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Led by this affirmative “ahead of the times” approach, the board has also been

progressively increasing its total number of postgraduate and postdoctoral seats (Table 3). Beginning
with a mere 146 seats in 1982, the NBEMS today offers a total of 14,409 postgraduate seats each

year, a more than 100-fold quantum jump.

Table 3: Growth in number of NBEMS Accredited seats at National Board of Examinations in

Medical Sciences 1982-2024