surgery/ENT/Orthopaedics |
| PGIMER | |||
| JIPMER | MS/DNB in General Surgery | ||
| 10. | M.Ch. – SURGICAL ONCOLOGY | AIIMS | MS in Surgery/ENT
|
| JIPMER | MS/DNB in General Surgery/Obstetrics & Gynecology/Otolaryngology (E.N.T)/ Orthopaedics Surgery | ||
| 11. | M.Ch. – TRAUMA SURGERY AND CRITICAL CARE | AIIMS | MS in Surgery/Trauma and Emergency Surgery |
| 12. | M.Ch. – UROLOGY | AIIMS | MS in Surgery/General Surgery |
| PGIMER | |||
| JIPMER | |||
| 13. | M.Ch. – CORNEA, CATARACT, AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY | PGIMER | MD/MS in Ophthalmology or equivalent |
| 14. | M.Ch. – RENAL TRANSPLANT SURGERY | PGIMER | MS in Surgery or equivalent |
| 15. | M.Ch.- VITREORETINAL SURGERY | PGIMER | MD/MS in Ophthalmology or equivalent |
| 16. | M.Ch. – PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS SURGERY/PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS | AIIMS | MS/DNB in Orthopaedics or an equivalent |
| PGIMER | |||
| 17. | M.Ch. – JOINT REPLACEMENT & RECONSTRUCTION | AIIMS | MS/DNB in Orthopaedics or an equivalent degree |
| 18. | M.Ch. – SPINE SURGERY | AIIMS | MS/DNB in Orthopaedics or an equivalent |
| 19. | M.Ch. – VASCULAR SURGERY | SCTIMST | MS/DNB in Surgery/General Surgery |
| 20. | M.Ch. – HAND AND MICROVASCULAR SURGERY | AIIMS | MS in General Surgery/Orthopaedics |
| 21. | M.Ch. – SPORTS INJURY | AIIMS | MS/DNB in Orthopaedics |
Age Relaxation Criteria for General Category
| Institute | Upper Age Limit | Date of Birth (for admission to the 2024 session) |
| AIIMS New Delhi & Other AIIMS | 35 years | Born on or after 01.01.1989 |
| PGIMER, Chandigarh | 45 years | Born on or after 01.01.1979 |
| NIMHANS, Bengaluru | 37 years | Born on or after 01.01.1987 |
| SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram | 40 years | Born on or after 01.01.1984 |
| JIPMER, Puducherry | No Upper Age Limit | – |
Age Relaxation Criteria for Other Categories
| Category | Maximum Relaxation |
| OBC Candidates | Maximum of 3 years |
| SC/ST Candidates | Maximum of 5 years |
| Ex-Serviceman | Maximum of 5 years |
| Commissioned Officers | Maximum of 5 years |
| Sponsored Candidates | Upper age limit not applicable |
| Persons with Disabilities | Upper age relaxation of 5 years (DM/M.Ch.) |
| All Category Candidates at NIMHANS Bengaluru | The upper age limit of 37 years as of 01.01.2024 |
FAQs
Q1. What is the eligibility criteria for AIIMS?
Ans. The eligibility criteria for admission to AIIMS varies by course. For admission to a medical undergraduate course, you must complete your 12th standard with science stream, and for admission to PG medical courses, you need to have an MBBS degree. Moreover, for admission to super specialty courses (DM/M.Ch.), you need to have a PG degree (MD/MS/DNB).
Q2. Who is eligible for INI-SS 2024?
Ans. Candidates with MD, MS, or DNB degrees in specific medical fields are eligible, with age restrictions and relaxations based on institution and category.
Q3. How does age relaxation work for different categories of candidates applying for the INI-SS exam?
Ans. Age relaxation varies by category, with OBC, SC, ST, Ex-Serviceman, and Persons with Disabilities candidates eligible for up to 3 to 5 years’ relaxation.
