DNB Obstetrics and Gynecology (DNB OBG):
Diplomate of National Board (DNB) is a medical qualification awarded by the National Board of Examinations (NBE). The DNB Obstetrics and Gynecology course is approved by the Government of India and is considered equivalent to the postgraduate and post-doctoral programs offered by the Medical Colleges, institute & hospital in India.
Duration of both MD & DNB courses is 3 years, run in both government and private set up with the similar quality standard of the host institute, similar academic activities, compulsory thesis work of 1-year duration under a qualified thesis guide with external review process (exposure to research methodology), and academic activities (library and journal facility, presentation in national and international conferences, research article publication, training program, workshop, and CME).
Clinical activity in both the courses is similar to emergency case handling, surgical exposure, clinical case discussion, case exposure, availability of equipment and diagnostic tool, patient load to be handled, duty hour, night duty, leave entitled including maternity leave and other facilities.
Why Choose DNB Obstetrics & Gynecology?
- Equivalent to MS OBG in academics and practice
- High demand across hospitals, clinics, and private practice
- Hands-on surgical exposure and labor room management
- Ideal for NEET PG aspirants with ranks between 1,000 to 10,000
Top DNB Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospitals in India
Delhi
1. Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
- Seats: 4
- Fees: ₹1,25,000/year
- Cutoff Rank (2024): ~1,200
- Expected NEET PG 2025 Cutoff: <1,500
2. St. Stephen’s Hospital, Delhi
- Seats: 3
- Fees: ₹1,00,000/year
- Cutoff Rank (2024): ~2,800
- Expected Cutoff 2025: <3,200
Maharashtra
3. PD Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai
- Seats: 2
- Fees: ₹1,30,000/year
- Cutoff Rank (2024): ~2,000
- Expected Cutoff 2025: <2,500
4. Jehangir Hospital, Pune
- Seats: 2
- Fees: ₹1,10,000/year
- Cutoff Rank (2024): ~4,200
- Expected Cutoff 2025: <4,700
Karnataka
5. Manipal Hospital, Bangalore
- Seats: 2
- Fees: ₹1,20,000/year
- Cutoff Rank (2024): ~2,500
- Expected Cutoff 2025: <3,000
6. Bangalore Baptist Hospital
- Seats: 2
- Fees: ₹90,000/year
- Cutoff Rank (2024): ~4,800
- Expected Cutoff 2025: <5,300
Tamil Nadu
7. Mehta Multispecialty Hospital, Chennai
- Seats: 2
- Fees: ₹1,10,000/year
- Cutoff Rank (2024): ~3,200
- Expected Cutoff 2025: <3,800
8. Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, Chennai
- Seats: 1
- Fees: ₹1,20,000/year
- Cutoff Rank (2024): ~2,400
- Expected Cutoff 2025: <2,800
Kerala
9. Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi
- Seats: 2
- Fees: ₹1,00,000/year
- Cutoff Rank (2024): ~2,200
- Expected Cutoff 2025: <2,600
10. Baby Memorial Hospital, Kozhikode
- Seats: 2
- Fees: ₹95,000/year
- Cutoff Rank (2024): ~4,000
- Expected Cutoff 2025: <4,500
Telangana
11. Rainbow Hospitals, Hyderabad
- Seats: 2
- Fees: ₹1,30,000/year
- Cutoff Rank (2024): ~2,700
- Expected Cutoff 2025: <3,200
12. KIMS Hospital, Secunderabad
- Seats: 1
- Fees: ₹1,10,000/year
- Cutoff Rank (2024): ~4,100
- Expected Cutoff 2025: <4,600
West Bengal
13. Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (SSKM), Kolkata
- Seats: 2
- Fees: ₹90,000/year
- Cutoff Rank (2024): ~3,800
- Expected Cutoff 2025: <4,200
Gujarat
14. Sterling Hospital, Ahmedabad
- Seats: 2
- Fees: ₹1,00,000/year
- Cutoff Rank (2024): ~4,500
- Expected Cutoff 2025: <5,000
Rajasthan
15. CK Birla Hospital, Jaipur
- Seats: 1
- Fees: ₹1,10,000/year
- Cutoff Rank (2024): ~4,700
- Expected Cutoff 2025: <5,200
Uttar Pradesh
