JEE-AIPMT-AIIMS-NTSE-Olympiads: February 2013

(Indian Institutes of Technology Joint Entrance Examination)

About IIT-JEE:

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are institutions of national importance established through an Act of Parliament for fostering excellence in education.

The primary objectives of these institutions are to:

a. Build a solid foundation of scientific and technical knowledge and thus to prepare competent and motivated engineers and scientists

Create environment for freedom of thought, cultivate vision, encourage growth, develop personality and self-discipline for pursuit of excellence
Kindle entrepreneurial streak.

Credit-based academic programmes offer flexibility to students to progress at their own pace. A minimum level of performance is necessary for satisfactory progress. The medium of instruction is English. Using traditional as well as modern instructional techniques, teaching methods rely on direct personal contact between the teachers and the students. Each institute has well-equipped modern laboratories, state-of-the-art computer network along with large amount of study aids in technical library. The faculty and alumni of IITs continue making huge impact in all sectors of society, both in India and abroad.

The IITs offer courses like Bachelor’s degree in a no. of engineering, technological and scientific disciplines, M. Sc. Integrated courses in pure and applied sciences and degree wherein both B.Tech and M. Tech degrees are awarded.

No. of IITs under IIT JEE:

There are fifteen IITs at present, located in Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Mandi, Mumbai, Patna, Ropar and Roorkee.

Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU), Varanasi and Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, are amongst the oldest institutions in India and are known for their immense contributions towards society for science and technology in particular.

Schedule of IIT-JEE 2012:

The examination will be held on Sunday, April 8, 2012 as per the schedule given below:

Paper-1: 09.00 to 12.00 hrs (IST)

Paper-2: 14.00 to 17.00 hrs (IST)

The schedule will remain unaltered even if the above date is declared a public holiday.

Type of Examination:

1. There will be two question papers, each of 3 hours duration. Both the question papers will consist of three separate sections on Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

2. The questions will be of objective type (Single answer type & Multiple answers type), designed to test comprehension, reasoning and analytical ability of candidates.

3. The answers for each of the questions are to be marked on a separate, specially designed, machine-gradable sheet of paper (ORS – Optical Response Sheet).

4. While answering each of the questions the candidate is expected to darken the bubble(s) against correct answer(s) using black ball point pen only.

5. In some sections, incorrect answers may be awarded negative marks.

6. The candidate can opt for Question Papers either in English or in Hindi

Eligibility for IIT-JEE 2012:

Date of Birth

General (GE) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) category candidates must have been born on or after October 1, 1987. Those born earlier are not eligible to appear in IIT-JEE 2012.
Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and those with Physical Disability (PD) must have been born on or after October 1, 1982. SC/ST/PD candidates born before October 1, 1982 are not eligible to appear in IIT-JEE 2012.
The date of birth as recorded in the high school/first Board/Pre-University certificate will be accepted. If the certificate does not mention the date of birth, a candidate must submit along with the application, an authenticated document indicating the date of birth.

Year of Passing Qualifying Examination (QE)

To appear in IIT-JEE 2012, a candidate must have either passed the QE for the first time, on or after October 1, 2010 or appearing for the first time in 2012. Those who are going to appear in the QE later than September 30, 2012 are not eligible to appear in IIT-JEE 2012.

The year of passing the QE will be determined based on the examination he/she passed the earliest out of the qualifying examinations listed below. In case the applicant passed more than one QE or attempted successfully same QE more than once, the year of the first successful QE/attempt will be used to determine the eligibility for IIT-JEE 2012.
The qualifying examinations are listed below:

The final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by any recognized central/ state Board, such as Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi; Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi; etc.
Intermediate or two-year Pre-University examination conducted by a recognized Board/ University.
Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
General Certificate Education (GCE) examination (London / Cambridge / Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level.
High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva.
H.S.C. vocational examination.
Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling with a minimum of five subjects.
A Diploma recognized by AICTE or a state board of technical education of at least 3 year duration.
Any Public School/Board/University examination in India or in any foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

In case the relevant QE is not a public examination, the candidate must have passed at least one public (Board or Pre-University) examination at an earlier level.

