Key differences
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Comparison
Pediatrics
Psychiatry
Training & seats
NMC broad-specialty seatsOfficial data
NBEMS DNB post-MBBS seatsOfficial data
NBEMS post-diploma seatsOfficial data
Demand & work
Healthcare / service needEvidence summary
India’s large child population sustains demand across newborn, acute, chronic and preventive pediatric care.Supporting evidence ↗
India’s National Mental Health Survey documents substantial prevalence and treatment gaps, while specialist supply remains limited.Supporting evidence ↗
Typical work settingsEditorial synthesis
Hospitals, outpatient clinics, newborn/critical care, academia and child-health programs.
Hospitals, outpatient practice, consultation-liaison, addiction services, academia and digital mental health.
Practice economics
Capital to enter independent practiceEditorial synthesis
Low to moderate for outpatient practice; NICU/PICU and procedural routes are infrastructure dependent.
Low for outpatient consultation practice; hospital and rehabilitation models require more infrastructure.
After MD / MS / DNB
NEET-SS courses this degree qualifies you for2026 eligibilityCourses can be shared across feeder specialties. The number is an eligibility count, not a count of courses exclusive to that specialty. NEET-SS only; INI-SS pathways are separate. Duplicate course entries in the bulletin are counted once.
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- Clinical Haematology
- Endocrinology
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Paediatric Neurology
- Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology
- Infectious Disease
- Critical Care Medicine
- Paediatric Cardiology
- Paediatric Gastroenterology
- Paediatric Hepatology
- Paediatric Nephrology
- Paediatric Oncology
- Neonatology
- Cardiology
- Nephrology
- Hepatology
- Neurology
- Medical Oncology
- Paediatric Critical Care
2
- Geriatric Mental Health
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
NEET-SS route open to broad specialties2026 eligibility
Medical Genetics is available through the bulletin’s broad-specialty eligibility route.NEET-SS 2026 bulletin · Annexure A ↗
Medical Genetics is available through the same broad-specialty eligibility route.NEET-SS 2026 bulletin · Annexure A ↗
Other further trainingEditorial synthesis
Focused training in developmental pediatrics, adolescent medicine, pediatric allergy, emergency pediatrics and other subspecialty fellowships. Recognition varies.
Focused training in addiction psychiatry, consultation-liaison psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, psychotherapy and other fellowships. Recognition varies.
Technology & industry
AI & technology exposureEditorial synthesis
Risk prediction, EHR review, treatment support and pediatric monitoring; pediatric datasets require careful validation.
Screening, language analysis, digital phenotyping and prediction remain adjunctive with privacy and bias concerns.
Research & industry pathwaysEditorial synthesis
Vaccines, nutrition, respiratory care, anti-infectives, devices and child-health technology.
CNS pharma, digital mental health, clinical research and behavioral-health services.
NMC and NBEMS figures are regulatory snapshots and may be revised. NEET-SS eligibility reflects the 2026 Information Bulletin; counts show courses a feeder degree qualifies for, including courses shared with other feeder specialties. INI-SS pathways are outside these counts. Reviewed 1 Nov 2026. How we source data.