399 - Latest News on IIT JEE - 6th July 2012

IIT-Bombay senate meeting on entrance test put off
Times of India - ‎9 hours ago‎
MUMBAI: The special senate meet of Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) to discuss the compromise formula on the common entrance test might be postponed till after mid-July or even the end of this month. The meeting, which was to be held on ...

Teething issues loom for new IIT entrance
Livemint - ‎13 hours ago‎
New Delhi: The government and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) may have agreed to a common admission test for all centrally funded engineering schools, but the inaugural edition of the exercise next year could well turn out to be a logistical ...

Dream of IIT? Cough up more fees
Hindu Business Line - ‎16 hours ago‎
Aspiring IITians will now have to cough up 15 per cent more fees after the new rule regarding entrance examinations for the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Fees for a two-year IIT coaching programme currently costs anywhere between Rs 1.2 lakh ...

NITs adopt common entrance for admission to undergrad programme
Times of India - ‎Jul 4, 2012
NEW DELHI: With some tweaking in the proposed format, National Institute of Technology (NITs) on Wednesday adopted the common entrance for admission to undergraduate programme from 2013 giving 40 per cent weightage to board results and 60 per cent ...

NITs adopt CET: 40% for boards, 60% for JEE Main
Financial Express - ‎Jul 4, 2012‎
New Delhi: Adopting the Common Entrance Exam, the NIT Council on Wednesday decided to give 40 per cent weightage to Class XII board scores and 60 per cent weightage to performance in JEE Main in determining admissions. NIT aspirants will now not be ...

IIT aspirants still in a bind
Daily News & Analysis - ‎Jul 4, 2012‎
By Pallavi Smart | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Naveeta Singh (name changed) is not buying into claims that the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the ministry of human resource development's (MHRD) 'compromise formula' will help cut through the ...

NIT to rework its admission process, twelfth score to be included
Economic Times - ‎Jul 4, 2012‎

NEW DELHI: With the IITs tweaking the common entrance examination to suit their needs, the National Institutes of Technology (NIT) have also decided to rework the admission process. Admission to undergraduate programmes at the NITs will be done on the ...

NIT Council adopts new JEE
The Hindu - ‎Jul 4, 2012‎
The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) on Wednesday adopted the new Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) system for admission to undergraduate engineering programmes from 2013. It has decided to give 40 per cent weightage to board results and 60 per ...

NITs decide to give 40% weightage to board exams
Times of India - ‎Jul 4, 2012
NEW DELHI: With the `one nation, one test' proposal still a distant dream, the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) on Wednesday resolved to give 40% weightage to class XII board results for entrance to their undergraduate programme from the next ...

PM panel slams IIT entrance test
Indian Express - ‎Jul 4, 2012‎
The Prime Minister's Scientific Advisory Council (PM-SAC) has drawn attention to the multiplicity of entrance examinations, backed the idea of a national test, and attacked the IIT entrance exam for its “negative effect on young minds”.

NITs agree to adopt single-test formula
Livemint - ‎Jul 4, 2012‎

New Delhi: The National Institutes of Technology (NITs), an elite group of engineering colleges, on Wednesday agreed to opt for the common admission test devised by the central government. The colleges will select students through a two-tiered process ...

IIT-JEE format a boon for coaching schools
Business Standard - ‎Jul 4, 2012‎

The idea of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to tweak the joint entrance examination (JEE) to discourage the coaching culture has done exactly the opposite so far. Coaching institutes Business Standard spoke to said, with the MHRD ...

Nearly 400 IIT aspirants opt out under exit policy
Hindustan Times - ‎Jul 3, 2012‎

Even as the online counselling for IITs is underway, nearly 400 students have surrendered their seats after the second round of allotment under the 'exit policy' introduced this year. "We have so far got around 380 applications.

IITJEE 2013: IIT-Bombay senate meet postponed
Indian Colleges - ‎3 hours ago‎

The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) senate meet regarding IIT-JEE 2013 Common Entrance Test (CET) has been postponed to mid-July. The meeting was to be held on July 5 to discuss the new IIT-JEE 2013 (CET). The meeting was apparently ...

Making admission to IITs fair
Moneylife Personal Finance site and magazine - ‎Jul 4, 2012‎

Students of IITs are bright no doubt, but it is the IIT experience that brings out the best out of the one who entered the institute. The admission process should be such that the 'best' get a fair chance More than 50 years back, Indian Institutes of ...

School that helps students crack IIT

Deccan Chronicle - ‎Jul 4, 2012‎
By Vinod Nedumudy The suspense over the process of admission to the IITs, may have ended now with a two-test formula in place for gaining admission to them, but even before the decision was taken a Kochi school quietly tied up with a premier institute ...

NITs accept weightage to board marks
Calcutta Telegraph - ‎Jul 4, 2012‎

New Delhi, July 4: The National Institutes of Technology today embraced a new admission procedure with provision for 40 per cent weightage to board marks normalised through a percentile-based formula found unsuitable for IITs.

NIT to give 40 per cent weightage to XII results
Deccan Herald - ‎Jul 4, 2012‎

The National Institutes of Technology (NIT), while preparing an all-India merit list, will give 40 per cent weightage to candidates' class XII board marks and 60 per cent to their performance in JEE-Main, proposed to be conducted under a joint entrance ...

