AIEEE 2010 on April 25

The All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), which paves the way for admission to top technology institutions like the National Institutes of Technology (NITs), will be held on April 25 next year.

The exam would be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

AIEEE helps students get admission into 20 National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), deemed universities and government-funded institutions, among others.

Last year, nearly 10 lakh students appeared for the examination

Kerala medical/dental final allotment announced

The Commissioner of Entrance Examinations (CEE) has announced the final allotment for the MBBS/BDS courses under the Kerala Engineering Architecture and Medical entrance stream 2009.

The candidates who have been allotted seats in the final allotment have to remit fees at the select SBT branches on September 29 itself. Those who had secured admission in other colleges but have received course/college change in the final allotment should secure Transfer Certificate from the respective colleges and remit the excess fees at the selected SBT branches and secure admission by presenting themselves at the newly allotted college on September 30.

AIEEE 2010

All India Engineering/Architecture Entrance Entrance Examinations(AIEEE) is an entrance examination for admission in engineering/architecture bachelor courses throughout most of the engineering/architecture institutes across the country. Admission in all the National Institute of Technology(NITs) as well as most of the state level institutes and private institutes happens through AIEEE. Therefore AIEEE is the most popular engineering Entrance examination for BE/BTech aspiring students across the country. Last time nearly 9 lakh students appeared for AIEEE.

AIEEE is considered to be highly competitive exam for those aspiring to get admission in NITs or other top colleges. Therefore students start preparing for it much before the actual entrance examination. AIEEE is conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) therefore the syllabus of AIEEE is from CBSE class 11th and 12th syllabus.

Application Forms Availability for AIEEE 2010

Application forms for AIEEE 2010 are expected to be available in first week of December till first week of January in designated branches of Syndicate bank, CBSE Regional Offices and certain institutions. Form can also be requested by sending a demand draft to AIEEE Unit, CBSE. A notification is issued in all leading national dailies for the availability of forms. Candidates can also apply online, fill the information and send the printout to AIEEE office.

IIT JEE 2010 overview

Indian Institute of Technology, Joint Entrance Examination

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) conduct a Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) every year for the admission to its B-Tech and other courses offered at the IIT Mumbai, IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, IIT Chennai, IIT Kharakpur, IIT Guwahati, IIT Roorkee, IT Varanasi and ISM Dhanbad.

JOINT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION 2009 (JEE-2009) Application for the examination can be submitted through on-line or offline. Information brochure for IIT JEE 2009 can be downloaded from here .

Off-line:

From any branch of bank candidate may buy application form with the information brochure by giving Rs. 500/- for ST, SC or female (White Color Envelop) and Rs.1000/- for all other candidates (Blue Color Envelop). This information brochure contains all the details related to JEE such as procedure of the application, examination center, syllabus, courses offered by various institutes, fee structure, counseling and other related information about JEE-2009.

On-line:

For the online application form, visit any related site and cautiously follow all the given instructions. This can be done from the IIT websites. There is no need to purchase the hard copy of the application form. However, this method requires a few things like print-out, fee and others to be sent to the IIT Madras postal address. Details can be seen here.

Examination schedule for JEE-2009:

12 April 2009 09.00-12.00 hrs Paper - 1
14.00-17.00 hrs Paper - 2


Syllabus for the Screening Test as well as for the Main Examination will be same. The detailed syllabus will be available in the Information Brochure.

List of the Banks for purchase of the Application Material:

IIT DELHI ZONE: Union Bank of India:

NEW-DELHI: Connaught Place, Karol Bagh (Arya Samaj Road), Nehru Place, Model Town-2, Rajouri Garden, S.D.A., Shahdara, Shalimar Bagh;
HARYANA: Faridabad, Gurgaon;
HIMACHAL PRADESH: Kangra, Mandi, Mehatpur, Shimla;
JAMMU AND KASHMIR: Jammu, Srinagar;
MADHYA PRADESH: Gwalior;
PUNJAB: Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Moga, Paihankoi, Patiala;
UTTAR PRADESH: Agra, Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Mathura.

