Obstetricians in India are the doctors who manage the full arc of pregnancy from antenatal booking to postpartum discharge — running high-risk OPD clinics with Doppler ultrasonography, managing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), pre-eclampsia, and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), interpreting cardiotocography (CTG) and non-stress tests (NST) in the labour room, conducting normal vaginal deliveries and lower segment caesarean sections (LSCS), performing instrumental deliveries with forceps and vacuum, and managing catastrophic obstetric emergencies including postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), eclampsia, shoulder dystocia, and placenta praevia with accreta. The Indian path is MBBS (5.5 years including CRRI internship) via NEET-UG, followed by MS Obstetrics and Gynaecology or MD OBG (3 years) via NEET-PG — seats at AIIMS Delhi, PGIMER Chandigarh, JIPMER, KEM Mumbai, CMC Vellore, MAMC Delhi, and KGMU Lucknow fall in the top 1,500-6,000 NEET-PG ranks. Workplaces span dedicated maternity chains (Apollo Cradle, Cloudnine Hospital Group, Fortis La Femme, Sitaram Bhartia Institute, Motherhood Hospitals), large multi-specialty private hospitals, government district hospitals, and independent private nursing-home practice — the last being the dominant income model in India where obstetricians own or partner in 10-30 bed maternity nursing homes and clear ₹40L-3Cr through a mix of antenatal OPD, delivery charges, and LSCS fees. India's massive birth rate (approximately 25 million deliveries per year) and the continued government push through JSY/JSSK (Janani Suraksha Yojana / Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram) and Mission Indradhanush for institutional delivery make obstetrics one of the highest-volume specialties in Indian medicine with sustained demand across all tiers.