NITs Adopt Common Entrance Test; 40% For Board Exams & 60% For JEE Main
careermitra.com (blog) - ‎Jul 4, 2012
The National Institutes of Technology today has taken a vital decision on the selection process that they would adopt for next year admissions. HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has earlier called for a merger of AIEEE with IITJEE, as a result the JEE has been ...

National Institute of Technology accepts CET
Indian Colleges - ‎Jul 4, 2012‎
National Institute of Technology (NITs) has accepted the controversial common entrance test (CET) for admission to it's undergraduate programme from 2013. According to sources, the new format will give 40 per cent weightage to board results and 60 per ...

Call for subjective-type JEE Advanced
Calcutta Telegraph - ‎Jul 3, 2012‎

New Delhi, July 3: The JEE Advanced will be a subjective-type test if the IIT teachers have their way. Most of the IIT senates want the JEE Advanced examinees to solve problems on the answer sheets rather than merely choose the correct answer from ...

398 - Govt fears IITs batting for coaching centres - Millenium Post

Govt fears IITs batting for coaching centres

23 June 2012, New Delhi, Tania Ameer Khan

Sibal convenes emergency meeting with central institutes afer IIT-D rejects CET.

With the war between the human resource development minister Kapil Sibal and the the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) intensifying deeply, the ministry has called a special meeting next week to discuss the controversial issue of the  new Common Entrance Test (CET) proposed by the government.

On Thursday, IIT, Kanpur, was joined by IIT, Delhi, in taking on Sibal against the CET. They have decided to hold their own separate examination for undergraduate engineering courses from next year.

Reacting to this development,the ministry issued a statement on Friday that called a special meeting of the IIT Council on 27 June to discuss the impasse. In a press release, Sibal said, 'The uncertainty faced by the student community, consequent to the resolutions of the Senates of IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi, requires to be addressed. Consequently, a special meeting of the IIT Council is being convened on 27.6.2012.'

An IIT, Delhi, Senate official said the institute will conduct the exam in association with IIT, Kanpur, which too is against the new format. 

However, IIT, Madras, is keen to go with Sibal's proposal. Its director Professor Bhaskar Ramamurthi told Millennium Post: 'Various senates gave their view, and we have supported the proposal of the HRD ministry, as its close to our viewpoint.'

The sources in the ministry have said that the reason behind these two IITs vehemently opposing the CET is that the new proposal will hit at the Rs 10 to 15 crore coaching industry, in which faculty of the IITs have a direct say. The sources said that the IIT faculty fear that if Class XII marks are counted for admission to IITs, the importance of coaching centres will be lessened.

However, Ramamurthi said, 'Coaching centres are not our concern at all. We just want a good exam and good students to come out from it.'

While sources in the Congress say that they believe the government is competent enough to handle the situation and will ultimately resolve this issue.

In an attempt to resolve the issue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had earlier met members of the All India IIT Faculty Federation and assured them that the autonomy of the IITs would be protected.

IIT-DELHI COUNCIL TO MEET HRD MINISTRY

A day after Indian Institute of Technology [IIT] Delhi rejected the entrance exam format announced by human resource development minister Kapil Sibal on 28 May, it announced a special meeting of the IIT Council on 27 June with the ministry to address the concerns of students, sources in the IIT. Apparently, they want the ball to be in the ministry’s court and that they would react according to the situation.

‘We are very clear about our stance and as far as preparations for Wednesday’s meeting is concerned we can only comment on that once we would know what the ministry wants to say,’ said the source.

When contacted IIT-D, Deputy Director Ishtiaque said, ‘I’m not aware of anything.’ But he added IIT-D is not happy with the 2013 changes. He also added that the faculty federation insists that implementing the new system would put a lot of pressure on students already in the midst of preparing for the IIT-JEE next year.’

He also added that new format would increase the stress of students as students aspiring to join institutes other than the IITs need not sit for two test as proposed. ‘The IITs advance test should be subjective type, just for the candidates aspiring to join the IITs. This advance test would be held on a day different from the main test and would be administered to only shortlisted candidates from the main test [50,000 to 70,000] by the IITs, but HRD wants to include all the short listed students in that advance test and wants objective type test, which is unpractical,’ said Ishtiaque. 'This is impossible because how one can check five to six lakh copies.'

396 - Todays News- JEE Format a Boon for Coaching Schools 5 th July 2012

IIT aspirants still in a bind

Daily News & Analysis - ‎10 hours ago‎

By Pallavi Smart | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Naveeta Singh (name changed) is not buying into claims that the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the ministry of human resource development's (MHRD) 'compromise formula' will help cut through the ...

IIT-JEE format a boon for coaching schools

Business Standard - ‎19 hours ago‎

The idea of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to tweak the joint entrance examination (JEE) to discourage the coaching culture has done exactly the opposite so far. Coaching institutes Business Standard spoke to said, with the MHRD ...

Nearly 400 IIT aspirants opt out under exit policy

Hindustan Times - ‎Jul 3, 2012‎

Even as the online counselling for IITs is underway, nearly 400 students have surrendered their seats after the second round of allotment under the 'exit policy' introduced this year. "We have so far got around 380 applications.

Making admission to IITs fair

Moneylife Personal Finance site and magazine - ‎10 hours ago‎

Students of IITs are bright no doubt, but it is the IIT experience that brings out the best out of the one who entered the institute. The admission process should be such that the 'best' get a fair chance More than 50 years back, Indian Institutes of ...

