AIIMS Recruitment for Pharmacists, Pharma Chemist, 28 vacancies

AIIMS Bhopal is an apex healthcare institute, established by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY) with the aim of correcting regional imbalances in quality tertiary level healthcare in the country and attaining self-sufficiency in graduate and postgraduate medical education and training.

Executive Director, AIIMS Bhopal invites online applications from the Indian nationals & Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) for recruitment to the following non-faculty posts on direct recruitment basis.

Pharmacist Grade-II
Number of vacancies and reservation : 27 (UR-11, OBC-7, SC-4, ST-2, EWS-3) PwBD 1
Age Limit : Between 21- 27 years
Essential Qualifications & Experience :
1. Diploma In Pharmacy from a recognised University/Institution
2. Should be a registered Pharmacist under Pharmacy Act 1948
Desirable : Experience in manufacture/ storage/testing of transfusion fluids in a reputed hospital or industry.

Pharma Chemist / Chemical Examiner
Number of vacancies and reservation : 01 (UR-01)
Age Limit : Between 21-27 years
Essential Qualifications & Experience :
1. Diploma In Pharmacy from a recognised University/Institution
2. Should be a registered Pharmacist under Pharmacy Act 1948
Desirable : Experience in manufacture/ testing of transfusion fluids in a reputed hospital of industry.

Important instructions to candidates
1. The portal for online application for these posts will be available on the website of AIIMS Bhopal (aiimsbhopal.edu.in) as per the following schedule:-
2. Aspiring candidates fulfilling the prescribed eligibility criteria for the post are required to apply only online as per procedure given in this advertisement.
3. Before applying, candidates must carefully go through the eligibility criteria and ensure that they fulfil the same so as to avoid disqualification at later stage.
4. Candidates are required to upload essential documents related to fulfillment of eligibility regarding age, qualification, experience, reservation category (if applicable) at the time of filling of application form. The candidates do not require sending hard copy of application form; however, they must keep a PDF copy and/or print out of online application form with them. It will be required with other documents in support of their eligibility during document verification or whenever asked for.
5. Age and all other qualifications will be counted as on closing date of submission of online application i.e. 20/11/2023. In case of issue of any corrigendum/ addendum, the crucial date of determining eligibility shall remain unchanged unless specifically mentioned so in the notices.
6. Period of experience wherever prescribed shall be counted after obtaining the prescribed qualification.
7. Candidates working in Government Organizations/Statutory Bodies/ PSUs/ Autonomous Bodies are required to mandatorily submit NOC from their parent organisation at the time of document verification or as asked by the Institute without which they will not be allowed for further recruitment process.
8. As per the Ministry of Education (erstwhile MHRD) Notification dated 27.08.2018, all the degrees/ diplomas/ certificates awarded through Open and Distance Learning mode of education by the Universities established by an Act of Parliament or State Legislature, Institutions under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 and Institutions of National Importance (INIs) declared under an Act of Parliament stand automatically recognized for the purpose of employment under the Central Government provided they have been approved by the UGC and wherever necessary by AICTE for the programmes for which it is the regulatory authority. Unless such Diplomas/Degrees are recognized for the relevant period when the candidates acquired the qualification, they will not be accepted for the purpose of Educational Qualification.
9. The Candidate should have obtained the required qualification on or before of the last date of submission of online application form. Candidates whose educational qualification does not exactly match with the eligibility qualification criteria mentioned in advertisement shall be required to produce relevant Equivalence Certificate from the authorities concerned at the time of Document Verification. However, final decision regarding equivalence of qualification and selection of such candidates will be taken by AIIMS Bhopal.
10. The Institute will not undertake detailed scrutiny of applications for eligibility and other aspects before or at the time of CBT. Therefore, candidature/ application will be accepted provisionally only. Before applying, candidates must go through the eligibility criteria viz. educational qualification, relevant experience, age etc. and satisfy themselves that they are eligible for the post. Candidature of any candidate may be cancelled forthwith without any further notice if any information or claim is not found substantiated during the subsequent recruitment process/document verification and concerned candidate shall be solely responsible for this.
11. Success in CBT/skill test does not confer any right of appointment to candidates unless AIIMS Bhopal is satisfied after such verification as may be deemed necessary that the candidate is suitable in all respects for appointment to the post applied for. The candidature of all candidate shall remain provisional at all stages of recruitment.
12. Medical Fitness: Appointment of selected candidates is subject to his/her being declared medically fit by the competent Medical Board.
13. Probation: Persons selected will be appointed on probation as per the extant rule.
14. Final Decision: The decision of AIIMS Bhopal in all matters relating to this recruitment i.e. eligibility, mode of selection, schedule and conduct of examination, allotment of examination centres, final selection etc. will be final and binding on the candidates and no representation will be entertained in this regard.
15. Disqualification: No person, (a) who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living; or (b) who, having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person, shall be eligible for appointment to the service, provided that Central Government may, if satisfied with the reasons/grounds, that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.

