AIIMS Gorakhpur's October 2026 faculty recruitment offers 56 positions across four academic grades. The number is straightforward; the eligibility decisions behind it are not. Each vacancy belongs to a particular department, grade and reservation category, with its own academic and experience requirements. An applicant must satisfy all three dimensions rather than rely on the overall vacancy total.
The distinction is evident in two departments. General Medicine has four Assistant Professor vacancies, distributed as three EWS and one OBC. Radiology also has four Assistant Professor vacancies, but its allocation is two OBC, one SC and one ST. The departments advertise the same number of positions, yet their reservation profiles are entirely different.
The governing document is Advertisement No. AIIMS/GKP/RECT/FACULTY/2026-27/271, dated 15 October 2026. It sets out the recruitment conditions, departmental roster, qualifications, appointment routes and application instructions. The closing date is 14 November 2026.
The 56 vacancies are not a single recruitment pool
The advertisement covers Professor, Additional Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor appointments. These grades carry different experience requirements, pay levels and, in some cases, different recruitment routes.
| Faculty grade |
Vacancies |
Share of total |
| Professor |
16 |
28.57% |
| Additional Professor |
5 |
8.93% |
| Associate Professor |
18 |
32.14% |
| Assistant Professor |
17 |
30.36% |
| Total |
56 |
100% |
Associate Professor accounts for 18 positions, the largest share by a narrow margin. Assistant Professor follows with 17. These figures describe the distribution of advertised appointments, not the strength of competition. A grade with fewer posts may attract a smaller eligible applicant pool, but the advertisement provides no applicant data from which to establish that.
At the more detailed level, the roster contains 43 populated department–grade combinations. This matters because four vacancies within one Assistant Professor entry are different from four vacancies spread across Professor, Additional Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor in the same department. The latter involve four separate eligibility assessments.
How the reservation totals are distributed
Across the advertisement, the vertical reservation totals are:
| Reservation category |
Vacancies |
Share |
| Unreserved (UR) |
10 |
17.86% |
| Other Backward Classes (OBC) |
17 |
30.36% |
| Scheduled Castes (SC) |
12 |
21.43% |
| Scheduled Tribes (ST) |
8 |
14.29% |
| Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) |
9 |
16.07% |
| Total |
56 |
100% |
The percentages are rounded independently. More importantly, these category totals cannot be applied indiscriminately across departments. The relevant reservation position is the one shown against the specific department and faculty grade.
Unreserved vacancies are also not confined to applicants who do not claim a reserved category. Eligible applicants from reserved categories may compete for UR vacancies under the applicable recruitment rules and merit conditions.
The separate PwBD provision
The advertisement identifies seven positions under horizontal reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities: one Professor, one Additional Professor, two Associate Professors and three Assistant Professors.
Those seven positions are part of the advertised 56, not additional vacancies. The document also uses the expression “4%” alongside its reference to seven seats. Because seven out of 56 is not 4%, candidates seeking a PwBD-specific allocation should consult an institute clarification rather than independently assume a revised number or a department-wise distribution that the notice does not establish.
Four roster entries that deserve closer attention
Departmental totals can conceal important differences. The following examples illustrate the practical effect of reading the full roster rather than selecting a department from an aggregated vacancy list.
| Department and grade |
Advertised allocation |
Relevant consideration |
| General Medicine — Assistant Professor |
4: EWS 3, OBC 1 |
No UR vacancy appears in this specific roster entry. |
| Radiology — Assistant Professor |
4: OBC 2, SC 1, ST 1 |
The same vacancy total carries a different reservation distribution. |
| Trauma and Emergency Medicine — Assistant Professor |
3: EWS 1, SC 1, ST 1 |
The October advertisement specifies MS (General Surgery) or MCh (Trauma Surgery) in its relevant qualification provision. |
| Nuclear Medicine — all four grades |
Professor OBC 1; Additional Professor OBC 1; Associate Professor UR 1; Assistant Professor OBC 1 |
Four departmental vacancies require four distinct grade-level eligibility checks. |
Nuclear Medicine: why the grade matters as much as the department
Nuclear Medicine has four appointments distributed across four faculty grades. An applicant eligible for Associate Professor cannot treat the Professor and Additional Professor positions as equivalent alternatives. Each grade has its own qualifying experience threshold, age conditions and applicable mode of appointment.
