JEE 2013 format is out – Test on April 7

CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) on Thursday announced the revised scheme of entrance examination for admissions to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and other Centrally-funded technical colleges.

 After discussions with the stakeholders, the CBSE has decided to conduct a Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) from 2013. Under the revised plan, JEE will be conducted in 2 parts: JEE (Main) and JEE (Advanced). The All India Engineering Entrance Examination will now be referred as the JEE (Main) and the IIT-JEE will now be called to as JEE (Advanced). The JEE (Advanced) will have an exclusive Joint Admission Board and Joint Implementation Committee. The first exam — JEE (Main) — will be organized on April 7, 2013 for BE/ B Tech/ B Architecture.

While all candidates will take the JEE (Main) that will “be the gateway” for JEE (Advanced), only top 150,000 students who qualify the JEE (Main) will get the chance to take the JEE (Advanced). This will include all candidates from reserved categories as well.

However, there is a difference in scheme regarding the IITs. Admission to IITs will be based on “category-wise all India rank in JEE (Advanced) subject to the condition that such candidates are in the top 20 percentile of successful candidates in class XII or an equivalent examination conducted by the respective boards.

Admission to NITs and other Centrally-funded technical institutes like the IIITs and participating colleges will be as per rank list which will be based on 40% weightage on school board marks in class XII or equivalent examination and 60% weightage on JEE (Main).

JEE Main 2013 Pattern

The JEE (Main)-2013 (Paper I of earlier AIEEE) will have one objective type question paper. The paper will consist of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The duration of the paper will be 3 (Three) Hours.

As it was in AIEEE, the JEE (Main)-2013 Paper II  for B.Arch/B.Planning admissions will have one Question Paper consisting of Mathematics, Aptitude Test and Drawing Test. The duration of the paper will be 3 (Three) Hours.

JEE Advanced 2013 pattern

The JEE (Advanced)-2013 will have two objective type papers.

Each paper will consist of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

Duration of each paper will be 3-hours.

Question papers will be in both English and Hindi.

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Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE)

The Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (famously known as IIT-JEE or just JEE) is an annual engineering entrance examination in India. A total of fifteen colleges accept JEE as a sole criterion for admission to their undergraduate courses. The fifteen colleges include the seven old and eight new (2009) Indian Institutes of Technology, IT-BHU Varanasi, and ISMU Dhanbad.

Starting in 2007, newly established institutes such as Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) at Kolkata, Pune, Mohali, Bhopal & Thiruvananthapuram, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Indian Institute of Maritime Studies, Mumbai and Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), Raebarely Uttar Pradesh are also admitting students through the JEE (Extended Merit List). For 2010, IIST has announced its own entrance exam.

Joint Entrance Examination is conducted by the several IITs by a policy of rotation. It is one of the most competitive engineering entrance exams in the world with a success rate of around 1 in 45. Candidates who qualify in the IIT-JEE can apply for admission to the B.Arch. (Bachelor of Architecture), B.Des. (Bachelor of Design), B.Tech. (Bachelor of Technology), Dual Degree (Integrated Bachelor of Technology and Master of Technology) and Integrated MSc (Master of Sciences) courses in the various institutes. Getting admission into an IIT is often considered as the pinnacle of success for a student of the sciences, and the IITs/IT-BHU/ISM attract most of the brightest minds of the nation.

History
The JEE has evolved significantly from its initial pattern around 45 years back. Earlier, there were 4 subjects in JEE, the English language paper being the extra subject. During the time from 2000 to 2005, the JEE also had a screening test in addition to the JEE main examination in order to reduce the load on the JEE main examination by selecting only about 20,000 top candidates in screening. In 1997, the JEE was conducted twice after the question paper was leaked in some places.

In September 2005, an analysis group comprised of directors of all the IITs announced major changes in JEE, implemented from 2006 onwards. The new test consists of a single objective paper, replacing the earlier two-test system. The candidates belonging to the general category must secure a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate in the qualifying examination of the XIIth standard organized by the different educational boards of India. Candidates from Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Physically Disabled (PD) categories must require a minimum of 55% in aggregate in the Qualifying Examination.

In 2008, the director and the dean of IIT Madras called for transforming JEE, saying that the coaching institutes were "enabling many among the less-than-best students to crack the test and keeping girls from qualifying." They expressed concern that the present system did not allow for the 12 years of schooling to have a bearing on selections into IITs

Every year IIT-JEE is conducted by any one of the old IITs in round robin fashion. In 2009, it was organized by IIT-Guwahati. The IIT-JEE 2010, is scheduled on April 11, 2010 and will be conducted by IIT Madras. The Result of the same is scheduled tentatively on May 26, 2010. This year IIT-M has introduced several mode application processes through online feature to promote online application process.

According to the data provided by the organizing committee of IIT-JEE, the children of medical professionals had the highest rate of success in the IIT-JEE (for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008). They were followed by the children of engineering professionals. The maximum number of students applying for IIT-JEE is the children of government employees, but they had a much lower success rate.

