Archive · 23 Aug 2026
Power Failure Disrupts AIAPGET Exam for 49 Jaipur Candidates
Many students were taking a postgraduate entrance exam for Ayush and alternative medicine courses.
At one exam centre in Jaipur, the electricity failed.
Because of this, 49 students could not finish their test.
The National Testing Agency said 192 students were taking the exam at that centre.
It blamed the company responsible for running the centre and its equipment.
The agency suspended that company while it investigates.
The affected students can take the test again on September 1.
A retired professor said the agency must also accept responsibility for choosing and supervising its service providers.
A power failure prevented 49 of 192 candidates from completing AIAPGET at a Jaipur centre.
The National Testing Agency said 49,867 candidates took the exam at 205 centres nationwide.
NTA blamed service provider Eduquity Career Technologies Private Limited for lapses at the centre.
NTA suspended Eduquity’s empanelment and issued the company a show-cause notice.
The 49 affected candidates were offered a re-test on September 1 in Jaipur.
- Who
- The National Testing Agency, Eduquity Career Technologies Private Limited, and 49 affected AIAPGET candidates.
- What
- A power failure disrupted the All India Ayush Post-Graduate Entrance Test, preventing 49 candidates from completing it.
- When
- The disruption occurred on Saturday; the re-test is scheduled for September 1 at 10 a.m.
- Where
- Shri Satya Sai PG College Centre in Jaipur; the re-test will be held at Rajasthan College of Engineering for Women, Jaipur.
- Why
- A power failure at the examination centre prevented the candidates from completing the test.
NTA and Service-Provider Accountability
Broader NTA Responsibility
Who is responsible for the disruption?
NTA and Service-Provider Accountability
The National Testing Agency attributed the Jaipur centre’s lapses to Eduquity Career Technologies Private Limited, which handled centre selection, logistics, infrastructure, and computers.
Broader NTA Responsibility
Retired IIT Kharagpur computer science professor Rajeev Kumar said NTA cannot escape responsibility because it must follow protocols when selecting service providers and ensure they deliver as promised.
Response to affected candidates
NTA and Service-Provider Accountability
NTA offered the 49 affected candidates a re-test and suspended Eduquity’s empanelment while the show-cause notice is pending.
Broader NTA Responsibility
Kumar argued that NTA should disclose mishaps, identify the faults truthfully, and establish who was responsible.
- Examination
- All India Ayush Post-Graduate Entrance Test (AIAPGET)
- Total candidates
- 49,867 candidates appeared nationwide
- Exam centres
- 205 centres
- Affected centre
- Shri Satya Sai PG College Centre, Jaipur
- Candidates at centre
- 192
- Candidates affected
- 49 could not complete the examination
- Retest
- September 1 at 10 a.m. at Rajasthan College of Engineering for Women, Jaipur
- Service-provider action
- Eduquity Career Technologies Private Limited’s NTA empanelment was suspended pending resolution of a show-cause notice