The same principle applies elsewhere. An individual may possess the recognised qualification for a speciality but still be ineligible for the grade advertised under the relevant reservation category.
For practical purposes, the correct application sequence is to identify the department, establish the qualifying academic route, calculate eligible experience, determine the faculty grade and then check the corresponding reservation entry. Reversing that sequence—starting with the total number of vacancies—creates avoidable errors.
Teaching experience: the qualifying date is decisive
Faculty experience is not assessed simply by adding every year spent in a hospital, medical college or research establishment. The advertisement connects the prescribed experience to the qualifying degree and the recognised nature of the institution or department in which the experience was obtained.
The applicable threshold also differs between the conventional MD/MS route and recognised DM/MCh super-speciality programmes of different durations.
| Faculty grade |
MD/MS route |
DM/MCh: 2/5-year route |
DM/MCh: 3/6-year route |
| Professor |
14 years |
12 years |
11 years |
| Additional Professor |
10 years |
8 years |
7 years |
| Associate Professor |
6 years |
4 years |
3 years |
| Assistant Professor |
3 years |
1 year |
No additional experience prescribed |
These are the experience thresholds stated for the respective qualification routes. They do not make every DM or MCh qualification interchangeable across departments. The recognised speciality, prerequisite degree, course duration and subject-specific conditions remain controlling.
A six-year employment record may not establish six years of eligible experience
Consider an applicant who has worked in a clinical department for six years but received the prescribed postgraduate qualification four years ago. The employment record may be genuine, yet it does not automatically establish six years of qualifying post-degree experience for the general Associate Professor route.
The issue is chronological. The candidate must establish when the required qualification was obtained and which subsequent appointments meet the experience conditions set out in the advertisement.
An experience certificate should therefore identify the designation, department, institution, nature of duties and exact service dates. Where the claimed period includes training, residency, contractual appointments or work before the qualifying degree, the applicant should examine whether those periods are admissible under the particular recruitment provision.
Super-speciality qualifications require subject-specific scrutiny
The Medical Oncology provisions illustrate the importance of prerequisite qualifications. For the specified two- or three-year DM route, the advertisement refers to MD in Medicine or Pediatrics, or an accepted equivalent. The award of a DM degree alone should not be used to bypass the listed academic sequence.
The advertisement also specifies recognised routes for Transfusion Medicine and Blood Bank, including MD (Transfusion Medicine) and MD (Blood Bank), and lists particular alternatives for Pulmonary Medicine. These are departmental provisions, not general exemptions from the faculty qualification framework.
For eligible applicants to SC/ST-reserved posts, the notification provides a one-year relaxation in teaching or research experience, subject to its conditions. That relaxation concerns experience; it does not remove the requirement to hold the prescribed recognised qualification.
Why the September roster should not be carried into October
The October advertisement follows an earlier faculty advertisement issued in September 2026. The earlier notice contained 68 vacancies, while the October advertisement contains 56.
The difference is visible across all four grades.
| Faculty grade |
September advertisement |
October advertisement |
Change |
| Professor |
18 |
16 |
−2 |
| Additional Professor |
8 |
5 |
−3 |
| Associate Professor |
24 |
18 |
−6 |
| Assistant Professor |
18 |
17 |
−1 |
| Total |
68 |
56 |
−12 |
That comparison establishes a reduction of 12 vacancies at the aggregate level. It does not, by itself, establish which individual departmental positions were withdrawn, changed or newly specified.
The departmental qualifications must also be read from the relevant advertisement. In Trauma and Emergency Medicine, for example, the October notice identifies MS (General Surgery) or MCh (Trauma Surgery) in its specified academic route. Eligibility wording from an older advertisement should not be carried into a new application merely because the department name remains unchanged.
Advertisement No. /239 from September and Advertisement No. /271 from October are separate notices. Unless AIIMS Gorakhpur expressly provides otherwise, an application under one should not be assumed to satisfy the requirements of the other.