School that helps students crack IIT

Deccan Chronicle - ‎15 hours ago‎

By Vinod Nedumudy The suspense over the process of admission to the IITs, may have ended now with a two-test formula in place for gaining admission to them, but even before the decision was taken a Kochi school quietly tied up with a premier institute ...

Call for subjective-type JEE Advanced

Calcutta Telegraph - ‎Jul 3, 2012‎

New Delhi, July 3: The JEE Advanced will be a subjective-type test if the IIT teachers have their way. Most of the IIT senates want the JEE Advanced examinees to solve problems on the answer sheets rather than merely choose the correct answer from ...

393 - Latest News on IIT JEE - 3rd July 2012

Why CET compromise is not such a good thing

Daily News & Analysis - ‎58 minutes ago‎

The JEE has just lost its familiar face. It will now be a two-tier affair, and influenced to a greater extent by board examinations. It was enough for any JEE aspirant till this year to score 60% in 12th standard but henceforth, she will need to be in ...

Compromise formula for IIT admissions may get tweaked

Economic Times - ‎9 hours ago‎

NEW DELHI: The compromise formula for admissions to IITs may be in for some more tweaking. There is some concern among the IIT faculty about limiting admission to only those students who score in the top-20 percentile of each board, ...

IIT admn reforms: Panel ignored experts' concerns

Hindustan Times - ‎15 hours ago‎

Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Calcutta experts had cautioned against comparing class XII exam performances across different Boards for admissions to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and other engineering schools – but their concerns were ...

Ourview | Asking the right question

Livemint - ‎18 hours ago‎

The human resource development ministry has reached a compromise with the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) over reforms to entrance exam procedures. IITs will only allow students who finish in the top 20% of any school board to participate in a ...

HRD ministry nod to set up 3 more IITs

Hindustan Times - ‎18 hours ago‎

In a bid to address the challenges faced by the IT industry the HRD ministry has sanctioned the setting up of 3 new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) on public private partnership model (PPP). It is expected that shortly three more states may also ...

Revamp curriculum

Hindu Business Line - ‎19 hours ago‎

The editorial “I(I)T's back to coaching” (Business Line, Jun 30) neatly summarised the need to raise the standard of technical education across the country by spreading excellence. But the fact that students rush to coaching centres to 'crack' the IIT ...

New admission norms for IIT

Times of India - ‎Jul 1, 2012‎

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Union government have finally agreed to the new format of IIT entrance examination as suggested by the Joint Admission Board (JAB). The new format of exams will be implemented from 2013.

Meet to discuss subjective test for 1.5 lakh JEE aspirants

Times of India - ‎Jul 1, 2012‎

MUMBAI: Though the IIT Council resolved on the compromise formula for the two-tier common entrance test (JEE-Main and JEE-Advanced) last week for engineering admissions, the senates will now be deliberating on whether the numbers filtered through the ...

With 39% in boards, he made it to IIT

Hindustan Times - ‎Jun 29, 2012‎

While the country is debating on the pros and cons of making school boards a part of the IIT-JEE, here's a story of an IIT alumnus who had scored just 39% in boards. After completing his graduation, he went on to get a doctorate from Europe and is ...

Recently Asked Questions

Education Times - ‎Jul 2, 2012‎

I have written a post on IIT-JEE eligibility criteria 2013 for students but I am not sure whether the official notification comes from government? So, check the blog address- http://www.examsexpert.in/2012/06/iit-jee-exam-eligibility-criteria-for.html ...

IIT-JEE 2013: New format decided for entrance exam

Indian Colleges - ‎Jul 1, 2012‎

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Union government have agreed to the new format of the IIT entrance examination which was decided at a meeting between the HRD ministry and Joint Admission Board (JAB). The new format of IIT-JEE will be ...

School boards to announce top 20 percentile for IIT entrance

Indian Colleges - ‎Jun 30, 2012‎

School Boards will make available the percentile of top 20 candidates eligible for IIT entrance exam 2013. The Council of Boards of School Education (COBSE), during a recent meet, announced that they will declare the list within 7 to 10 days.

IIT-JEE 2013: JEE-Advance details in August

Indian Colleges - ‎Jun 29, 2012‎

After the compromise between the human resource development ministry and IIT Council over the IIT-JEE entrance exam pattern for admission, the students will have to wait for the details. At the IIT-JEE council meet the content of JEE-Advance exam ...

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386 - Latest updates on IIT JEE 30th June 2012

Truth vs Hype: The price of genius

NDTV - ‎Jun 30, 2012‎

This week, the standoff between the Education Ministry and the IIT's on the IIT entrance exam came to an end. On the surface it may seem like yet another turf war between Kapil Sibal and India's elite educational institutions, but at a deeper level, ...

Kanpur schools welcome IIT Council formula

Times of India - ‎10 hours ago‎

KANPUR: The city schools have welcomed the IIT Council's compromise formula of allowing only top 20% students of each of the boards to appear in the entrance test for seeking admission in the IITs. The school managements believe that this compromise ...

Percentile-based admission: Pressure mounts on IIT aspirants

Times of India - ‎11 hours ago‎

INDORE: With the Indian Institute of Technology ( IIT) council deciding to accept only the top 20 percentile students from every board for the elite educational institutes, performance pressure has started piling up on the students aspiring to crack ...

With 39% in boards, he made it to IIT

Hindustan Times - ‎13 hours ago‎

While the country is debating on the pros and cons of making school boards a part of the IIT-JEE, here's a story of an IIT alumnus who had scored just 39% in boards. After completing his graduation, he went on to get a doctorate from Europe and is ...

