Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai 600036
HSEE-2013
Humanities and Social Sciences
Entrance Examination – 2013
Online Application process
started. It ends on January 18, 2013.
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036
has invited applications for the Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance
Examination-2013 (HSEE 2013) for admission to the Five-year integrated Master
of Arts (MA) Programme, designed to encourage students to engage in critical
thinking and research on ideas, people, society and the human condition.
HSEE-2013 is intended to admit students to this
programme in two streams, namely, Development Studies and English Studies. The
first two years of the curriculum are common to all students, after which they
branch out into one of the two streams. The programme has a total of 46 seats.
Allocation of streams will be based on students’ preferences as well as their
academic performance during the first three semesters.
Admission is through Humanities and Social Sciences
Entrance Examination (HSEE) to be held on Sunday, April 21, 2013 between 1000
hrs and 1300 hrs at Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata,
Mumbai, New Delhi and Thiruvananthapuram. If sufficient number of candidates is
not available at any of these cities, the same may be dropped and the
candidates will be allocated to a centre in any of the other cities.
Applicants
should have either completed or should be appearing in 2013 in any one of the
following qualifying examinations.
(i) 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.
(ii)
Intermediate or two-year Pre- University Examination conducted by a
recognized Board / University
(iii) Final
Examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National
Defence Academy
(iv)
General Certificate Education (GCE) Examination (London/Cambridge/Sri
Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level
(v) 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
(vi) H.S.C.
Vocational Examination
(vii)
Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open
School with a minimum of five subjects
Courses which are preparatory in nature, without
offering any Degree are not considered equivalent to 10+2 system. In case the
relevant qualifying examination is not a public examination, the applicant must
have passed at least one Public (Board or Pre-University) examination at an
earlier level. This is in addition to passing in the qualifying examination
with aggregate marks relevant to the category of the candidate.
Applicants belonging to the General category and OBC
(CL/NCL) category must secure a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate and those
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 joining. In case, such a certificate is not provided
by the candidate, the decision of the HSEE Admission Committee regarding
his/her eligibility shall be final.
Only those persons, whose date of birth falls on or
after October 1, 1988, are eligible for HSEE-2013. However, in the case of SC,
ST and PD candidates, upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years. So applicants
belonging to these categories / subcategories born on or after October 1, 1983
are eligible.
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 along with ‘offer of admission’ letter.
They will be admitted only if they are physically fit for pursuing a course of
study at the Institute.
Admission to the MA program for all foreign
nationals will be made through HSEE-2013 only. The eligibility requirements for
foreign nationals will be same as those meant for the general category
candidates in India.
Reservation of seats will be there for Other
Backward Classes (OBC) if they belong to Non-Creamy Layer (NCL), Scheduled
Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Persons with Physical Disability (PD) etc.
Details are available in the website/Brochure.
Examination fee: There is no examination fee for female candidates. Fee for SC/ST/PD
(Male) candidates is Rs.800/- and that for GE/OBC (Male) candidates is Rs.
1600/-. The fees must be paid at Indian Bank using the Challan generated online
during the application registration process. In addition, a processing fee of
Rs.10 will be charged by the bank (for challan). Applicants can also pay the
examination fee through DD, in case there is no branch of Indian Bank in the
place of the applicant. The DD should be drawn in favour of ‘IIT Madras
HSEE-2013’, payable at Chennai.
Applications can be submitted online at http://hsee.iitm.ac.in till 18th January, 2013.
Information Brochure can also be downloaded from
this site. Options, once selected in the application form, cannot be changed
later. After filling up the online application, applicant should take a print
of the completed application form and affix his/her colour photograph (against
white background). Applicant and parent/guardian must sign on the application form
at the specified places and fill-up and check the details of the Challan or DD,
in the application form. Facility for the payment of examination fee through
Indian Bank Challan will be available till January 25, 2013.
The
following supporting documents are to be submitted along with the application
form to be sent to JEE Office, IIT Madras.
(i) Printed
application form with photograph pasted, and duly signed by the candidate and
the Parent/Guardian
(ii) Paid
Indian Bank challan (IIT Madras copy) / Demand Draft for all male candidates
(iii)
Attested copy of 10th Class Public Examination certificate for Name and
Age proof
(iv)
Attested copy of 10+2 Class mark sheet (if already passed 10+2
examination)
(v)
Attested copy of category certificate [SC/ST/OBC(NCL)] . OBC (NCL)
certificate must be obtained later than December 1, 2012 (See Appendix-I and
Appendix-II of Information Brochure)
(vi)
Attested copy of PD certificate (See Appendix-III of Information
Brochure)
The application complete in all respects along with
all enclosures and the 'IIT Madras Copy' of the Indian Bank challan generated
online or the Demand Draft, must reach the Chairman, HSEE-2013, IIT Madras
latest by 5 pm on January 28, 2013. There will not be any acknowledgement of the
application. However, as and when the applications are received, it will be
reflected on the HSEE website. Candidates should check the HSEE website for the
status of their applications after February 15, 2013. Any enquiry may be mailed
to hsee@iitm.ac.in
HSEE-2013 examination is of three hours duration and
has two parts. Part I consists of objective type multiple choice questions for
2½ hours duration (150 minutes), administered through computer. Part II
involves essay writing for 30 minutes to be written on answer sheet distributed
to the candidates at the end of Part I. Part I covers (i) English and
Comprehension Skill (25% marks) (ii) Analytical and Quantitative Ability (25%
marks) (iii) General Studies covering the areas of Indian Economics (since Independence),
Indian Society, Contemporary World Affairs (post-World War II) and (iv)
Environment and Ecology (50% marks). Detailed syllabus can be had from the
Prospectus.