Selection Procedure
(a) Computer Based Test (CBT):
1. The CBT will be conducted in the manner as detailed in Section –IV.
2. Candidates clearing the CBT will be subjected to a skill test, if applicable. The Skill Test will be of qualifying nature.
3. The date and details of skill test will be notified on the website of AIIMS Bhopal in due course.
4. The result will be prepared on the basis of marks scored by candidates in CBT in the order of merit, subject to clearing the Skill Test, if applicable. Candidates figuring in the order of merit will be subject to document verification.
Document Verification : Original documents of candidates will be verified in the order of merit. The date and details of document verification will be notified on the website of AIIMS Bhopal after declaration of result of CBT. The number of candidates shall be called for document verification in the ratio of 1:3 based on number of posts.
Final Notification of Result : The list of selected and waitlisted candidates will be published on the website of AIIMS, Bhopal after the stage of document verification.
Total No.of MCQs : 100
Total Marks : 100
Total Duration of Test (CBT) : 90 minutes
Separate post-wise meritlist will be prepared on the basis of marks in the CBT.
Important note for CBT: The following will be applicable for all the posts:- (a) There will be negative marking of 0.25 mark for each wrong answer. (b) Competent authority may revise the qualifying marks of CBT depending upon the requirement of the Institute / availability of candidates for the posts. (c) PwBD candidates will be eligible for scribes and compensatory time as per the Govt. of India rules on production of valid requisite certificates. The details regarding the same are attached.

Age Relaxation : Age relaxation permissible to candidates of various categories beyond the prescribed upper age limit of the advertised posts is as under:-
1) Upper age limit shall be determined as on last date of receipt of applications.
2) Date of Birth as recorded in the Matriculation/ Secondary Examination Certificate only will be accepted by the AIIMS Bhopal for determining the age and no subsequent request for change will be considered or granted.
3) No Age relaxation would be available to SC/ST/OBC candidates applying for unreserved vacancies.
4) Permissible relaxation of upper age limit as per Government orders (as on the last date of receipt of application) are as under:-
1. SC/ST 5 years
2. OBC - NCL 3 years
3. PwBD 10 years, subject to the condition that maximum age of the applicant on the crucial date shall not exceed 56 years.

