AIIMS Bathinda Faculty Recruitment 2026 – Apply Online for 77 Professor, Additional Professor and More Posts

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bathinda has issued Advertisement No. AIIMS/BTI/RC/Faculty/2026/2373 dated 31 July 2026 for 77 Group-A faculty posts on a direct recruitment basis across its clinical and pre-clinical departments. The mandatory Google form closes on 21 August 2026 at 5:00 PM, and the printed application must reach the Recruitment Cell by 28 August 2026 at 5:00 PM.

Note that structure carefully, because it catches candidates out every cycle. This is a two stage submission. Filling the online form alone does not make you an applicant, and posting the hard copy without having filled the form does not either. Both are compulsory, and they have different deadlines a week apart.

Recruitment at a Glance

Position-Wise Vacancy Summary

Professor, 17 Posts

One post each in Anatomy (ST, PwBD), Anaesthesiology (OBC), Burns & Plastic Surgery (UR), Dentistry (OBC), ENT (OBC), General Surgery (OBC), Hospital Administration (SC), Microbiology (ST), Nephrology (UR), Neurology (UR), Neurosurgery (SC), Paediatric Surgery (OBC), Paediatrics (SC), Pharmacology (ST, PwBD), Pulmonary Medicine (SC), Radiology (OBC) and Urology (UR, PwBD).

Additional Professor, 5 Posts

Anaesthesiology (UR), Pathology (EWS), Physiology (OBC, PwBD), Nuclear Medicine (SC) and Transfusion Medicine & Blood Bank (OBC), one post each.

Associate Professor, 23 Posts

Spread across Anatomy, Anaesthesiology, Cardiology, Dermatology, ENT, Gastroenterology (2), General Surgery (2), Medical Oncology and Haematology, Neonatology, Neurology (2), Neurosurgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology (2), Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, Physiology (2, one PwBD), Radiology, Surgical Oncology and Emergency Medicine under Trauma & Emergency.

Assistant Professor, 32 Posts

The largest block, covering General Medicine (3), Obstetrics & Gynaecology (3), Cardiology (2), Endocrinology & Metabolism (2), Radiology (2), Trauma Surgery (2), and one post each in Anaesthesiology, Community and Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Medical Oncology & Haematology, Neonatology, Nephrology, Neurology, Nuclear Medicine, Orthopaedics, Paediatric Surgery, Paediatrics, Pulmonary Medicine (PwBD), Surgical Gastroenterology, Surgical Oncology, Transfusion Medicine & Blood Bank, Emergency Medicine and Urology.

The Downgrading Clause Most Candidates Miss

Two footnotes in the vacancy tables materially widen who should apply, and they are easy to skip past.

If suitable candidates are not found for an Additional Professor post, it may be filled from a lower cadre in the same category. An Additional Professor (SC) post in Nuclear Medicine, for instance, may be filled by an Associate Professor (SC) or an Assistant Professor (SC). The same provision applies to Associate Professor posts, which may be filled by an Assistant Professor in the same category.

The practical effect is that candidates eligible only for a lower cadre may still apply against a department where a higher cadre post is advertised. If you meet Assistant Professor criteria and your department appears only in the Associate Professor list, you are not excluded. Selection on a downgraded post is for a tenure of five to seven years, which is the trade-off attached.

Pay Scale

All figures are Seventh CPC levels plus the usual allowances, including Non-Practising Allowance where applicable. Selected candidates are governed by the New Pension Scheme under the Ministry of Finance notification dated 22 December 2003.

Age Limit

Upper age is reckoned as on the closing date for the Google form, 21 August 2026.

No age relaxation is available to SC, ST or OBC candidates applying against unreserved vacancies. Because the ceiling turns on a specific date, work your exact position out with our free age calculator before you pay a fee of ₹2,360 that is not refundable.

Experience, wherever prescribed, is counted only after obtaining the prescribed qualification. Time served before the qualifying degree does not count.

Certificate Validity Dates

This is where reserved category applications most often fail, and the dates are specific.