IIT Kanpur Zone: State Bank of India:
UTTAR PRADESH: Allahabad, Amethi, Ajamgarh, Ballia, Banda, Etawah, Faizabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Hardoi, Jhansi, Kanpur, Luck now, Raeibareli, Sitapur, Sultanpur;
UTTARAKHAND: Alrriora, Haldwani, Nainital, Pantnagar.

IIT Rookree Zone: Punjab National Bank:
CHANDIGARH
HARYANA: Ambala, Hissar, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Rohtak, Yamuna Nagar;
UTTARAKHAND: Dehradun, Hardwar, Roorkee, Srinagar, Garhwal Uttarkashi;
UTTAR PRADESH: Aligarh, Bareilly, Bijnor, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur Varanasi.

Examination Pattern for JEE-2007:

JEE 2007 have two papers with three hours each. These papers contain questions from chemistry, physics and mathematics. Each paper has three subsections and contains the questions from three subjects without sectional time limit.

As compared to the last exam, in this new pattern 20 percent time is minimized from first examination to last examination. As per the last exam, if interval is of 2 hours then student will be in exam zone for 8 hours rather than 10 hours.

KEAM: Entrance Reform fails to take off

With the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Kerala announcing the schedule for the Entrance Examinations to Professional Degree Courses 2010, it is almost certain that one of the major recommendations of the Committee constituted by Government for suggesting reforms related to the Entrance Examinations, on the pattern of the papers of the Entrance Examinations, will not be implemented in 2010 examinations also, unless last minute changes are announced in the structure of the entrance Examinations.

The Committee had recommended that the examination in Physics and Chemistry should be common for Engineering and Medical streams as against the practice of conducting examinations in Physics & Chemistry separately for the Engineering and Medical streams with weightage for Physics and Chemistry in the ratio 3:2 for Engineering and 2:3 for Medical. The committee had also recommended that equal weightage should be given to Physics, Chemistry and Biology for the Medical entrance, there should be 120 questions for Mathematics, 120 for Biology (60 from Botany and 60 from Zoology) and 60 questions each from Physics and Chemistry.

It had also recommended that the present weightage of 5:3:2 for Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry for the Engineering entrance should continue.

With the schedule for the Entrance Examination 2010 showing the existing pattern of separate examinations in Physics & Chemistry for Engineering and Medical as in 2009, the proposal of the reforms committee is not going to be implemented in 2010 examinations. The paper in Physics and Chemistry for Engineering will be held on 19.4.2010 and that for Chemistry & Physics for Medical will be held on 21.4.2010 as per the schedule announced by the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations.

If the recommendation is accepted, the examination in Physics and Chemistry would be common for the Engineering and Medical streams. The number of examination would come down to three from four (2 each in Engineering and Medical) at present. The report of the Committee was submitted to the Government on May 24, 2008.

No decision has been announced on the other major recommendation of the Committee, related to the change in the ranking system for the Entrance Examinations. The Committee had recommended giving a weightage in the ratio 50:50 to the marks in the qualifying examination and score in the Entrance Examination, in the preparation of rank list for admission to Professional Degree Courses. As of now, the rank list for admission to Professional Degree Courses is being prepared based on the marks in the Entrance Examinations only.

The committee had also recommended restrictions on the number of chances that candidates could avail for attending the Entrance Examinations. It had recommended that candidates in the General category be given only two chances to appear for the examinations and those in the Scheduled Caste category, four. Scheduled Tribe category candidates will not have any such limit. No decision has been announced on this also so far.

The Committee had also proposed the setting up of a Question Bank for the Entrance Examinations with a permanent set up for that.

With the schedule of the Entrance Examinations for 2010 announced, the prospective candidates would have to go ahead with the preparations for the examinations as in 2009.

PG/Post Doctoral Courses at AIIMS

The All India Institute of Medical Science, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi has notified the admissions to Post Graduate and Post Doctoral Courses at the Institute, commencing January, 2010. The courses include MD/MS/M.Ch (6 years)/MDS, DM/M.Ch, Master of Hospital Administration (MHA) and Ph.D.