Minimum Percentage of Marks in QE

Candidates belonging to GE and OBC categories must secure at least 60% marks in aggregate in QE. SC, ST and PD candidates must secure at least 55% marks in aggregate in QE.

The percentage of marks awarded by the Board will be treated as final. If the Board does not award the percentage of marks, it will be calculated based on the marks obtained in all subjects listed in the mark sheet. If any Board awards only letter grades without providing an equivalent percentage of marks on the grade sheet, the candidate should obtain a certificate from the Board specifying the equivalent marks, and submit it at the time of counselling / admission. In case such a certificate is not provided the decision taken by the Joint Implementation Committee (JIC) of IIT-JEE 2012 will be final.

Number of JEE Attempts

A candidate can attempt JEE maximum two times in consecutive years irrespective of whether or not he/she passed QE. Those who have attempted JEE in 2010 or earlier are NOT ELIGIBLE to appear in IIT-JEE 2012.

Earlier Admission Taken Through JEE

Candidates who have taken admission (irrespective of whether or not they continued in any of the programmes) or accepted the admission by paying the registration fee at any of the IITs, IT-BHU Varanasi or ISM Dhanbad, are NOT ELIGIBLE to appear in IIT-JEE 2012.

Important Points:

The offer of admission is subject to verification of original certificates/ documents at the time of admission. If any candidate is found ineligible at a later date even after admission to an Institute, his/her admission will be cancelled.
If a candidate is expecting the results of the QE in 2012, his/her admission will only be provisional until he/she submits the relevant documents. The admission stands cancelled if the documents are not submitted in original to the concerned institute on or before September 30, 2012.
If a Board invariably declares the results of the QE after September 30, every year, the candidate is advised not to attempt IIT-JEE 2012.
The decision of the Joint Admission Board of IIT-JEE 2012 regarding the eligibility of any applicant shall be final.

Important Dates for IIT JEE 2012:

Start of Online application process	Monday	October 31, 2011
Closing of Online application process	Saturday	December 10, 2011
Start of Offline OMR Application Forms sale at Bank Branches	Friday	November 11, 2011
Close of Offline OMR Application Forms sale	Monday	December 5, 2011
Last date of receipt completed IIT-JEE 2012 Application Form	Thursday	December 15, 2011
IIT-JEE 2012 examination day	Sunday	April 8, 2012
Declaration of Results	Friday	May 18, 2012
Online filling of CHOICES open to ALL the qualified candidates	Saturday to Sunday	May 19-June 10, 2012
Last date for receiving category certificates	Friday	June 1, 2012
Architecture/Design Aptitude Test	Sunday	June 3, 2012
Medical examination and counselling for qualified PD Candidates (the schedule will be announced on the IIT websites)	Monday to Wednesday	June 4-6, 2012
Last date for receiving admission form and medical certificate at zonal IITs	Friday	June 8, 2012
Web Release of First Course Allotment	Thursday	June 14, 2012
Web Release of Second Course Allotment	Monday	June 25, 2012
Web Release of Third Course Allotment	Friday	July 6, 2012

Reservation of Seats:

As per Government of India rules candidates belonging to certain categories are admitted to seats reserved for them based on relaxed criteria. Benefit of reservation shall be given only to those classes/castes/tribes which are in the respective central list published by the Government of India.

SC/ST Candidates

For the SC and ST categories, 15% and 7.5% seats, respectively, are reserved in every programme in all IITs, IT-BHU Varanasi and ISM Dhanbad. Candidates belonging to these categories are declared qualified on the basis of a relaxed criterion.

