66 Pharma Openings through Common examination for AIIMS and Other Central Govt Institutes

The Common Recruitment Examination (CRE)-4 is a special-purpose recruitment initiative aimed at enabling timely appointments to various regular Non-Faculty Group-B and Group-C posts across participating All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and other Central Government Institutes/Bodies. These participating entities are autonomous bodies or subordinate offices under the administrative control of the Government of India, functioning independently and separately from AIIMS, New Delhi.

Online applications are invited from eligible Indian nationals for the posts as specified in this advertisement. The posts carry the usual allowances as per the rules applicable at the respective Institutes/Hospitals.

Dispensing Attendant
Institute : AIIMS Rishikesh
Age Limit : Between 21- 27 years
Pay Level : 4
Qualifications : i) Diploma in Pharmacy from a recognized University/Institution
ii) Should be regisetered Pharmacist under Pharmacy Act 1948

Pharmacist
Institute : AIIMS Awantipora
Age Limit : Between 21- 27 years
Pay Level : 6
Qualifications : Essential: Educational Qualifications: 1. Diploma in Pharmacy from a recognized University/Institution 2. Should be a registered Pharmacist under the Pharmacy Act 1948 Desirable Experience in the manufacture/storage/testing of transfusion fluids in a reputed hospital or industry

Pharmacist
Institute : AIIMS Bilaspur
Age Limit : Between 21- 27 years
Pay Level : 5
Qualifications : Essential: 1. Diploma in Pharmacy from a recognized University/Institution 2. Should be a registered Pharmacist under the Pharmacy Act 1948 Desirable Experience in the manufacture/storage/testing of transfusion fluids in a reputed hospital or industry

Pharmacist
Institute : AIIMS New Delhi
Age Limit : Between 18- 30 years (Relaxable upto 40 years for the employees of AIIMS)
Pay Level :5
Qualifications : Essential: I. Diploma in Pharmacy from a recognized Institution /Board. II. Should be a registered Pharmacist under the Pharmacy Act, 1948. Note:- Applicant holding higher degree can also apply. The candidates should also be registered Pharmacist under the Pharmacy Act. 1948. Desirable: I. Degree in Pharmacy from a recognized Institution /University II. Experience in dispensing and / or storage and dispensing of drugs in a reputed hospital or Institution or in a drug store or a pharmaceutical concern.

Pharmacist
Institute : AIIMS Raebareli
Age Limit : Between 21- 27 years
Pay Level : 5
Essential: (i) Diploma in Pharmacy from a recognized University /Institution
(ii) Should be a registered Pharmacist under Pharmacy Act 1948 Desirable:- Experience in manufacture / storage/ testing of transfusion fluids in a reputed hospital or industry

Pharmacist
Institute : AIIMS Rajkot
Age Limit : Between 18- 30 years
Pay Level : 5
Qualifications : Essential: 1. Diploma in Pharmacy from a recognized University/Institution
2. Should be a registered Pharmacist under the Pharmacy Act 1948
Note : Applicant holding higher degree can also apply. The candidates should also be registered Pharmacist under the Pharmacy Act. 1948.
Desirable 1. Degree in pharmacy fromn a recognized Institution/University
2. Experience in dispensing and or storage and dispensing of drugs in a reputed hospital or Institution or in a drug store or a pharmaceutical concern.

