OPSC (Odisha Public Service Commission) recruitment 2021 for Homeopathic Medical Officers and Ayurvedic Medical Officers is about to begin.

Interested candidates can get ready to apply for the posts which are of Group B rank under Health and Family Welfare Department of Odisha Government.

OPSC recruitment 2021

The registration for OPSC recruitment 2021 to appoint Homeopathic Medical Officers and Ayurvedic Medical Officers will begin from 15 and 21 May.

About the vacancies

OPSC recruitment 2021 will fill the 356 posts of medical officers in Odisha Government.

About 170 vacancies are for Ayurvedic Medial Officers and 186 are for Ayurvedic Medical Officers.

Out of the 170 vacancies of Ayurvedic medical officer, 14 of them are for SC and 56 are for ST candidates and unreserved vacancies are 100.

As far as Homeopathic Medical Officer is concerned, out of 186 posts, SC and ST has 8 and 85 posts, 87 posts are for unreserved categories and SEBC category has 6 posts.

Eligibility
Applicants keen on Ayurvedic Medical Officer post through this OPSC recruitment 2021 must be a pass in Bachelor’s Degree in Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) from an institution recognised from Central Council of Indian Medicine.

The applicant must also be registered with Odisha State Council of Ayurvedic Medicines.

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Applicants targeting Homeopathic Medical Officer posts through OPSC recruitment 2021 must have passed in Bachelors in Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS) from an institution recognised by Central Council of Homeopathy.

The candidate must also be registered with Odisha State Board of Homeopathic Medicines.

Age limit
Candidates applying for both the posts through OPSC recruitment 2021 must be 21 years old and not more than 32 years as on 1 January 2021.

However, candidates from SC/ST categories would get age relaxation of five years.

Ex-servicemen, women and physically challenged applicants can get an age relaxation of 10 years.

Method of selection
Applicants for this OPSC recruitment 2021 will be selected on the basis of career marking and written test.

About 30 percent is for career marking and 70 are for written test.

Career marking is nothing but performance of the candidate in class 10, class 12 and the qualifying degree exam.

The written test will have two papers for 100 marks.

Each paper will have questions in multiple choice format. The time to answer questions in each paper is one-and-half hours.

Applicants for this OPSC recruitment 2021 must remember that the syllabus for the test is the lessons taught in BAMS and BHMS degree classes.

Important dates
The start date to submit application for post Ayurvedic Medical Officer is May 15.

The last date to register for this vacancy in this OPSC recruitment 2021 is June 25.

Registration for Homeopathic Medical Officer posts under this OPSC recruitment 2021 is 21 May. The last date to submit application is 29 June 29.

How to apply
The process to submit application for the posts of medical officers through OPSC recruitment 2021 is online.

The link for application for Ayurvedic Medical Officer and Homeopathic Medical Officer posts will be available at ‘https://www.opsc.gov.in/Public/OPSC/Default.aspx’

Link for applying for Ayurvedic Medical Officer will be available at the above website from 15 May to 18 June. The last date for submission of registered online application is 25 June.

The same for Homeopathic Medical Officer will be available from 21 May to 22 June. The last date for submission of registered online application is 29 June.

Applicants have to visit the above mentioned website during the said dates and apply for the posts.

Application procedure
Applicants for this OPSC recruitment 2021 can visit the above website and click the link for registration.

Post clicking the link, applicants can register and obtain username and password.

Using these, applicants can login and start applying for the posts.

Applicants can provide the required information, upload required documents and pay the fees and submit the form for this OPSC recruitment 2021.

Exam fee
Applicants for this OPSC recruitment 2021 must pay a registration fee of Rs 500. The fee is same for both the posts.

However, SC/ST and PwD (whose permanent disability is 40 percent and above) are exempted from paying this fee.

Documents to be submitted
The documents to uploaded while applying for this OPSC recruitment 2021 are marksheets of 10th, 12th and qualifying exams.

Category certificates (if applicable) must be submitted. The other documents to be uploaded are the photograph of the applicant and scanned image of applicant’s signature.

Contact
Applicants having any queries with regards to filling forms for this OPSC recruitment 2021 can contact Odisha Public Service Commission over the 0671-2304707 from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm and 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM on Odisha Government working days.

Information about Ayurvedic Medical Officer post through this OPSC recruitment 2021 is available at ‘https://www.opsc.gov.in/Public/OPSC/Default.aspx’

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