WBJEE (B.Tech)-2013

B. Tech Program in WBJEE - 2013

WEST BENGAL JOINT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION is the Common Entrance Test for admission to different degree level courses in Engineering & Technology, Pharmacy and Architecture in Universities, Government Colleges as well as Self Financing Technological Institutes in West Bengal. For the 2013 – 2014 academic sessions, the Board will conduct the Common Entrance Examination along with counseling for admission to say above Undergraduate Courses. The application for this examination will be received ONLINE and the FORM is available at the portal of the Board at http://www.wbjeeb.nic.in

SCHEDULE OF EXAMINATION “WBJEE - 2013”:

Date of Examination – 21^st April 2013 (Sunday)

Mathematics (100 marks) – 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. (2 hrs)

Physics (75 marks) – 12.30 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. (1 ½ hrs)

Chemistry (75 marks) – 3.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. (1 ½ hrs)

Note - No further examination shall be held under any circumstances for those who will be unable to appear on the scheduled date and time of WBJEE-2013 examination.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

The applicant must be a citizen of India and must have passed the H.S. (10+2) or its equivalent examination

Age:

(a)   For Engineering / Technology Courses

Candidates must be at least 17 (seventeen) years of age as on 31.12.2013. There is no upper age limit.

(b)   For Marine Engineering Course

Candidates must be at least 17 (seventeen) years of age or above as on 31.12.2013 and must not be above 25 (twenty five) years of age as on 31.07.2013; as per guidelines of appropriate authority.

Residential:

Candidates desirous of seeking admission to Government Engineering / Technology Colleges must have been residing in the State of West Bengal continuously at least for last 10 (ten) years as on 31.12.2012 or their parents must be permanent resident of West Bengal having their permanent home address in the State of West Bengal.

Academic:

(a)    For B.E. /B.Tech./B.Arch. – General candidates must secure at least 45% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics taken together (40% for SC/ST candidates) and at least 30% marks in English (for all categories)

(b)   For Marine Engineering – At least 60% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics taken together and 50% marks in English either in 10^th standard or in 12^th standard.

RESERVATION OF SEATS for SC/ST/PwD Candidates:

(a)    For Scheduled Caste (SC) category: - 22 (twenty-two) percent of total Institutional Intake in the respective Course;

(b)   For Scheduled Tribe (ST) category: - 6 (six) percent of total Institutional Intake in the respective Course

(c)    For Person with Disability (PwD) category: - 3 (three) percent of total Institutional Intake in the respective Course.

(d)   Altogether 12 (twelve) seats are reserved for students under Defence Quota.

Note: It is important to note that such reserved categories of seats are ONLY offered to candidates DOMICILED in the state of WEST BENGAL, as per Government rules.

Reservation of seats for students Merit listed in JEE (Mains) 2013, the All India Common Entrance Examination for admission into NIT, IIIT and other Central Institutes of Engineering & Technology:

Seats are available for students merit listed in JEE (Main) 2013 (erstwhile AIEEE), the All India Common Entrance Examination for admission to NIT, IIIT and other Central Institutes of Engineering & Technology up to the extent of 10% of the approved seats in all the existing Self Financing Engineering & Technology Colleges of the State. Allotment of seats shall be strictly on the basis of merit and preference of students through the counselling process conducted by the Competent Authority. The eligibility and other criteria as stipulated for WBJEE – 2013 candidates for admission to degree level Engineering / Technology / Pharmacy /Architecture courses, will also be applicable for JEE (Mains) 2013 merit listed candidates.

PATTERN OF QUESTION:

In “WBJEE-2013” Examination, candidates need to appear in 3 (three) papers in the form of written test, to be conducted physically at various Examination Centres with Pen and Paper i.e. as OFFLINE Examination. The subjects will be: (i) Mathematics, (ii) Physics & (iii) Chemistry.

 In every subject, all questions will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ-type, with four options against each of the questions) and the answer(s) to each of the questions has to be marked on the OMR. Questions will be of three categories, divided as below.

Subject           Category 1                 Category 2                 Category 3                 Total Marks

Mathematics    60 x 1 mark each         15 x 2 marks each       05 x 2 marks each       100

Physics            45 x 1 mark each         10 x 2 marks each       05 x 2 marks each       75

Chemistry        45 x 1 mark each         10 x 2 marks each       05 x 2 marks each       75

Category 1:

(a)    Only one option is correct, correct response will yield one mark.