Better formula?

The Hindu - ‎13 hours ago‎

The ostensible purpose for which Minister Kapil Sibal sought to replace the IIT-JEE with a common entrance test for engineering was to reduce the burden of students who had to write multiple exams. But the new formula places more burden on students ...

New IIT-JEE formula will make board exams more relevant

Hindustan Times - ‎14 hours ago‎

From next year, even topping the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) may not be enough to secure a seat at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). An IIT aspirant will have to also be within the top 20 percentile in their Class 12 board exam.

I(I)T's back to coaching

Hindu Business Line - ‎18 hours ago‎

IITs may be 'centres of excellence', but that is no reason to stall the move for a common admission exam with other central colleges, many of which are top notch as well. The new norms for admission to the IITs and other central engineering colleges, ...

I(I)T's back to coaching

Hindu Business Line - ‎1 hour ago‎

IITs may be 'centres of excellence', but that is no reason to stall the move for a common admission exam with other central colleges, many of which are top notch as well. The new norms for admission to the IITs and other central engineering colleges, ...

Debate Rages on IIT Exams But Compromise Near

Wall Street Journal (blog) - ‎7 hours ago‎

By Saptarishi Dutta Changes afoot in the way students must apply for a coveted place in one of the nation's 16 elite Indian Institutes of Technology continue to cause a row although a compromise looks within reach. Currently, the IITs run their own ...

IIT-Delhi alumni association reject compromise agreement

Times of India - ‎10 hours ago‎

NEW DELHI: The alumni association of IIT-Delhi on Thursday "rejected" the compromise agreement reached by IIT directors on Wednesday on holding the common exams saying the decision is against the interest of students. It said the 20 percentile criteria ...

IIT's new admission norms: More stress in store for aspirants?

Economic Times - ‎11 hours ago‎

BANGALORE | NEW DELHI: Ayan Agrawal has just made it to the biotech stream at IITDelhi this year. His rank in JEE 2012 was 3532 and his XIIth standard CBSE percentage 77.2%. Had the new IIT admission norms announced on Wednesday come into force last ...

New IIT pattern will test aspirants in three levels

The Hindu - ‎11 hours ago‎

The new method evolved for the IIT admissions from next year has shaken the aspirants from the State as they would be filtered through three layers as against just one exam of the existing pattern. As per the new method evolved, aspirants have to ...

School Boards to announce percentile of top 20 students in a week

Times of India - ‎12 hours ago‎

NEW DELHI: School Boards across the country on Thursday decided to make available the percentile of top 20 candidates within seven days to help students get a clear picture of the marks required to be eligible for IIT entrance.

IIT-Delhi alumni rejects compromise agreement, calls new formula contrary

Firstpost - ‎12 hours ago‎

New Delhi: The IIT Delhi Alumni Association on Thursday rejected the human resource development (HRD) ministry's new formula for tests for entrance into the premier institutes and demanded a status quo in 2013. The ministry's fresh proposal enables ...

Nation edit: Best possible test

Daily News & Analysis - ‎13 hours ago‎

The Union human resources development ministry and the Indian Institutes of Technology deserve praise for having at last resolved their disagreement over the new pattern, to be introduced from next year, for the joint entrance examination.

All board examination results will be declared by June 10 each year: COBSE

Economic Times - ‎13 hours ago‎

NEW DELHI: With an eye to ensure that the new entrance examination process for all centrally funded engineering institutes takes off smoothly, the apex body of all school boards in the country has said that it will ensure that all board examination ...

Too early to say that new IIT entrance exam is better than JEE

Economic Times - ‎15 hours ago‎

The new compromise formula for the entrance examination to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) ends a long-drawn-out, unseemly spat between the government and the IITs. IIT-Delhi and Kanpur, which had opposed the single entrance test favoured by ...

'Jaipur board students with 70 per cent eligible for IIT-JEE'

Times of India - ‎16 hours ago‎

AJMER: Students of Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) scoring above 70 per cent in Class XII science stream will get into the top 20 percentile, making them eligible in the proposed common entrance test (CET) for IIT-JEE.

New selection norms may change colour and code of IIT campuses

Times of India - ‎18 hours ago‎

CHENNAI: IIT campuses may have more girls from the coming academic year, as the IIT council has decided to select the candidates only from the top 20 percentile in the boards. According to the new selection norms, the candidates will not just have to ...

IIT entrance formula draws mixed reactions

Hindustan Times - ‎20 hours ago‎

The proposal to allow only the top 20 percentile students from each education board to qualify for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), has drawn mixed reactions. On Wednesday, the IIT council agreed on a 'compromise formula' doing ...

IIT: 20 school boards to declare results by June

Indian Express - ‎21 hours ago‎

As many as 20 school boards on Thursday agreed to ensure that board results are declared by June 10 every year to facilitate a smooth roll-out of the new entrance examination format for IITs. This came a day after the IIT Council announced a new ...

Coaching institutes critique new IIT entry rule

Business Standard - ‎21 hours ago‎

The new diktat from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) has confused 17- year -old Deependra Sharma from Kota, Rajasthan. Sharma who secured 73 per cent in his board exams this year, had this April enrolled into an IIT-JEE coaching centre at ...

New formula

The Hindu - ‎21 hours ago‎

The IIT Council's formula — to allow only those placed in the top 20 percentile in the Board exams among those who crack the advanced examination to be admitted to the premier institute — seems a reasonable compromise for a fairer recognition of all ...

