IIT JEE 2012 Notification

• Schedule of IIT-JEE 2012
  The examination will be held on Sunday, April 8, 2012 as per the schedule given below:

  Paper 1:	09.00	to	12.00 hrs	(IST)
  Paper 2:	14.00	to	17.00 hrs	(IST)

  The schedule will remain unaltered even if the above date is declared a public holiday.

  Type of Examination

  There will be two question papers, each of three hours duration. Both the question papers will consist of three separate sections on Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The questions will be of objective type, designed to test comprehension, reasoning and analytical ability of candidates.

  The answers for each of the questions are to be marked on a separate, specially designed, machine-gradable sheet of paper (ORS – Optical Response Sheet). While answering each of the questions the candidate is expected to darken the bubble(s) against correct answer(s) using black ball point pen only. In some sections, incorrect answers may be awarded negative marks.

Eligibility for IIT-JEE 2012

Candidates must make sure that they satisfy all the eligibility conditions given below for appearing in IIT-JEE 2012:

Date of Birth

• 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.

Year of Passing Qualifying Examination (QE)

To appear in IIT-JEE 2012, a candidate must have either passed the QE for the first time, on or after October 1, 2010 or appearing for the first time in 2012. Those who are going to appear in the QE later than September 30, 2012 are not eligible to appear in IIT-JEE 2012.

The year of passing the QE will be determined based on the examination he/she passed the earliest out of the qualifying examinations listed below. In case the applicant passed more than one QE or attempted successfully same QE more than once, the year of the first successful QE/attempt will be used to determine the eligibility for IIT-JEE 2012.
The qualifying examinations are listed below:

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 the Indian School Certificate Examinations, 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 or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva.
6. H.S.C. vocational examination.
7. Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling with a minimum of five subjects.
8. A Diploma recognized by AICTE or a state board of technical education of at least 3 year duration.
9. Any Public School/Board/University examination in India or in any foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

In case the relevant QE is not a public examination, the candidate must have passed at least one public (Board or Pre-University) examination at an earlier level.

Minimum Percentage of Marks in QE

Candidates belonging to GE and OBC categories must secure at least 60% marks in aggregate in QE. SC, ST and PD candidates must secure at least 55% marks in aggregate in QE.

The percentage of marks awarded by the Board will be treated as final. If the Board does not award the percentage of marks, it will be calculated based on the marks obtained in all subjects listed in the mark sheet. If any Board awards only letter grades without providing an equivalent percentage of marks on the grade sheet, the candidate should obtain a certificate from the Board specifying the equivalent marks, and submit it at the time of counselling / admission. In case such a certificate is not provided the decision taken by the Joint Implementation Committee (JIC) of IIT-JEE 2012 will be final.

Number of JEE Attempts 

A candidate can attempt JEE maximum two times in consecutive years irrespective of whether or not he/she passed QE. Those who have attempted JEE in 2010 or earlier are NOT ELIGIBLE to appear in IIT-JEE 2012.

Earlier Admission Taken Through JEE 

Candidates who have taken admission (irrespective of whether or not they continued in any of the programmes) or accepted the admission by paying the registration fee at any of the IITs, IT-BHU Varanasi or ISM Dhanbad, are NOT ELIGIBLE to appear in IIT-JEE 2012.

Important Points

1. The offer of admission is subject to verification of original certificates/ documents at the time of admission. If any candidate is found ineligible at a later date even after admission to an Institute, his/her admission will be cancelled.
2. If a candidate is expecting the results of the QE in 2012, his/her admission will only be provisional until he/she submits the relevant documents. The admission stands cancelled if the documents are not submitted in original to the concerned institute on or before September 30, 2012.
3. If a Board invariably declares the results of the QE after September 30, every year, the candidate is advised not to attempt IIT-JEE 2012.
4. The decision of the Joint Admission Board of IIT-JEE 2012 regarding the eligibility of any applicant shall be final.

Admit Card

The admit card will bear the name, application number, registration number, photograph, signature, date of birth, address, language of Question Paper, category and subcategory of the candidate, along with name and address of the IIT-JEE 2012 Examination Centre allotted.

