1. All India Ayush Post-Graduate Entrance Test.-(1) Post-Graduate National Entrance Test as specified in the Act, is also known as All India Ayush Post-Graduate Entrance Test.

• All India Ayush Post-Graduate Entrance Test including aptitude test for respective disciplines of Indian Systems of Medicine shall be conducted by the designated authority.
• All India Ayush Post-Graduate Entrance Test shall be ordinarily conducted in the month of April every year or on the date as specified by the Commission for that academic year.
• Undergraduate Degree holders such as Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery, Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery and Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery who have completed their internship by 30^th of April or as specified by National Commission for Indian System of Medicine from time to time shall be eligible for appearing All India Ayush Post-Graduate Entrance Test.

• At the time of admission, the candidate shall have enrolled or registered as a medical practitioner in State Register or Union Territory Register or National Register, as the case may be.
• All India Ayush Postgraduate Entrance Test results shall be declared separately for each discipline such as Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani by the designated authority and the results thus declared shall be valid for that academic year only.
• Process of counselling and admissions to post-graduate courses of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani shall be as per the guidelines specified by the Commission from time to time.
• (a) The Technical Committee for All India Ayush Post-Graduate Entrance Test shall consist of-
  • Controller of Examinations – Chairperson;
  • Nominee from designated agency – Member;
  • Member, Board of Ayurveda – Member;
  • Member, Board of Siddha, Unani and Sowa-Rigpa – Member;
  • Member, Medical Assessment and Rating Board for Indian System of Medicine – Member;
  • Health Education Technologist – Member;
  • Three Experts – one each from Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani – Member; and
  • Deputy Controller of Examinations – Member

(b) Terms of reference:

• the term of the committee shall be for two successive examinations or re-constitution of the committee by the Commission, whichever is earlier;
• the Committee shall meet as required;
• the Committee can co-opt any expert member as per the requirement and with the approval of the President, Board of Ayurveda or President, Board of Unani, Siddha and Sowa-Rigpa, as the case may be ;
• the Committee shall specify the syllabus and develop a ‘blue print’ of the question paper for every examination;
• the Committee shall identify experts and moderators for question paper setting;
• the Committee shall coordinate with the assigned agency for conducting examination;
• the committee shall prepare required information brochures and guidelines; and
• the Committee shall ensure the confidentiality of the matters 

1. National Exit Test.- (1) A National Exit Test of each discipline such as Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Sowa- Rigpa of Indian System of Medicine shall be conducted by the Commission through a designated authority.

• The National Exit Test shall be held for granting license to practice as medical practitioner of respective discipline of Indian system of medicine and for enrollment in the State Register or National Register as a registered medical practitioner of Indian system of medicine after completing one-year internship.
• The examination shall be problem based to test the clinical competency, understanding of medical ethics and the ability to deal with medico-legal cases as a medical practitioner in the discipline Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Sowa-Rigpa, as the case may be.
• The National Exit Test, shall be conducted ordinarily in the month of February and August, every
• Eligibility for appearing National Exit Test shall be as –
  • an intern who has completed minimum two hundred and seventy days of internship as on closing date of the submission of the application for National Exit Test; or
  • graduates of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Sowa-Rigpa who have completed one-year compulsory internship; or
  • Foreign nationals whose medical qualification has been recognized under section 36 of the
• Without qualifying National Exit Test, any graduate of Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery or Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery or Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery or Bachelor of Sowa- Rigpa Medicine and Surgery, shall not be eligible for enrollment in the State Register or National Register, as the case may be.

• There shall not be any limit for attempts to appear in the National Exit Test and the candidates, securing fifty percent and above shall be declared as qualified in the National Exit Test and the list of qualified candidates shall be displayed on the website of the Commission.
• the candidates who are qualified in the National Exit Test shall be eligible to get registered as medical practitioner only after completion of one-year compulsory rotatory internship subject to fulfillment of the criteria specified by Board of Ethics and Registration for Indian System of Medicine.
• The graduation degree of the candidate who could not qualify the National Exit Test, shall be considered for all other job opportunities and other educational programs or courses where medical registration is not
• Qualifying in National Exit Test and getting enrolled in a State Register and National Register, as the case may be, shall be the essential requirement for practicing as a registered medical practitioner or for any job where clinical work is involved or for any job where medical registration is mandatory or to pursue post graduate course in Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Sowa-Rigpa.
• (a) The Technical Committee for National Exit Test shall consist of –
• Controller of Examinations – Chairperson;
• Nominee from designated agency – Member;
• Member, Board of Ayurveda – Member;
• Member, Board of Unani, Siddha and Sowa-Rigpa – Member;
• Member, Board of Ethics and Registration for Indian system of Medicine – Member;
• Four Experts – one each from Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Sowa-Rigpa– Member;
• Health Education Technologist – Member; and
• Deputy Controller of Examinations – Member

• Terms of reference:
  • the term of the committee shall be for four successive examinations or re-constitution of the committee by the Commission, whichever is earlier;
  • the Committee shall meet as required;
  • the Committee can co-opt any expert member as per the requirement and with the approval of the President, Board of Ayurveda or President, Board of Unani, Siddha and Sowa-Rigpa, as the case may be;
  • the Committee shall specify the syllabus and develop the ‘blue print’ of the question paper for every examination;
  • the Committee shall identify experts and moderators for question paper setting;
  • the Committee shall coordinate with the assigned agency for conducting examination;
  • the committee prepare required information brochure and guidelines; and
  • the Committee shall ensure the confidentiality of the matters connected with the