Council of Boards of School Education discuss operational issues on common ...

Times of India - ‎21 hours ago‎

NEW DELHI: School Boards across the country today decided to declare their class 12th results before June 10 and will complete the revaluation work within June 30 from next year. The decision was taken today at the meeting of the Council of Boards of ...

New IIT formula, required marks on web

Hindustan Times - ‎22 hours ago‎

As part of the new IIT entrance formula, the Council of Boards of School Education (COBSE) on Thursday decided to put up on its website the corresponding percentage that students from various boards need to make it to the top 20 percentile bracket.

IIT Council's decision hasty: Super 30 founder

Times of India - ‎Jun 27, 2012‎

PATNA: The IIT Council's move to give 20 percent weightage to Class 12 board marks is a hasty decision, Anand Kumar, founder of 'Super 30', which provides free coaching to Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) aspirants, said on Wednesday.

New format of IIT examination would go against the poor: Anand Kumar

Times of India - ‎Jun 27, 2012‎

PATNA: Super 30 founder and mathematician Anand Kumar on Wednesday said that the decision of the IIT Council to give chance to students having top 20% from various boards in the class 12 examinations, was a decision in haste. "This is one decision that ...

School boards approve proposal

Deccan Chronicle - ‎10 hours ago‎

Putting their stamp of approval on the new one-nation one-examination plan of the HRD ministry, school examination boards across the country on Thursday decided to make available the percentile of top 20 candidates within seven days.

State boards to speed up work for IIT aspirants

Deccan Herald - ‎16 hours ago‎

The equivalent percentage of marks for top 20 percentile holders of different school boards will be worked out by the respective state secondary school boards and made public within 10 days to help students know if they have qualified for admission to ...

IIT-Delhi alumni reject CET format

Deccan Herald - ‎16 hours ago‎

A day after changes proposed in the format of common entrance exam (CET), which is to be implemented in all Central University engineering colleges, got a mixed response, the alumni association of IIT-Delhi along with some faculty members rejected the ...

Uniform science and math question pattern

Calcutta Telegraph - ‎18 hours ago‎

New Delhi, June 28: The majority of the country's school boards today agreed to follow a uniform question format in their science and mathematics papers from 2014-15 to try and bridge the differences between their examination systems.

This year's class XII exam takers can reappear in 2013

Chandigarh Tribune - ‎20 hours ago‎

Students who took the board exams this year but did not score well will get a second chance to improve their school performance in 2013, the year of introduction of the new common engineering entrance test format for admission to IITs and central ...

IIT-Delhi alumni association up in arms against two-tier format

Daily Pioneer - ‎21 hours ago‎

Even though the All India IIT Faculty Federation has appreciated the new two-tier format with inclusion of 20 percentile formula for IIT entrance test, the IIT-Delhi Alumni Association on Thursday criticised the move. The alumni association rejected ...

No clarity on new IIT

Deccan Chronicle - ‎22 hours ago‎

By L. Venkat Ram Reddy The new IIT admissions formula announced by the IIT Council on Wednesday has left many questions unanswered. Students and parents fear a sharp rise in cut-off marks in the Class XII board exams to gain entry into IITs.

IIT Exam row resolved; advance test from 2013

indiablooms - ‎Jun 28, 2012‎

New Delhi, June 28 (ANI): The row over the entrance exam of the engineering institutions has ended as the standing council of the IIT addressing the concerns of IIT___s has approved a fresh formula of an ___advanced test___. Speaking to reporters in ...

381 - More news on JEE Compromise - 28th June 2012

Will Kapil Sibal still spoil the IIT-vintage?

Firstpost - ‎5 hours ago‎

by G Pramod Kumar Jun 28, 2012 RA Mashelkar (R), Chairman, IIT-Gandhinagar's Board of Directors, along with IIT Madras Chairman MM Sharma (C) and Director of IIT Delhi RK Shevgaonkar addressing the media after 45th Meeting of the Council of IITs in New ...

Know all about the new IIT exam pattern

Times of India - ‎5 hours ago‎

The Indian Institutes of Technology ( IIT) Council on Wednesday struck a compromise with the human resource development ministry on the new pattern of entrance examinations. Here are its salient features: * There will be two exams, the joint entrance ...

IIT alumni: The compromise formula is "very dangerous"

Firstpost - ‎6 hours ago‎

by FP Staff Jun 28, 2012 The IIT Delhi Alumni Association, which was vehemently opposed to bringing IITs under a common entrance test, has said it has “mixed reactions to the IIT council decision regarding new entrance process to IIT.

Middle path the way out of IIT exam stalemate

India Today - ‎7 hours ago‎

After being on a collision course over the past few weeks, the Union government and IITs agreed to chart the middle path and worked out a compromise formula on Wednesday for the common entrance test of the premier engineering institutes.

IITs agree to compromise formula for entrance examination

Daily News & Analysis - ‎7 hours ago‎

By Pallavi Smart | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Students aspiring to enter IITs next year can heave a sigh of relief. The HRD ministry and the IITs have finally resolved the row over the entrance exam by agreeing to a compromise formula at Wednesday's ...

New IIT entrance test pattern gets mixed reactions from alumni

Firstpost - ‎8 hours ago‎

New Delhi: The compromise between the human resource development ministry and IIT Council over the entrance exam pattern for admission to the engineering institutes Wednesday garnered mixed reactions from the IIT alumni. “Most of the concerns have been ...

