NIT Agartala Medical Officer / Campus Doctor Recruitment 2026: 2 Contract Positions at ₹70,000 per Month

National Institute of Technology Agartala (NITA) has invited applications for two tentative Medical Officer / Campus Doctor engagements at its Barjala–Jirania campus in West Tripura. The Institute's notice, F.NITA.2(166-Estt)/Cont/2023/2594–97, is dated 10 November 2026. Applications must be submitted using the Google Form specified in the advertisement on or before 28 November 2026; shortlisted applicants will subsequently receive interview information by registered email or through the Institute's website.

This is a fixed-term contractual engagement, not recruitment to sanctioned permanent medical posts. The fixed consolidated payment is ₹70,000 a month. The initial contract is for one year; annual renewals, if approved, cannot take total service under this engagement beyond three years. NITA explicitly allows eligible retired medical officers up to 62 years of age to apply, whereas the normal upper age limit is 35 years, both measured on 31 October 2026.

🩺 At a glance: what the two openings actually offer

The two vacancies are one common Medical Officer/Campus Doctor designation, not separate vacancies for two different qualifications. NITA has not supplied a UR/SC/ST/OBC/EWS seat-wise roster in this notice. The Institute also states that the number of engagements is provisional and can change with its requirements. Thus the announced figure should not be treated as an unchangeable sanctioned vacancy count.

🎓 MBBS, registration and internship: three checks that matter together

The indispensable combination is a recognised medical qualification plus valid medical registration. The notice accepts an MBBS degree or an equivalent qualification appearing in the relevant schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. Candidates must be registered either with a State Medical Register or the Indian Medical Register. Recognition of the degree matters: an unrecognised medical course is not made eligible merely by similarity of its title.

The notice separately calls for the Compulsory Rotating Internship Completion Certificate, the registration certificate, evidence identifying the institution where the medical degree/diploma was obtained, and documents supporting the experience claimed. These are not optional substitutes for the degree and registration requirements. A candidate who has completed medical college coursework but cannot establish the required internship completion and registration should review their documents before submitting the form.

An MD is not compulsory for the basic position. A postgraduate medical qualification, preferably MD (General Medicine), or the equivalent medical qualification described in the notice, is listed under desirable, not essential, criteria. Equally, experience in relevant medical work can strengthen an application because experienced candidates are given preference, but the advertisement does not prescribe a minimum of one, two or five years for every applicant. Such minimums should not be inferred.

The distinction between essential and desirable matters particularly for freshly qualified MBBS doctors: applicants need not assume that they are excluded merely because they do not hold an MD or prior years of employment, provided the compulsory medical criteria and age condition are satisfied.

🎯 Two age pathways: serving-age applicants and retired doctors

NITA fixes the age reference date at 31 October 2026, not the application closing date. The normal maximum is 35 years. The same notice creates a distinct route for retired medical officers/personnel not exceeding 62 years on the reference date. The higher figure is not a blanket increase in the normal maximum age for every applicant; it is specifically for the retired category described in the advertisement.

📊 Normal and retired applicant upper-age limits

Examples of how to read this: a doctor aged 36 who is not an eligible retired medical officer should not assume the 62-year route applies; conversely, an eligible retired medical officer aged 60 on the reference date should not reject the opportunity simply because the regular upper age is 35. In either case, the essential medical qualification, medical registration and documents remain relevant. The notice does not announce a further category-wise age-relaxation table or a minimum age; no additional limits are being assumed here.

💰 ₹70,000 consolidated pay: what is included and what is not

The advertised monthly remuneration is ₹70,000, consolidated. This is a fixed monthly contract amount, not a numbered 7th CPC pay level, and the notice does not promise automatic increments, a regular-government pay matrix, HRA or pension benefits. For perspective, 12 uninterrupted months at the stated monthly rate equals ₹8,40,000 before any deductions; this is arithmetic to help financial planning, not an independently advertised annual package or a promise of renewal.

A critical distinction appears in the notice: TA/DA may be admissible for official tours/visits under Institute rules, but no TA/DA is payable for attending the interview. Travel reimbursement in the course of an authorised official visit therefore should not be mistaken for an allowance added automatically to monthly remuneration.

⏳ Initial contract, renewal and exit conditions

The original engagement is for one year. Further extension is possible annually, provided NITA continues to need the service and the individual meets the Institute's standards of performance and conduct. The total, counting the initial year and renewals together, cannot exceed three years. There is no automatic guarantee of a second or third year.

📊 Initial and maximum permissible engagement duration

The terms make a second distinction worth considering before accepting the job. NITA may discontinue the engagement at any time in the circumstances described in the notice, without being required to assign a reason, including where services are no longer required or are considered unsatisfactory. In contrast, if the selected doctor wishes to leave before expiry, the contract calls for one month's prior notice or one month's consolidated remuneration in lieu. At the notified rate, that remuneration is ₹70,000, although the actual departure arrangement will be governed by the signed engagement terms.

NITA further states that this hiring does not confer a right to regular appointment, absorption or continuity, and it does not carry the benefits applicable to regular employees, including benefits arising from any previous service. Retired doctors should take particular care not to treat the contractual amount as an addition to any old service benefits promised by NITA; none are promised here.