For information related to the specialisations, availability of seats under each specialisation, the seats identified under General/OBC/SC/ST/Sponsored/Foreign National categories etc, see the Admission Notice at www.aiims.edu and www.aiims.ac.in

For MD/MS/M.Ch (6 years)/MDS courses, applicant should have MBBS/BDS Degree of a University, recognised by the MCI/DCI with 55% aggregate marks in all MBBS/BDS Professional Examinations (50% for SC/ST) and must complete the required period of 12 months pre-registration internship from a recognised hospital on or before 30th January,2010. Candidates who have already done/are pursuing MD/MS/MDS at the time of counselling are not eligible for MD/MS/MDS courses.

For DM/M.Ch courses, applicant should have a Degree in MD/MS or DNB from a University recognised by the MCI in the respective discipline, the details of which are given in the notification available at www.aiims.edu and www.aiims.ac.in

Those who are likely to complete 3 years requisite tenure and Degree by 30th January, 2010 may also apply. The upper age limit for admission to DM/M.Ch courses is 35 years (SC/ST candidates will get a relaxation of 5 years and OBC candidates a relaxation of 3 years) as on 1st January, 2010. There is no age limit for sponsored candidates.

For admission to Master of Hospital Administration Course, the eligibility for Medical Graduates is an MBBS or an equivalent Degree with not less than 55% aggregate marks with three years experience in a recognised hospital or 5 years experience in General Practice. For non-medical graduates (eligible for sponsored seats only), eligibility is a Bachelor’s Degree of a recognised University in Arts or Science or Nursing or Business Administration or Commerce or Engineering or any technical subject with at least 60% marks and 7 years experience in a responsible administrative position.

For Doctor of Philosophy, applicant should have a Degree of M.Sc or Masters Degree in any subject allied to Bio Medical Sciences or Master’s Degree in Nursing with at least 60% marks or MD/MS or any equivalent Degree or Diplomate of the National Board of Examinations or MBBS Degree with not less than 55 % marks.

Those who are likely to complete the requisite qualification and awarded the Degree by 30th January, 2010 may also apply. Selection will be based on an Entrance Examination.

The Entrance Examination for MD/MS/M.Ch (6 years)/MDS will be held at Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai on 15th November 2009. The Examination for DM/M.Ch/MHA will be held on 13th December 2009 at Delhi only. The Entrance Examination for Ph.D will be held at Delhi on 17th January, 2010.

Prospectus-cum-Application form, common for all these courses can be obtained on payment of Rs.1000/- (Rs. 800/- for SC/ST) by cash from one of the selected branches of State Bank of India given in the Notification, till 10.10.2009. At SBI Ansari Nagar and Parliament Street, New Delhi, it can be obtained on cash payment, till 14.10.2009.

The form can also be obtained by Post from the ‘Assistant Controller of Examinations, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110608’, by sending a Crossed Bank Draft for Rs.1050/- (For General/OBC applicants)/Rs.850/- (SC/ST applicants) drawn in favour of ‘AIIMS-PG Jan. 2010’, payable at New Delhi and having validity up to March/April 2010, to reach the addressee latest by 10.10.2009 with the words ‘Request for Application Form for AIIMS –PG/Post Doctoral Courses Jan. 2010 Session’ written on the cover and the address at which the application is required written in Capital Letters with Pin Code in the request letter. Central/State sponsored/Foreign National Applicants should also submit the prescribed application form. Those applying for DM/M.Ch & Ph.D can apply on separate application form.

Completed applications should reach the Examination Section, AIIMS latest by 5 pm on 14.10.2009.

India's own probe also found water on moon: Nair

India's own Moon Impact Probe (MIP) on board the country's maiden lunar craft had discovered water on the moon, a finding confirmed by US space agency NASA's probe that was also aboard Chandrayaan-1, India's top space scientist G. Madhavan Nair said here on Friday.

India's first lunar mission had made a "path-breaking and real discovery" by establishing the presence of water on the moon, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman Nair said.

While expressing pride in the achievement, Nair added: "But the water is not in the form of sea or lake or puddle or drops. It is embedded on the surface in minerals and rocks."