Direct recruitment, deputation and retired-faculty appointments
The advertisement does not offer every faculty position under an identical employment arrangement. Professor and Additional Professor appointments include additional recruitment routes, while Associate Professor and Assistant Professor positions are advertised under direct recruitment.
| Appointment route |
Applicable positions |
Important conditions |
| Direct recruitment |
All four faculty grades, subject to the relevant vacancy |
Prescribed academic qualifications, experience, age and category requirements; regular faculty pay matrix and probation conditions. |
| Deputation |
Professor and Additional Professor |
Eligible serving officers/faculty, proper departmental forwarding, vigilance clearance and prescribed APAR/ACR records. |
| Retired-faculty consultant |
Professor and Additional Professor, where applicable |
Eligibility for retired faculty, consolidated remuneration and a fixed-term engagement arrangement. |
Regular faculty pay: distinguish basic pay from take-home salary
The advertisement provides grade-specific pay-matrix ranges under the Seventh Central Pay Commission framework.
| Faculty grade |
Basic-pay range |
| Professor |
₹1,68,900–₹2,20,400 |
| Additional Professor |
₹1,48,200–₹2,11,400 |
| Associate Professor |
₹1,38,300–₹2,09,200 |
| Assistant Professor |
₹1,01,500–₹1,67,400 |
These figures represent basic pay. They should not be presented as an estimated monthly in-hand salary. Allowances, Non-Practising Allowance where admissible, deductions and other service conditions affect the final remuneration.
Retired-faculty consultancy follows a different remuneration structure
For eligible retired faculty, the stated consolidated monthly remuneration is ₹2.20 lakh for Professor and ₹2.00 lakh for Additional Professor. The applicable accommodation deductions are described separately in Annexure-2.
The retired-consultant route is available to eligible applicants up to 68 years of age at application, subject to the notification. The initial engagement does not exceed one year, with extensions governed by the published conditions.
This is a contractual arrangement. Comparing its consolidated monthly payment directly with the basic pay of a regular faculty appointment would ignore important differences in tenure, allowances and service benefits.
Service restrictions are material to the decision
The advertisement prohibits private practice, including laboratory and consultancy practice. A medical professional maintaining a private clinical arrangement should consider that restriction before accepting an appointment.
Regular direct recruits are also subject to a two-year probation period. The notification states that an NOC for applying elsewhere will not be issued during the first two years after appointment. For candidates already considering another faculty appointment or a future institutional transfer, this is a relevant employment condition rather than a minor administrative detail.
Application procedure: the online form is only one part
The application process has two distinct submission requirements. Candidates must complete the prescribed online application and ensure that the signed physical documents reach AIIMS Gorakhpur within the stated deadline.
Closing date: 14 November 2026.
The distinction between dispatch and delivery deserves particular attention. A postal or courier receipt proves that documents were sent; it does not prove they reached the Recruitment Cell before the closing date.
Online submission and supporting documents
The official online application is made through the AIIMS Gorakhpur faculty application Google Form.
The required material includes the completed application, Annexure-A Candidate Brief, Annexure-B PowerPoint presentation, academic qualifications, supporting experience certificates and applicable medical registration documents. The notice also contains instructions concerning the combination and order of certificates in the required PDF submission.
The information entered online must agree with the signed documents. Differences in appointment dates, qualification details, reservation claims or the selected faculty grade can create avoidable scrutiny problems.
Physical application and postal destination
The prescribed signed application, self-attested supporting documents and photographs must reach:
Recruitment Cell
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur
Administrative Block, Kunraghat
Gorakhpur – 273008, Uttar Pradesh
The envelope should identify the applied-for post in the manner prescribed in the advertisement. Candidates applying for more than one eligible department or grade must comply with the requirement for separate applications and separate applicable fees.
Application fees
| Applicant category |
Application fee |
| General / OBC / EWS |
₹2,000 |
| SC / ST |
₹500 |
| PwBD |
Exempt |
| Specified eligible retired-faculty cases |
Exempt, subject to the notification |
The prescribed application fee is non-refundable. Candidates should follow only the payment instructions in the original institute advertisement and should not rely on third-party payment requests.
Deputation applicants have a separate forwarding requirement
Professor and Additional Professor applicants seeking deputation must examine Annexure-1. In addition to the online application, the deputation route requires the properly forwarded departmental papers, including NOC, vigilance clearance and five years of APAR/ACR records.