📱 Submit the application online — then take the hard copy to interview

The advertised application route is the Google Form linked in the official recruitment notice. NITA asks eligible candidates wishing to appear for the interview to complete that form on or before 28 November 2026. No separate postal application, email-only application, or in-person form-submission procedure is prescribed as the initial route in this notice. It does not specify a final clock time, so complete the form well before the date rather than assuming an unstated 11:59 PM deadline.

Official Google Form: https://forms.gle/xGw6KSk3LiwULZi37

Original recruitment PDF: https://www.nita.ac.in/MO_10-11-2026_CampusDoctor-Nov26_admin.pdf

Practical sequence for applicants:

1. Check essential eligibility first. Confirm MBBS/recognised medical equivalent, professional registration and completion of compulsory rotating internship. Confirm whether you are applying under the normal or eligible retired-personnel age condition as at 31 October 2026.
2. Gather consistent medical records. Keep the name of your qualifying medical college/institute, degree/diploma evidence, internship completion certificate and registration details together. If claiming preference for postgraduate qualifications or experience, organise the supporting records too.
3. Open the Google Form from the advertisement. Enter the required particulars accurately and submit by 28 November 2026. Use an email address you regularly check, as it is also an official channel for interview communication.
4. Keep an accessible copy of what you submitted. NITA requires the hard copy of the filled-in application form with supporting documents at interview. Prepare the printout and the required supporting papers for that stage. Retain originals for cross-checking where requested; the published notice does not list an exhaustive original-versus-photocopy arrangement.
5. Watch for the call to interview. NITA will communicate the interview date and time to shortlisted candidates through email and/or update its website. The present notice does not give a specific interview date, reporting hour or shortlist publication date.

Page 3 of the official three-page PDF carries an application QR code, but the exact same Google Form link is printed on page 1; applicants who cannot scan a QR code can use the written URL. The application closing date is 28 November, whereas the interview date has yet to be communicated—these are separate events.

📄 Interview preparation based on the published conditions

Selection proceeds by consideration of applications and an interview of shortlisted candidates. The notice provides no written test, computer-based examination, syllabus, negative marking, merit-weightage formula, minimum interview marks or question paper pattern. None should be assumed from previous NIT recruitments. Shortlisting criteria and the final decision remain with the appointing authority.

Applicants can prepare more usefully by assembling an accurate, brief account of their clinical education, compulsory rotating internship, registration status, relevant professional experience and additional postgraduate credentials, because these are the qualifications and evidence expressly mentioned in the advertisement. It is reasonable to be ready to explain experience claimed on the form; this is preparation advice, not a claim that NITA has announced particular interview questions or a specialty-wise syllabus.

The interview is an invitation stage, not an open walk-in on 28 November. NITA says the schedule will be sent to shortlisted candidates. Bring the hard copy of the completed application and supporting documents on the interview day. No travel or daily allowance will be reimbursed for attending the interview. Monitor both the Institute website and the email account supplied in the application, including messages that may land in spam folders.

🗓️ Verified dates and the next official announcements

The confirmed recruitment sequence is application → shortlisting → interview → appointing authority's decision. There is no notice of a separate written examination, admit-card download, answer key, declared result or cutoff for this recruitment. Candidates should rely on subsequent institute communications if further stages or an interview schedule are issued, rather than dates circulating without an original NITA notice.

🏛️ Contractual campus medicine at an Institute of National Importance

The appointing authority is NIT Agartala itself, a central higher-education institute under the Ministry of Education; the position is based at Barjala, Jirania, West Tripura, PIN 799046. It is not an MBBS admission, a PG residency, an ESIC hospital vacancy, or a permanent Ministry of Health service post. The advertisement concerns medical services to the NIT campus, but does not publish shift hours, an on-call roster, free accommodation, duty hours, an outpatient caseload or departmental rotations. Applicants should not treat any such provision as confirmed until NITA communicates it.

The registration and internship requirements reflect the regulated nature of medical practice. What is distinctive about this notice is its single medical post designation, two provisional engagements, separate normal/retired age limits, flat ₹70,000 remuneration, and conditional yearly renewal capped at three years. These details should drive an applicant's decision more than assumptions drawn from differently worded campus-doctor advertisements issued in earlier years.

🔗 Original documents and contact route

• NIT Agartala original signed advertisement (3 pages): https://www.nita.ac.in/MO_10-11-2026_CampusDoctor-Nov26_admin.pdf
• NIT Agartala official recruitment listing: https://www.nita.ac.in/UserPanel/Minutes_Others.aspx?file=Recruitment
• Google Form printed in the advertisement: https://forms.gle/xGw6KSk3LiwULZi37

Institute address: National Institute of Technology Agartala, Barjala, Jirania, P.O. NIT Agartala, West Tripura – 799046. For future interview instructions and changes to this engagement, the Institute directs candidates to its recruitment website and the email address registered in the application. The appointing authority reserves the right to modify, postpone or cancel the selection process under the stated terms.