IIT-JEE 2011

INTORDUCTION:
The Indian Institutes of Technology (popularly known as IITs) are institutions of national importance established through an Act of Parliament for fostering excellence in education. There are fifteen IITs at present, located in Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Mandi, Mumbai, Patna, Ropar and Roorkee. Over the years IITs have created world class educational platforms dynamically sustained through internationally recognized research based on excellent infrastructural facilities. The faculty and alumni of IITs continue making huge impact in all sectors of society, both in India and abroad. Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU) Varanasi and Indian School of Mines (ISM) Dhanbad, are the oldest institutions in India and are known for their immense contributions towards society at large and for science and technology in particular.
The primary objectives behind such institutions are to:
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
All of the above help to prepare the students admitted to these institutions for successful professional and social lives. Today, alumni of these institutions occupy key positions in industry and academia in India and abroad.
Each institute has well-equipped modern laboratories, state-of-the-art computer network and well stocked technical library. Teaching methods rely on direct personal contact between the teachers and the students and the use of traditional and modern instructional techniques. Students live in a pleasant and intellectually stimulating environment with people having similar goals and aspirations, which is an exciting and unique experience.
These institutions offer courses leading to Bachelor’s degree in a number of engineering, technological and scientific disciplines. M.Sc. Integrated courses in pure and applied sciences and M.Tech. Integrated courses in a few disciplines are also offered by some of these Institutions. In addition, some IITs offer Dual-Degree M.Tech. programmes, wherein both B.Tech. and M.Tech. degrees are awarded.
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.
The admissions to the Undergraduate Programmes at these institutions for all Indian and Foreign nationals are made through the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE).

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IIT JEE ENTRANCE EXAM FOR B.ARCH 2010

Aptitude test for B. Arch. and B. Des.
Candidates desirous of joining the B. Arch. (Architecture) and B. Des. (Design) courses will be required to qualify in an aptitude test to be conducted at each counselling institute on June 10, 2010.
The test will consist of one paper of three hours duration from 09.00 AM to 12.00 noon. Candidates have to qualify in the Aptitude Test to become eligible for admission to either B. Arch. or B. Des. courses. Question papers for aptitude test forB. Arch. and B. Des. will be in English only.
Candidates can register for this Aptitude test On-line after May 26, 2010. They must appear for the test on June 10, 2010 at the institutes where counselling will be held.

IIT JEE 2009 - Reservation Criteria

These are the rules which will followed during admission and counseling times. So please do check the reservation criteria.

OBC candidates

For OBC candidates belonging to Non-creamy layer, 18% of total number of seats are reserved in each of the older IITs (Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee), IT-BHU, Varanasi and ISMU, Dhanbad and 27% of total number of seats are reserved in each of the new IITs (Bhubaneswar, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Patna, Punjab and Rajasthan. Candidates belonging to this category are admitted on the basis of a relaxed criterion as given in the page for ranking.

OBC candidates belonging to Non-creamy layer will be required to produce the original certificate issued on or after January 1, 2009 by a competent authority in the prescribed format. The certificates must be produced at the time of counselling, failing which they will be treated as belonging to the General (GE) category.

ST/SC candidates

For candidates belonging to the SC and ST categories, respectively 15% and 7.5% of the total number of seats are reserved in each IIT, IT-BHU, Varanasi and ISMU, Dhanbad. Candidates belonging to these categories are admitted on the basis of a relaxed criterion as given in the page for ranking. In case all the reserved seats 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 in JEE performance. This course attempts to prepare the students in Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. On successful completion of the course, the students will be offered direct admission to the undergraduate programmes in July 2010 against the unfilled SC/ST seats of JEE-2009.

SC and ST candidates will be required to produce the original caste/tribe certificate issued by a competent authority in the prescribed format. The certificates must be produced at the time of counselling, failing which they will not be considered for admission. Seats remaining vacant in these categories shall not be filled by candidates belonging to any other category.

JAB Decision on unfilled SC/ST seats in new IITs

The Joint Admission Board (JAB) in its meeting held on August 13, 2008 decided that the vacant seats in SC/ST categories against JEE-2008 in six new IITs will carried forward and added to the seats in the respective programmes in JEE-2009 as one time measure. The numbers of vacant seats in SC and ST categories are 19 and 47, respectively.

Persons with Physical Disability (PD)

For PD (including leprosy-cured) candidates, who are otherwise fit to pursue the course, and qualify JEE (with relaxed norms as given in the page for ranking), 3% seats are reserved as specified by the Government of India. For any category of disability (viz., locomotor, visual, speech, and/or hearing), benefit would be given to those candidates who have at least 40% permanent physical impairment in relation to a body part / system / extremity / extremities / whole body, etc.

The candidates in this category will be required to be certified by a Medical Board. The Medical Board will decide the following:

* whether the candidate qualifies for the benefits under this category, and

* if the disability is likely to interfere in his/her studies.

The Medical Board duly constituted for this purpose shall meet at the time of counselling at a few venues (to be announced in the counselling letter) between June 9 to 11, 2009. Candidates, who are not certified by the Medical Board as belonging to the PD category, will not be counselled under this category. The decision of the Medical Board shall be final.

JAB decisions on PD candidates.

In accordance with the Judgment of the Court of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities dated 7 August 2008 and the orders of the Hon’ble Supreme Court the Joint Admission Board (JAB) for JEE-2009 decided that the extent of relaxation to the PD candidates in JEE-2009 will be the same as that is available to the candidates belonging to SC/ST categories, irrespective of their vertical categories.

The Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities has given a directive to implement Preparatory Courses for PD students in a similar manner as is done for SC/ST students. A decision on this will be taken in a Joint Admission Board meeting.

Important dates for IIT JEE 2009

So here are the Important dates you need to remember for IIT JEE 2009. You can see that the Joint Entrance Exam ( JEE ) 2009 will be conducted on April 12,2009. Still just 2 months left. So start preparing and aim for IIT JEE seat.

All the best guys

Important Dates for JEE 2009

Last date of receipt of completed JEE Application Form at the JEE Office		Wednesday	December 24, 2008
Joint Entrance Examination		Sunday	April 12, 2009
Declaration of Results		Monday	May 25, 2009
Medical Examination and Counselling for Qualified PD Candidates (the Schedule will be announced on the IIT websites)		Tuesday - Thursday	June 9-11, 2009
Counselling (the Schedule will be announced on the IIT websites)	OBC/SC/ST Candidates	Tuesday - Friday	June 9-12, 2009
	GE/DS Candidates	Saturday - Tuesday	June 13 -16, 2009*
	Preparatory Courses	Monday	July 6, 2009
Architecture / Design Aptitude Test		Thursday and Monday	June 11 & 15, 2009
Website release of Course Allocation		Wednesday	June 24, 2009

Eligibility Criteria to Appear for IIT JEE 2009

Today i am going to write about the Eligibility Criteria for JEE 2009. Those who are planning to appear for JEE ( Joint Entrance Exam ) , they must satisfy the following conditions.Remember if you don't satisfy even one conditions then you can't appear for JEE.

Eligibility Criteria

A candidate can attempt JEE only twice, in consecutive years. Those who have appeared in JEE in 2007 or earlier are not eligible for appearing in JEE-2009.


Candidates appearing in JEE-2009 should have either passed the qualifying examination in 2008 or should be appearing in 2009. They should also satisfy the specific eligibility criteria in the qualifying examination. Candidates who have passed the qualifying examination before October 1, 2007 are not eligible to write JEE-2009.


Candidates should meet the age requirements given below.


Candidates should NOT have accepted admission by paying full fees at any of the IITs, IT-BHU, Varanasi or ISMU, Dhanbad, through earlier JEE.

Age Requirements

For GE and OBC categories, only those candidates whose date of birth falls on or after October 01, 1984, are eligible to appear in JEE-2009. For SC, ST, and PD categories, candidates who were born on or after October 01, 1979, are eligible. Date of birth as recorded in the High School/first Board/Pre-University Certificate will be taken as authentic. If the high school certificate does not mention the date of birth, provide a suitable document indicating the date of birth along with the application. Candidates must produce this certificate in original as a proof of their age at the time of counselling, failing which they will be disqualified.

Important Notes

1. Those candidates who will be appearing in the qualifying examination in 2010 or later are not eligible to apply for JEE-2009.
2. All provisional admissions to candidates who are appearing in the qualifying examination in the year 2009 will stand cancelled, if the proof of having passed the Qualifying Examination, as per the eligibility criteria specified above is not submitted to the concerned Institute latest by September 30, 2009. If a Board normally declares the results of the qualifying examination after 30th September of each year, students of such Boards are advised to attempt JEE in the following year.
3. All admissions are subject to verification of facts from the original certificates/documents of the candidates. If an applicant is found ineligible at a later date even after admission to an Institute, his/her admission will be cancelled. The decision of the Joint Admission Board of JEE-2009 regarding the eligibility of any applicant shall be final.
4. For more clarification in respect of number of attempts and year of passing the qualifying examinations, please refer to FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions).

Qualifying Examination

Candidates applying for JEE-2009 should have either passed after October 1, 2007, or should be appearing in 2009 in any one of the following qualifying examinations.

1. 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 Indian School Certificate Examination, New Delhi; etc.
2.Intermediate or two-year Pre-University Examination conducted by a recognized Board/ University.
3. Final Examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
4. General Certificate Education (GCE) Examination (London/Cambridge/Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level.
5. High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University.
6.Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in any foreign country recognized by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to the 10+2 system.
7.H.S.C. Vocational Examination.
8. Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of five subjects.
9.3 or 4-year Diploma recognized by AICTE or a State Board of Technical Education.

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

Special Requirements for Mining Engineering and Mining Machinery Courses

Candidates opting for these courses should make sure that they do not have any form of colour blindness. They will be required to submit a certificate from a Registered Medical Practitioner to this effect at the time of counselling. The standard of visual acuity with or without glasses will be adhered to strictly for candidates seeking admission to Mining Engineering as per DGMS Circular 14 of 1972. Persons with one-eyed vision are not permitted to work underground. Candidates with above limitations are not allowed to opt for admission to Mining Engineering or Mining Machinery Engineering.

Female Candidates for Mining Courses

Section 46 (1) of the Mines Act, 1952 states that “No woman shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, be employed (a) in any part of a mine which is below ground, (b) in any mine above ground except between the hours 6 a.m. and 7 p.m.”. Female candidates are not admitted to Mining Engineering and Mining Machinery Engineering at ISMU, Dhanbad, whereas the corresponding programmes at IIT Kharagpur and IT-BHU, Varanasi, have no such restriction.

so guys if you satisfy this following conditions then you are eligible to apply for IIT JEE 2009.