Candidates belonging to SC/ST categories will be required to produce the original caste/ tribe certificate issued by a competent authority in the Prescribed Format during admission. Certificates in any other format will not be accepted. Attested copies of these certificates must be received by respective zonal IITs on or before June 01, 2012, failing which they will NOT be considered for admission to the respective reserved seats. Seats remaining vacant in these categories shall not be filled by candidates belonging to any other category.

OBC Candidates

For the purpose of reservation of seats in IIT-JEE 2012, a candidate will be considered as OBC only if he/she belongs to the non-creamy layer of this category. Those belonging to the creamy layer of OBC are NOT entitled for reservation.

For candidates belonging to OBC (non creamy layer), 27% of the seats are reserved in all IITs, IT-BHU Varanasi and ISM Dhanbad.

In case the reserved seats in this category are not filled, they can be filled by GE category candidates.

The OBC candidates (non-creamy layer) will be required to produce original OBC (NCL) caste certificate issued on or after January 1, 2012 by a competent authority in the Prescribed Format at the time of admission. Certificates in any other format will not be accepted. Attested copies of these certificates must be received by the respective zonal IITs on or before June 01, 2012, failing which they will NOT be considered for admission to the respective reserved seats.

Physically Disabled (PD)

In each institute 3% of seats in every category are reserved for PD candidates. For any category of disability (viz., locomotor, visual, dyslexia, speech, and/or hearing) benefit would be given to those who have at least 40% physical impairment. Leprosy-cured candidates who are otherwise fit to pursue the course are also included in this category. Candidates belonging to this category are qualified on the basis of a relaxed criterion.

The percentage of disability of the candidates will be required to be certified by a medical board constituted by IITs. The decision of the medical board would be final.

Preparatory Course

In case the seats reserved for SC/ST/PD candidates are not filled, a limited number of candidates are admitted to a Preparatory Course of one-year duration on the basis of a further relaxation of admission criteria. Admission is given to the candidates in the preparatory course provided (i) the seats reserved for the respective category are vacant (ii) candidates satisfy minimum norms, and (iii) candidates have not undergone the Preparatory Course earlier. On successful completion of the course, the students will be offered a direct admission to the undergraduate programmes in July/August 2013, against the unfilled reserved seats for IIT-JEE 2012.

How to get Admit Card of IIT JEE:

The admit card will bear the name, application number, registration number, photograph, signature, date of birth, address, language of Question Paper, category and subcategory of the candidate, along with name and address of the IIT-JEE 2012 Examination Centre allotted.

The admit cards will be sent by Speed Post to the address mentioned in the Application Form only to all those eligible candidates who have submitted valid Application Forms, complete in all respects and received at IITs within the stipulated period and are found to be eligibleas per criteria. JEE office will not be responsible for any postal delay or irregularity resulting in non-delivery of the Admit Card. No duplicate admit card will be issued.

You should carefully examine the Admit Card received by you for all the entries made therein. In case of any discrepancy, you should inform the issuing institute immediately. You must bring the admit card to the examination centre. Only those candidates, who hold valid Admit cards, will be allowed to write the examination.

If the Admit Card is not received by March 15, 2012:

You can obtain your registration number and examination centre from the institute of your zone through phone, IVRS/ website. After obtaining the data, write your name, registration number and the examination centre on two identical halves of an A4-size paper. Affix your passport size photographs one on each half and sign on the bottom of the photographs. Then get this attested by the Head of your School / Institution last attended / gazetted officer / notary public. Meet the IIT Representative with this paper on the day of examination (April 8, 2012) one hour before the commencement of the examination at the office of the Presiding Officer of the examination centre. The IIT Representative will retain one half and give the other half back to you. You will be allowed to write the examination provisionally.

How to Apply:

Offline Application Process:

A candidate can register Offline using the prescribed Optical Machine Readable (OMR) Application Form which can be obtained by cash purchase from bank branches given below with effect from 11 November, 2011.

