AIIMS Ph.D exam is conducted by All India Institute of Medical Sciences for taking admission to Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) program offered in various departments

Important Dates:
Date of AIIMS Ph.D exam: Sunday, July 13, 2014.
Result declaration date: Wednesday, July 16, 2014.

List of AIIMS Ph D Test centers

Kolkata
Mumbai
Chennai
Delhi

Eligibility Criteria for AIIMS Ph.D:
Must possess at least one of the following qualifications of a recognized university/institute:

- Degree of Master of Sciences or master's degree in any subject allied to Bio-Medical Sciences, master's degree in Nursing with minimum 60% marks or Master of Surgery or Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree or diplomat of the National Board of Examinations.
-MBBS degree with a minimum of 55% aggregate marks in the professional examinations.

Paper Pattern AIIMS Ph.D 2014:
-The question paper will consist of 50 Theory based multiple choice questions (MCQs) and 30 clinical/practical/lab based short answer questions (SAQs)/MCQs.
-The written test carrying 80 marks of 90 minutes duration in the subject the candidate has applied for.
-Each correct MCQ answer will be awarded 1 mark and each wrong MCQ answer will be awarded one-third (-1/3) negative mark.
-More than one answer will be treated as wrong answer and awarded negative mark. Zero mark will be given for questions not answered.

Reference Books for AIIMS Ph D Test

Community Medicine by Parks
Human Biochemistry by Orten
Atlas of Human Anatomy by Netter
Macminn Colour Atlas of Histology
Biochemistry by Lippincotts
Practical Physiology & Biochemistry by L GHAI
Human Embryology by K Datta
W.F. Ganong:Medical Physiology
Sattanarayan: Biochemistry
Samson Wrights: Applied Physiology
Review of Medical Physiology by Ganong
Restorative dental materials by Craig
Poddar Osteology
Pathology Vol. I &II by John M Issane Andersons
Pathologic basis of Disease by Cotfxan Kumar Roffins Robbins
General Anatomy by K Datta
Dental Metallurgy and non-metallic materials by Smith
Dental materials written by P.K Basu
Chemistry and Metallurgy of Dental Materials by Cambel Smith
Chawduraj: Concise Medical Physiology
C.C Chaterjee: Human Physiology (Vol. 1,2)
C. Ded: Biochemistry
Applied Physiology by Cyril A Keele, Samson.s Wrights
Applied Dental Materials by Anderson
John B. West. Best and Taylor.s Physiological Basis of Medical Practice, Baltimore Williams
Harper’s Biochemistry
Guyton and Hall: Medical Physiology
Atlas of Anatomy by grants
Atlas of Histology by DIFORE