IIT row ends as council devises new formula

Economic Times - ‎11 hours ago‎

NEW DELHI: The month-long standoff over the common entrance examination for admission to IITs was brought to a close on Wednesday, with the council agreeing on a new formula, which addresses the concerns of IITs. The new formula gives them a separate ...

IIT-Kanpur reconsiders decision to conduct own exam

Times of India - ‎11 hours ago‎

KANPUR: The senate of Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur will re-consider its old decision to conduct own entrance exam and not to participate in the Common Engineering Test (CET) meant to be implemented in the year 2013 after the IITs reached a ...

School marks now to be relevant for IIT entrance

The Hindu - ‎14 hours ago‎

It has finally become a little clear to IIT aspirants as to what their area of focus should be. At a meeting on Wednesday, IIT directors decided that the entire JEE process will be revised to comprise two exams – main and advanced.

Board top 20 percentile eligible, IITs to conduct JEE Advanced

Indian Express - ‎15 hours ago‎

Faced with stiff opposition from IITs, the IIT Council on Wednesday withdrew its controversial May 28 decision to hold a common entrance exam for all centrally funded technical institutes. The council instead approved a new compromise formula for ...

New formula ends IIT row

The Hindu - ‎15 hours ago‎

Ending weeks of disagreement over the common entrance test for admission to undergraduate engineering courses in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), the IIT Council on Wednesday approved a fresh formula, based on the rank achieved in the ...

IIT exam row resolved, new format from 2013

Times of India - ‎15 hours ago‎

NEW DELHI: Ending a month-long row over introduction of a common entrance test (CET) for undergraduate engineering courses, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) on Wednesday arrived at a compromise, whereby class XII scores are used to select ...

Sibal skips IIT meet

New York Daily News - ‎16 hours ago‎

New Delhi, June 27 — Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Wednesday skipped the meeting of the IIT Council convened by him so that there was no "political interference" in the decision making, sources said. The meeting was organised to ...

IIT-CET row: Compromise formula reached?

Zee News - ‎16 hours ago‎

New Delhi: After months of wrangling, government and IITs on Wednesday resolved their differences on the entrance exam row by agreeing on a compromise agreement over holding the common exams from next year. As per the agreement, admission to the IITs ...

IITs agree on new percentile-based admission formula

Hindustan Times - ‎16 hours ago‎

The IIT Council on Wednesday sought to end the joint entrance examination (JEE) row by fixing a new eligibility criteria for 2013 under which successful candidates would have to be in the top 20 percentile of their respective boards.

Unanimity, finally, on IIT entry

Business Standard - ‎16 hours ago‎

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have finally had their way. The Union government and the IITs have unanimously agreed to the new format suggested by the Joint Admission Board (JAB) last week. Implementation will be from next year.

Sibal, IITs reach compromise over single entrance test

Livemint - ‎17 hours ago‎

The government and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) dissenting over the process of admission to the elite engineering schools have agreed to a compromise that advances the concept of “one nation, one test”, but effectively makes admission to ...

Class XII marks to decide eligibility for IIT entrance exam

Hindu Business Line - ‎19 hours ago‎

By new formula, JEE Advanced rank will decide admission The stand-off between the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Council and IIT Senates ended on Wednesday following an agreement between the various stakeholders. Under the agreed format, ...

Govt,IITs resolve entrance test row

Indian Express - ‎19 hours ago‎

The government today reached a compromise with the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in their disagreement over holding a common entrance examination from next year. Under the new formula, an advance test will be conducted, and IITs will admit ...

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IBNLive.com - ‎19 hours ago‎

PTI | 09:06 PM,Jun 27,2012 According to a study by CBSE, the percentage of the last According to a study by CBSE, the percentage of the last student on the merit list according to the percentile ranking in its board stood at 78 per cent, ...

IIT exam format decided, board exams will decide who's eligible

NDTV - ‎20 hours ago‎

New Delhi: For students aching to know what it will take to get into IIT, there's finally closure. The IIT council has decided that starting next year, students who score in the top 20% of their board exams will take the main or multiple-choice exam.

IITs-Govt row ends; new entrance format from 2013

Hindustan Times - ‎22 hours ago‎

The human resource development ministry and IIT Council on Wednesday arrived at a consensus over the entrance exam pattern for admission to the prestigious engineering institutes with an agreement on a new entrance test formula proposed by the IITs.

New IIT-JEE formula: only top 20 percent can write exam

Firstpost - ‎22 hours ago‎

by FP Staff Jun 27, 2012 Despite Union Minister Kapil Sibal not attending the the meeting of the IIT Council held today, the directors of the IITs have reportedly decided on a compromise formula under which only the top 20 percent of students from each ...

Kapil Sibal skips IIT Council meet

Economic Times - ‎22 hours ago‎

NEW DELHI: Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Wednesday skipped the meeting of IIT Council convened by him to discuss the proposed common entrance test after opposition from some of the premier engineering institutions.

Row over IIT entrance exams resolved; new format to be implemented from 2013

Economic Times - ‎22 hours ago‎

NEW DELHI: In a bid to break the impasse over Common Entrance Test (CET) for engineering colleges in the country replacing IIT JEE, the IIT Council today decided that top 20 percentile from every board would be eligible to appear for the JEE Main exam.

Govt, IIT row over entrance test resolved

IBNLive.com - ‎22 hours ago‎

PTI | 06:06 PM,Jun 27,2012 New Delhi, June 27 (PTI) The row between government and IITs over entrance test was resolved today with a compromise agreement being reached over holding the common exams from next year. Under the new format, an advance test ...