• OBC-NCL certificate must be issued between 1 April 2026 and 21 August 2026, in the DoPT format under O.M. No. 36036/2/2013-Estt.(Res) dated 30 May 2014, valid for employment in a Central Government institution, and must clearly show that the applicant is not in the creamy layer. Eligibility is based on castes borne in the Central List, not a state list. A separate declaration in the prescribed format is also required at document verification.
• EWS certificate must be issued between 1 April 2026 and 21 August 2026, on the basis of financial year 2025-26 income, valid for 2026-27. Any certificate outside those dates is treated as invalid.
• All category certificates must be dated earlier than the closing date and be in Hindi or English in the prescribed Central Government format.
• PwBD candidates with not less than 40% specified disability who meet the functional requirements are eligible for 4% horizontal reservation, on production of a valid certificate from the competent authority.

Two further points. EWS posts are not carried forward as backlog if unfilled, so other category candidates may apply provisionally against them and be considered as UR if the EWS post is otherwise not filled. And the category once applied cannot be changed later, so enter it correctly in both the application form and the Google form.

Application Fee

Payment is online only, through the SBI Collect payment gateway link given in the notification. The transaction number must be written in the space provided on the application form and the transaction receipt posted with the hard copy. No request for refund is entertained after submission.

Applying for more than one post requires a separate application, a separate fee and a separate hard copy submission for each. There is no combined application.

How to Apply

1. Confirm you meet every eligibility condition on or before 21 August 2026. Applications from candidates who do not are rejected.
2. Fill the mandatory Google form by 21 August 2026, 5:00 PM IST, after which the link is disabled.
3. Download the application form from aiimsbathinda.edu.in, complete it in MS Word format as per the proforma, and print it.
4. Pay the fee online through the SBI Collect link and note the transaction number on the form.
5. Post the typed application with self-attested documents by Registered Post or Speed Post only so that it reaches the Recruitment Cell by 28 August 2026, 5:00 PM.
6. Super-scribe the envelope “APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF ……… DEPTT. OF ………”.

Postal address: The Recruitment Cell, Administrative Block, Medical College Building, Mandi Dabwali Road, AIIMS Bathinda, Punjab 151001.

AIIMS Bathinda states plainly that it is not responsible for any postal delay. With a hard deadline of 28 August and Speed Post the only permitted route, send it in the third week of August rather than the last two days.

Documents to Enclose

• Application form and candidate’s brief profile in the prescribed format
• All mark sheets and degree certificates
• FMGE certificate, if applicable
• Registration and additional registration with the Medical Council
• Proof of age or date of birth
• Category certificate for SC, ST, OBC, EWS or PwBD in the prescribed Government of India format
• Experience certificate
• No Objection Certificate for candidates working in Central or State Government organisations, PSUs or autonomous bodies
• Two passport size photographs
• Proof of application fee paid

Faculty applications run to a thick bundle of scanned degrees, registrations and experience letters, and the Google form stage has its own upload limits. Our free JPG to PDF converter merges photographed certificates into one clean document, the PDF compressor brings an oversized file under the limit without making it unreadable, and the photo and signature resizer handles the passport photograph. All three work in your browser with nothing uploaded anywhere.

Selection Process

1. Applications received within the prescribed date with the requisite fee are scrutinised by the Institute’s scrutiny committee.
2. Eligible candidates are called for a personal interview before the Standing Selection Committee. Where the number of applicants is large, the committee may devise shortlisting criteria, which may include a written examination.
3. Shortlisting information is published only on the AIIMS Bathinda website, and interview letters are sent by email only.
4. Selected candidates receive appointment letters, subject to being declared medically fit.

The interview is held at AIIMS Bathinda in person. Requests for an online interview through Skype, Viber or similar are not accepted and no correspondence on the point is entertained. No TA or DA is paid for attending.

Keep your email address active throughout, and do not use anyone else’s. Every call letter and communication goes there and nowhere else.