Pharmacist Grade II
Institute : AIIMS Guwahati
Age Limit : Between 21- 27 years
Pay Level : 5
Qualifications : Essential: 1. Diploma in Pharmacy from a recognized University/Institution
2. Should be a registered Pharmacist under the Pharmacy Act 1948 Desirable Experience in the manufacture/storage/testing of transfusion fluids in a reputed hospital or industry

Pharmacist Grade II
Institute : AIIMS Jodhpur
Age Limit : Between 21- 27 years
Pay Level : 5
Qualifications : Essential: 1. Diploma in Pharmacy from a recognized University/Institution
2. Should be a registered Pharmacist under Pharmacy Act 1948
Desirable Experience in the manufacture/storage/testing of transfusion fluids in a reputed hospital or industry

Store Keeper (Drug)
Institute : AIIMS New Delhi
Age Limit : Between 18- 30 years (Relaxable upto 40 years for the employees of AIIMS)
Pay Level : 6
Qualifications : (A) Essential: Degree in Pharmacy from a recognized University/ Institution Desirable: Experience in storing and distribution of drugs in drug store of a hospital or a well established pharmaceutical concern. OR (B) Essential: (i) Diploma in Pharmacy from a recognized Institution/ Boards; (ii) Three Years experience in drug store of a hospital or a well established pharmaceutical concern.

No of posts
1. Dispensing Attendant (AIIMS Rishikesh) : 1 (UR-01)
2. Pharmacist (AIIMS Awantipora) : 2 (UR-2)
3. Pharmacist (AIIMS Bilaspur) : 1 (UR-01)
4. Pharmacist (AIIMS New Delhi) : 9 (UR-3, OBC-4, SC-2,)
5. Pharmacist (AIIMS Raebareli) : 4 (UR-2, EWS-1, OBC-1)
6. Pharmacist (AIIMS Rajkot) : 10 (UR-6, EWS-1, OBC-2, SC-1)
7. Pharmacist Grade II (AIIMS Guwahati) : 1 (UR-01)
8. Pharmacist Grade II (AIIMS Jodhpur) : 3 (UR-02, OBC-1)
9. Store Keeper(Drug)(AIIMS New Delhi) : 4 (OBC-1, SC-1, ST-1)

Assistant Research Officer
Institute : Pasteur Institute of India
No of posts : 5 (UR-2, EWS-1, OBC-1, SC-1)
Age Limit : Not more than 30 years (Relaxation of upper age limit as per the Govt. of India orders)
Pay Level : 7
Qualifications : M.Sc. Medical Microbiology / Medical Pharmacology / Medical Biochemistry / Medical Bacteriology / Medical Virology from a recognized university. (or) M.Sc. Microbiology / Applied Microbiology / Biochemistry / Biotechnology / Molecular Biology / Industrial Biotechnology /Immunology / Virology / Bacteriology / Life Sciences (Integrated) from a recognized university. (or) B.E. / B.Tech. Biomedical Engineering / Pharmaceutical Engineering or equivalent degree from a recognized university. (or) B.Tech. Biotechnology / Industrial Microbiology / Industrial Biotechnology or equivalent degree from a recognized university. (or) B. Pharm. from a recognized university. (or) Pharm. D. from a recognized university. Experience: 3 years in Biopharmaceutical Industry.

Research Assistant
Institute : Pasteur Institute of India
No of posts : 26 (UR-12, EWS-2, OBC-5, SC-5, ST-2)
Age Limit : Not exceeding 30 years (Relaxation of upper age limit as per the Govt. of India orders)
Pay Level : 6
Qualifications : M.Sc. in Medical Microbiology / Medical Pharmacology / Medical Biochemistry / Medical Bacteriology / Medical Virology from a recognized university. (or) M.Sc. in Microbiology / Applied Microbiology / Biochemistry / Biotechnology / Industrial Biotechnology / Molecular Biology / Immunology / Virology / Bacteriology / Life Sciences (Integrated) from a recognized university. (or) B.E. / B.Tech. in Biomedical Engineering / Pharmaceutical Engineering from a recognized university. (or) B.Tech. in Biotechnology / Industrial Microbiology / Industrial Biotechnology from a recognized university. (or) Doctor of Pharmacy from a recognized university. (or) B. Pharm. from a recognized university. (or) B.Sc. in Microbiology / Applied Microbiology / Biochemistry / Biotechnology / Medical Microbiology / Molecular Biology / Immunology from a recognized university with 2 years experience in Biopharmaceutical Industry