(b)   For each incorrect response, 33.33% of full mark (1/3) would be deducted and

(c)    For more than one answer indicated against a particular question in the OMR sheet; the said answer will be treated as incorrect response/answer, 33.33% of full mark (1/3) would be deducted.

Category 2:

(a)    Only one option is correct, correct response will yield two marks.

(b)   For each incorrect response, 33.33% of full marks (2/3) would be deducted and

(c)    For more than one answer indicated against a particular question in the OMR sheet; the said answer will be treated as incorrect response/answer, 33.33% of full mark (1/3) would be deducted.

Category 3:

(a)    More than one option may be correct and marking of all correct options only will yield two marks.

(b)   For any combination of answers containing one or more incorrect responses, net mark awarded will be zero (0) and

(c)    For partially correct response without any incorrect marking:

Marks awarded = 2 X (no of correct responses) / (total no of correct options)

Mode of Answering:

All questions will have to be answered on specially designed machine readable answer sheets (OMR Answer Sheet). Answers are to be marked (bubbled) using blue/black ball point pen only on the ‘OMR answer sheet.’

Note - It is to be noted carefully that the candidates must fill in as well as bubble in ALL the relevant information including the “Question Booklet No” at the indicated places on both OMR Answer Sheet and Attendance Sheet during examination.

Ranking methodology & Rules of Tie Breaking:

For WBJEE-2013, the merit list for successful candidates in the Engineering category will be prepared by listing them in the descending order of the total marks scored by them. However, there may be ties and such ties will be broken by sequentially applying the set of rules made by Board.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

Application has to be filled up ONLINE at the portal of the Board, http://www.wbjeeb.nic.in.

Candidates need to visit the portal and CLICK the requisite link ONLINE APPLICATION WBJEE – 2013 and thereafter will be directed to the actual application form. The form is interactive in nature and the fields required to be filled up are categorized in different sub-sections. Fields MUST be filled up as they are MANDATORY, otherwise the application will NOT get uploaded / submitted.

The application form is broadly categorized into: PERSONAL DETAILS & FEE PAYMENT DETAILS.

Candidates need to fill in the first part i.e. PERSONAL DETAILS and will thereafter be directed to FEE PAYMENT DETAILS. Filling up of fields will be interactive in nature. As soon as the cursor is taken to a certain field, a cursor tip MESSAGE will be shown to the candidate to assist in filling up. In case of difficulty, the HELP icon placed right next to the field will redirect the candidate to that section of the Brochure which deals with the filling up of the said field.

On completion and submission of the PERSONAL DETAILS, the system will generate a unique 7-digit numeric Application Number for the candidate. Once an Application Number is generated, the candidate may logout of the system. The candidate will need to enter the system subsequently for various reasons as given below:

·         Accessing and editing personal information (till generation of Confirmation Page)

·         Printing of e-Challan for Bank or Post Office

·         Entering e-Challan details after payment of fees

·         Printing of the Confirmation Page as well as Top Sheet of enclosures

The candidate has to use this system generated Application Number and his/her Date-of-Birth for logging in to the system for all subsequent accesses to the system. Therefore it is very important for the candidate to note down this number.

APPLICATION FEE DETAILS:

Irrespective of his/her category and gender, a candidate applying for WBJEE – 2013 has to pay Rs. 500/ (Rupees five hundred) only, as application fee, through ONLINE mode. An extra service charge of Rs. 6/- has to be paid by the candidates. The candidate, on successfully uploading the PERSONAL DETAILS; will be directed to the webpage containing process of payment of application fee. The candidate has the option to choose any one from the following modes of payment:

(a)    Payment through Allahabad Bank e-Challan: The candidate has to select “Allahabad Bank e challan” to submit the application fee through bank. As soon as he selects it an e-Challan will be generated containing details of the candidate. The candidate has to take a printout of the same and take it to the nearest Core Banking Service (CBS) facility enabled Branch of the Bank for making payment. After payment, the candidate has to login to the system and upload the details written on the e-Challan by the bank official. When the details are uploaded, the Confirmation Page will be generated.