Joining and Service Conditions

• Joining time is 30 days from the issue of the appointment letter. Extension is considered only in exceptional cases with the approval of the competent authority.
• Candidates pursuing a DM, M.Ch. or fellowship at the time of applying may join only if the course is completed on or before the last date of joining in the offer letter. Requests to join as faculty while continuing the course are summarily rejected, as are requests to extend joining time to finish one.
• If offered more than one post, a candidate who joins one may not later change to the other.
• The appointment is subject to review and probation of two years. During those two years an NOC for applying elsewhere is provided as per AIIMS Bathinda rules.
• The post is whole time and private practice of any kind is prohibited. No other assignment, paid or otherwise, may be accepted.
• Qualifications and experience must be recognised by the MCI, NMC or Government of India. Candidature is cancelled at any stage if they are not.
• Canvassing of any kind leads to disqualification, and the candidate must not have been convicted by any court of law.

Important Dates

If the last date for receipt of applications falls on a declared holiday, the next working day is treated as the last date.

Important Links

The essential eligibility criteria for each post are set out in Annexure-A, uploaded separately on the Institute website rather than inside the main advertisement. Download it alongside the notification, because department-specific qualification and experience requirements live there. Any corrigendum is posted only on the AIIMS Bathinda website.

Related Recruitment

Doctors and medical academics should also see AIIMS Kalyani Junior Resident Recruitment 2026, which has 84 non-academic Junior Resident posts for MBBS holders closing 24 August 2026, and AIIMS Guwahati Recruitment 2026 for CCRAS funded project posts.

For teaching posts outside the medical sector, AMU Recruitment 2026 is hiring 11 contractual Assistant Professors at its Centre for Distance and Online Education, and NALCO Recruitment 2026 has Medical Officer and Specialist posts selected by interview only.

In the engineering faculty stream, JKPSC Assistant Professor and Librarian Recruitment 2026 has six backlog vacancies at the Government College of Engineering & Technology, open to Jammu & Kashmir domiciles until 31 August 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many faculty posts are there at AIIMS Bathinda?

77 in total, comprising 17 Professor, 5 Additional Professor, 23 Associate Professor and 32 Assistant Professor posts across the Institute’s departments.

What are the two deadlines?

The mandatory Google form must be submitted by 21 August 2026 at 5:00 PM IST, and the printed application must reach the Recruitment Cell by 28 August 2026 at 5:00 PM. Both steps are compulsory.

Is the application online or offline?

Both. The Google form is filled online, and a printed application with self-attested documents must be sent by Registered Post or Speed Post to AIIMS Bathinda.

What is the age limit?

58 years for Professor and Additional Professor, and 50 years for Associate Professor and Assistant Professor, as on 21 August 2026. Relaxation is 5 years for SC and ST and 3 years for OBC. EWS candidates get no age relaxation.

What is the application fee?

₹2,360 for General, OBC and EWS candidates and ₹1,180 for SC and ST, both inclusive of 18% GST. Persons with benchmark disabilities pay nothing. Payment is online only through SBI Collect.

Can I apply for more than one post?

Yes, but each post needs a separate application, a separate fee and a separate hard copy submission with its own supporting documents.

I only meet Assistant Professor criteria. Can I apply where an Associate Professor post is advertised?

Yes. If suitable candidates are not found at the higher cadre, the post may be filled from a lower cadre in the same category, and candidates eligible for the lower cadre are expressly invited to apply. Selection on a downgraded post carries a tenure of five to seven years.

Is there a written examination?

Ordinarily selection is by personal interview before the Standing Selection Committee. If the number of applicants is large, the committee may set shortlisting criteria which could include a written examination.

Will the interview be held online?

No. Candidates must appear personally at AIIMS Bathinda. Requests for an online interview are not accepted and no TA or DA is paid.

When must my OBC or EWS certificate be dated?

Between 1 April 2026 and 21 August 2026, in the prescribed Central Government format. Certificates issued outside those dates are treated as invalid.

Can OCI cardholders apply?

Yes. Applications are invited from Indian nationals and from persons registered as Overseas Citizen of India cardholders under Section 7A of the Citizenship Act, 1955.

I am currently doing a DM or M.Ch. Can I join?

Only if the course is completed on or before the last date of joining stated in your offer letter. Requests to join while continuing the course, or to extend joining time to complete it, are summarily rejected.

Details above are taken from AIIMS Bathinda Advertisement No. AIIMS/BTI/RC/Faculty/2026/2373 dated 31 July 2026. Post-specific essential qualifications are set out in Annexure-A, published separately on the Institute website. Candidates should read both documents in full before applying.