16. Sahara Hospital, Lucknow
- Seats: 2
- Fees: ₹1,10,000/year
- Cutoff Rank (2024): ~5,500
- Expected Cutoff 2025: <6,000
17. Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute, Bareilly
- Seats: 2
- Fees: ₹1,00,000/year
- Cutoff Rank (2024): ~5,800
- Expected Cutoff 2025: <6,200
DNB Obstetrics and Gynecology Course Highlights
| Component | Details |
|---|---|
| Course Duration | 3 Years |
| Eligibility | MBBS + NEET PG 2025 |
| Fees Range | ₹90,000 – ₹1,30,000/year |
| Monthly Stipend | ₹30,000 – ₹65,000 |
| Recognized Equivalent | MS Obstetrics and Gynecology |
DNB OBG Expected NEET PG 2025 Cutoff by Hospital Tier
| Hospital Type | Expected Cutoff Rank (General) |
|---|---|
| Tier-1 Metro | <2,500 |
| Tier-2 Hospitals | 2,500–4,500 |
| Tier-3/Peripheral | 4,500–7,000 |
Benefits of Choosing DNB OBG
- High hands-on experience in labor and surgical wards
- Excellent job scope in both government and private setups
- Eligibility for NEET SS and further specialization (e.g., MCh, DM)
- NMC-recognized degree for practice across India
DNB Counseling Process 2025
- Register on NBE/MCC portal
- Choose DNB OBG seats during choice filling
- Round-wise counseling (R1, R2, Mop-Up)
- Seat allotment + document verification
- Report to hospital for joining
Regarding the exit examination, in the MD course, theory and practical examination are conducted in the host institute. In practical examination, both internal (high chance of bias in the evaluation process) and external examiners are present. Furthermore, passing theory examination is not an essential criterion of eligibility to appear in the practical examination.
TOP DNB Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospitals:
| Sr.No | Preference wise Top Institutes/Hospitals offering DNB Obstetrics and Gynecology Courses | State | Fees |
| 1 | Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Rajinder Nagar Delhi | Delhi | 1,25,000 |
| 2 | Hindu Rao Hospital Delhi | Delhi | 1,25,000 |
| 3 | Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital Delhi | Delhi | 1,25,000 |
| 4 | Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital Delhi | Delhi | 1,25,000 |
| 5 | Swami Dayanand Hospital Dilshad Garden | Delhi | 1,25,000 |
| 6 | Shahdara New Delhi | Delhi | 1,25,000 |
| 7 | St. Stephen’s Hospital Delhi | Delhi | 1,25,000 |
| 8 | Northern Railway Central Hospital Delhi | Delhi | 1,25,000 |
| 9 | Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital Delhi | Delhi | 1,25,000 |
| 10 | Maharaja Agarsen Hospital New Delhi | Delhi | 1,25,000 |
| 11 | Holy Family Hospital Delhi | Delhi | 1,25,000 |
| 12 | Shri Dada Dev Matri Avum ShishuChikitsalaya Delhi | Delhi | 1,25,000 |
| 13 | Tirath Ram Shah Hospital Delhi | Delhi | 1,25,000 |
| 14 | Dr. B L Kapur Memorial Hospital Delhi | Delhi | 1,25,000 |
| 15 | Batra Hospital and Medical ResearchCentre Delhi | Delhi | 1,25,000 |
| 16 | Max Super Specialty Hospital Delhi | Delhi | 1,25,000 |
| 17 | Jaipur Golden Hospital Delhi | Delhi | 1,25,000 |
| 18 | Indraprastha Apollo Hospital Delhi | Delhi | 1,25,000 |
| 19 | Shri Balaji Action Medical Institute Delhi | Delhi | 1,25,000 |
| 20 | Dr. R N Cooper Mumbai | MAHARASHTRA | 1,25,000 |
| 21 | Rajarshee Chhatrapati Shahu MaharajGovt. Med. College Kolhapur | MAHARASHTRA | 1,25,000 |
| 22 | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Central Railway Mumbai | MAHARASHTRA | 1,25,000 |
| 23 | K.E.M. Hospital Pune | MAHARASHTRA | 1,25,000 |
| 24 | Bhabha Atomic Research Centre & Hospital MUMBAI | MAHARASHTRA | 1,25,000 |
| 25 | Holy Family Hospital Mumbai | MAHARASHTRA | 1,25,000 |
| 26 | Holy Spirit Hospital Mumbai | MAHARASHTRA | 1,25,000 |