Kapil Sibal, IITs reach a compromise: Top 5 developments

NDTV - ‎Jun 27, 2012‎

New Delhi: The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have agreed on a compromise formula on the common entrance exam after revolting against HRD Minister Kapil Sibal's earlier 'one nation one test' formula. At a meeting of IIT Council in New Delhi on ...

Govt-IITs row ends; new JEE format from 2013

IBNLive.com - ‎Jun 27, 2012‎

New Delhi: The prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have agreed on a compromise formula on the common entrance exam for undergraduate courses after several weeks of face off with the Central Government, particularly HRD Minister Kapil ...

IITs, Govt reach a compromise; new entrance test format from 2013

NDTV - ‎Jun 27, 2012‎

New Delhi: A compromise formula on the new controversial exam formula has been worked out between the government and the Indian Institutes of Technology at an IIT council meeting today. According to reports, the new format may be introduced from 2013.

Kapil Sibal - IIT reach a compromise: Top 5 developments

NDTV - ‎Jun 27, 2012‎

New Delhi: Faced with immense protests from the IIT faculty, Mr Kapil Sibal was to meet the IIT council today. But Mr Sibal skipped the meeting that was actually convened after two IITs - Kanpur and Delhi - rejected his 'one nation, one test' formula ...

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Entrance exam row: IIT Council to meet today; will the impasse end?
NDTV - ‎32 minutes ago‎

New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Council, headed by Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal, will meet in New Delhi today with the hope of resolving the impasse over the new entrance exam format. The union minister called ...

Sibal to meet IIT directors today to resolve entrance exam row
Hindustan Times - ‎1 hour ago‎

HRD minister Kapil Sibal will meet IIT directors on Wednesday to resolve the common entrance exam row as the government proposal is being resisted by some of the IITs. Sibal will chair the meeting of the IIT council, the highest decision making body of ...

IITs, Govt likely to agree on a compromise formula
IBNLive.com - ‎1 hour ago‎

New Delhi: After weeks of uncertainty, the IIT admission row could be resolved on Wednesday. The IIT Council members will meet HRD ministry officials on Wednesday to try and resolve the issue. -Letting only the top 20 percentile of each board appear ...

No common ground in sight regarding IIT admissions
Economic Times - ‎5 hours ago‎

NEW DELHI: HRD minister and IIT Council chairman Kapil Sibal is caught in a tight spot. If the government thought that reworking its "one nation, one examination" proposal to accommodate the concerns of protesting IIT faculty would resolve the ...

IIT-Kharagpur in 'wait and watch mode' over common test
Times of India - ‎7 hours ago‎

KOLKATA: The final decision regarding the Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal's proposal to hold a common entrance test for the IITs is likely to be taken on Wednesday. The directors of all the 15 IITs have already reached Delhi to participate in the IIT ...

IIT-Kharagpur pushes for 30% cut-off, status quo for now
Hindustan Times - ‎9 hours ago‎

Ahead of the IIT council meet on June 27, the extended executive committee of the IIT-Kharagpur Teacher's Association met on Monday and passed a resolution on several points relating to the new JEE pattern. The four-point resolution stated that the ...

Before key meet, IIT head questions new exam plan
Hindustan Times - ‎9 hours ago‎

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati director Gautam Barua has questioned a compromise proposal on IIT admission reforms ahead of a key meet aimed at hammering out a consensus between the government and protesting faculty.

At IIT-Bombay, coveted courses don't ensure happiness: Study
Economic Times - ‎21 hours ago‎

MUMBAI: Happiness does not have anything to do with getting into the most-sought after courses in IITs. Instead , it may have an inverse relationship. A survey conducted at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B ) on the happiness quotient of ...

Government ready to soften stand to end IIT stalemate
Economic Times - ‎Jun 25, 2012‎

NEW DELHI: Keen to end the standoff with the IIT faculty over the common entrance examination, the government has indicated it is willing to rework its "one nation, one examination" proposal to address their concerns over the institutes' excellence.

Yes Minister! You've got it right
The Hindu - ‎Jun 25, 2012‎

After visiting New Delhi in the mid-1970s, the editor of an important American newspaper, the story goes, wrote that only in two places are Indians not permitted to have a drink at a five-star hotel — South Africa, and India! Sadly, some 40 years later ...

Why have CET when nothing is common between IITs and the rest?

Daily News & Analysis - ‎Jun 24, 2012‎

The most compelling argument against the proposed Common Entrance Test to all engineering institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology, the Indian Institutes of Information Technology and the National Institutes of Technology is that the ...

Ahead of Council meet,IIT faculty body says amicable solution in sight
Indian Express - ‎Jun 24, 2012‎

Ahead of the crucial IIT Council meeting that could end the stalemate between IITs and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) over the new test format and decide the fate of lakhs of students, the All India IIT Faculty Federation (AIIITFF) ...

IIT admission row: Address the real problem
Economic Times - ‎Jun 24, 2012‎

The IIT student-selection imbroglio has the familiar confusion on what the real problem issues are. Understandable, because the problem is complex and the solution not obvious because of a sensitive public good that has many stakeholders, ...

Single engineering exam chaos fuels coaching class rush
Times of India - ‎Jun 24, 2012‎

MUMBAI: With the board exams just eight months away, parents are paying extra money to coaching classes to prepare their children for the upcoming board exams too, defying the purpose of a common entrance test for admissions to centrally funded ...