Current Examination Format
The present pattern that has been followed since 2006 consists of two objective type tests each containing maths, physics and chemistry sections. The syllabus of the examination is primarily based on topics covered by the CBSE Board Examination (AISSCE) and the ISC Board Examination. The pattern of questions in JEE is generally variable so as to minimize the chance of students getting selected by cramming up the probable questions. As it is objective type questions, Optical mark recognition answer sheets has been in use since 2006. In previous years, there were tests for maths, physics and chemistry, each of two hours' duration, which contained both subjective and objective Questions. The current pattern is adopted so as to reduce the stress to students.

Given the importance attached to the JEE by students all across India, the IITs follow a rigorous procedure when organizing the exam every year. The exam is set by the JEE Committee (comprising of a group of faculty members drawn from the admitting colleges) under the tightest security. Multiple sets of question papers are designed and the set which is to actually be used on the day of the exam is known to only about five individuals. In the past, the JEE has been noted for originality in its questions.

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• Joint Entrance Examination - 2010
• IIT Bombay 
• IIT Delhi 
• IIT Guwahati  
• IIT Kanpur 
• IIT Kharagpur
• IIT Madras
• IIT Roorkee

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All India Engineering Entrance Examination

All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) is an exam organized by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in India. Initiated in the year 2002, this national level competitive test is for admission to several under-graduate engineering and architecture courses in institutes that accept the AIEEE score, including 20 renowned National Institutes of Technology’s (NITs).The examination is held in the last Sunday of April and results are announced during the end of May. Candidates get ranking on an all-India basis and also according to their position in state. Thus, they have an All India Rank (AIR) as well as a state rank (SR).

Students applying for B.Arch. are tested in mathematics and an aptitude test. Students applying for B.Tech./B.E. are tested in physics, mathematics and chemistry. The duration of the test is 3 hours but maximum marks and the number of questions may vary every year. Equal weightage is given to all the three sections.

Rule of Central Counselling Board for AIEEE 2010
As declared by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), 50% of the seats in NIT’s will be filled from AIEEE eligible candidates of States where the NIT’s are located and remaining 50% seats will be filled on an All India Merit basis.

The MHRD also plans to establish new NIT’s in states that do not have any as of now. In case NIT’s are not built by the time admission process for AIEEE 2010 starts, then seats will be made available for eligible students of such States/UTs that do not have any NIT, so as to keep the number of seats for such States/UTs at the level of 2007, after making necessary adjustment for the number of seats filled by eligible candidates of these States/UTs.

Future
Showing Faith in organisational capability and technical infrastructure of the NIT system, the MHRD has decided to entrust the task of conducting the AIEEE to NIT’s themselves starting from 2008-09 session itself.

Earlier, the counselling process was dealt by a Central Counselling Board (CCB) based at New Delhi. The important decision to this effect was taken by the MHRD on the advice of the Directors of NIT’s meeting who had unanimously advocated for transferring of the responsibility for CCB of AIEEE counselling to NITs.

Every year director of a NIT will be the chairman of the CCB along with the selected directors of other institutes in the board of counselling.

The NITs will conduct the counselling and take the responsibility of setting question papers as well from the year 2010. Similar to the conduct of the IIT-JEE and counselling by one of the six IITs in the country every year on a rotational basis, one among the 20 NIT’s in the country would be made a nodal agency for the conduct of AIEEE every year.

Related Link: www.aieee.nic.in/

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Engineering Entrance Exams in India

When it comes to getting admission in a renowned Engineering college in India, you have to secure a good position in the Engineering Entrance Exams conducted all across India by various Engineering Institutes. If you are planning to sit for Engineering Entrance Exams in 2010, you have several options to choose from.

AIEEE (All India Engineering Entrance Examination) and JEE (Joint Entrance Exam) are considered as the most competitive engineering entrance exams for the students seeking admission in a reputed Engineering college in India. State Level Engineering Entrance Examinations (SLEEE) is also considered as well recognized engineering entrance exams that offer admission in state engineering colleges. There are many other Universities and Institutes that conduct their own engineering entrance exams.

Engineering Entrance Exam Application procedure
A candidate can collect the application form either by post or you can download the online application form from the official website of the exam conducting body. Some institutes also offer the online form submission facility.

In case you are making an online application, you have to submit computer generated Application Form along with the Demand Draft drawn in favor of that institute.

Corrections in any particulars in the Application Form are generally not allowed.

Incomplete Application Forms of the Entrance Exams are rejected.

Engineering Entrance Examination Patterns
Most of the Engineering Entrance tests have two papers. The 1st paper of the exam is usually segmented into three sections comprising questions on Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The paper contains objective type questions for BE/B.Tech degree courses.

The 2nd paper tests your skills on Mathematics, Aptitude and drawing if you are applying for B. Architecture and B. Planning.

The Aptitude Test tests your aptitude skills like perceptive power, observation and creative potential.

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