DNB Final Exam 2019 cancelled in 1 Medical College: NBE issues notice

Guwahati: Through a recent notice, the National Board of Examinations (NBE) has informed about the Postponement of DNB Final Examination December 2019 at Guwahati Medical College.

The applicants for DNB Final Examination Dec 2019 who are scheduled to appear at Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati are hereby informed that due to prevailing law and order situations in Guwahati, it has been decided to postpone the DNB Final Examination (Theory) - Dec 2019 scheduled to be held on 13th, 14th and 15th December 2019 at Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati. Revised schedule for Guwahati centre shall be intimated in due course.

Examination at all other centres across the country will be conducted as per schedule.

Date of Examinations & Result

DNB Final (Super Specialty)

DNB Super Specialty Direct 6 Years Course - Part - I

DNB Final Practical Examinations:

• The date, time and venue of practical examination shall be intimated to all eligible candidates through emails at their email IDs registered with Online Exit Examinations Portal while completing application forms.

• The date, time and venue are also displayed at the website www.natboard.edu.in

• NBE reserves the right to allot a practical center anywhere in the country; the candidates shall make their own arrangement for travel/ boarding etc. Change in centre of the practical examination is not permitted under any circumstances.

• Candidates are advised not to make any representations/not to
canvass in this regard.

Declaration of DNB Final Examination Result:

• DNB final is a qualifying examination.

• Results of DNB final examinations (theory & practical) are declared as PASS/FAIL. In case, the applicant candidate is provisionally eligible on date of declaration of result his/her practical examination result shall be withheld & shall be declared only upon being status eligible. DNB final Practical result shall not be declared if, the candidate has not submitted final training completion certificate in the prescribed format and/or the thesis has not been accepted.

• The details of marks obtained/grading in final theory/ practical Examinations will be provided to all the candidates. Procedure for obtaining question wise marks can be seen at NBE website (Notice dt. 20.04.10, 14.12.11).

• There will be no re-evaluation or rechecking/ re-totaling of answer
sheets.Requests forre-evaluation/re-totaling shall not be entertained.

• Results can be seen on website www.natboard.edu.in

• Candidates successful in theory examination will be informed by means of a letter/email about details of the practical center. No separate certificate for passing theory examination will be issued.

• Candidates successful in the practical examination are sent Provisional Certificate of Passing DNB individually by Post.

• Under normal circumstances the certificates of passing are dispatched to the candidates within four weeks of declaration of results, however, due to unforeseen circumstances, this period may vary.

• For duplicate provisional pass certificate submit a request letter stating reasons to issue a duplicate certificate, copy of FIR lodged with police authorities for loss of certificate, affidavit in support of application (attested by public notary/oath commissioner/judicial magistrate), fee of One thousand for document upto preceding 3 years and Two thousand rupees for documents more than three years old. The demand draft should be made in favour of National Board of Examinations, payable at New Delhi.

• Candidates are advised not to canvass or approach NBE for handing overthe passing certificate.

• Please note that submission of Thesis to NBE for assessment is an essential criterion for appearing in DNB Final Examination. Please refer Para 4.4 and 5.5 for details. Final result in respect of DNB candidates shall be declared only on completion of entire duration of training, thesis acceptance and submission of final training completion certificate in the prescribed format.

Award of DNB Degree certificates

• Successful candidates in all respects (Qualified DNB Final Theory & Practical Examination, Thesis accepted by National Board of Examinations, Enrolled for convocation) shall be eligible to award of DNB degree.

• National Board of Examinations shall be conferring DNB degree subject to fulfilment of eligibility criteria at the Convocation Ceremony. Details for the same shall be announced separately at NBE website www.natboard.edu.in

Leave Rules for DNB/FNB Trainees

The following revised leave rules shall apply to the candidates, who have joined in or after 2018. Those who joined before 2018, the old leave rule shall be applicable.

DNB/FNB Trainees are entitled to avail leave during the course of DNB/FNB training as perthe LeaveRules prescribed by NBE.

A DNB/FNB Trainees can avail a maximum of 30 days of leave in a year excluding regular duty off/ Gazetted holidays as per hospital/institute calendar/policy. This leave shall be processed at the institutional level.

Any kind of study leave is not permissible to DNB/FNB Trainees.

Under normal circumstances leave of one year should not be carried
forward to the next year. However, in exceptional cases such as prolonged illness, the leave across the DNB/FNB training program may be clubbed together with prior approval of NBE.

Unauthorized absence from DNB/FNB training for more than 7 days may lead to cancellation of registration and discontinuation of the DNB/FNB training and rejoining shall not be permitted.

Any Leave availed by the candidate other than the eligible leave (30 days per year) shall lead to extension of DNB /FNB training. The training institute has to forward such requests to NBE along with the leave records of the candidate since his/her joining and supporting documents (if any) through the Head of the Institute with their recommendation/comments. NBE shall consider such requests on merit provided the seat is not carried over and compromise with training of existing trainees in the Department.

Any extension of DNB/FNB training beyond the scheduled completion date of training is permissible only under extra-ordinary circumstances with prior approval of NBE. Such extension is neither automatic nor shall be granted as a matter ofroutine.

DNB/FNB trainees are required to complete their training by a prescribed cutoff date (as per information bulletin of Exit exam) for being eligible to DNB/ FNB Exit examination.

The eligibility for DNB/FNB Final Examination shall be determined
strictly in accordance with the criteria prescribed in the respective information bulletin.