NBEMS Constitutes Committee to Probe Power Failure at Jaipur NEET-PG Centre: Sources
NBEMS formed a three-member committee and ordered a re-exam for 2,445 candidates after an internal power failure disrupted the test.
- On Sunday, the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences announced a re-examination for 2,445 candidates affected by an internal power supply failure at NEET-PG 2026 centres in Sitapura, Jaipur, scheduled for September 5, 2026.
- NBEMS attributed the disruption to an internal power supply failure at the Digital Zone, which the board linked to its technology partner TCS Ltd, while candidates alleged computers repeatedly shut down during the examination.
- While the incident impacted the Sitapura centres, the examination proceeded successfully for the vast majority of candidates across more than 1,100 centres nationwide, with approximately 2,63,535 candidates completing the test.
- A three-member committee chaired by Gayatri Rathore, Principal Secretary of Rajasthan's Health and Family Welfare Department, will investigate the power failure, including members from the Central Electricity Authority.
- Only the 2,445 affected candidates are eligible to reappear for the examination in Jaipur, as NBEMS expressed regret over the inconvenience and promised necessary arrangements for the upcoming re-test.
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The NBEMS has formed a three-member committee to investigate the power outage that disrupted the NEET-PG 2026 exam at two centers in Jaipur. The exam for the 2,445 affected candidates will be rescheduled for September 5th.
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Hindustan TimesNBEMS constitutes committee to probe power failure at Jaipur NEET-PG centre: Sources
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has constituted a three-member committee under the chairpersonship of Gayatri Rathore, Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department of the Rajasthan government, to investigate the internal power supply failure that disrupted the NEET-PG 2026 examination at the iON Digital Zone iDZ Sitapura centres in Jaipur, Rajasthan, sources in NBEMS said.
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