| 27 | Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital Pune | MAHARASHTRA | 1,25,000 |
| 28 | Jehangir Hospital Pune | MAHARASHTRA | 1,25,000 |
| 29 | Ruby Hall Clinic Pune | MAHARASHTRA | 1,25,000 |
| 30 | Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital Mumbai | MAHARASHTRA | 1,25,000 |
| 31 | Dr. L H Hiranandani Hospital Mumbai | MAHARASHTRA | 1,25,000 |
| 32 | Lilavati Hospital Mumbai | MAHARASHTRA | 1,25,000 |
| 33 | Saifee Hospital Mumbai | MAHARASHTRA | 1,25,000 |
| 34 | St. Martha’s Hospital Bangalore | Karnataka | 1,25,000 |
| 35 | Bangalore Baptist Hospital Bangalore | Karnataka | 1,25,000 |
| 36 | St. Philomena Hospital Bangalore | Karnataka | 1,25,000 |
| 37 | Dr. TMA Pai Hospital Udupi | Karnataka | 1,25,000 |
| 38 | Manipal Hospital Bangalore | Karnataka | 1,25,000 |
| 39 | Apollo BGS Hospital Mysore | Karnataka | 1,25,000 |
| 40 | C.S.I. Holdsworth Memorial Hospital Mysore | Karnataka | 1,25,000 |
| 41 | Chinmaya Mission Hospital Bangalore | Karnataka | 1,25,000 |
| 42 | Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital Bangalore | Karnataka | 1,25,000 |
| 43 | K C General Hospital Bangalore | Karnataka | 1,25,000 |
| 44 | Narayana Hrudayalaya Bangalore | Karnataka | 1,25,000 |
| 45 | District Hospital Tumakuru | Karnataka | 1,25,000 |
| 46 | Santosh Hospital Bangalore | Karnataka | 1,25,000 |
| 47 | General Hospital Bangalore | Karnataka | 1,25,000 |
| 48 | District Hospital Dharwad | Karnataka | 1,25,000 |
| 49 | District Hospital | Karnataka | 1,25,000 |
| 50 | Shiffa Hospital Bangalore | Karnataka | 1,25,000 |
| 51 | Lisie Medical Institution Kochi | Kerala | 1,25,000 |
| 52 | Edappal Hospital MALAPURAM | Kerala | 1,25,000 |
| 53 | Mother Hospital THRISSUR | Kerala | 1,25,000 |
| 54 | Tiruvalla Medical Tiruvalla | Kerala | 1,25,000 |
| 55 | Kunhitharuvai Memorial Charitable Trust(KMCT) Medical College CALICUT | Kerala | 1,25,000 |
| 56 | Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences Trivandrum | Kerala | 1,25,000 |
| 57 | Little Flower Hospital Angamally | Kerala | 1,25,000 |
| 58 | Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences KOZHIKODE | Kerala | 1,25,000 |
| 59 | IQRAA International Hospital & Research | Kerala | 1,25,000 |
| 60 | Centre Calicut | Kerala | 1,25,000 |
| 61 | Ernakulam Medical Centre | Kerala | 1,25,000 |
| 62 | KOCHI | Kerala | 1,25,000 |
| 63 | Rajagiri Hospital Ernakulam | Kerala | 1,25,000 |
| 64 | PVS Hospital CALICUT | Kerala | 1,25,000 |
| 65 | Lakshmi Hospital Cochin | Kerala | 1,25,000 |
| 66 | Cosmopolitan Hospital Trivandrum | Kerala | 1,25,000 |
| 67 | Daya General Hospital Thrissur | Kerala | 1,25,000 |
| 68 | Polakulath Narayanan Renai Medicity Cochin | Kerala | 1,25,000 |
| 69 | Life line Super Specialty Hospital 14th Mile Melood PO- Adoor Pathananmthitta Dist. Kerala | Kerala | 1,25,000 |
| 70 | Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital Hyderabad | Telangana | 1,25,000 |
| 71 | Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Secunderabad | Telangana | 1,25,000 |
| 72 | Government Medical College | Telangana | 1,25,000 |
| 73 | Nizamabad | Telangana | 1,25,000 |
| 74 | Fernandez Hospital | Telangana | 1,25,000 |
| 75 | Hyderabad | Telangana | 1,25,000 |
| 76 | Vijay Marie Hospital & Educational Hyderabad | Telangana | 1,25,000 |
| 77 | St. Theresa’s Hospital Hyderabad | Telangana | 1,25,000 |
| 78 | Yashoda Super Speciality Hospital Hyderabad | Telangana | 1,25,000 |
| 79 | Care Hospital | Telangana | 1,25,000 |
| 80 | Hyderabad | Telangana | 1,25,000 |
| 81 | Fehmicare Hospital Hyderabad | Telangana | 1,25,000 |
| 82 | Prashanthi Hospital Warangal | Telangana | 1,25,000 |