Important Note for Candidates
1. Age relaxation and/or reservation shall be admissible to SC/ST/OBC candidates only against the vacancies reserved for them on submission of valid caste/category certificate. The caste/community of such candidate should be included in the list of reserved communities issued by the Central Government.
2. EWS category candidates are required to produce ‘Income and Asset’ certificate valid for the year 2023-24 as per the format given in DoPT O.M. dated 31.01.2019.
3. OBC applicants not covered under the Creamy Layer, as per the Standing Instructions of the Government of India as amended from time to time, seeking age-relaxation, reservation, etc. shall invariably submit the requisite Certificate as per prescribed format of Govt. of India. The vacancies are being advertised in financial year 2023-24. Therefore, NCL-OBC certificate issued during financial period 2023-24 i.e. issued on or after 01.04.2023 will be considered valid. Therefore, OBC candidates must ensure that they have valid OBC certificate issued from 01.04.2023 to the last date of submission of online application. Further, the OBC caste certificate must be in the format provided by the DoPT vide OM No.36036/2/2013-Estt.(Res) dated 30.05.2014. Certificate must be valid for employment in Central Government Institution. OBC candidate’s eligibility will be based on castes borne in the Central List of Govt. of India. The OBC certificate should clearly show that the applicant does not belong to the Creamy Layer. Further, for OBC candidates, in addition to the submission of category certificate, a declaration in the prescribed format as per Annexure-VI has to be furnished by the candidates during document verification, that he/she does not belong to the creamy layer. In case of not complying with these stipulations, the claim of OBC for reserved status (OBC) will not be entertained. They will, however, be treated as UR candidates (if UR post is advertised). Candidates may also note in respect of the above that their candidature will remain provisional till the veracity of the concerned document is verified by the Appointing Authority.
4. Reserved category candidates who are selected on their own merit without any relaxed standards will be accommodated against the unreserved vacancies as per their position in the order of merit. Reserved vacancies will be filled up from amongst the eligible relevant reserved category candidates in the order of merit.
5. Reserved category candidates who qualify on the basis of relaxed standards viz. age limit, experience, qualifications, etc., will be counted against reserved vacancies only irrespective of their merit position.
6. In so far as cases of Ex-serviceman (Ex-SM) are concerned, deduction of the military service rendered from the age of ex-servicemen is permissible against the reserved or unreserved posts and such exemption will not be termed as relaxed standards in regard to age. Similarly, for PwBD candidates, relaxation of 10 years in upper age limit will not be termed as relaxed standards.
7. A person with benchmark disability (PwBD) who is selected on his own merit can be appointed against an unreserved vacancy provided the post is identified suitable for persons with benchmark disability (PwBD} of relevant category.
8. The Institute will consider the suitability of posts for various benchmark disabilities under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016 in accordance with Notification No. 38-16/2020-DD-III dated 04.01.2021 issued by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India or as identified by the Institute considering the functional/physical requirements of the post. Benefit under the PwBD category will be admissible to only those who suffer from not less than 40% of specified disability. Such PwBD candidates have to submit a Disability Certificate issued by the competent authority in the prescribed format. The Institute will decide the placement of selected candidates in the roster register.
9. The Institute may verify the authenticity of the certificate of disability and examine suitability of the PwBD candidate in terms of functional requirements before appointment. In this regard, the decision of the Institute will be final.
10. Ex-servicemen/Commissioned Officers seeking age relaxation shall be required to produce Discharge Book/ documents issued by the competent authority in support of their category to avail admissible benefits (reservation / relaxation).
11. Ex-servicemen (Ex-SM) who have already secured employment in civil side under Government in Group ‘C’ or ‘D’ posts on regular basis after availing the benefit of reservation given to ex-servicemen for their re-employment are not eligible for reservation in Ex-SM category. However, such candidate can avail of the benefit of reservation as Ex-SM for subsequent employment if he/she immediately after joining civil employment, gives self-declaration/undertaking to the concerned employer about the various vacancies for which he had applied for before joining the initial civil employment as mentioned in the DoPT OM dated 14.08.2014.
12. A Matriculate Ex-Serviceman (non-graduate Ex-Serviceman, who has obtained the Indian Army Special Certificate of education or corresponding certificate in the Navy or the Air Force), who has put in not less than 15 years of service with the Armed Forces of the Union shall be considered eligible for appointment to the reserved vacancies for Ex-SM in Group ‘C’ posts.
13. Request for change of category i.e. reserved to unreserved or vice-versa will not be entertained.

Application Fee : A non-refundable application and processing fee is required to be paid only in online/digital mode. Applications without the prescribed fee shall be summarily rejected. Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor can the fee be held in reserve for any other examination.
Application fee applicable to various categories is as follows :-
1. General, OBC, EWS : Rs 1200/-
2. SC, ST, PwBD : Rs 600/-

