IGIMS Junior Resident Recruitment 2026: 109 Posts, Apply by 30 Nov

IGIMS Junior Resident Recruitment 2026 has 109 Junior Resident (Non-Academic) posts in Patna, and the form has to reach the institute by 30 November 2026 at 4 pm. The Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences issued the drive under Advertisement No. 03/Jr. Resident (N/A)/IGIMS/Estt./2026. This is an offline application. You download the form from igims.org, attach a demand draft, and send it by registered post, speed post or courier to the Director, IGIMS, Sheikhpura, Patna.

The post is a one year tenure post in Level 10 of the pay matrix, with entry pay of Rs 56,100 a month plus NPA and other allowances. Selection runs on the NEET-PG 2026 score. There is no separate written test and no interview date in the advertisement. The panel stays valid for 12 months, so a good score keeps working for you even after the first allotment.

There is one condition that decides whether this drive is for you at all. You must have appeared in NEET-PG 2026 and not got admission to any medical college under the Government of Bihar rules. An MBBS degree and a completed internship are not enough on their own. If you sat NEET-PG 2026 and missed a seat, this is a second chance at a year of residency in a super speciality institute. If you never appeared in NEET-PG 2026, the advertisement does not cover you.

IGIMS Junior Resident Recruitment 2026 at a glance

The NEET-PG 2026 condition is the whole story

Most summaries of this drive lead with the 109 posts. The number matters less than the gate. The advertisement says only candidates who appeared in NEET-PG 2026 but did not get admission to any medical college under Bihar government rules will be considered. That is a narrow pool. It is also the reason the drive exists. IGIMS needs residents for a year, and the candidates it wants are the ones who prepared for NEET-PG, sat the exam, and are sitting without a seat right now.

Two more conditions sit next to that gate. You should have passed MBBS including completion of internship, or hold an equivalent degree recognised by the NMC. And the advertisement allows a maximum of one term. If you join and leave at any time, it still counts as one term, whatever the length of work done. So this is not a post you take lightly and drop in a month. The year counts as your one term.

Work experience in the Armed Forces, Central or State Health Services and private nursing homes counts as equivalent to Junior Residency (Non-Academic). That line helps doctors who have been working rather than studying, though the NEET-PG 2026 condition still applies to them.

The advertisement does not state an age limit and does not give an internship cut off date. It also does not give a department wise break up of the 109 posts. IGIMS allots departments after selection, on the basis of vacancy availability, merit cum choice and the institute requirement. So you apply for the post, not for a department, and the department comes later.

How the 109 posts split up

The reservation table in the advertisement gives the full split. UR takes 44 posts, EBC 19, SC 17, BC 13, EWS 11, WBC 4 and ST 1. That adds to 109. Within those, 37 seats carry a female reservation: 15 in UR, 7 in EBC, 6 in SC, 5 in BC and 4 in EWS.

Two smaller reservations sit on top. Five seats are reserved for persons with disabilities, split as one each for visual impairment, deaf and dumb, orthopaedically handicapped, and two for multiple disabilities. Two seats are reserved for sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters and maternal grandsons and granddaughters of freedom fighters.

One rule matters if you are applying from outside Bihar. Reservation benefit goes only to Bihar state domicile candidates. Applicants from outside Bihar get no reservation benefit. Your BC or EBC certificate must be in the format prescribed by the Government of Bihar, must state that you do not belong to the creamy layer, and must not be more than one year old from the date of the advertisement. The EWS certificate should have been issued after 1 April 2026. If no eligible EWS candidate is available for a department, the advertisement says an unreserved candidate for that department may be considered.

The fee and the form

The fee is a demand draft, and it is not refundable. UR, EWS, BC and WBC candidates pay Rs 1,000. EBC, SC and ST candidates pay Rs 250. The draft goes in favour of Director, IGIMS, Patna, payable at Patna. The advertisement prints the fee in two places with a small difference: the documents list on page one leaves WBC out of the Rs 1,000 group, while the general instructions include it. The reservation table has 4 WBC posts, so WBC candidates should go with the Rs 1,000 draft.

The form itself is a download from igims.org. There is no online portal and no email submission. You fill the form, attach self attested photocopies of your date of birth certificate, 10+2 certificate, all MBBS mark sheets, degree certificate, internship completion certificate and NEET-PG Score Card 2026, plus your caste or non creamy layer certificate, PWD certificate where applicable, freedom fighters certificate where applicable, and your BMC or NMC registration certificate.

Then you send the whole set with the draft to the Director, IGIMS, Sheikhpura, Patna 14, Bihar. It has to reach by 30 November 2026 at 4 pm. A form posted on the last day that arrives late does not count, so send it early and keep the courier receipt.

Employed candidates must attach a no objection certificate from their employer. If you are not employed anywhere and not doing any course anywhere, you have to say so in writing. The advertisement also asks for a declaration on whether you filled the declaration form and appeared before the NMC team for 2026-27 in any medical college.

What the year looks like

The post is non practicing. Private practice of any kind, direct or indirect including laboratory work, is strictly prohibited, and IGIMS terminates the appointment of any resident found doing it. You must stay on campus if the institute provides accommodation. If it does not, you get HRA as per rule.

The year has a checkpoint. At the end of the first six months, IGIMS assesses each Junior Resident, and if performance is not satisfactory it terminates the appointment. You earn 2.5 days of leave per completed month, credited on the 15th of each month, ordinarily not more than 5 days at a stretch without HOD approval. Absence without information for more than 7 days leads to termination. Quitting midway needs one month prior notice or a deposit of one month salary. There is no TA or DA for attending counselling or for joining.

That panel point matters because IGIMS can draw from the same panel if a vacancy opens later in the year. But the advertisement is clear that mere selection by the Selection Committee does not give a right to appointment, and the Director can reject any or all applications without assigning a reason.

If you are weighing this against other medical posts open this month, the JSSH Senior Resident recruitment has 70 regular Senior Resident posts in Delhi with applications closing on 8 December, and the AMU Senior Resident recruitment is another residency route for postgraduates. The IGIMS drive is the one for MBBS graduates who sat NEET-PG 2026 and are still without a seat.

Get the draft from the bank early, post the form by speed post well before 30 November, and keep a copy of everything you send. The last date is 4 pm on 30 November 2026, and this advertisement runs on paper, so the postmark will not save a late form.

Sources & verification: Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Advertisement No. 03/Jr. Resident (N/A)/IGIMS/Estt./2026, official advertisement PDF read from igims.org on 9 November 2026. Post count, reservation split, dates, fee, pay, eligibility and selection are from that advertisement.