Essential Educational and Professional Registration
MBBS qualification and valid professional registration are both specified.
Education
MBBS MBBS is the essential academic qualification.
Registration
Valid registration with the respective State Medical Council or National Medical Commission (NMC) Professional registration must be valid.
Experience and Postgraduate Consideration
The notification states six months of experience and separately indicates that postgraduates from clinical disciplines will also be considered. Their exact relationship is not expressly defined.
Education
Postgraduates from clinical disciplines will also be considered This is an additional consideration stated under essential experience, not an independently mandatory postgraduate qualification. It is unclear whether it provides any alternative to the six-month experience condition.(Desirable)
Experience
Six months of work experience The notification separately states that postgraduates from clinical disciplines will also be considered.
Computer Knowledge
Good working knowledge of computers and MS Office appears under the essential experience column.
Good working knowledge of computers and MS Office Listed in the essential experience column.
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
The notification lists HIV/AIDS field programme experience as desirable and MD Medicine or Diploma in Medicine as preferred. These are separate preferences, and the OR grouping does not impose a mandatory alternative eligibility route.
Education
Alternative 1 of 2. MD Medicine Preferred postgraduate qualification.(Preferred)
Alternative 2 of 2. Diploma in Medicine Preferred diploma qualification.(Preferred)
Experience
Work experience in HIV/AIDS programmes in field settings No minimum duration is specified for this particular desirable experience.(Desirable)
Previous NACO Programme Engagement
The notification excludes candidates removed from a NACO-covered programme or whose contract was not extended, under NACO guidelines.
Candidates previously removed from a NACO-covered programme, or whose contractual extension was not granted, should not apply. The prescribed application form includes a declaration that the applicant's contract has not been terminated by the AIDS Society or a medical institution and that the applicant has not been prohibited from working in an AIDS Control programme.