(b)   Payment through e-Post Office: The candidate has to select e-Post Office mode if he/she desires to submit the application fee through one of the e-Post Office connectivity enabled Post Offices in the State of West Bengal. As soon as he completes that a RECEIPT will be generated containing details of the Candidate which is required to be printed by the candidate and taken to the nearest e-Post Office connectivity enabled Post Office for making payment. After payment, the candidate has to login to the system and upload the details written on the receipt by the Post Office. When the details are uploaded, the Confirmation Page will be generated.

CONFIRMATION REPORT AND ITS FILLING UP:

The Confirmation Report can be generated after successful payment of Application Fee. The candidate has to click on the available link “PRINT CONFIRMATION PAGE & TOP SHEET”. Its generation means that the candidate has been successfully REGISTERED. It contains TWO PAGES:

(i) Confirmation Page and

(ii) Another page that is to be stapled as the Top Sheet with the requisite enclosures.

The two pages should be printed on separate A4 size papers.

On the Confirmation Page the candidate should paste two (2) identical recent coloured Passport sized Photographs. One of the photographs needs to be self-attested after pasting (refer Appendix V). Then the candidate has to put his/her Left Thumb Impression (LTI) and Signature in the respective boxes. The box for signature of the Father / Mother / Guardian (in case both parents are absent /unavailable) MUST also be duly filled up by either Father / Mother of the candidate or the Guardian, as the case may be.

FILLING UP OF FIELDS IN CONFIRMATION PAGE WITH SIGNATURE AND LTI OF THE CANDIDATE, SIGNATURE OF THE PARENT/GUARDIAN OF THE CANDIDATE ALONG WITH PASTING OF COLOUR PASSPORT SIZED PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CANDIDATE IS MANDATORY.

In the second page (Top Sheet of enclosures), the candidate has to put his/her own signature only. Then the candidate needs to self-attest all the photocopies of the required documents / testimonials enlisted in the Page AND attach those along with a self-attested photocopy of the e-Challan/Receipt with the system generated Top Sheet. The Confirmation Page MUST NOT be stapled with this enclosures.

Finally, the candidate has to send, in a single envelop, the following documents to WBJEEB office at AQ- 13/1, Sector-V, Salt Lake City, Kolkata-700 091, by speed post:

CONTACT ADDRESS:

West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board,
AQ 13/1, Sector-V, Salt Lake City,
Kolkata – 700091
Toll Free No.: 18003450050
Phone: 033 - 23671198 / 23671199
Fax: 033 – 23671149
Email: chairman@wbjeeb.in or registrar@wbjeeb.in
Website: www.wbjeeb.in

DOs & DON’Ts

Dos

1.      Read the online instructions carefully before filling-in of the Application Form online.

2.      Specify the date of birth correctly.

3.      Choose the District correctly.

4.      Fields are mandatory in nature and details should be correctly filled up.

5.      Paste colour photographs with gum only in the Confirmation Page properly so that it does not get detached in any way.

6.      Candidate must put full signature in the specified places of the Confirmation Report.

7.      Retain a photocopy (Xerox) of the Confirmation Report positively.

8.      Staple the Top Sheet (page 2 of Confirmation Report) with photocopy (Xerox) of the testimonials.

9.      Send the duly filled in Confirmation Report and enclosures through Speed Post only.

10.  Enter the examination hall only with your Admit Card and blue/black ball point pens.

11.  Submit the OMR Answer Sheet to the Invigilator after completion of each session of Examination.

12.  Write the Question Booklet No. in the specified places on both the OMR Answer Sheet as well as the Attendance Sheet.

Don'ts

1.      Don't staple or pin the photographs.

2.      Don't attest both photographs.

3.      Don't tear any part of the Confirmation Report.

4.      Don't staple ANY document with the Confirmation Page.

5.      Don't staple the Confirmation Page with photocopy (xerox) of the testimonials.

6.      Don't sign in capital letters.

7.      Don't over write anywhere in the Confirmation Page.

8.      Don't use different colurs of ink during filling in of the Confirmation Report.

9.      Don't wrinkle or scribble or fold the Confirmation Report.

10.  Don’t soil or damage the Confirmation Report in any way. If needed take a fresh printout.

11.  Don't send duly filled in Confirmation Report through ordinary post or through any other courier service or by hand.

12.  Don't bring Mobile Phone, Calculator or any other electronic gadget inside the Examination Hall.