INTRODUCTION
Indian
Institutes of Technology (IITs) are institutions of national importance
established through an Act of Parliament for fostering excellence in education.
There are 25 IITs at present, located at
Bhubaneswar, Palakkad, Tirupati, Chennai, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Dharwad, Goa,
Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jodhpur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Mandi, Mumbai,
Patna, Ropar, Bhilai,Roorkee and BHU-Varanasi. 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. The faculty and alumni of IITs continue to make huge impact in all sectors of the
society both in India and abroad. Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, is one
of the oldest institutions in India and is known for its immense contributions
towards society at large and for science and technology in particular.
Primary
objectives of these institutions are to:
-create
environment for freedom of thought, cultivate vision, encourage growth, develop
personality and self-discipline for pursuit of excellence kindle
entrepreneurial streak in the students. These Institutes admit students with
these objectives and prepare them to become outstanding professionals and
contribute to nation building.
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.
The
Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) is conducted by seven zonal IITs (under
the directives of the Joint Admission
Board) for admission to the undergraduate programmes in all IITs and ISM
Dhanbad. Only the top 2,20,000 candidates (including all categories) based on
their scores in Paper-1 of JEE (Main) will be eligible to appear in JEE
(Advanced).
ORDER |
CATEGORY |
Number
of “Top†candidates |
|
1 |
OPEN |
107,767 |
1,11,100 |
2 |
OPEN-PWD |
3,333 |
|
3 |
OBC-NCL |
57,618 |
59,400 |
4 |
OBC-NCL-PWD |
1,782 |
|
5 |
SC |
32,010 |
33,000 |
6 |
SC-PWD |
990 |
|
7 |
ST |
16,005 |
16,500 |
8 |
ST-PWD |
495 |
Number of
Seats
Seats offered
by All 25 IIT's are approximately 10,572 . By all 31 NIT's 18,013. By IIIT's
2526. By other
Govt. Funded
Technical Institute 3784.
Eligibility
Criteria
The
candidates belonging to the General category must secure a minimum of 75% marks
in aggregate in the qualifying examination of the XII th standard organized by
various educational boards of India. Candidates belonging to SC/ST/PD
categories must secure a minimum of 65% in aggregate in the Qualifying
Examination OR should be in top 20%ile in their respective board Exams.
Percentile
calculation of Qualifying Exams
The
Percentile of a Candidate will be calculated as
Number of candidates in the 'group' with aggregate marks less than the
candidate X 100
Total number of the candidates in the 'group’
Example:
Suppose in a particular Board:
No. of Candidates Registered =13918 and No. of
Candidates Appeared = 13711
A Candidate who has scored 50% marks in the
Board and 2218 candidates have scored below him; his Percentile score will be
calculated as follows
Percentile score for 50% marks in the Board =
2218 x 100 =16.18
13711
Regarding the
cut-off marks for the top 20 percentile
The
category-wise cut-off marks for the top 20 percentile are calculated based on
the marks scored by all the "successful" candidates in their respective boards
in the particular year.The cut-off marks for PwD candidates will be the same as
the lowest of the cutoff marks for GEN, OBC-NCL, SC and ST categories.It is
reiterated that top 20 percentile cut-off for any academic year will be considered
for the candidates who pass the Class XII (or equivalent) examination in the
same year.If a candidate passes Class XII in one year before but writes one or
a few subjects in this year for improvement or any other reason, then top 20
percentile cut-off for the previous year will be considered. However, if a
candidate writes all the subjects in this year, the best of the two
performances will be considered.In case a Board does not provide information
about the cut-off for the top 20 percentile, the candidate will have to produce
a certificate from the respective Board stating that he/she falls within the
top 20 percentile of successful candidates. If the candidate fails to do so,
then the cut-off marks for the CBSE will be used.
Age Criteria
& No. of Attempts
The
age limit for appearing in IIT-JEE is 25 years. For candidates belonging to
SC,ST and PD categories, the relaxed age limit is 30 years. Also, starting
2007, a candidate can take the IIT-Main three times & IIT-Advance two times
at the most. This has been done mainly to reduce stress on students. From 2007 onwards,
students who are selected for admission to an IIT cannot attempt the
examination again in the future.
RESERVATION OF
SEATS in every courses
Other
Backward Classes belonging to the Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL) - 27%, Scheduled
Caste (SC) - 15%, Scheduled Tribe (ST) - 7.5%, Persons with Disability (PwD) -
3%, Defence Service (DS) candidates- 2 seats