The exam is held to select candidates for recruiting them as Nursing Officers, Store keepers (drugs) and Store keepers (General) in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) establishments located across the country.

Sources from AIIMS said reason behind postponement of NORCET 2020 is to ensure the applicants are allotted exam centres as per their choice.

Date and time for download of hall-tickets (admit cards) will be announced on the official website of AIIMS ‘www.aiimsexams.org’ Candidates can visit the website at the appropriate time and download hall-tickets for NORCET 2020.

The usual trend is to make the link for downloading hall-tickets of the exam available about 10 to 15 days before the commencement of the exam.

Taking that into account hall-tickets for NORCET 2020 could be available for download in next couple of days.
Candidates can keep track of the situation by visiting the official website of the exam regularly to see if the link for downloading hall-tickets is made available or not.

Similarly, candidates can keep track of their email or mobile phone numbers which they provided while filling the application form for NORCET 2020.

Applicants are likely to receive update on downloading hall-tickets for the exam on their mobile phones or email IDs.

As for downloading the hall-ticket, applicants can visit the website click the appropriate link for downloading the hall-ticket and provide details like their application number, date of birth, exam registration number and download the hall-ticket and take a printout of it.

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Candidates for NORCET 2020 must check the hall-ticket displayed on the computer screen for any errors before going for download and subsequently obtaining a printout of the same.

The errors to be checked are related to the candidate’s name, residential address, name and address of exam centre, photograph and signature of the candidate.

In case of presence of errors in the above mentioned details, applicants must take it to the notice of the authorities concerned at once for rectification in time.

If no errors, applicants can download and take a printout of the same. It can be recollected that AIIMS released the notification for NORCET 2020 on 5 August.

The date for application submission began on 5 August and last date to submit applications for NORCET 2020 was 18 August.

The exam was supposed to be held on 1 September as per earlier decided schedule.

NORCET 2020 was also meant to recruit for vacancies at AIIMS Mangalagiri, AIIMS Nagpur, AIIMS Patna, AIIMS Rae Bareli, AIIMS Raipur and AIIMS Rishikesh.

The number of vacancies for the recruitment at the above mentioned centres are AIIMS New Delhi (597 posts), AIIMS Bhubaneswar (600 posts), AIIMS Deogarh (150 posts), AIIMS Gorakhpur (100 posts), AIIMS Jodhpur (176 posts), AIIMS Kalyani (600 posts).

AIIMS Mangalagiri has 140 posts, AIIMS Nagpur has 100 posts, AIIMS Patna 200 posts, AIIMS Rae Bareli 594 posts, AIIMS Raipur 246 posts and AIIMS Rishikesh has 300 posts.

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Candidates who wished to apply for NORCET 2020 had to be a BSc (Hons) or BSc in Nursing from an educational institution recognised by Indian Nursing Council or respective state Nursing Councils.

Even those who have BSc (post-certificate) and Post Basic BSc in Nursing from a recognized educational institution also could apply.

The age of the applicant must be 18 to 30 years. The selection process for the applicants of NORCET 2020 is to attend a written test which is of three hours duration.

Post the pass in the written test, candidates have to attend an interview or verification

The selection during the interview will happen based on merit and the score obtained in the written test and availability of vacancies.

The written test for NORCET 2020 will have 300 multiple choice questions for a total of 200 marks. The written test also has negative marking where each wrong answer will lead to deduction of 1/3 marks.

The qualifying marks in Recruitment Examination will be 50% for UR/EWS, 45% for OBC and 40% for SC & ST. The NORCET 2020 notification regarding exam postponement can be accessed at ‘https://www.aiimsexams.org/pdf/Notice%20Postponed%2028.08.20.pdf’

The training program was conducted by IIT Guwahati in collaboration with the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS).

Broader impact

IIT Guwahati director Prof Devendra Jalihal highlighted broader impact of this initiative.

We are proud to partner with IRS to drive innovation and capability development in these fields, he said.

Program

The program was conducted at the Neel Diving Academy in Kochi, where trainers from both IRS and TIH IIT Guwahati delivered comprehensive theoretical and practical sessions.

Participants engaged in rigorous underwater welding exercises and underwent a series of technical evaluations. The quality and safety of their work samples were assessed against stringent standards, following which participants were certified for their proficiency in underwater welding, say sources from IIT Guwahati.

This certification program aligns with the vision of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ (Self-Reliant India) by building local expertise in underwater wet welding—a skill crucial for maintaining India’s offshore and maritime infrastructure, he said.

Workforce

Dr. Asokendu Samanta, Divisional Head of R&D at IRS, added, this program equips the workforce with vital underwater wet welding and deep diving skills, which are essential for maintaining India’s oil, gas, and shipping infrastructure.

Commitment

IIT Guwahati is committed to nurturing talent and empowering individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to make meaningful contributions to the nation’s progress.

Through initiatives like this, the institute not only addresses critical industry needs but also contributes to the holistic growth and development of India’s workforce.

IIT Guwahati has retained the 7th position among the best engineering institutions of the country, 9th position in ‘Overall’ and 10^th position in ‘Research’ Categories in the ‘India Rankings 2024’ declared by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the Union Ministry of Education.

IITG has achieved rank 87 in the SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure) globally in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2024 and is the only academic institution in India that occupied a place among the top 100 world universities – under 50 years of age – ranked by London-based Times Higher Education (THE) in 2014 and continues to maintain its superior position even today in various International Rankings.

IIT Guwahati gained rank 32 globally in the ‘Research Citations per Faculty’ category and overall 344 rank in the QS World University Rankings 2025.

Among other frontier areas of research and innovation, IIT Guwahati is working towards augmenting critical science research initiatives in Genomics, Developmental Biology, Health Care and Bioinformatics and Flexible Electronics, among numerous other areas.

Also, IIT Guwahati ranks 6th globally in Sustainable Development Goal 7 (Affordable and clean energy) of the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2023. IIT Guwahati has been also ranked 2nd in the ‘Swachhata Ranking’ conducted by the Govt. of India.

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