Apart from India's MIP, the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) of NASA on board Chandrayaan-1 confirmed the presence of water. The lunar mission had to be aborted on Aug 30 after it lost radio contact with Earth.

According to Nair, the "quantity found is much larger than expected".

On whether water can be extracted, Nair said: "Yes, we can. But one tonne of soil may yield half a litre."

Nair said MIP picked up signals about the presence of water as it journeyed down to land on the moon surface.

"One of the main objectives of Chandrayaan-1 was to look for the presence of water. Our MIP confirmed it."

He said they had indications of the finding "way back in June", but waited all these days to make it public as they wanted the findings to come out in a scientific journal first.

"The volume of data collected from Chandrayaan-1 is phenomenal. It may take six months to three years to analyse it."

On empty stomach, 2,000 teachers give 'save IITs' call

Around 2,000 teachers of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) went on a hunger strike on Thursday even as they took classes, attended seminars and toiled in labs after the government rejected their demand for better salaries.

"Our protest is a huge success. It is one of its kind," M. Thenmozi, head of the IIT faculty federation, told sources.

"We took classes, attended seminars and worked in laboratories as we do regularly but all on empty stomach," she said adding that they are "disappointed" by the government "apathy".

Holding placards with 'Save IITs' written on them, many professors held a sit-in at the IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay but only "after attending their classes". At the IIT Madras, faculties held a seminar on the IIT Vision 2030.

"There were talks, panel discussions and many more debates about the future of the IIT system," Thenmozi, a professor at IIT Madras, told sources over telephone.

She said around 2,000 faculty members joined the protest at 14 IITs across the country.

The federation on Tuesday submitted a fresh memorandum to the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry but has not received any reply. "Nothing so far," said M. Balakrishnan, a senior faculty member at IIT Delhi.

"We stayed hungry for a day. It's OK. It's a protest about some valid demands. We took classes and worked like a normal day but sat in the protest while not taking any classes," Balakrishnan told sources.

Teachers said while an increased pay structure is their key demand, the ministry's 40 percent cap on their promotion to the next level is another contentious area.

They are also against the ministry's proposal not to appoint fresh PhD holders as teachers in the IITs even though the institutions are facing a severe faculty crunch.

The ministry said that unless a candidate with a PhD has three years of teaching experience, he or she cannot be on the permanent rolls. But faculty members point out that this is not applicable to the university system but still applied to the IITs.

"There should not be any cap on excellence whether in appointment of fresh teachers or promotion of professors to a senior level," said another IIT Delhi faculty member.

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday disapproved of the teachers' protest plans. "The faculty behaviour doesn't meet IIT standards," he said.

The ministry has rejected the IIT faculty's demand to make their salary at par with scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

Thenmozi said they expect the HRD ministry to step in and solve the problem sooner than latter.

Indian spacecraft finds water on the moon

In a sensational scientific discovery, India's maiden lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 has found evidence of water on the moon.

"The moon has distinct signatures of water," top American scientist Carle Pieters confirmed Thursday.

"The evidence of water molecules on the surface of the moon was found by the moon mineralogy mapper (M3) of the US-based National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on board Chandrayaan-1," M3 principal investigator Carle Pieters said in a paper published in the journal Science.

M3 was one of the 11 scientific instruments on board the lunar spacecraft that was launched Oct 22, 2008 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The mission was aborted Aug 30 after Chandrayaan-1 lost radio contact with Earth.

Crediting ISRO for its role in the findings, Pieters said: "If it were not for them (ISRO), we would not have been able to make this discovery."

ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair had told the media Wednesday that he could not yet confirm the presence of water on the moon, but "before the end of this week, we will let you know".

However, confirming the finding and terming it a major discovery, Pieters said the discovery of water on the lunar surface would reinvigorate studies of the moon and potentially change thinking on how it originated.

"Hydroxyl, a molecule consisting of one oxygen atom and one hydrogen atom, were discovered across the entire surface of the Earth's nearest celestial neighbour," claimed Pieters, a planetary geologist at Brown University in Rhode Island.

