A computer-based examination centre in Jaipur’s Sitapura area came under scrutiny on Monday (August 31, 2026) after technical problems disrupted an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) recruitment exam, a day after an internal power failure at the same facility forced the cancellation of the NEET-PG 2026 exam for 2,445 candidates.
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) had earlier said that the NEET-PG 2026 exam had been successfully conducted for the overwhelming majority of candidates on Sunday (August 29, 2026). More than 2.65 lakh candidates appeared at 1,111 centres across the country. But the issue resurfaced on Monday (August 31). The same iON Digital Zone facility was being used for the AIIMS Common Recruitment Examination-5 (CRE-5). The institute cancelled the CRE-5 at two exam centres in Jaipur following a disruption caused by internal power supply issues, a source at AIIMS Delhi said. The exam was conducted across the country on Monday (August 31), the source said. At the two affected centres — RJ0101 and RJ0102 at iON Digital Zone in Sitapura, Jaipur, operated by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) — the test had commenced at 9 a.m. as scheduled. The NEET-PG 2026 exam was successfully conducted for more than 2.63 lakh candidates across 1,111 centres in the country on Sunday (August 29), Venguswamy Ramaswamy, head of the iON Business Unit, TCS, said in a statement.
However, the disruption subsequently affected the conduct of the examination, prompting AIIMS to cancel the test at the two centres. The institute has also directed TCS, which operates the exam centres, to submit a detailed report on the incident. TCS has been instructed to preserve system logs, CCTV footage, and control room communications to facilitate a comprehensive assessment of the disruption.
Because of an internal power supply failure, however, the exam could not be completed at two iON Digital Zone centres in Sitapura, Jaipur — test centre numbers 41682 and 41683 —.
The decision, the institute said, was taken in the interest of the affected candidates and to ensure a fair, transparent and equitable recruitment process.
