AIIMS Raipur Faculty Deadline Extended: 76 Seats, 68 Above Assistant Professor Grade
The key change is the 15 October 2026 extension—not the headline of the April recruitment. The second phase of AIIMS Raipur's rolling faculty advertisement RC/F-R/1/2026 has 76 remaining direct-recruitment vacancies, not the 92 positions displayed in the original April matrix. Applications for this specific Phase-II window opened 23 September 2026. The September deadline of 13 October is superseded by the official 15 October corrigendum: 28 October 2026 now governs both the online application and the age/education/experience cutoff. The signed printed application must also physically reach the Recruitment Cell through Speed Post or Registered Post within seven days after the online closing date. Merely pressing 'Submit' online does not complete the required procedure.
89.5% of the Phase-II seats are above Assistant Professor
Professor 22 + Additional Professor 21 + Associate Professor 25 = 68 of 76 seats, or 89.47%. Only 8 positions are at Assistant Professor grade. This grade skew affects who can realistically qualify: the required years of post-qualification teaching/research rise substantially with seniority, and applicants must not assume a fresh specialist degree alone suffices for the more senior positions. This is a descriptive ratio of advertised seats, not an estimate of applications or selection probability.
The grade totals are Professor 22; Additional Professor 21; Associate Professor 25; Assistant Professor 8. Category allocation is not interchangeable between grades. In particular, do not import the 92-vacancy April Annexure into this round, or confuse one department with one vacancy.
Grade-by-grade reservation — official September Phase-II Annexure-I
Editorial calculation: 40 OBC + 15 SC + 13 ST = 68 category-tagged backlog seats, distinct from the 68 seats above Assistant Professor. Both totals happen to equal 68 but measure completely different things. The official Phase-II notice explicitly says OBC, SC, ST and PwBD-category advertised posts are backlog vacancies. There is no EWS-specific advertised vacancy, which should not be misread as a general statement about EWS eligibility to compete under permissible unreserved rules.
Each department has a different opportunity pattern
The following table is the 30-department, 76-seat Phase-II breakdown. Columns P/Add/Assoc/Asst respectively mean Professor, Additional Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor. A zero means there are no openings at that grade in that department in this specific phase.
The deepest departmental concentrations are Surgical Oncology (7), Burns & Plastic Surgery (6) and Radio Diagnosis (6); together they hold 19 of 76 posts (25%). Surgical Gastroenterology (5), Gastroenterology (4), Neonatology (4), and Urology (4) form the next tier. These are advertisement-seat concentrations, not evidence of better success odds; category and grade remain the real filters. Applicants should read the exact category assignment within the post profiles below, not merely select a department based on its total.
Salary — official 7th CPC basic-pay range, not guaranteed in-hand income
Additional admissible allowances and NPA are subject to Institute rules and eligibility. Do not confuse this regular direct-recruitment pay scale with consolidated one-year contract pay advertised at other AIIMS. Actual take-home figures are not supplied in the notice.
How the experience threshold changes across grades and qualification routes
These are alternative qualification-specific pathways, not three interchangeable ways to qualify for any advertised specialty. Candidates need a recognized medical qualification, the relevant postgraduate/super-specialty degree or officially accepted equivalent, and applicable State/National medical registration. Teaching/research experience normally starts counting after the specified qualifying degree; do not add pre-MD/MS experience. Some departments have distinct specialty recognition and feeder-discipline requirements, including Trauma & Emergency, which restricts applicants to Emergency Medicine, General Medicine, Trauma, General Surgery or Orthopaedics specialty/qualification. The term 'Trauma' does not mean any unrelated postgraduate degree qualifies.
DNB / DrNB trap: holding DNB or DrNB is not itself conclusive evidence of equivalence for this recruitment. The official conditions call for evidence of qualifying training at an institution with an attached hospital or an NBE-recognized hospital with 500+ beds; for specified smaller-hospital routes, an additional one-year senior residency at an NMC-recognized teaching institution is relevant. Each route requires documentary scrutiny. The non-medical M.Sc.+PhD pathway is confined by the original advertisement to Anatomy, Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Physiology, none of which are in the 30-department current Phase-II list; it is wrong to present this as a general eligibility route for Phase-II clinical faculty.
