JEE Advanced 2014: Registrations Begin from May-4 and End on May-9

Joint Entrance Examination Advanced 2014 (JEE Advanced) registrations are starting from 4 May, Sunday. The last day to apply for the JEE Advanced registration is 9 May, Friday. Interested candidates are required to visit JEE website http://jeeadv.iitkgp.ac.in for details. The results are expected to be declared on 19 June, Thursday.

JEE Advanced admit cards will be available from 10 May, Sunday to 24 May, Saturday on JEE website http://jeeadv.iitkgp.ac.in. Candidates can report any discrepancy in the admit cards by 22 May, Thursday (addressed to the Chairman - JEE Advanced).

Fee details:

Fees for JEE Advanced 2014 have been raised from last year's Rs 1800 to Rs 2000 for candidates under General Category and Other Backward Classes (OBCs). For male candidates under Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Persons with Disabilities category (SC, ST, PwD), fees have been increased from last year's Rs 900 to Rs 1000 for. Similar to last year, no examination fees will be charged from women candidates this year.

JEE Advanced is conducted by the zonal IITs for admission to under graduate Engineering courses at the IITs and ISM Dhanbad. Only students having secured the top 1.5 lakh ranks in JEE Mains 2014 are eligibile for JEE Advanced.

Source: IndiaToday

CBSE 12th Class Exam Dates Clash with JEE-Main 2014

New Delhi: The dates of JEE Main are reportedly clashing with CBSE Class 12th examination. Keeping this in mind, the Central Board of Secondary Education has now given full freedom to the candidates to change their exam slots if the exams dates appear to be coinciding.

The JEE online examination is scheduled to take place on 9th April, 11th April, 12th April and 19th April between 9.30 am to 12.30 pm.

Upon receiving some requests from the candidates regarding clash of dates of Board's examination with the dates of Computer Based Examination of JEE (Main) 2014, the CBSE has asked the affected candidates to send a copy of their Class 12 admit card by e-mail on www.jeemain@nic.in latest by 15th March. In addition, the candidates must not forget to mention their application number of JEE (Main) 2014.

JEE Main 2014 examination will be conducted on 6th April by CBSE. JEE Main is the qualifying entrance examination for admission to engineering / technology courses across the country in NITs, CFTIs and SFTIs.

Source: Jagran.com

IIT Announces Date for the JEE-Advanced 2014 Exam

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has announced the date for JEE Advanced 2014 Examination. JEE Advanced Examination is scheduled to be conducted on 25th May and the results are supposed to be declared on 19th June.

To appear in JEE Advance Examination, clearing JEE Mains is compulsory along with attaining rank among 1,50,000 of merit list. JEE Mains is scheduled in April 2014. Of total 1,50,000 top rankers, 75,750 are reserved for general merit list and the rest are for reserved category candidates.

Admission to IITs and ISM Dhanbad will be only based on top ranks attained in JEE Advanced. Candidates must be among the top 20 percent of successful examinees in their board exams in respective categories.

The JEE (Advanced)-2014 Exam is scheduled on May 25. Paper – I is to be held from 9 am - 12 pm, followed by paper – II to be taken from 2 pm - 5 pm on the same day.

The questions in JEE Advance would be of objective and multiple choice type. They question paper is designed to test comprehension, reasoning and analytical ability of each candidate. The exam would only be online. In some sections, the wrong answers are liable to negative marking.

Source: Jagran.com

JEE-Main 2014: Select Date/Slot for Computer-Based Exam by 17th January

New Delhi: The aspirants, who have opted to appear for the JEE Main 2014 computer based test on JEE main website, have the option of selecting the date and slot for the computer exam. The last day for students to select the desired slot for the computer based examination is 17th January.

Students must log into JEE Mains 2014 official website, where they will be asked to enter their JEE Main 2014 application number and password.

The available exam dates for the computer based examination are 9th April, 11th April, 12th April and 19th April.

Students have to select two time slots as the examination will take place in two shifts: 9:30 am to 12:30 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm.

CBSE officials have also stated that the candidates, who don’t make any selection of the JEE Main 2014 computer exam dates, will be allotted dates and slot randomly subject to availability of the same. If a candidate does not make any selection, he or she shall be randomly assigned a slot/date as per the availability of the same as per page no.11 of information bulletin.

Details of session and slot will be given on the student’s admit card which can be downloaded from 1st March, 2014. Also, JEE Main 2014 computer exam question paper will be mailed to each and every students who has registered and appeared for the test after the exam is completed.

A total of 13.56 lakh students have registered for the JEE Mains 2014 exam across the country out of which only 1.71 lakh students have registered for the computer based test.

Source: Jagran.com

JEE Mains and JEE Advanced: Single Exam from 2015

2015 will come easy for engineering students as the All central government-funded engineering schools, including the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), will choose students through a common entrance examination in 2015. JEE Mains and JEE advance which are two separate exams will be merged from next year HR ministry has decided. IITs across India have already been informed about it.

According to government ruling, all engineering colleges will have to conduct common counseling for students in 2014. Candidate who wants to get into IITs needs to crack JEE advance whereas all the government funded technical schools, including the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) use JEE Main scores for admission.

The top 150,000 students of the main examination are eligible to sit for the JEE-Advanced test for a seat in the 16 IITs and Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad.The two tier JEE system was launched in 2012 in order to reduce the influence of coaching centers on aspirants for the top technical colleges and making the admission process simpler for students.

Currently, first IITs conduct student counseling followed by NITs and other engineering colleges. The counseling session begins right after the class 12th board exam results are declared.

At least 1.4 million students appeared for the JEE-Main exam last year and the top 150,000 sat for the JEE-Advanced test. where IITs and ISM admit more than 9,600 students a year at the undergraduate level other top engineering colleges give admission to more than 25,000 students.

It was noticed that in the year 2012 about 600 seats at the IITs and the NITs fell vacant because of separate counseling since they receive offers from IITs and NITs at the same time.

According to Vishwaas Kumar a JEE-aspirant from Hyderabad says "The joint exam decision is a great step towards the betterment of aspirants. The effort should be to make life easier for students".

The IITs said the plan for a joint counseling may not capitulate the preferred results.A senior IIT official commented "Once the new government comes, they may take a different view than what the present government thinks," the official said, requesting anonymity."

Source: IndiaToday