The notice allows the specified departmental forwarding documents to be received within 15 days after the online closing date. This provision should not be read as a general extension of the application deadline. It applies to the stated deputation procedure and does not extend the deadline for ordinary direct-recruitment applicants.
Reservation certificates require more than a category declaration
Where an applicant claims reservation, the supporting certificate must satisfy the format and validity requirements of a central institution.
OBC-NCL certificate
The advertisement specifies an OBC-NCL certificate issued within the period from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, subject to the applicable conditions. The certificate must correspond to the Central Government requirements and the relevant entry in the Central OBC List.
A certificate accepted for state-level recruitment is not automatically sufficient for this purpose. Applicants should verify the exact community entry, non-creamy-layer status, certificate format and prescribed validity period.
EWS certificate
EWS applicants must satisfy the prescribed income-and-assets conditions and furnish the applicable certificate in accordance with the advertisement. The reservation claim must be supported by valid documentary evidence at the relevant cut-off date.
A valid reservation certificate does not create a vacancy where the department–grade roster has none. The applicant must satisfy both the personal eligibility conditions and the reservation position applicable to the advertised appointment.
What the selection process actually provides
AIIMS Gorakhpur may shortlist candidates based on their qualifications, documented experience and biodata. Candidates shortlisted for the next stage may be called for an interview at Gorakhpur, where original documents must be produced for verification.
The October advertisement does not prescribe a compulsory written examination or announce a detailed examination syllabus. It also does not publish a fixed interview timetable or a guaranteed shortlisting ratio.
Accordingly, applicants should not treat an unofficial faculty exam pattern or speculative interview schedule as part of this recruitment.
The notice states that travelling allowance and daily allowance will not be paid for attending the interview. Candidates shortlisted from outside Gorakhpur should account for their own travel arrangements and expenses.
What a candidate should be able to substantiate
The strongest application is one in which each substantive claim can be traced to a supporting document. For this recruitment, that means establishing:
- The recognised qualification prescribed for the exact speciality and faculty grade.
- The date on which the qualifying degree was obtained.
- The duration and admissibility of post-qualification experience.
- Medical registration and speciality-related recognition, where required.
- Reservation eligibility supported by the prescribed certificate.
- Consistent particulars across the online application, annexures and signed physical documents.
- Compliance with the additional forwarding requirements if applying through deputation.
A well-prepared academic presentation may support an interview, but it cannot substitute for a mandatory degree or an insufficient period of qualifying experience.
Five decisions worth resolving before applying
1. Which specific roster entry matches the applicant?
Start with the department and grade, not the advertisement's overall vacancy count. A department may have several vacancies but none in the category or grade relevant to an individual applicant.
2. Which qualification route governs the claimed experience?
For MD/MS and DM/MCh candidates, the minimum experience requirement may differ substantially. The duration and recognition of the qualifying programme can change the relevant threshold.
3. Does every year of claimed service qualify?
Review the exact dates. Experience obtained before the prescribed qualification, or in a capacity not accepted under the applicable rules, should not automatically be included in the claimed qualifying period.
4. Is the applicant choosing the correct appointment route?
Direct recruitment, deputation and retired-faculty consultancy are governed by different conditions. Senior faculty should examine the respective terms before comparing remuneration or deciding how to apply.
5. Can the complete application reach the institute by the deadline?
Online submission alone is insufficient where the notice also requires signed physical documents. Allow time for preparing annexures, securing institutional records, obtaining required forwarding documents and ensuring physical delivery.
Final perspective
AIIMS Gorakhpur's October faculty recruitment is best understood as a collection of specific academic appointments rather than a single opening for 56 medical professionals. The meaningful unit of comparison is the department–grade–category entry, read together with the qualifying degree, recognised experience and appointment route.
For an applicant, the decisive work happens before the form is submitted: identifying the correct vacancy, documenting experience from the appropriate qualification date, establishing reservation eligibility and completing both required submission channels. These details determine whether an application can proceed to meaningful consideration.
The published roster is provisional, and the institute reserves the right to revise the advertised vacancies under its recruitment conditions. Candidates should consult the latest official communication before relying on any vacancy or schedule information.
Official documents and recruitment updates
Application closing date: 14 November 2026. Where a recruitment summary differs from the official advertisement or a subsequent institute corrigendum, the latest applicable official document should govern the applicant's decision.