Application Process
1. All candidates who wish to apply for the common recruitment Examination (CRE-4) for the various Group-B & C posts as per the above details are required to apply online on the website aiimsexams.ac.in.
2. The aspiring applicants satisfying the eligibility criteria in all respect can submit their application only through ON-LINE mode. The Online applications can be done through the website aiimsexams.ac.in as per closing date specified under Important dates. No documents, including the Registration Slip of the online application form, are required to be sent in Physical form. Any kind of Physical document regarding registration will be treated as null and void and will be destroyed. However, all the applicants are advised to keep a copy of the registration slips with them, along with proof of payment, for their records. Correction in registration will not be considered through any mode i.e. Email/letter. Hence candidates are advised to fill their registration form carefully as no correction will be allowed after specified dates as per the procedure.
3. All participating organizations are independent of AIIMS, New Delhi and recruitment rules and service condition of respective organization will be applicable. This DRA is for the conduct of examination without any scrutiny on eligibility to a post, where all reported posts are grouped into several groups for the convenience of the applicants to enable them applying for several Institutes where eligibility is similar by paying one examination fee. Applicants applying under different group have to fill separate application for each group. However, it is important to note that different posts grouped at one place may have different set of eligibility, relaxation & service conditions which are applicable accordingly.
4. It is important to mention that an applicant may not be eligible for every post under a group for which he/she has applied and same will depend upon the eligibility criteria of respective posts under the group. Merely issue of admit card, offer of appointment does not guarantee final appointment which is always subject to verification of eligibility.
5. All applicants must fulfil the essential requirements of the post and other conditions stipulated in the advertisement. They are advised to satisfy themselves before applying that they possess at least the essential qualifications laid down for various posts. They must fulfil all the eligibility criteria as of the closing date of online submission of applications, failing which their candidature will be summarily rejected & application fee will be forfeited. Required educational qualification/ experience should be completed on or before the last date of the online submission of the application.
6. The crucial date for deciding eligibility in all respect unless otherwise expressly mentioned will be the closing date of the online registration as mentioned in the Important Dates section. Recruitment Rules of respective AIIMS/Institute will be applicable for essential eligibility criteria at respective participating body and merit of Online (CBT) Examination as per scheme of examination of CRE-4, choices and preferences filled & other rules as applicable.
7. Unless otherwise mentioned scheme of examination in this DRA will be applicable irrespective of any other scheme prevailing in respective participating Institute.
8. As the examination will be conducted without any scrutiny on eligibility, a candidate will be treated as disqualified from beginning in case ineligibility detected at any stage of recruitment process.
9. Reason for rejection/Status of application: Will be published as per schedule.
10. The On-line portal for application will be closed for new registration as per the closing date & time mentioned under the Important Dates. The candidature of applicants who fail to complete the online application by the stipulated date and time will not be considered and rejected. No correspondence in this regard will be entertained.