| 83 | Southern Railway HQ Hospital Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 1,25,000 |
| 84 | St. Isabel’s Hospital Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 1,25,000 |
| 85 | Apollo Hospital Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 1,25,000 |
| 86 | Kovai Medical Centre Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 1,25,000 |
| 87 | Meenakshi Mission Hosp. & Res. Centre MADURAI | Tamil Nadu | 1,25,000 |
| 88 | Vijaya Hospital 180 NSK Road Vadapalani | Tamil Nadu | 1,25,000 |
| 89 | C.S.I. Kalyani General Hospital Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 1,25,000 |
| 90 | Vijaya Hospital Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 1,25,000 |
| 91 | Public Health Centre Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 1,25,000 |
| 92 | Dr. Rangarajan Memorialhospital Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 1,25,000 |
| 93 | G Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 1,25,000 |
| 94 | Government Head Quarters Hospital Erode | Tamil Nadu | 1,25,000 |
| 95 | Sri Ramakrishna Hospital Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 1,25,000 |
| 96 | Mehta Multispecialty Hospital, (FormerlyKnown as Dr. Mehta`s Hospital) Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 1,25,000 |
| 97 | K.G. Hospital Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 1,25,000 |
| 98 | The Voluntary Health Services & Medical Centre Adyar CHENNAI | Tamil Nadu | 1,25,000 |
| 99 | South Central Railways Hospital | Secunderabad | 1,25,000 |
| 100 | B.R. Singh Hospital | Kolkata | 1,25,000 |
| 101 | Government Multi Specialty Hospital | Chandigarh | 1,25,000 |
| 102 | College of Medicine and JNM Hospital | Nadia | 1,25,000 |
| 103 | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia CombinedHospital | Lucknow | 1,25,000 |
| 104 | Rural Development Trust Hospital | Ananthapur | 1,25,000 |
| 105 | Santokbha Durlabhji Memorial Hospital | Jaipur | 1,25,000 |
| 106 | Kamla Nehru Memorial Hospital | ALLAHABAD | 1,25,000 |
| 107 | Bokaro General Hospital | BOKARO | 1,25,000 |
| 108 | Maharaja Agrasen Medical College | Hisar | 1,25,000 |
| 109 | Mata Kaushalya GovernementHospital | Patiala | 1,25,000 |
| 110 | Govt. Medical College (MaharaniChhattisgarhHospital) | Jagadalpur | 1,25,000 |
| 111 | BHEL Kasturba Hospital | Bhopal | 1,25,000 |
| 112 | Government District General Hospital | Godavari | 1,25,000 |
| 113 | Tata Motors Hospital | JAMSHEDPUR | 1,25,000 |
| 114 | Fortis Escorts Hospital | Faridabad | 1,25,000 |
| 115 | Vivekananda Polyclinic Vivekananda | Lucknow | 1,25,000 |
| 116 | Durgapur Steel PlantWest Bengal Hospital | Durgapur | 1,25,000 |
| 117 | Artemis Health Institute | Gurgaon | 1,25,000 |
| 118 | Asian Institute of Medical Sciences | Faridabad | 1,25,000 |
| 119 | Nazareth Hospital | Shillong | 1,25,000 |
| 120 | M R Bangur Hospital | Kolkata | 1,25,000 |
| 121 | Apollo hospital | Ludhiana | 1,25,000 |
| 122 | Sambhu Nath Pandit Hospital | Kolkata | 1,25,000 |
| 123 | Narayana Multispeciality Hospital | Jaipur | 1,25,000 |
| 124 | Shri Balaji Institute of Medical Science | Raipur | 1,25,000 |
| 125 | Civil Hospital | Aizawl | 1,25,000 |
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DNB Obstetrics & Gynecology is a solid alternative to MS and offers equal academic, clinical, and professional value. It provides a chance to work in high-volume hospitals with excellent infrastructure and labor management training.
If your NEET PG 2025 rank lies between 1,000 and 7,000, you have a realistic shot at top DNB OBG seats. Early preparation for counseling and preference setting will significantly impact your admission success.