New formula pacifies IIT faculty members
Business Standard - ‎Jun 24, 2012‎

A compromise offer worked out by the Joint Admission Board (JAB) for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) has pacified agitating members of the All India IIT Faculty Federation (AIIITFF). Even so, the problem of autonomy of the IITs ...

IITs versus Kapil Sibal
Times Now.tv - ‎1 hour ago‎

As the IIT entrance exam row intensifies, HRD minister Kapil Sibal is to meet the IIT council on Wednesday (June 27), but with as many as three IIT Senates rejecting Sibal's 'one Nation, one exam' proposal, will Kapil Sibal manage to find a way to ...

Tough IIT test for Sibal
Calcutta Telegraph - ‎5 hours ago‎

New Delhi, June 26: Human resource development minister Kapil Sibal would be bracing for a tough session tomorrow when he tries to hammer out a solution on a proposed single entrance two-tier exam for aspiring engineers. IIT faculty, directors and ...

Kapil Sibal to meet IIT directors today
Deccan Herald - ‎10 hours ago‎

Union Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal will chair the IIT Council meeting on Wednesday to end the impasse over the common entrance test. The meet will deliberate on a resolution adopted by the IIT Joint Admission Board (JAB,) which met ...

IIT-Delhi: Disabled student challenges IIT's rejection in court
Indian Colleges - ‎Jun 25, 2012‎

The Delhi High Court issued a notice to the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D) for denying admission to a student under the handicapped category on the ground that his disability was less than 40 percent. Justice Pratibha Rani sought the ...

IIT to help prepare drainage master plan
Deccan Herald - ‎Jun 25, 2012‎

The state cabinet on Monday gave its nod for appointing Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, as a consultant to prepare the drainage master plan for the Capital. The cabinet also decided to take a holistic approach while preparing the master plan.

Entry confusion takes toll on students
Calcutta Telegraph - ‎Jun 25, 2012‎

New Delhi, June 25: Praveen Kumar, an IIT aspirant from Jammu, has the JEE to crack next year but his deep anxiety is affecting his preparations. Praveen, who cleared his Class XII boards with 70 per cent marks this year, arrived in Delhi a few months ...

One-test relief plan for NITs
Calcutta Telegraph - ‎Jun 25, 2012‎

New Delhi, June 25: Students seeking admission to centrally funded tech schools other than the IITs will have to take just one entrance test rather than two if a meeting chaired by Kapil Sibal on Wednesday accepts the

370 - Latest news on IIT JEE - 26th June 2012

Government ready to soften stand to end IIT stalemate

Economic Times - ‎2 hours ago‎

NEW DELHI: Keen to end the standoff with the IIT senates over the common entrance examination, the government has indicated that it is willing to rework its "one nation, one examination" proposal to address their concerns over the institutes' ...

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IBNLive.com - ‎7 hours ago‎

PTI | 09:06 PM,Jun 25,2012 Institutions that have concerns may also indicate the Institutions that have concerns may also indicate the same so that they could be resolved at a separate meeting, the statement added. Today's meeting was held in the ...

Why have CET when nothing is common between IITs and the rest?

Daily News & Analysis - ‎18 hours ago‎

The most compelling argument against the proposed Common Entrance Test to all engineering institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology, the Indian Institutes of Information Technology and the National Institutes of Technology is that the ...

Ahead of Council meet, IIT faculty body says amicable solution in sight

Indian Express - ‎Jun 24, 2012‎

Ahead of the crucial IIT Council meeting that could end the stalemate between IITs and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) over the new test format and decide the fate of lakhs of students, the All India IIT Faculty Federation (AIIITFF) ...

IIT admission row: Address the real problem

Economic Times - ‎Jun 24, 2012‎

The IIT student-selection imbroglio has the familiar confusion on what the real problem issues are. Understandable, because the problem is complex and the solution not obvious because of a sensitive public good that has many stakeholders, ...

Single engineering exam chaos fuels coaching class rush

Times of India - ‎Jun 24, 2012‎

MUMBAI: With the board exams just eight months away, parents are paying extra money to coaching classes to prepare their children for the upcoming board exams too, defying the purpose of a common entrance test for admissions to centrally funded ...

New formula pacifies IIT faculty members

Business Standard - ‎Jun 24, 2012‎

A compromise offer worked out by the Joint Admission Board (JAB) for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) has pacified agitating members of the All India IIT Faculty Federation (AIIITFF). Even so, the problem of autonomy of the IITs ...

Entry confusion takes toll on students

Calcutta Telegraph - ‎27 minutes ago‎

New Delhi, June 25: Praveen Kumar, an IIT aspirant from Jammu, has the JEE to crack next year but his deep anxiety is affecting his preparations. Praveen, who cleared his Class XII boards with 70 per cent marks this year, arrived in Delhi a few months ...

One-test relief plan for NITs

Calcutta Telegraph - ‎28 minutes ago‎

New Delhi, June 25: Students seeking admission to centrally funded tech schools other than the IITs will have to take just one entrance test rather than two if a meeting chaired by Kapil Sibal on Wednesday accepts the proposal.

JEE may be tinkered to placate irate IITs

Deccan Herald - ‎4 hours ago‎

With the Senates of two Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) - Kanpur and Delhi - opposing the government's 'one nation, one test' proposal for admissions, there are indications that some changes may be affected in the new format of the joint ...