Procedure for filling up Online Application :
1. For filling up of online application form, candidates must have the following readilyavailable with them:- (a) Valid e-mail ID. (b) Scanned passport size photograph of the candidate (in JPEG/JPG format). (c) Scanned signature of the candidate (in JPEG/JPG format). (d) Online payment option for payment of application fee, if applicable.
2. Candidates must apply online through the website of AIIMS Bhopal www.aiimsbhopal.edu.in. Applications received through any other mode will not beaccepted and summarily rejected.
3. Candidates have to go to the online application portal/web-link given on the website of AIIMS Bhopal (www.aiimsbhopal.edu.in), register themselves and follow the instructions on the application portal for filling up online application form.
4. Candidates must fill all the fields of online application form correctly. There is no provision for correcting the details entered in the online application form once it is submitted by the candidate after clicking the submit button. Therefore, request for change in any information at later stage will not be considered.
5. Candidates who wish to apply for more than one post will be required to indicate their preferences in the application form and will be required to pay separate application fee for each post in the online/digital mode only. The candidates shall not be considered for posts other than the ones indicated in their list of preferred post. The order of preference cannot be changed once submitted.
6. In case multiple online application forms are received from a candidate for a particular post, the online application with higher "Application Number" shall be considered for further process subject to fulfillment of other requirement including successful payment of application fee. In such cases, fee paid against one "Application Number" shall not be adjusted against any other "Application Number".
7. While applying online, candidates must ensure that in the preview of online application form, their photo and signature are clearly visible. If photo/signature is not clearly visible in preview that means the image file of photo/signature is not asper the given specifications. It may lead to rejection of application. Hence, candidates are advised to adhere to the specifications of image.

General Instructions to Candidates :
1. AIIMS Bhopal is an apex healthcare institute, established by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY). Service under the Institute is governed by the Act and the Rules / Regulations framed under the Act. The matter of technical resignation is under consideration and admissible benefits, if any, will be applicable as per the decision of the Competent Authority.
2. On appointment, in addition to pay, selected candidates will be entitled to other allowances and service benefits i.e. DA, HRA (or accommodation), TA, Leave, LTC, NPS, Employee Health Scheme etc. as admissible to employees of AIIMS Bhopal.
3. All the appointees are expected to conform to the rules of conduct and disciplineas applicable to the employees of AIIMS Bhopal.
4. Without prejudice to criminal/legal/disciplinary action, the candidate is liable to be disqualified from the CBT/recruitment process on account of the following:- (a) Using unfair means during the CBT/recruitment process; or (b) Violating instructions mentioned in the e-Admit Card or given by officials; or (c) Impersonating or procuring impersonation by any person; or (d) Misbehaving in the examination hall / place of document verification (DV); or (e) Damaging infrastructure/equipment in the examination hall/place of DV; or (f) Obstructing the conduct of examination/recruitment process; or (g) Instigating other candidates to boycott the examination / DV process; or (h) Making statements which are incorrect or false, suppressing material information, submitting fabricated documents, etc. or (i) Any other inappropriate and indisciplined behavior during the process.
5. In case, any information or declaration given by the candidate is found to be false or if the candidate has willfully suppressed any material information relevant tothis recruitment, he/she will be liable to be removed from the service and/or action, as deemed fit, may be taken against him/her by the appointing authority.
6. The candidate should not have been convicted by any Court of Law.
7. Date of birth filled by the candidate in the online application form and the same recorded in the Matriculation/ Secondary Examination Certificate will be accepted by the Institute for determining the age and no subsequent request for change will be considered or granted.
8. Candidates should note that their candidature will remain provisional till the veracity of the document submitted by them is verified by AIIMS Bhopal.
9. In case of any inadvertent mistake in the process of selection which may be detected at any stage even after the issue of appointment letter, the Institute reserves the right to modify/withdraw any communication made to the candidate.
10. Executive Director, AIIMS Bhopal reserves the right of any amendment, cancellation, and changes to this advertisement as a whole or in part without assigning any reason.
11. No TA/DA will be paid for appearing in the recruitment process/test/.
12. Candidates may use Hindi or English language in the selection process except for the test of language which will be in the concerned language only.
13. Communication with candidates regarding recruitment process will be made through email ID provided by them in their online application form.
14. All the information related to the recruitment will be published on the website of AIIMS Bhopal (aiimsbhopal.edu.in). Candidates are advised to regularly visit the website of AIIMS Bhopal for updates related to the recruitment.
15. For any technical support during filling of online application, candidates may communicate to ‘helpdesk.mponline.gov.in’
16. All the records related to this recruitment will be preserved up to 6 months from the date of declaration of result and thereafter, these shall stand destroyed except for records of selected candidates and matters pending in the Hon’ble CAT/Court.
17. Any dispute in regard to this recruitment will be subject to the Court/Tribunal having jurisdiction over Bhopal (MP).