The admit cards will be sent by Speed Post to the address mentioned in the Application Form only to all those eligible candidates who have submitted valid Application Forms, complete in all respects and received at IITs within the stipulated period and are found to be eligible as per criteria. JEE office will not be responsible for any postal delay or irregularity resulting in non-delivery of the Admit Card.  No duplicate admit card will be issued.

You should carefully examine the Admit Card received by you for all the entries made therein. In case of any discrepancy, you should inform the issuing institute immediately. You must bring the admit card to the examination centre. Only those candidates, who hold valid Admit cards, will be allowed to write the examination. 

If the Admit Card is not received by March 15, 2012:

You can obtain your registration number and examination centre from the institute of your zone through phone (IVRS – Interactive Voice Response System) / Website. After obtaining the data, write your name, registration number and the examination centre on two identical halves of an A4-size paper. Affix your photographs (same version of photograph which you have pasted in your Application Form) one on each half and sign on the bottom of the photographs. Then get this attested by the Head of your School / Institution last attended / gazetted officer / notary public. Meet the IIT Representative with this paper on the day of examination (April 8, 2012) one hour before the commencement of the examination at the office of the Presiding Officer of the examination centre. The IIT Representative will retain one half and give the other half back to you. You will be allowed to write the examination provisionally.

Identity Verification

At the examination hall, the admit card should be presented to the invigilators for verification.  The candidate’s identity will be verified with respect to his/her details on the admit card and the centre verification record. If the identity is in doubt, the candidate will not be allowed to appear in the examination. The authorities may at their discretion permit the candidate to appear for the examination after completing formalities including taking of thumb impression. No extra time will be allowed for these formalities to be completed. Any impersonation will lead to disqualification in JEE.

Safe-keep of the Admit Card

Since the qualified candidates are required to produce the admit card at the time of counselling and admission, it should be carefully preserved till the admission through IIT-JEE 2012 is completed.

RESULTS OF IIT-JEE 2012

The answer paper of IIT-JEE 2012 is a machine-gradable Optical Response Sheet (ORS). These sheets are graded and scrutinized with extreme care after the examination.

Candidates will get to know their All India Ranks (AIR) / Category ranks through IIT-JEE 2012 websites / SMS / IVRS on or after May 18, 2012.

Candidates can view the answer keys of IIT-JEE 2012 on JEE websites from May 7, 2012.

Only those candidates who attempted both Paper 1 and Paper 2 will be considered for the ranking. Marks in Physics in IIT-JEE 2012 will be equal to marks in Physics section of Paper 1 plus marks in Physics section of Paper 2. Similar procedure will be followed for Chemistry and Mathematics. The sum of the marks obtained in the individual subjects in IIT-JEE 2012 will be the aggregate marks for the candidate.

Detailed procedure for ranking, tie-break and cut-off marks determination is given in APPENDIX-11.

PROCEDURE FOR RANKING AND TIE-BREAK

Rank Lists

Rank lists, as given below, will be prepared based on the aggregate marks obtained in IIT-JEE 2012.

• A common rank list made up of candidates who score at least 10% in each subject and 35% in aggregate will be prepared.
• Separate rank lists will be prepared corresponding to OBC (NCL), SC and ST categories.
  • Candidates of OBC (NCL) category must score at least 9% in each subject and 31.5% in aggregate in order to be in the OBC rank list.
  • Candidates of SC and ST categories must score at least 5% in each subject and 17.5% in aggregate in order to be in their respective rank lists.

PD Rank Lists

• A common rank list will be prepared for PD candidates. To be in the PD rank list, candidates must score at least 5% in each subject and 17.5% in aggregate.
• Separate PD rank lists will be prepared corresponding to the OBC (NCL), SC and ST categories. To be in these rank lists, candidates must score at least 5% in each subject and 17.5% in aggregate.

Preparatory Course Rank Lists

Separate rank lists will be prepared for preparatory course if the number of SC/ST/PD candidates in the respective rank lists is less than 1.4 times the number of seats available in the respective categories. To be in these rank lists, candidate must score at least 2.5% in each subject and 8.75% in aggregate.
For the purpose of ranking, a candidate shall be considered in all the appropriate categories.
There will be no separate waiting list of candidates.

