TMC Varanasi Fellowship and Senior Resident 2026: The ₹1.34 Lakh Deposit Question, Two Distinct Appointments and a Conditional MCQ

Two positions, one clinical department, one deadline — but two applications if pursuing both. Tata Memorial Centre's Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer Centre (HBCH/MPMMCC), Varanasi, published advertisement VAR/ACA/44/2026 on 21 October 2026. The notice invites online applications for a one-year Fellowship in Patient Blood Management in Oncology (1 position) and a Senior Resident in Immuno-Hematology and Blood Transfusion (1 position). The last opportunity to submit the form is 6 November 2026, 5:30 PM IST. The two posts sit in the same specialty but are not interchangeable designations.

Vacancy arithmetic: one fellowship plus one senior-residency place = two advertised openings, not two places in each category. No UR/SC/ST/OBC/EWS seat-wise roster is printed in this notice; age relaxations are eligibility concessions and must not be misread as a published vacancy split.

Chart · advertised positions by appointment track

🩸 Two routes in one specialty: what applicants can actually compare

A Fellowship in Patient Blood Management in Oncology and a Senior Residency in Immuno-Hematology & Blood Transfusion appear together under the same department. The former is expressly named for oncology-focused patient blood management; the latter is the senior-resident designation. This distinction is important when evaluating career plans, fellowship recognition or future employment: the advertisement does not explain a particular academic accreditation, guaranteed completion certificate, conversion to a permanent vacancy, or distinct duty roster, so none should be inferred. Ask the employing institution about role-specific training and recognition before treating these titles as equivalent career credentials.

What the Varanasi Transfusion Medicine department actually does

The employer's separate Department of Transfusion Medicine page describes two licensed blood centres serving HBCH and MPMMCC. It names compatibility testing, antibody identification, irradiation of blood components, multicomponent apheresis, therapeutic plasma exchange, HLA-related laboratory services and haematopoietic stem-cell collection/cryopreservation among the department's activities. This matters for evaluating the clinical environment of a transfusion-medicine appointment—not because every activity is prescribed as a task for these two advertised posts. Department's official profile.

The same department page expressly describes patient blood management through concurrent audits of blood requests and discussion with treating teams to match a patient's transfusion need to the correct component and dose. It also lists Fellowship in Patient Blood Management in Oncology among its education activities and describes the programme as its first-of-its-kind initiative in India. That last description is the institution's own claim; the October advertisement itself does not establish an HBNI certification, award designation or specified training curriculum for this vacancy. Candidates comparing the fellowship with the senior-residency track should ask about supervision, actual clinical rotations, evaluation requirements and the documentary credential issued upon completion, rather than extrapolating from programme names.

The accepted degree route is precise: M.D. (Immuno-Haematology and Blood Transfusion / Transfusion Medicine), or an equivalent degree. The authority requires undergraduate, postgraduate and super-specialty degrees, as applicable, to be recognized by the National Medical Commission (NMC). It also states that selected appointees must be registered with the Uttar Pradesh Medical Council, as applicable. A generic medical postgraduate degree in an unrelated discipline is not stated to be automatically eligible. Nor does the notice specify a compulsory post-MD experience duration, a minimum percentage, or an additional fellowship entrance qualification: avoid inventing such filters.

Results awaiting: the notice explicitly permits result-awaited candidates to apply where applicable, but they must produce proof that they have passed the required degree at the MCQ test/interview. Applying early does not waive this condition. A candidate who cannot produce the result proof at the selection assessment will not be allowed to appear.

💰 ₹1,33,623 monthly salary and ₹1,33,623 deposit are two DIFFERENT financial entries

Both appointments advertise ₹1,33,623 consolidated salary per month. Separately, the general conditions specify a security/caution deposit of ₹1,33,623 for Fellow and Senior Resident. Their numerical equality is notable: the deposit equals one month's advertised consolidated salary, but it is not a deduction calculation and must not be presented as automatic take-home reduction. Crucially, the three-page notice does not state when the deposit is to be paid, whether/when it is refundable, or the procedure for release. Candidates should obtain the current written deposit instructions from HBCH/MPMMCC rather than assuming either immediate payment at application or guaranteed refund.

