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*Please ensure that you satisfy the Special Requirements.

Notes:

Below the code of each course, the number of seats available in the categories GE, SC, ST and PD are provided.

For PD category 3% of the seats will be reserved in each course, subject to a minimum of one seat in each course, with a sealing of 3% for each Institute. In case seats remain vacant in the PD category, the same will be made available to general category (GE) candidates.

The data given in the above table is based on counselling brochure of JEE-2005. Some Institutes may offer a few more courses and/or a few more seats in the existing courses. Information regarding these courses will be made available at the time of Counselling.

The total number of seats available in all Institutes including IT-BHU and ISM Dhanbad through JEE-2005 in different categories are given below. 

All candidates admitted through JEE will pay fee at standard rates in Indian Rupees. Fee details will be made known at the time of counselling.

The examination will be held on April 9, 2006 (Sunday) as per the schedule given below:

08:00 to 10:00 hrs Physics
12:00 to 14:00 hrs Mathematics
16:00 to 18:00 hrs Chemistry
The schedule will remain unaltered even if the above date is declared a public holiday.

SC/ST Candidates

15% and 7.5% seats in each course are reserved for candidates belonging to SC and ST categories, respectively. Candidates belonging to these categories are admitted on the basis of relaxed criteria (compared to GE/DS category candidates). In case all the reserved seats are not filled, a further relaxation is made in the admission criteria and a limited number of candidates are admitted to a Preparatory Course of one-year duration. This course attempts to prepare the students in Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry. On successful completion of the course, the students will be offered direct admission to the undergraduate programmes in July 2007 against the unfilled reserved seats for JEE-2006.

SC and ST candidates will be required to produce the original caste/tribe certificate issued by a competent authority (list given in Appendix II) at the time of counselling, failing which they will not be considered for admission. Seats remaining vacant in these categories shall not be filled by candidates belonging to any other category.

Persons with Disabilities (PD)

3% seats are reserved for PD (including leprosy-cured) candidates, as specified by the Government of India, who are otherwise fit to pursue the course and qualify JEE with relaxed norms relevant to this category. For any category of disability (viz., locomotor, visual, speech and hearing), benefit would be given to those candidates who have at least 40% permanent physical impairment in relation to a body part / system / extremity / extremities / whole body, etc.

The candidates in this category will be required to be certified by a Medical Board. The Medical Board will decide the following:
Whether the candidate qualifies for the benefits under this category, and
If the disability is likely to interfere in his/her studies.

The Medical Board duly constituted for this purpose shall meet at the time of counselling at IIT Delhi on June 19, 2006 at 3.00 p.m. Candidates, who are not certified by the Medical Board as PD, will not be counselled under this category.
The decision of the Medical Board shall be held final.

Two seats are available for preferential allotment of courses in each Institute for children of defence/paramilitary personnel killed or permanently disabled in action during war or peacetime operations (DS category). To avail this preferential allotment, candidates must qualify in the General Category and produce the relevant certificate in original issued by a competent authority in the Directorate of Resettlement and Rehabilitation, New Delhi (under the Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India) or in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, as applicable, at the time of counselling.

Criteria for Qualifying Examination

Candidates applying for JEE-2006 should have either completed or appearing in 2006 in any one of the following qualifying examinations :
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.;
Intermediate or two-year Pre-University Examination conducted by a recognized Board/ University.
Final Examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
General Certificate Education (GCE) Examination (London/Cambridge/Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level.
High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University.
Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in any foreign country recognized by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to 10+2 system.
H.S.C. Vocational Examination.
Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of five subjects.
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.

Eligibility Criteria for Candidates appearing in qualifying examination in 2006

(i) The candidates belonging to the general category must secure a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate in their Qualifying Examination. Candidates belonging to SC, ST and PD categories must secure a minimum of 55% in aggregate in the Qualifying Examination. 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 equivalent marks, and submit it at the time of counselling. In case, such a certificate is not provided by the candidate, the decision of the Joint Implementation Committee regarding his/her eligibility shall be held final.

(ii) With effect from 2006, a candidate is allowed only two attempts to write JEE. Furthermore, he/she is allowed to write JEE only in the year in which he/she passes the qualifying examination and/or in the following year.

(iii) Candidates, who join any of the IITs, IT-BHU Varanasi and ISM Dhanbad through JEE-2006, will not be permitted to appear in JEE in future.

One-Time Exception

Candidates, who have passed their Qualifying Examination in 2005 or earlier, will be permitted to appear in JEE-2006, as a last chance, irrespective of the marks secured in the Qualifying Examination, or the number of earlier attempts at JEE, subject to their satisfying age limit criteria specified in section 8.5. This exception is also applicable to those candidates who are currently registered in any of the IITs, IT-BHU, Varanasi, and ISM, Dhanbad.

Important Notes

(i) Those candidates who will be appearing in the qualifying examination in 2007 or later are not eligible to apply for JEE-2006.

(ii) All provisional admissions to candidates who are appearing in the qualifying examination in the year 2006 will stand cancelled, if the proof of having passed the Qualifying Examination, as per the eligibility criteria specified in section 8.2, is not submitted to the concerned Institute latest by September 30, 2006.

(iii) All admissions will be subject to verification of facts from the original certificates/documents of the candidates. If an applicant is found ineligible at a later date even after admission to an Institute, his/her admission will be cancelled. The decision of the Joint Admission Board regarding the eligibility of any applicant shall be final.

Date of Birth

Only those candidates, whose date of birth falls on or after October 01, 1981, are eligible for JEE-2006. However, in the case of SC, ST and PD candidates, upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years, i.e., SC, ST and PD candidates, who were born on or after October 01, 1976, are eligible. Only the date of birth as recorded in the High School/first Board/Pre-University Certificate will be taken as authentic. Candidates must produce this certificate in original as a proof of their age at the time of counselling, failing which they will be disqualified.

Physical Fitness

All qualified candidates will have to submit a Physical Fitness certificate from a Registered Medical Practitioner in the prescribed format that will be made available to them at an appropriate time. They will be admitted only if they are physically fit for pursuing a course of study at the participating Institutes.

Special Requirements for Mining Engineering and Mining Machinery Courses

Candidates opting for these courses should make sure that they are free from colour blindness. They will be required to submit a certificate from a Registered Medical Practitioner to this effect at the time of counselling. The standard of visual acuity with or without glasses will be adhered strictly for candidates seeking admission in Mining as per DGMS Circular 14 of 1972. Persons with one-eyed vision are not permitted to work underground. Candidates with above limitations are not allowed to opt for admission to Mining Engineering or Mining Machinery Engineering.

Women 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 the hours 6 a.m. and 7 p.m.. Women 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.

The Admit Card for the examination will be sent by Registered Post/Speed Post only to those eligible candidates who have submitted the Application Form, complete in all respects, on or before 17:00 hours on January 06, 2006. The Institutes 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.

If the Admit Card is not received by March 20, 2006, the candidate should obtain his/her Registration Number and Examination Centre from the Institute of his/her zone through phone (IVRS)/ Website. On receiving these data, the candidate should write his/her Name, Application No., Registration No. and Examination Centre on two identical halves of an A4-size paper. He/she should then affix a photograph and put signature (as given in the Application Form) on each of them. The candidate should get the photographs and the signatures attested by the Head of the Institution last attended/gazetted officer/notary public, and meet the IIT Representative with this paper on April 09, 2006 in the office of the Presiding Officer at the Examination Centre. The candidate must bring the Acknowledgement Card for the receipt of his/her Application Form.