OMR Application form cost including processing charges of Rs. 200/-

Form for GE/OBC Male candidates	Rs. 1800
Form for SC/ST/PD Male candidates	Rs. 1000
Form for All Female candidates	Rs. 200

Canara Bank branches, Union Bank of India branches

State Bank of India branches, Axis Bank branches

Indian Bank branches, Punjab National Bank branches

Instructions for Filling Online Forms:

Registration Form
Date of Birth	General and Other Backward Classes category candidates must have been born on or after October 1,1987.Those born earlier are not eligible to appear in IIT-JEE 2012.Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and those with Physical Disability must have been born on or after October 1, 1982. SC/ST/PD candidates born before October 1, 1982 are not eligible to appear in IIT-JEE 2012. Enter Date of Birth correctly, once entered it can not be changed and same Date of Birth will appear in application form.

Reset Password Form
User-ID	Enter the valid User-ID as provided during registration process.
Security Question	Select the security question as chosen during registration process.
Security Answer	Enter security answer as entered during registration process.
Password	Enter the new password with combination of alphabets and numbers. For Example:- abc123, a123bc, 123abc
Confirm Password	Enter the same password as that given in earlier password field.

Login Form
User-ID	Enter the valid User-ID as provided during registration process.
Password	Enter the password as chosen during registration process.

Application Form
Category	SC,ST candidate should send certificate along with application.
Entitled for DS Seat	Please read section 5 of IIT-JEE 2012 Information Brochure.
Required Enlarge Font Question Paper	This option will be applicable only for candidate who have selected "Yes" for Physical disabled. Otherwise this field will be marked as "No" by default. Do not forget to attach request letter for large font paper requirement.
Year of Passing Qualifying Examination(QE)	Please read section 3.2 of IIT-JEE 2012 Information Brochure.
Question Paper Language	This choice, once selected cannot be changed at any later stage.
Mobile Number	Enter the mobile number through which you can be contacted.
Landline No. with STD Code	Enter the landline number with STD code through which you can be contacted.
Select Bank For payment	Challan payments can be done in three different banks. Candidate can opt a bank as per his own convenience. Each bank charges different amount of commission for accepting a challan. Once selected, this option can not be changed later on.

Results of IIT-JEE 2012:

The answer paper of IIT-JEE 2012 is a machine-gradable Optical Response Sheet (ORS). These sheets are graded and scrutinized with extreme care after the examination.

Candidates will get to know their All India Ranks (AIR) / Category ranks through IIT-JEE 2012 websites / SMS / IVRS on or after May 18, 2012. Candidates can view the answer keys of IIT-JEE 2012 on JEE websites from May 7, 2012.

Only those candidates who attempted both Paper 1 and Paper 2 will be considered for the ranking. Marks in Physics in IIT-JEE 2012 will be equal to marks in Physics section of Paper 1 plus marks in Physics section of Paper 2. Similar procedure will be followed for Chemistry and Mathematics. The sum of the marks obtained in the individual subjects in IIT-JEE 2012 will be the aggregate marks for the candidate.

Procedure for Ranking and Tie-Break:

Rank Lists
Rank lists, as given below, will be prepared based on the aggregate marks obtained in IIT-JEE 2012.

A common rank list made up of candidates who score at least 10% in each subject and 35% in aggregate will be prepared.
Separate rank lists will be prepared corresponding to OBC (NCL), SC and ST categories.

Candidates of OBC (NCL) category must score at least 9% in each subject and 31.5% in aggregate in order to be in the OBC rank list.
Candidates of SC and ST categories must score at least 5% in each subject and 17.5% in aggregate in order to be in their respective rank lists.

PD Rank Lists
a. A common rank list will be prepared for PD candidates. To be in the PD rank list, candidates must score at least 5% in each subject and 17.5% in aggregate.
b. Separate PD rank lists will be prepared corresponding to the OBC (NCL), SC and ST categories. To be in these rank lists, candidates must score at least 5% in each subject and 17.5% in aggregate.

