IIT JEE 2012 Entrance Exam Notification

Eligibility for JEE-2012

• General (GE) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) category candidates must have been born on or after October 1, 1987. Those born earlier are not eligible to appear in IIT-JEE 2012.
• Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and those with Physical Disability (PD) must have been born on or after October 1, 1982. SC/ST/PD candidates born before October 1, 1982 are not eligible to appear in IIT-JEE 2012.   
• The date of birth as recorded in the high school/first Board/Pre-University certificate will be accepted. If the certificate does not mention the date of birth, a candidate must submit along with the application, an authenticated document indicating the date of birth.

Qualifying Examination

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.

How to Apply for IIT Joint Entrance Examination 2012

The Information given below is based on IIT JEE 2012 Exam Notification. Details regarding the application process will be published in leading national dailies and employment news/rozgar samachar on Saturday, 30^th October, 2011

(A) Off-line: A candidate can buy an application form with information brochure from any one of the designated branches of banks by paying Rs 500/- for SC/ST/PD/Female candidates (light yellow envelope) or Rs 1000/- for all other candidates (white envelope). The information brochure contains details regarding application procedure, syllabus of JEE, examination cities, course available at various institutes, fee structure and additional information about JEE-2012. Donwload in PDF Form Click Here

(B) Online:For online submission of applications, visit any of the websites given below and carefully follow the instructions given therein. Candidates can pay the application fee through NEFT or through challan of selected banks. The application fee for online mode is Rs 450/- for SC/ST/PD/Female candidates and Rs 900/- for all other candidates.
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Help-line (only in IIT Madras zone):Those who do not have access to computers and internet can also apply on-line with reduced examination fees by visiting any of the forty approved ‘CMC help-line’ centres distributed all over the IIT Madras zone. For details visit JEE website or contact CMC office tele – 044-22504500

Procedure for Obtaining Application Material by Post

Application material can also be obtained by sending a demand draft along with two self-addressed slips, from the “Chairman, JEE”, IIT Bombay, Mumbai-400076; IIT Delhi, New Delhi-110016; IIT Guwahati, Guwahati-781039; IIT Kanpur, Kanpur-208016; IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721302; IIT Madras, Chennai-600036; IIT Roorkee, Roorkee-247667. The demand draft of amount appropriate to category/gender must be drawn on any Nationalized Bank in favour of “Chairman, JEE” of the respective IIT payable at the corresponding city. Candidates applying from abroad should remit the amount in Indian Rupees. Application material will be sent by Ordinary Post. IITs will not be responsible for any loss or postal delay.