Now, DNB = M.D./M.S.

DNB has long been accepted as equal to MD/MS/DM/MCh, so whats new about this government order dated 1st june 2006......
Read on all those who aspire to do DNB/students who have finished DNB/institutions(recruiting agencies) employing MD/DNB for teaching/non-teaching posts.

After passing DNB, a candidate wishing to apply for a teaching post is now treated on par with any other MD/MS/DM/MCh passed candidate.
Previously if a DNB passed candidate wished to apply for a teaching post, then he/she had to undergo additional 1/2 year post as a tutor/demonstrator/registrar in a recognised medical college imparting undergratuate/post-gratuate training to be considered for the post of lecturer.
For all those who have been rejected for the teaching posts, you could download the government order from http://www.natboard.nic.in/
and produce it during interviews in case the the institution/recruting agency refuses to treat your qualification as equal to MD/MS/DM/MCh as the case may be.

THE BACKDROP FOR THIS ISSUE :
MCI guidelines are formulated by the Post-graduate Medical Education Committee (the PG Committee) constituted under Section 20 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. It was on the basis of the recommendation made by the PG Committee in 1993 that the Government stipulated in October 1994 that for teaching appointments in broad specialities, a DNB degree holder was required to have at least one year's experience as tutor/registrar/demonstrator, or an equivalent post, in a recognised undergraduate medical college. Similarly, for teaching posts in super specialities, a DNB awardee was required to undergo two years' training in a recognised medical college with recognised post-graduate degree course in the concerned speciality.

While the Act only mandates the MCI to prescribe under-graduate courses and degrees, as well as approve the corresponding institutions offering them, it has only advisory and recommendatory powers as regards post-graduate courses and degrees. However, according to the NBE, the MCI had in recent years begun to impose guidelines for post-graduate education as well. These guidelines, as formulated by the PG Committee, rendered a whole cadre of DNB-qualified post-graduate medical students ineligible for teaching posts in medical institutions. This assumed authority, the NBE contends, goes beyond the provisions of the Indian Medical Council Act.