Though the abundance of the hydroxyl molecules are not precisely known, about 1,000 parts per million could be in the lunar soil, the paper noted.

"Harvesting one ton of the top layer of the moon's surface will yield as much as 32 ounces (907 grams) of water," scientists involved in the discovery said.

As lead author of the M3 findings, Pieters said more evidence of water was found in the moon's high latitudes.

"It greatly expands current thinking about where water in any form was presumed to be located," she pointed out.

The findings give rise to interesting new questions about where the water molecules come from and where they may be going.

Scientists have speculated that water molecules may migrate from non-polar regions of the moon to the poles, where they are stored as ice in ultra-frigid pockets of craters that never receive sunlight.

"If the water molecules are as mobile as we think they are -- even a fraction of them -- they provide a mechanism for getting water to those permanently shadowed craters. This opens a whole new avenue (of lunar research), but we have to understand the physics of it to utilise it," Pieters noted.

The NASA payload found water molecules and hydroxyl at diverse areas of the sunlit region of the moon's surface, but the water signature appeared stronger at the moon's higher latitudes.

Two NASA spacecrafts -- the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) on the Cassini spacecraft and the High-Resolution Infrared Imaging Spectrometer on the EPOXI spacecraft also confirmed the data on the discovery of water by M3.

"This is a very, very important finding... If somehow water was found on the moon, you could use that water right out there. You could extract it," said Amitabha Ghosh, space scientist at NASA.

"Right now, we don't know what temperature it is, and whether there is a cost effective way of extracting it," he added.

JEE for UG courses in IITs on April 11

The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for admission to the undergraduate courses in 15 Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs) besides ISMU, Dhanbad, would be conducted on April 11, 2010, the Undergraduate Admissions Commiittee said today.

In a press release here, the Committee said two papers, each having separate sections in chemistry, mathematics and physics, will have objective type questions, "designed to test comprehension, reasoning and analytical ability of candidates."

The syllabus for the examination will also be available on IIT websites. Students can submit the application forms online or off-line, the release said.

MBBS/BDS fourth allotment published

The Commissioner of Entrance Examination has announced the fourth and final allotment for MBBS/BDS courses in self-financing medical and dental colleges. The allotment is available on the link http://www.cee.kerala.gov.in/capresult2009/main/index.php Those students who have received allotment should remit fee at the selected branches of SBT between September 19 and September 22. Those who had secured seats in the first, second and third allotments but have been able to get a course/college change in the fourth allotment should secure their TCs from the respective colleges on September 19 itself. They should remit the remaining fee as advised on their home pages at the select branches of SBT before September 22.

All those students who had remitted fees should present themselves at the allotted colleges on September 22 with all documents stipulated in the prospectus and secure admission.

Liquidated damages will be claimed from students who do not secure admission after receiving allotment to self-financing medical/dental colleges in this allotment. The Commissioner of Entrance Examination will not hold allotment to self-financing medical/dental colleges after September 18. If there arises vacancies in government medical/dental colleges after September 18, there will be another allotment on September 26. For this, the options of students on September 15 will be considered.

The last date for cancelling admission in government medical/dental colleges will be September 23.The non-joining report should be submitted by the college authorities by fax (0471-2337228) before 5 p.m. on September 23 to the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations, according to the notification from the Commissioner.

How to apply for GATE 2010 and Important dates

Candidate can apply in either of the two ways:
GATE 2010 Online Application Submission
GATE 2010 Offline Application Submission

Below are Important Dates for GATE 2010

Commencement of Sale of information brochure & submission
Offline & Online: 22 Sept 2009, Tuesday

Last date of issue of information brochure & application form
By Post from GATE office: 20 Oct 2009, Tuesday
At Bank Counters: 28 Oct 2009, Wednesday
Gate Office Counters: 30 Oct 2009, Friday

Last date of application form submission
Online: 28 Oct 2009, Wednesday
Gate Offices:  03 Nov 2009, Tuesday

Date of Examination
Computer based ONLINE Examination for TF paper from 09.30 hrs to 12.30 hrs - 7 Feb 2010, Sunday
Computer based ONLINE Examination for MN paper from 14.30 hrs to 17.30 hrs - 7 Feb 2010, Sunday
OFFLINE Examination for all papers except TF and MN from 09.30 hrs to 12.30 hrs - 15 Feb 2010, Sunday
Announcement of Result
15 Mar 2010, Monday

GATE Examination Eligibility

The following categories of candidates are eligible to appear in GATE

Bachelor degree holders in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture (4 years after 10+2) and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.