Preparatory Course Rank Lists
Separate rank lists will be prepared for preparatory course if the number of SC/ST/PD candidates in the respective rank lists is less than 1.4 times the number of seats available in the respective categories. To be in these rank lists, candidate must score at least 2.5% in each subject and 8.75% in aggregate.
For the purpose of ranking, a candidate shall be considered in all the appropriate categories.
There will be no separate waiting list of candidates.

Tie-break
The tie-break criterion, in the various rank lists, adopted for awarding ranks to the candidates who have scored the same aggregate marks is as follows:
Subject-wise average marks will be calculated for each rank list. Among the candidates having the same aggregate marks, a candidate will be ranked higher, if he/she has scored higher marks in the subject with the lowest average marks calculated as above. If there is a tie after this procedure, then the marks obtained by the tied candidates in the subject with the second-lowest average marks will be considered, and the above procedure will be repeated. Candidates tied even after this procedure will be given the same rank.

Note: Obtaining a rank in IIT-JEE 2012 does not guarantee admission to any of the courses available in IITs, IT-BHU and ISM Dhanbad.

Fee Structure of IIT JEE:

The present fee structure (in Indian rupees) of different institutes is given below as a guideline. However, the exact fees to be paid would be provided at the time of counselling. All candidates who accept the offer of admission by paying registration fees will become ineligible for appearing in JEE-2012 or later. Fees once paid will not be refunded.

The present fee structure (in Indian rupees) of different institutes is given in the tables below as a guideline. However, the exact fee structure would be provided at the time of counselling.


Fee Particulars	One time payment	Payable every semester	Refundable caution deposit	Medical insurance premium (per annum)	Total fees payable at the time of admission*
Bhubaneswar	3800	28800 (3800)	6000	300	38900 (13900)
Bombay	3400	33550 (8550)	3000	126	40076 (15076)
Delhi	2500	27035 (2035)	4000	450	33985 (8985)
Gandhinagar	3400	33550 (8550)	3000	126	40076 (15076)
Guwahati	2150	28972 (3972)	4922	--	36044 (11044)
Hyderabad	1700	29100 (4100)	2000	567	33367 (8367)
Indore	3400	33550 (8550)	3000	126	40076 (15076)
Kanpur	2750	34692 (9692)	7000	--	44442 (19442)
Kharagpur	3100	28650 (3650)	6000	650	38400 (13400)
Madras	1750	27850 (2850)	2000	742	32342 (7342)
Mandi	2890	32750 (7750)	4000	280	39920 (14920)
Patna	2150	28550 (3550)	4500	578	35778 (10778)
Rajasthan	2150	30750 (5750)	4000	1000	37900 (12900)
Roorkee	2890	32750 (7750)	4000	280	39920 (14920)
Ropar	2500	27035 (2045)	4000	450	33985 (8995)

Students who have PIO (Person of Indian Origin) or OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) status would be treated at par with Indian students so far as fee structure is concerned.


Particulars	IT-BHU Varanasi	ISM Dhanbad
Onetime payment	3325	6000**
Payable every odd semester	13960	19492*** (5192)
Payable every even semester	13960	17000*** (2700)
Refundable caution deposit	4000	5000
Total fees payable at the time of admission*	21285	30492 (16192)

Fees payable by SC/ST students, different from those payable by others, are shown in parenthesis ().

* In addition to these, mess admission / mess deposit and medical insurance premium may have to be paid.

**This includes Rs.1800/- towards charges for blazer and tie.

*** The fee is for B.Tech. Program which includes tuition fee of Rs.14,000 per semester. The tuition fee for second year onwards for 5 year integrated M.Sc./ M.Sc. Tech program will be Rs.10,000 per semester. The tuition fee for dual degree program will be Rs.14,000 per semester for the first four years and in the fifth year it will be Rs.6000/- for M.Tech. and Rs.20,000 for MBA. The amount payable in odd and even semesters for these students in subsequent years will vary accordingly.

Minimum Qualifying Mark for Ranking (MQMR) and Aggregate Cut-off: JEE-2011