Eligibility
Candidates must make sure that they satisfy all the eligibility conditions
given below for appearing in ISAT-2012:
- Citizenship
Candidates have to be Indian citizens to be eligible to write
ISAT-2012.
- Date of Birth
The date of birth of candidates belonging to GEN, OBC categories should
be on or after October 1, 1987, while the date of birth of those belonging
to SC, ST and PD categories should be on or after October 1, 1982.
The date of birth as recorded in the high school/first Board/ Pre-University
certificate/or its equivalent will be accepted. If the certificate does
not mention the date of birth, candidate must submit at the time of
counseling/admission an authenticated document indicating the date of
birth.
- Year of passing Qualifying Examination (QE)
A candidate must have passed the QE (10+2) for the first time, in the
calendar year 2011 or 2012, provided the results are available before
1 July 2011. Those who are going to appear in the QE or expecting the
results of QE later than July 1, 2012 are not eligible to apply for
ISAT-2012.
- Minimum Percentage of Marks in Class X or equivalent examination.
Candidates belonging to GEN and OBC categories must secure at least
70% marks in aggregate in their Class X or equivalent examination, while,
those belonging to SC,ST and PD categories must secure at least 60%
marks in aggregate in their Class X or equivalent examination.
- Minimum Percentage of Marks in 10 + 2 or equivalent examination
Candidates belonging to GEN and OBC categories must secure at least
70% marks in the aggregate in their Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics
(PCM) papers in their QE, while, those belonging to SC,ST and PD categories
must secure at least 60% marks in the aggregate in their PCM papers
in their QE.
Reservation :
As per Government of India rules candidates belonging to certain categories
are admitted to seats reserved for them based on relaxed criteria. These
categories are:
- Scheduled Castes (SC)/ Scheduled Tribes (ST) - 5%
and 7.5% of the total seats in each programme in IIST are reserved for
SC and ST categories, respectively. Candidates belonging to SC/ST categories
will be required to produce the original caste/ tribe certificate issued
by a competent authority in the prescribed format. Certificates in any
other format will not be accepted. These documents must be produced
at the time of Counselling, failing which their candidature will not
be considered for admission. Seats remaining vacant in these categories
shall be left vacant and shall not be filled by candidates belonging
to any other category.
- Other Backward Castes (OBC) belonging to Non-Creamy Layer
(NCL) - For the purpose of reservation of seats in ISAT-2012,
a candidate will be considered as OBC only if he/she belongs to the
approved caste and satisfies the condition of non-creamy layer as defined
by the Government of India. For candidates belonging to this category,
27% of the total seats in each programme are reserved and will be allotted
based on a relaxed criterion. In case any of the reserved seats in this
category are not filled, they can be filled by candidates belonging
to GEN category. Those candidates belonging to the creamy layer are
not entitled to the benefits of reservation. However, all such candidates
may seek admission under General seats as per merit order. The OBC candidates
seeking the benefits of reservation will be required to produce the
original caste certificate issued on or after January 1, 2011 by a competent
authority in the prescribed format. Certificates in any other format
will not be accepted. The certificate must be produced at the time of
Counselling, failing which they will NOT be considered for admission
in the OBC Reserved category.
- Physically Disabled (PD) candidates - For candidates
belonging to PD category, 3 % reservation (horizontal reservation) of
seats is allowed at IIST within the overall reservation.
Benefit of reservation shall be given only to those castes/ tribes which
are recognized by the Government of India and are included in the respective
central list published by the Department of Personnel and Training.
Examination :
The question paper will be of objective type and will consist of three
separate sections on Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The detailed
syllabi based on which ISAT-2012 will be conducted, for the three
subjects, namely, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics will be included in
the ISAT-2012 Brochure which will be available in ISAT-2012 webpage from 1st
November 2011.
Student desirous of taking entrance test ISAT-2011 shall have to pay
examination fee as under:
GEN/OBC male candidates : Rs.600
SC/ST/PD and for all female candidates : Rs.300
The examination fee should be in the form of Demand Draft drawn on any
nationlised bank in favour of "The Registrar, IIST", payable
at "Thiruvananthapuram".
How to Apply for ISAT-2011
Candidates can apply on-line only. The on-line application form will
be available from 10:00 AM on 1st November 2011 to 11:30 PM on 31st
December 2011 at the IIST website. Candidates will
be guided at this stage about how to complete the application process,
remit examination fee etc.
ISAT-2011 Centres :
Thiruvananthapuram; Calicut; Chennai; Hyderabad; Vishakapatnam;
Bhubaneswar, Bangalore; Mumbai; Nagpur; Ahmedabad; Jaipur; Bhopal; Delhi;
Chandigarh; Dehradun; Lucknow; Patna; Kolkata; Dispur; Ranchi, Varanasi,
Port Blair
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