Master degree holders in any branch of Science/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Applications or equivalent and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.

Candidates in the second or higher year of the Four-year Integrated Master degree programme (Post-B.Sc.) in Engineering/Technology or in the third or higher year of Five-year Integrated Master degree programme and Dual Degree programme in Engineering/Technology.

Candidates with qualifications obtained through examinations conducted by professional societies recognised by UPSC/AICTE (e.g. AMIE) as equivalent to B.E./B.Tech. Those who have completed section A or equivalent of such professional courses are also eligible.

Changes in GATE exam 2010

1. From GATE 2010, the validity of GATE score will be TWO YEAR only. It was reduced to one year in 2009

2. New Paper introduced in GATE 2010:
With effect from GATE 2010, Biotechnology (BT) has been introduced as an independent paper

3. Papers discontinued from GATE 2010 onwards
Due to introduction of an independent paper in Biotechnology (BT), the Biotechnology section in Life Sciences (XL) paper has been discontinued from GATE 2010.

There will not be GATE 2010 examination in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PY) paper.

4. Common Component of General Aptitude (GA) introduced in GATE 2010:
Each GATE paper shall have a common General Aptitude (GA) component carrying 15 marks from GATE 2010.

5. ONLINE Examination for MN and TF paper:
* Computer based ONLINE examination for the paper MN will be held in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Mumbai, Roorkee on February 07, 2010 (Sunday) at 09.30 hrs – 12.30 hrs
* Computer based ONLINE examination for the paper TF will be held in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Mumbai, Roorkee February 07, 2010 (Sunday) 14.30 hrs – 17.30 hrs

6. Online Application form with online payment option:
Online payment is possible through HDFC bank payment gateway using Mastercard or Visa credit cards, and debit cards of certain banks as listed on the web site. Offline payment is also possible through a demand draft.

7. New Examination Cities included:

* IIT Bombay Zone: Loni, Pandharpur.
* IIT Delhi Zone: Dausa
* IIT Guwahati Zone: Tezpur
* IIT Madras Zone: Karimnagar, Khammam, Kothagudem, Nalgonda
* IIT Roorkee Zone: Muzaffarnagar

8. New Bank Branch included for obtaining Information Brochure and Application Form:
* IIT Bombay Zone: Bangalore (IISc; St. Marks Road; Jayanagar)
* IIT Bombay Zone: Loni (Near Swami Samarth Mandir), Pandharpur (Sawarkar Road), Shegoan
* IIT Guwahati Zone: Bongaigaon (Main), Tezpur(Main)
* IIT Madras Zone: Gudur, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kothagudem, Nalgonda

GATE 2010 Forms available from 22nd Sep 2009

Gate 2010 forms will be available from 22nd Sep'2009. IIT Guwahati designated as the Organizing Institute for GATE 2010

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an all-India examination administered and conducted in eight zones across the country by the GATE Committee comprising faculty from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and seven Indian Institutes of Technology on behalf of the National Coordinating Board - GATE, Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India.

The zones and the corresponding administrative institutes are
Zone 1 - Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Zone 2 - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Zone 3 - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Zone 4 - Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Zone 5 - Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Zone 6 - Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Zone 7 - Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Zone 8 - Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

The overall coordination and responsibility lies with Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati designated as the Organizing Institute for GATE 2010.

Admission to post graduate programmes with MHRD and some other government scholarship/assistantship at engineering colleges/institutes in the country are open to those who qualify through GATE. GATE qualified candidates with Bachelor degree in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Pharmacy or Master degree in any branch of Science/Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Applications are eligible for Master/Doctoral programmes in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Pharmacy as well as for Doctoral programmes in relevant branches of Science. To avail the scholarship, the candidate must additionally secure admission to such a postgraduate programme, as per the prevailing procedure of the admitting institution. GATE qualification, however, is not required for candidates with Master degree in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Pharmacy who may be seeking scholarship/assistantship for relevant doctoral programmes.

