15% and 7.5% seats in JEE are reserved for candidates belonging to SC and ST categories respectively. Candidates belonging to these categories are admitted on relaxed criteria (compared to those for the general category candidate). 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, chemistry and mathematics. On successful completion of the course, the students will be offered direct admission to the undergraduate programmes (in July, 2003) against the unfilled quota seats for this year (2002).

SC and ST candidates will be required to produce in original a caste/tribe certificate issued by a competent authority 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.

3% seats in JEE are reserved for Physically Handicapped (including leprosy-cured) candidates (PH) as specified by the Government of India who are otherwise fit to pursue the course and who qualify for admission. The candidates for this category will be required to be certified by a Medical Board duly constituted for this purpose at the time of counselling at IIT Delhi on June 17, 2002 at 3.00 P.M.

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 AM and 7 PM". As a result, a woman candidate cannot complete her practical training and hence cannot obtain the B. Tech degree in Mining or Mining Machinery Engineering. The courses are, therefore, not available for women candidates.

Admission notices are published as advertisement in the national dailies. Application forms and information brochures containing syllabi and other instructions are made available by the Institute after the admission notices are published. For the year 2002, the issue of application material commences on July, 30, 2001 and the last date for receipt of completed application forms is September 7, 2001. Request for the application forms and any further information in regard to the Joint Entrance Examination/Under-graduate admissions must be addressed to the Chairman, Joint Entrance Examination, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai-400 076.

The question papers for Joint Entrance Examination are in two languages viz. English and Hindi.. The candidates are allowed to answer in Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Medium of Instruction in all the Institutes is English.

Admit cards for the Screening Test will be sent by post(UCP/Registered Post/Speed Post) only to those eligible candidates who have submitted the application form complete in all respects on or before September 7, 2001. If admit card is not received by November 5, 2001, the Chairman JEE-2002 of the issuing Institute must be informed immediately mentioning the application number given in the acknowledgement card. The Institute will not be responsible for any postal delay or irregularity resulting in non/late delivery of the admit card.

The admit card will bear the registration number of the applicant, name and address of the JEE centre allotted, the examination schedule, language of question paper, address and category of the candidate. The candidate should carefully examine the admit card received by him/her for all the entries made therein. In case of any discrepancy, the candidate should inform the issuing Institute immediately.

A separate admit card indicating also the answering language will be issued for the Main Examination, if eligible to appear in it. If it is not received by April 1, 2002 the Chairman JEE-2001 of the concerned Institute must be informed immediately mentioning the registration number in the Screening Test.

Impersonation is a legally punishable offence. No applicant will normally be permitted to write the examination without a valid admit card. The successful candidates are required to produce both their admit cards at the time of admission. These should be preserved till the admission for JEE-2002 is over.

Availability of Courses

Six Indian Institutes of Technology (Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur and Madras), Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad and the Institute of Technology, BHU, Varanasi, in all, offer 79 courses. A candidate qualifying in the Main Examination may opt for these course depending upon his All India Rank.

Preferential Allotment of Courses

Two seats are available in each Institute for children of defence / paramilitary personnel killed or permanently disabled in action during war or peacetime operations (DS). To avail this preferential allotment the candidates are required to produce the original certificate 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 and they must qualify in the General Category.

JEE Results: All India Ranks (AIR)

Separate merit lists of candidates (All India Ranks) belonging to the General (GE including DS), PH, SC and ST categories are prepared. There will be independent cut-offs for each subject and also for the aggregate. No waiting or extended list is prepared.

Since the JEE answer-books are graded with extreme care and are repeatedly scrutinised, there is no provision for re-grading of answer-books. Also, there is no provision for the declaration of marks in respect of any candidate. No correspondence in this regard will be entertained.

Candidates included in the merit lists will be informed by post of their All India Rank (AIR) and will be called for counselling in the order of their AIRs. The candidates can obtain information on website or on phone by calling the JEE office from where they received the admit card one day after the declaration of results. In case a qualified candidate does not receive his/her counselling call-letter, the candidate must still appear for counselling on the dates specified in this brochure. The primary purpose of the counselling is to help the candidates in exercising the options for Institutes and courses. Additionally the identity and the originals of certificates of age, qualifying examination and category will also be checked. If the candidate fails to establish the authenticity of any one of the above, the candidate will not be considered for admission. The candidates must bring with them at the time of counselling, a medical certificate from a registered medical practitioner.

Application Form and Information Brochure