Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board

Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB), popularly known as Vyapam (व्यापम; an abbreviation of its Hindi name Madhya Pradesh Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal, व्यवसायिक परीक्शा मण्डल), is a professional examination board of Madhya Pradesh, India. It conducts various tests for admission to professional courses and streams. It is the largest examination conducting body of Madhya Pradesh and comes directly under the Directorate of Technical Education (Government of Madhya Pradesh). The Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board is a self-financed, autonomous incorporated body of State Govt. The Government has re-constituted the Board of Directors for taking decisions on policy and organizational matters through Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board Act. 2007.

It was in national news for the Vyapam scam, which was a massive admission and recruitment scam involving politicians, senior officials and businessmen. After the scam was unearthed, 2000 people were arrested, including the state's former education minister Laxmikant Sharma and MPPEB's exam controller Pankaj Trivedi.^[1]

Establishment

The Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board was initially set-up as Pre Medical Test Board by Government of Madhya Pradesh in the year 1970. Later, in the year 1981, Pre Engineering Board was constituted. Soon after, in the year 1982 both these Boards were amalgamated and named as Professional Examination Board (P.E.B.). Professional Examination Board by Govt. Order No.1325-1717-42-82 dated 17.04.1982 has been assigned the responsibility of conducting entrance tests for admission to various colleges in the state

Examinations conducted by Vyapam

Vyapam conducts the following examinations:

1. MP-PMT|Pre-Medical Test
2. Pre-Polytechnic Test
3. [Pre-Architecture Test]
4. Pre-Agriculture Test
5. Pre-P.G. Entrance Test
6. Pre-M.C.A. Entrance Test
7. Management Entrance Test
8. Pre-General Nursing Talent Search Test
9. B.A., L.L.B. (Hons) Entrance Test
10. Pre-BEd Examination
11. Pre-Ayurvedic, Homeopathic & Unani Test (P.A.H.U.T)
12. MPSLET Test
13. Police Recruitment Test
14. Typing paper Hindi
15. Accountant^[2]
16. Auditor
17. General Nursing Training Selection Test (GNTST)
18. Pre Nursing Selection test (PNST)
19. Pre-veterinary and Fisheries Test (PV & FT)
20. Forest Guard^[3]
21. Pre Ayurved, Homeopathy, Unani, Naturopathy & Yoga Test (PAHUNT)

References

External links

• Official website
• Directorate of Technical Education (Government of Madhya Pradesh)
• Madhya Pradesh Recruitment and Examination Updates