Some institutions specify GATE as the mandatory qualification even for admission of self-financing students to postgraduate programmes. GATE qualified candidates in Engineering disciplines are also eligible for the award of Junior Research Fellowship in CSIR Laboratories. Some government organizations prescribe GATE qualification as a requirement for applying to the post of a Scientist/Engineer.

THIRD ALLOTMENT RESULTS PUBLISHED

THIRD ALLOTMENT RESULTS available on

http://www.cee.kerala.gov.in/capresult2009/main/index.php

POINTS TO REMEMBER IN THE THIRD ALLOTMENT

1. The candidates who get allotment in the third allotment should remit the fee from 9th September 2009 to 10th September 2009.

2. Those who fail to remit the fee on or before 10th September 2009 will lose the existing allotment and the existing higher options in all the streams.

3. Candidates allotted to all the courses should join the colleges on 14th September 2009 as per notification (view Notification).

4. Candidates who are satisfied with the allotment received in the third allotment should cancel their higher order options. The facility for cancellation of higher order options will be provided during the fourth phase of allotment.

Third allotment tomorrow

The third allotment to Professional Degree Courses, Kerala 2009 will be announced on 8th September 2009. The actual time of allotment has not been given so far.This allotment /re-allotment will include all Courses and Colleges in the Government/Aided/KAU category as well as the Government and Private Self financing Colleges coming under the purview of the allotment of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations except the Government seats in those Private Self financing Engineering Colleges which have closed the admissions in Government quota with the second allotment. Candidates allotted/re-allotted to all courses as per the third allotment have to remit the fee/balance fee/deposit at one of the selected branches of State Bank of Travancore (SBT) on 9th or 10th of September 2009.

Admission to all Courses will be on 14th September 2009. Last date for Cancellation of Allotment/Admission based on Third Allotment will be 16th September 2009.

Even as the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations is getting prepared for the third allotment, there is no announcement on the part of the Government so far on the reduction in fee in Government seats in Government Controlled Self financing Colleges.

The Government had a few weeks back, announced its intention to reduce the fee structure in the Government seats in Government Controlled Self financing Colleges. However, no official announcement has come so far on this. So the third allotment to Government seats will also be based on the fee structure announced at the beginning of CAP 2009. The fee structure in Government Controlled Medical and Dental Colleges was a three tier one with a specified number of candidates in BPL (or low income category if sufficient BPL candidates are not available)/SEBC category admitted in each College to get a concession in fees. The eligible candidates for this concession would be identified college wise after the admissions are closed. For Engineering course there was no such three-tier fee structure. It was uniformly Rs. 25,000/- for all students admitted against Government seats.

Since the admissions are entering the final stages, particularly for the MBBS/BDS courses for which the admissions have to be closed by 30th September 2009, the candidates and their parents are anxiously waiting for the announcement of the Government on the reduced fee in Government Controlled Self financing Colleges.

At this stage, a change of fee structure seems to be totally ruled out since such a decision may lead to litigations. It would not be desirable to change a fee structure after the allotments have been announced. So the only solution it seems would be a concession in fee that is likely to be extended to the candidates already admitted. This can be a concession in fee for the General category candidates who have to pay Rs.90,000/- for MBBS and Rs. 88,000/- for BDS in Government Controlled Self financing Colleges. In Engineering stream candidates admitted in Government quota were required to remit Rs.25,000/-.

Since the allotments already made cannot be disturbed at this stage, it is very much likely that the three tier fee structure in the Medical stream in Government Controlled Self financing may be extended to the Engineering stream also on closing of admissions, to keep the assurance given by the Government. Such a decision will be advantageous to some of the candidates admitted. But the students who did not opt for these colleges on account of the higher fee structure would be the affected ones. Although they would have become eligible for a concession on account of their BPL/Low Income/SEBC benefit, they would have kept away from opting for these colleges on account of the higher fee structure.