The application fee is a third, different obligation: ₹300 per online application, to be paid by debit card, credit card or UPI. The advertisement describes it as non-refundable, including duplicate fee payments. Since the recruitment expressly calls for a separate application for each post, an eligible person applying to both would incur ₹600 in application fees; this arithmetic does not mean the institution has announced two deposits at the application stage. The source does not state an SC/ST/PwD fee exemption, so none has been invented.

📅 The exact closing gate is 17:30 IST on 6 November

Use the official https://tmc.gov.in/postmaster/Careers portal and open VAR/ACA/44/2026. A separate form is required for each post. Check scanned documents and fee status before final submission. No hard copy needs to be sent. Candidates already employed by the Central/State Government, autonomous bodies, semi-government or related government organizations must upload the employer's No Objection Certificate through the Head of the Institution/Department, and carry the original NOC to the MCQ test/interview. A missing original NOC can bar participation even if the application was submitted.

🎂 Age ceilings: calculate the reference date, not the notice date

The ordinary maximum is 45 years, with the notice stating relaxations of 5 years for SC/ST, 3 years for OBC, and 10 years for Persons with Disabilities, subject to the applicable rules. Age and experience are reckoned on 6 November 2026, not on 21 October. The following figures show simple individual-category ceilings derived from the published 45-year baseline; any category overlap or combined-relaxation treatment must follow actual applicable rules rather than assumed addition.

Chart · age ceiling and individually notified relaxation

Age concessions do not create category-specific seats. The announcement does not specify a separate minimum age; one has not been inserted into the structured record.

🧪 MCQ is possible, not a published examination schedule

This is a crucial reading of clauses 13 and 15. TMC may restrict the number called to interview, prescribe minimum eligibility standards or stream/category-wise benchmarks, and may conduct an MCQ before interview for shortlisting. The Dean (Academics) will decide whether such a test is required. No MCQ date, number of questions, marks, duration, negative marking, topic-wise syllabus or qualifying cut-off has been published. It would be misleading to promise a test or present guessed 100-mark patterns. The interview remains the notified selection possibility; its date and marking rubric likewise have not been announced.

An applicant meeting the essential educational criteria is not automatically entitled to an interview call. Keep the registered email and phone accurate, inspect spam/bulk folders, and check the official portal. Recruitment communication is said to come through the institutional email resident-acad.mpmmcc@tmc.gov.in. No TA/DA is payable for attending an MCQ/interview. The final decision of the Director, HBCH/MPMMCC, is specified as final for the shortlisting process; legal disputes are subject to Varanasi jurisdiction.

🧾 Documents and credibility checks worth doing before paying the fee

• Verify that the exact MD specialty or truly equivalent recognized degree appears on supporting certificates. The postgraduate result must be available for inspection at MCQ/interview even if an application was accepted while awaiting results.
• Keep the NMC recognition evidence and check Uttar Pradesh Medical Council registration applicable to appointment. The ad distinguishes degree recognition from the state-registration requirement.
• Prepare clear proof of birth, postgraduates' final results, experience if any, and category/PwD documents only when applicable. Upload the NOC if employed by the covered government/public organizations; take the original to the assessment.
• Apply separately for Fellow and Senior Resident only after deciding how the appointment type fits career goals, paying the ₹300 per-application fee through the official portal.
• Confirm the written policy for the ₹1,33,623 security/caution deposit with the recruiting authority. Do not remit money to an unofficial personal account on the strength of this summary.
• Monitor institution-issued communications for the conditional MCQ, selection/shortlisting notice and interview details; none has an announced date in this advertisement.

🔎 Final check before submitting

Open TMC's official Careers listing, identify VAR/ACA/44/2026, read all three pages and verify the selected designation before paying. The two appointments have the same advertised MD specialty, monthly remuneration and deadline but distinct titles and separate applications. Recheck the ₹1,33,623 security-deposit policy directly with HBCH/MPMMCC rather than assuming it is an application fee, a monthly salary deduction or refundable without conditions. Keep your registered email active for a possible MCQ-screening instruction or interview call; neither has a published date in this notice.