After a series of discussions, announcements, and war of words with IITs, HRD ministry declared that a compromise solution has been reached for admission to IITs. In a meeting on 27th June, IIT council reached a consensus on admission procedure to IITs in 2013. As per the latest plan, JEE Main will be used as a screening test and JEE Advanced will be used for preparing final merit list for admission. Also, only top 20% students in their respective boards will be considered irrespective of their performance in JEE. After …Read More
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IIT Delhi Senate Resolution on JEE 2013
IIT Delhi in their Senate meeting on 21 June 2012 has passed a resolution rejecting the IIT Council proposal and decided to hold UG admissions on their own with like minded IITs. Here is the resolution passed by the senate: With respect to the recent decisions on admissions to the undergraduate programs at the IITs, as proposed in IIT Council meeting of 12th May 2012 and the joint meeting of the councils of the IITs, NITs and the IIITs held on 28th May, 2012, the IIT Delhi Senate unanimously resolves …Read More
HRD Ministry Calls Special Meeting of IIT Council on 27th June
After the verdict of ‘reject’ from IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi, HRD ministry has called upon a special emergency meeting of IIT council on 27th June. In a press release, HRD ministry 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.” IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi already snubbed the ministry by announcing their own entrance examination for admission in 2013. There …Read More
Separate Entrance Examination for IIT Kanpur, Delhi, Bombay, Kharagpur, and Others Who Want to Join ?
The revolt has started. First it was IIT Kanpur announcing its own entrance examination for admission in 2013. On 21st June, IIT Delhi also joined and declared that they will conduct a separate entrance examination in 2013. One of the most important point to note is that both, IITD and IITK, announced that they will try to coordinate with other IITs to conduct the entrance examination in 2013. This leads to a fair possibility that IIT Kanpur and Delhi may soon announce collaboration for conducting the entrance examination. Now the …Read More
IIT Delhi Announced A Separate Entrance Test for 2013
IIT Delhi also decides to go IIT Kanpur way. ‘Reject’ is the verdict announced by the IIT Delhi senate in a meeting today, 21 June 2012. IIT Delhi will conduct its own entrance examination for admission in 2013. IIT senate mentioned that the pattern of the test will be similar to the IIT JEE 2012 test. Earlier, IIT Kanpur announced to conduct its own separate entrance examination in 2013 instead of proposed common admission test by HRD. IIT Kanpur senate, after a meeting on 8th June, said “The recent IIT …Read More