Part II requires the candidate to write an essay on
general topic involving description, or/and reflection or/and discussion.
Language of Question Paper will be English. Use Calculators, cell phones,
pagers and Log Tables are not permitted inside the examination hall.
Applicants can download their admit card for
HSEE-2013 from 10 am on March 18, 2013 till 5 pm on April 18, 2013 from
HSEE-2013 website. The Admit Card will bear the name, photograph, date of
birth, address and category of the candidate along with name and the address of
the HSEE-2013 Centre allotted. The candidate should carefully examine the Admit
Card for all the entries made therein. In case of any discrepancy, the
candidate should inform the Chairman HSEE-2013 immediately by phone/email/fax.
No applicant will normally be permitted to write the examination without a valid
Admit Card. The Admit Card should be presented to the invigilators for
verification. The candidate’s identity will be verified in respect of his/her
details on the Admit Card and centre verification record. Candidates have to
carefully preserve their Admit Cards till the entire admission procedure
through HSEE-2013 is completed.
Rank list will be prepared based on the aggregate
marks obtained in HSEE-2013. A common rank list made up of candidates who score
at least 50% in HSEE-2013 will be prepared. Separate rank lists will be
prepared corresponding to OBC (NCL), SC, ST and PD categories. Candidates of
OBC (NCL) category must score at least 45% in HSEE-2013 examination in order to
be in the OBC rank list. Candidates of SC and ST categories must score at least
25% in the HSEE-2013, in order to be in their respective rank lists. A common
rank list will be prepared for PD candidates. To be in the PD rank list,
candidates must score at least 25% in the HSEE-2013 exam in aggregate. Separate
PD rank lists will be prepared corresponding to the OBC (NCL), SC and ST
categories. Seats will be allotted using the rank lists and the number of seats
available in each category. If a candidate who has been allotted a seat
declines to take admission due to some reason or does not respond to the
allotment, then such vacant seats will be allotted to the next candidate in the
respective rank lists. While allotting a seat, if a candidate belongs to more
than one category of relaxed norms, he/she shall be considered only in the category
in which he/she gets the maximum benefit. If sufficient OBC (NCL) candidates
are not available, then the seats will be de-reserved and will be open for
allotment to general candidates.
A candidate scoring more in aggregate mark than
another will receive a better rank than the other. If ties occur in the
aggregate marks, then one who scores more in Part II (Essay writing) will be
given a higher rank. If ties occur in both Part II and the aggregate, then one
who scores more in the 'General studies' section of Part I will be given a
higher rank. If ties occur in all of aggregate, Essay writing, and General
studies, then one who scores more in the 'Analytical Abilities' section of Part
I will receive a higher rank. If ties occur after all these tie-break criteria,
then they will be given the same rank.
The ranks/scores of the candidates will be available
for viewing in the HSEE website on May 15, 2013. The scores/ranks cannot be
used by any person / institution without prior permission of Chairman
HSEE-2013. Separate performance cards will not be sent individually to the
candidates.
Offer Letters to Candidates will be sent from May
16, 2013.
Contact Details: The Chairman, HSEE-2013, JEE
Office, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036 (Phone: (044) 2257 8220; Fax: (044) 2257
8224; Email: hsee@iitm.ac.in)
IMPORTANT
DATES OF HSEE-2013
Online Application process (HSEE website)
- Starts December 19, 2012
Online Application process (HSEE website)
- Ends January 18, 2013
Payment of examination fee through Indian
Bank challan - Starts December 19, 2012
Payment of examination fee through Indian
Bank challan - Ends January 25, 2013
Last date for receiving completed
application from the candidate by registered or speed post January 28, 2013
Admit Card availability for download (from
HSEE website) by candidates – Starts March
18, 2013
Admit Card availability for download (from
HSEE website) by candidates – Ends April
18, 2013
HSEE-2013 online Examination April 21, 2013
Result declaration on HSEE website May 15, 2013
Offer Letters to Candidates - Starts May 16, 2013
CONTACT DETAILS:
The Chairman, HSEE-2013,
JEE Office,
IIT Madras,
Chennai–600036
Phone: (044)
2257 8220
Fax: (044) 2257
8224
Email: hsee@iitm.ac.in
HSEE
website: http://hsee.iitm.ac.in
For
more information related to the streams and other details, see
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