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The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment supports manpower development in the field of rehabilitation through National Institutes, which offer a number of courses for which All India Entrance Test is being conducted. Amongst them, there are 3 UG courses (4 years + 6 months internship) offered in Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Cuttack:

(i) Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT)
(ii) Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (BOT)
(iii) Bachelor of Prosthetics & Orthotics (BPO)

Institutes & number of seats: These courses are offered in following 4 institutes

a) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya National Institute for Persons with Physical Disabilities, New Delhi 
Affiliation: University of Delhi 
BPT: 68 seats
BOT: 68 seats
BPO: 39 seats

b) National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities (Divyangjan), Kolkata
Affiliation: West Bengal University of Health Sciences, Kolkata
BPT: 57 seats
BOT: 56 seats
BPO: 27 seats

c) Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research, Cuttack  
Affiliation: Odisha University of Health Science, Bhubaneswar
BPT: 62  seats
BOT: 62 seats
BPO: 46 seats

d) National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities, Chennai
Affiliation: Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai
BPT: 18 seats
BOT: 18 seats
BPO: 20 seats

Key dates

Application last date: 12 Jun 2023 (5PM)
Admit card available for download: 16 to 30 Jun 2023
Date of entrance test: 9 Jul 2023
Declaration of result: 17 Jul 2023 (tentative date)
Start of Counseling: 1 Aug 2023

Application Fee

1. Rs.800/- for SC/ST/PwD Candidates (non-refundable)
2. Rs.1000/- for all other categories(non-refundable)

Registration for E-Counselling Fee

Rs. 500/- for all candidates*(non-refundable)
Free for UDID Card holders. 

Eligibility: For BPT and BOT. students must have studied PCB (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) in 10+2 (or equivalent). For BPO, both PCM as well as PCB students are eligible. Pls read detailed eligibility in section 4 of the prospectus.

How to apply: Only Online applications will be accepted. Any other form of application will stands rejected. Please read instructions carefully before filling up the application form.

Test centres: Agartala, Aizawl, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Dimapur, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Indore, Kolkata, Kozikode, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Patna, Port Blair, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Secunderabad, Srinagar, Siliguri, Trivandrum, Vijaywada

About the institutes

a) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya National Institute for Persons with Physical Disabilities 
Affiliation: University of Delhi 
PDUNIPPD New Delhi is an autonomous organization under the administrative and financial control of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DIVYANGJAN), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India. The Institute for the Physically Handicapped was registered as society in the year 1976 under the societies Registration Act of 1860. It was renamed as Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped in the year 2002. It became National Institute in the year 2016 and Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya National Institute for Persons with Physical Disabilities (Divyangjan), PDUNIPPD, New Delhi.

b) National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities (Divyangjan), Kolkata (NILD)
Affiliation: West Bengal University of Health Sciences, Kolkata
NILD Kolkata was established in 1978. In addition to the said Bachelor & Master courses in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Prosthetics & Orthotics, the Institute also offers Post-Graduate Diploma in Disability Rehabilitation & Management and Diplomat of National Board (DNB) in PMR and MSc. Rehab. Nursing at its headquarter in Kolkata. Institute is also having courses at its regional center at Dehradun and Aizawl. Through its outreach programs various parts of Country especially states like West Bengal, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, NE states are being covered. The Institute has a 50 bedded hospital with well-developed indoor and surgical facilities having necessary & sophisticated laboratories. There is a beautiful eco-friendly campus with excellent library facility and plenty of clinical material for the research. 

c) Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research  
Affiliation: Odisha University of Health Science, Bhubaneswar
SVNIRTAR is an Autonomous body under Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DIVYANGJAN), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India. It provides total medical rehabilitation for the Persons with Locomotor Disabilities. It also conducts three Bachelor Degree courses in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Prosthetics and Orthotics, three Postgraduate courses of Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Prosthetics and Orthotics affiliated to Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. It also has an accreditation for DNB in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of National Board of Examination (NBE), New Delhi.

d) National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities
Affiliation: Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai
NIEPMD, Chennai, under Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DIVYANGJAN), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India was established in the year 2005 at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, to fulfil the objective of serving as a national resource centre for empowerment of persons with Multiple Disabilities. The Objectives of the institute are to undertake development of human resource for management, training, rehabilitation, education, employment and social development of persons with Multiple Disabilities. To promote and conduct research in all areas relating to Multiple Disabilities, to develop Trans-disciplinary models and strategies for rehabilitation and to meet the needs of diverse groups of people with Multiple Disabilities and to undertake services and outreach programs for the persons with Multiple Disabilities.

Application link https://nildcet.admissions.net.in/welcome 

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