Tie-break

The tie-break criterion, in the various rank lists, adopted for awarding ranks to the candidates who have scored the same aggregate marks is as follows:
Subject-wise average marks will be calculated for each rank list. Among the candidates having the same aggregate marks, a candidate will be ranked higher, if he/she has scored higher marks in the subject with the lowest average marks calculated as above. If there is a tie after this procedure, then the marks obtained by the tied candidates in the subject with the second-lowest average marks will be considered, and the above procedure will be repeated. Candidates tied even after this procedure will be given the same rank.

Note: Obtaining a rank in IIT-JEE 2012 does not guarantee admission to any of the courses available in IITs, IT-BHU and ISM Dhanbad.

COUNSELLING AND ADMISSIONS

Counselling

The courses available in the participating Institutes are given in APPENDIX-10. Institutes may offer new courses, which are not listed in the appendix. Updated information regarding these courses will be available at the time of counselling.

The seats in various courses of the institutes (IITs, IT-BHU Varanasi and ISM Dhanbad) are allotted strictly on the basis of the All India Rank, category rank, and the choices of each qualified student submitted at the time of counselling.

The details of the counselling and admission procedure will be published on the IIT-JEE 2012 websites and in the Counselling Brochure.

The results of IIT-JEE 2012 are also being used by other institutions for admissions to their courses / programmes. Therefore IIT-JEE 2012 provides performance data to these institutes. The names of these institutes will be published on the IIT-JEE 2012 website at a later date. Candidates should contact these institutes directly for admission.

Physical Fitness

Candidates who qualify in IIT-JEE 2012 will have to submit a physical fitness certificate from a registered medical practitioner in the prescribed format that will be made available at an appropriate time. Candidates will be admitted only if they are physically fit for pursuing a course of study at the participating institutes.

Requirements for Mining Courses

Those who opt for Mining Engineering and Mining Machinery courses should make sure that they do not have any form of colour blindness. They will be required to submit a certificate from a registered medical practitioner to this effect at the time of counselling/ admission. The standards of visual acuity with or without glasses will be adhered to strictly for candidates seeking admission to Mining Engineering as per DGMS Circular 14 of 1972. Persons with one-eyed vision are not permitted to work underground. Candidates with the above limitations are not allowed to opt for admission to Mining Engineering or Mining Machinery Engineering.

Female Candidates for Mining Courses

Section 46 (1) of the Mines Act, 1952 states that "No woman shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, be employed (a) in any part of a mine which is below ground, (b) in any mine above ground except between 06.00 and 19.00 hrs.". Hence, female candidates are not admitted to Mining Engineering and Mining Machinery Engineering at ISM Dhanbad, whereas the corresponding programmes at IIT Kharagpur and IT-BHU Varanasi have no such restriction.

Aptitude Test for Admission to B. Arch. for the IIT-JEE 2012 Qualified Candidates

Candidates desirous of joining the B. Arch. (Architecture) courses will be required to qualify in an Aptitude Test to be conducted at all zonal IITs on June 03, 2012. However, the seat allotment will be done based on the JEE rank(s). The test will consist of one paper of three hours duration - from 09:00 to 12:00 hrs. Question papers for Aptitude Test for B. Arch. will be in English only. Syllabus for this test is given in APPENDIX-8. Candidates must register online for this Aptitude Test between 25 and 30 May, 2012.

Important Dates

Start of Online application process	Monday	October 31, 2011
Closing of Online application process	Saturday	December 10, 2011
Start of Offline OMR Application Forms sale at Bank Branches	Friday	November 11, 2011
Close of Offline OMR Application Forms sale	Monday	December 5, 2011
Last date of receipt completed IIT-JEE 2012 Application Form	Thursday	December 15, 2011
IIT-JEE 2012 examination day	Sunday	April 8, 2012
Declaration of Results	Friday	May 18, 2012
Online filling of CHOICES open to ALL the qualified candidates	Saturday to Sunday	May 19-June 10, 2012
Last date for receiving category certificates	Friday	June 1, 2012
Architecture/Design Aptitude Test	Sunday	June 3, 2012
Medical examination and counselling for qualified PD Candidates (the schedule will be announced on the IIT websites)	Monday to Wednesday	June 4-6, 2012
Last date for receiving admission form and medical certificate at zonal IITs	Friday	June 8, 2012
Web Release of First Course Allotment	Thursday	June 14, 2012
Web Release of Second Course Allotment	Monday	June 25, 2012
Web Release of Third Course Allotment	Friday	July 6, 2012