Spine fellowships in India

Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.

Exposure: Adult and paediatric spine surgery covering degenerative disease, deformity, tumours, infections, metabolic disease, trauma and fractures, anterior and posterior cervical-to-lumbosacral approaches, instrumentation and clinical research.

Eligibility: NBEMS publishes an international FNB route through FET and centralised counselling. Applicants need an equivalent eligible postgraduate feeder qualification, recognised/registered qualifications and home-country medical registration. The FET-2025 bulletin used a 31 December 2025 qualification cut-off. Confirm the next cycle and international seat matrix: these scheme rules do not guarantee an international place at this particular host.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation

Source: Official NBE FNB Spine Surgery curriculum guidelines. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: Accommodation and remuneration are provided as per CMC institutional rules; no fellowship-specific amount is published.

Exposure: Subspecialty spine neurosurgery training within the CMC Vellore Department of Neurosurgery.

Eligibility: MCh / DNB Neurosurgery completed within the last 5 years.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · International eligibility · Medical registration · Language · Benefits · Insurance · Application documents · Official contact · Programme director

Source: Official CMC Vellore prospectus 2025–2026. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.

Exposure: Spine and spinal deformity surgery within the AIIMS New Delhi Department of Neurosurgery.

Eligibility: Online application via the AIIMS exams website as listed by the Neurological Society of India.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact · Accreditation

Source: Official Neurological Society of India fellowship directory. Reviewed 12 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.

Exposure: Spine and craniovertebral junction neurosurgery.

Eligibility: Selection via advertisement (typically June), online registration, multiple-choice question examination and interview.

Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Official Neurological Society of India fellowship directory. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.

Exposure: Minimally invasive spine surgery.

Eligibility: Confirm eligibility with the fellowship director.

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Official Neurological Society of India fellowship directory. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.

Exposure: Minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery.

Eligibility: Confirm eligibility with the fellowship director; the directory entry does not publish entry criteria.

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Official Neurological Society of India fellowship directory. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: NBEMS minimum FNB stipend effective 1 June 2025: INR 49,000 per month in year 1 and INR 51,000 in year 2. State-government hospitals must pay the higher of these minima or the applicable state-government basic stipend. This is the scheme minimum, not a confirmed GSVM payroll quotation.

Exposure: Two-year post-doctoral Fellowship of the National Board (FNB) training in spine surgery within a neurosurgical unit.

Eligibility: NBEMS publishes an international FNB route through FET and centralised counselling. Applicants need an equivalent eligible postgraduate feeder qualification, recognised/registered qualifications and home-country medical registration. The FET-2025 bulletin used a 31 December 2025 qualification cut-off. Confirm the next cycle and international seat matrix: these scheme rules do not guarantee an international place at this particular host.

Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation

Source: Official Neurological Society of India fellowship directory. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The official page does not publish funding details.

Exposure: Spine surgery.

Eligibility: M.Ch in Neurosurgery, or MS in Orthopaedics with at least two years of experience, as listed by Aster Medcity.

Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Neurological Society of India neurosurgery fellowship programmes directory. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The official page does not publish funding details.

Exposure: Minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery.

Eligibility: Not specified on the official page.

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Neurological Society of India neurosurgery fellowship programmes directory. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The official page does not publish funding details.

Exposure: Operating-room training (primary assisting, MIS and endoscopic procedures, navigation-assisted surgery, deformity correction, revision surgery), outpatient evaluation, post-operative care; degenerative, trauma, deformity, paediatric, infection and tumour and intradural spine surgery.

Eligibility: NBEMS publishes an international FNB route through FET and centralised counselling. Applicants need an equivalent eligible postgraduate feeder qualification, recognised/registered qualifications and home-country medical registration. The FET-2025 bulletin used a 31 December 2025 qualification cut-off. Confirm the next cycle and international seat matrix: these scheme rules do not guarantee an international place at this particular host.

Still to confirm: Duration · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · International eligibility · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director

Source: Official Kauvery Hospital FNB spine surgery page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.

Funding: The official page does not publish funding details.

Exposure: Observation in OP, IP and department activities; familiarisation with MIS instruments and implants; observing and scrubbing for spine cases.

Eligibility: Not specified on the official page.

Still to confirm: Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation

Source: Official Kauvery Hospital MISSAB spine fellowship page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.