11. The candidate must ensure that images of the photo, signature and thumb impression should be as per the guidelines mentioned in the ‘Upload Image Instructions’ given in the General links and are visible clearly in the preview at the time of filling out an application in online mode. If the photo/signature/thumb impression image is not as per instructions given in the ‘Upload Image Instructions’ in that case, your application will be rejected. No correspondence in this regard will be entertained. Due diligence and care should be taken while uploading images of photo, signature and thumb impression.
12. Choice & Preference (Order of choice) As the CRE-4 is a common examination for recruitment in various participating organizations, choices will be invited at a later stage from qualified candidates. Any candidate who fails to exercise choice and preference in the given duration will not be considered for selection at any stage after closing date of exercise of choice. In case a candidate, fills choices to only few organizations despite being eligible to fill choices in other organization, will not be considered for selection for those organizations/posts for which no choice/preference is filled, at any stage of recruitment process. Therefore, all candidates who are supposed to fill choices when invited must exercise cautiously as it may lead to denial of appointment without any further notice.
13. Experience Certificate Certificate(s) from the Head(s) of Organization(s)/Department(s) for the entire experience claimed, clearly mentioning the duration of employment (date, month & year) indicating the basic pay / consolidated pay. The certificate(s) should also mention the nature of duties performed/experience obtained in the post(s) with duration(s). Respective AIIMS/Institute reserve the right to verify the experience certificate and employment through Bank Statement/PF/ESIC or any other additional parameters at the discretion of respective competent authority.
14. No Objection Certificate from present employer No Objection Certificate from the present employer (in case of candidates working in Government/Semi or Quasi Government/PSUs/Autonomous Bodies or any institution funded by Government) is mandatory, otherwise, candidature will not be considered for any post. Therefore, candidates are requested to obtain the same before applying. Further, it is mandatory to produce the same NOC at the time of Document Verification. Candidates, who are working as contractual employee in Government/Semi Government/PSUs/Autonomous Bodies or any institution funded by Government, also have to produce NOC mandatorily. It will be responsibility of candiate to upload correct NOC, where candidature will be cancelled at the document verification stage. In case a candidate does not upload NOC as required by the date as specified, will not be allowed to appear in examination irrespective of status of application.

EDUCATIONAL CERTIFICATES
1. Crucial Date for deciding eligibility will be the closing date of online registration as mentioned under Important Dates in this DRA.
2. Educational qualification certificates/Category Certificates etc. must be submitted as and when required by AIIMS New Delhi or by the respective Institute and also on the day of document verification, failing which candidature will be cancelled. No additional time will be allowed for submission and no correspondence will be entertained in this regard.
3. Experience wherever mentioned for the respective post shall be acquired after obtaining Essential Educational Qualification

APPLICATION FEES
A) General/OBC Candidates - Rs.3000/- (Rupees Three Thousand only)
B) SC/ST Candidates/EWS - Rs.2400/- (Rupees Twenty-Four Hundred only)
C) Persons with Disabilities - Exempted Candidates applying in more than one group have to apply separately for each group by paying the examination fee separately for each group.
1. The candidate can pay the prescribed application fee through DEBIT CARD/CREDIT CARD/ NETBANKING. Transaction / Processing fee, if any, as applicable, will be payable to the bank by the candidate.
2. Application fee, once remitted, shall not be refunded under any circumstances even if rejection of application due to ineligible for that applied post.
3. Applications without the prescribed fee would not be considered and summarily rejected.
4. Application Fees of SC/ST candidates who appear in the Examination will be refunded in their source (debited) account after the declaration of results in due course of time.

Date of Examination : In general the Computer Based Test (CBT) is planned to be conducted on 22nd December 2025 to 24th December 2025(Tentatively), However AIIMS reserves the right to conduct examination in any mode CBT or Written Test at any other time with 10 days advance notice of date & mode of examination depending upon the evolving situation after closing date of application.
Examination Centre(s): In All major States/UT of India (Subject to receiving of sufficient number of applications). AIIMS reserves the right to allot any city/state across India to any candidate, irrespective of the choice of state made in the application, and no correspondence will be entertained in this regard.
AIIMS reserves the right to conduct examination of one or more group or all group.
In case number of applications are less than 500 for a group, examination of group may be conducted separately where candidate is less than 500. In this case the Examination will be conducted solely in Delhi/NCR irrespective of choice of state of examination. All detail will be published 10 days in advance.

Closing Date (Last date) for Online Registration : 2nd December 2025 Upto 5:00 PM
Submission of NOC for applicant working in Government/Semi or Quasi Government/PSUs/Autonomous Bodies or any institution funded by Government : 06.12.2025
Date of status of application form for acceptance to appear in examination : 08.12.2025
Issue of Admit Card :As per Scheme of examination
Date of CBT : 22nd to 24th December 2025 (Tentative)