JEE (Advanced)-Brief

JEE (Advanced): At a Glance

                                                     

Admission to IITs through JEE (Advanced): An Overview

The pattern of admissions into Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) has been changed from 2013 onwards. Now, the admission is made through JEE (Advanced) to all the IITs. Over the years, IITs have created world class educational platform that is dynamically sustained through quality teaching and internationally acclaimed research with excellent infrastructure and the best available minds.

Only the top 1.5 Lac candidates including all categories as per reservation policy based on performance in JEE (Main), will qualify to appear in the JEE (Advanced) examination. Admission to IITs will be based only on category-wise ‘All India Rank’ in JEE (Advanced), subject to condition that such candidates are in the top 20 percentile of successful candidates in Class XII / equivalent examination conducted by their Boards in applicable categories.

Perception regarding the Toughness of IITs:

From 2013 onwards, the entrance into IIT has been changed with the name JEE (Advanced). And the general conception is that the JEE (Advanced) is a difficult examination and the questions are complex and tough but this is not true. It is merely a different exam. All it requires is a proper examination temperament and different approach to the subject than most of the other exams. To have optimum success and avoid failing one has to develop excellent examination temperament besides knowledge of the subject and problem solving skills.

Primary Objectives of the IITs:

These Institutes admit students with these objectives and prepare them to become outstanding professionals and contribute to nation building. These institutions have been instrumental in preparing its students turn out role models being engineers and scientists at par with their other counterparts. These institutions bring along highly conducive environment that helps impart certain key features among the students: 

·         To build a solid foundation of scientific and technical knowledge and thus to prepare competent and motivated engineers and scientists

·         To create environment for freedom of thought, cultivate vision and encourage growth

·         To develop personality and self-discipline for the pursuit of excellence

·         To kindle entrepreneurial streak in the students

·         To Enhancement in creativity, motivation and the drive to excel

A Glimpse of Indian Institute of Technology (IITs):

The Indian Institutes of Technologies (IITs) are institutions of national importance established through an Act of Parliament for fostering excellence in education and providing the best academic and research programs not only in India but also across the world. The ideas and ideals on which such institutes are built evolve and change with national aspirations, national perspectives, and trends world - wide. These IITs are also keeping it on par with the best institutions in the world. The students graduating from IITs are placed at key positions across the industries in India and abroad. The institutes impart training to students so that they become competent and motivated engineers and scientists. The Institutes award Bachelors, Masters’ and Doctoral degrees in various branches of technology and science. It has been making special efforts to recruit talented faculty on a worldwide basis and to select bright students from across the country by a meticulous selection process through Joint Engineering Entrance Exam (JEE).

There are seventeen worlds renowned IITs at present, located in India are as follows: Bombay (Maharashtra), Delhi, Guwahati (Assam), Kanpur (UP), Kharagpur (WB), Madras (Tamil Nadu), Roorkee (UK), IIT-BHU (UP), ISM-Dhanbad (Jharkhand). The rest of the IITs, which have been lately inaugurated in the year 2008-09 and turned functional are as follows: Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Roopar (Punjab), Patna (Bihar), Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Hyderabad (AP) , Indore (MP), Mandi (HP). Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, is the oldest institution of its kind in India and is known for its immense contributions towards society at large and for science and technology in particular.

The IIT 'Story':

1.     The seeds of IITs were sown when Hon'ble Sir Jogender Singh, Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, Department of Education, health and Agriculture formed a committee to consider the setting up of Higher Technical Institutions in India.

2.     The concept of the IITs was first introduced in a report in the year 1945 by Sh. N.M. Sircar, then member of Education on Viceroy’s Executive Council.

3.     Following his recommendations, the first Indian Institute of Technology was set up in 1950 at Kharagpur in West Bengal. The Institute was formally inaugurated at Hijli in Kharagpur on August 18, 1951 by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, and the name, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) adopted.

4.     By the recommendation of Sircar Committee, the first offer of help came from USSR who agreed to collaborate in the establishment of an Institute through UNESCO at Bombay. This was followed by the Institutes of Technology at Madras, Kanpur and Delhi with collaborations with West Germany, USA and UK respectively.

5.     By 1961, four more IITs were already inaugurated at Bombay, Kanpur, Madras and Delhi.

6.     The Parliament of India passed the ‘Institutes of Technology Act 1961’ declaring all the IITs as “Institutions of National Importance”. The aim of the Institute is to provide meaningful education, to conduct original research of the highest standard and to provide leadership in technological innovation for the industrial growth of the country.

7.     IIT, Guwahati was established in 1995.

8.     In 2001, University of Roorkee was granted IIT status.

9.     IITs of Bhubaneswar, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Ropar, Patna and Rajasthan were inaugurated in the year 2008, and classes started from session 2008-09.

10.  IITs of Himachal Pradesh and Indore -functional from session 2009-10.

11.  The former Institute of Technology, BHU has become Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi w.e.f. June 29, 2012.

12.  At very beginning, the IIT system has seven Institutes of Technology located at Kharagpur (estd. 1951), Mumbai (estd. 1958), Chennai (estd. 1959), Kanpur (estd. 1959), Delhi (estd. 1961), Guwahati (estd. 1994) and Roorkee (estd. 1847, joined IITs in 2001).