Age and reservation: 58 is not the limit for every faculty grade
Professor and Additional Professor: ordinarily not above 58 years. Associate Professor and Assistant Professor: ordinarily not above 50 years, counted on the revised 28 October 2026 cutoff. For appropriately reserved posts, the original notice indicates SC/ST +5 years and OBC-NCL +3 years, conditioned on applicable government rules; no routine caste-based relaxation for a candidate competing against an UR vacancy. PwBD age concessions are governed by applicable rules; eligible persons may get a concession even if the seat is not specifically reserved for PwBD.
Government-employee caveat: the source separately restricts the stated 5-year concession to qualifying regular Central Government employees in the specified service circumstances; it explicitly does not automatically extend this route to employees of AIIMS/autonomous bodies, state governments or PSUs. Treat this as an eligibility check rather than a universal five-year benefit for anyone holding a government-funded job.
Fees: note both the large amount and the conditional refund
- General / OBC applicants: ₹3,000, online/digital payment only; normally non-refundable.
- SC / ST: ₹2,400; refundable only if the candidate actually appears for interview as the original notification states. Merely submitting a form, being eligible, or being shortlisted is not enough to claim that refund.
- PwBD: fee exempt.
- EWS: the original fee table does not separately list an EWS row. Do not publish an invented EWS-specific charge or a blanket exemption; candidates should verify the portal's applicable category-specific amount before payment.
The refund eligibility for SC/ST fee does not mean every SC/ST applicant automatically gets their money back.
Two-stage submission: the silent disqualification risk
- Complete online registration and the correct grade/department application on the institution-linked application portal by 28 October 2026. Separate posts require separate submissions and fees.
- Check photo/signature preview. The original notice prefers a 200×230 px photograph (20–100 KB) and a 140×60 px signature (10–50 KB). Errors may lead to rejection and corrections are not guaranteed after submission.
- Print and sign the online application and attach self-attested copies of qualification, experience, DOB, category certificate and NOC where relevant.
- Send by Speed Post or Registered Post in an envelope superscribed with the application number, applied grade and department. Address: Recruitment Cell, 2nd Floor, Medical College Building, Gate No. 5, AIIMS Raipur, G.E. Road, Tatibandh, Raipur – 492099 (Chhattisgarh).
- The hardcopy must be received within seven days after the online closing date, not merely dispatched within that window; postal delay risk remains with the candidate. October's corrigendum supersedes the earlier 20 October postal date stated in the September notice. Plan delivery ahead of the deadline and retain tracking proof.
Selection is through faculty shortlisting and interview, not a promised written examination
Educational eligibility, experience, reservations and departmental criteria inform shortlisting. The Standing Selection Committee then interviews eligible shortlisted candidates after original-document verification. The committee may apply a minimum interview suitability standard: even a candidate who is highest ranked among attendees is not guaranteed empanelment unless that benchmark is met. No fixed nationwide CBT or objective written-test date is promised in these notices. Interviews may occur in the place or mode decided by AIIMS Raipur; no TA/DA for appearance.
High-value applicant checks before paying
- Match department + faculty grade + reservation category with Annexure-I, not simply the institute-wide 76-seat headline.
- Identify the exact degree route (MD/MS vs 2/3/5-year DM/MCh) and calculate experience only after that qualifying degree.
- Verify documented DNB/DrNB equivalence if relevant and whether the selected faculty department recognizes the training pathway.
- Confirm the age limit is 58 or 50 depending on grade, and assess reservation-linked relaxation only on the correct post/category.
- Budget the conditional SC/ST interview-linked refund correctly; do not assume the cost is zero on application.
- Use 28 October 2026 for online closing and eligibility, and complete the separate postal hardcopy receipt condition.
Timeline and sources
Official source documents:
This page uses the 22 September Phase-II vacancy matrix together with the 15 October deadline update and the standing 13 April eligibility/terms document; it does not treat the initial 92-seat matrix as current Phase-II openings. Check the institute's official website for any further changes before applying.