The row between the Admission Supervisory Committee and the Managements of the Private Self financing Engineering Colleges over the filling up of the lapsed seats generated after 14th August 2009 based on the terms and conditions of the
agreement continues even now.

Uncertainty is the characteristic of Professional College admissions in Kerala. The year 2009 is not different. However, this year, there was a timely commencement of classes after a very long time. But a dispute free admissions process with definite terms and conditions on the Fee and Seat structure continues to be a dream!

Muhammed Committee puts Govt/Mgmts in a fix ?

The observation or directive of the Muhammed Committee that the admissions to the lapsed Government quota seats in Private Self financing Engineering Colleges in Kerala after the second round of allotment by the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, should be made form those included in the Rank List published by the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE) and that only in the absence of such candidates can the Managements can fill these seats by other methods, has put the Government and the Managements in a difficult situation.

The Association of Self financing Engineering Colleges the other day had announced their intention to admit students to over 1000 seats said to have been coming under the lapsed category, from candidates who have not qualified in the Entrance Examinations conducted by the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations.

The office of the Minister for Education in a press release subsequently had clarified that the managements were entitled to fill these seats as per the provisions of the agreement reached between them and the Government and that the clarification is issued in the light of reports appearing in press contrary to this.

The committee in its letter to the association says that the seats under consideration had fallen vacant in view of the provisions contained in clause 3 of the agreement between the state government and the management association. The committee pointed out that the procedure for admission in respect of such vacancies is not specifically stated in the consensual agreement.

As per Clause 3 of the agreement, “if any student is not admitted by the educational agency for specified defects or for reasons to be recorded in writing, it shall intimate the Commissioner for Entrance Examination the defects or reasons as the case may be and the Commissioner for Entrance Examination shall rectify the defects or state the reasons for accepting the list or furnish a revised list which the educational agency shall accept and admit the students accordingly following the above procedures but in any case not later than 5 pm on 14th August 2009. The educational agency shall be entitled to fill those seats still remaining unfilled after 5 pm on 14th August 2009.”

Thus the agreement gives the Managements, the freedom to fill the Government seats that have fallen vacant after 5 pm on 14th August 2009. The stand now taken by the Muhammed Committee is that the methods of filling up such seats have not been spelled out specifically in the agreement. The Managements on the other hand seems to have gone by provisions in clause 6 of the agreement.

As per Clause 6 of the agreement, “35% of the seats shall be filled up by the educational agency on the basis of marks obtained in the qualifying examination and Common Entrance Examination from among the applications received by the educational agency or on the basis of qualifying marks of eligibility examination as fixed by the concerned Universities or from the rank list published by the Association after conducting an examination from among the applications received by the Association or from the rank list published by the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations.”

The contention of the Managements seems to be that the lapsed seats are now Management seats and as such this clause can be evoked for admitting students against such seats. Commissioner for Entrance Examinations had made two rounds of allotments before the cut off date of 14th August 2009.

However, the students were asked to join the colleges only after the second round. In the first allotment, candidates allotted were asked to remit fee only. Many students who had received allotment in the first round had remitted fee to know their chances of further allotment. Many such candidates after knowing the result of the second round might have preferred to stay away from joining the Private Self financing College either due to the fear of not being able to move out the college subsequently without paying fee for 4 years, as per the conditions of the agreement, or on account of getting preferred seats in other colleges under Management quota or for other reasons.

Vacancies arising subsequently in Private Self financing Colleges have not been filled by the CEE as there is no provision for that in the agreement. Hence it is the candidates in the CEE Rank list whose chances have been affected by the conditions of the agreement. Students not joining, suffer no financial loss as the entire fees remitted by them are refunded after closing of admissions. The actual number of candidates who have not joined the Private Self financing Engineering colleges under Government quota has not been officially announced by the CEE.

The Commissioner for Entrance Examinations is all set to announce the third allotment by next week. With the Admission Supervisory Committee addressing the Managements on the admissions against the lapsed Government seats, the issue is likely to be live for some more time at least.