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NIMCET 2011 on 15th May, 2011 - NIMCET (NIT MCA Common Entrance Test)

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NIMCET 2011 on 15th May, 2011
NIMCET (NIT MCA Common Entrance Test)


NIMCET (NIT MCA Common Entrance Test), the National level Entrance Test conducted by the National Institutes of Technology for admission to their MCA Programme at the NITs at Agartala, Allahabad, Bhopal, Calicut, Durgapur, Jamshedpur, Kurukshetra, Raipur, Surathkal, Tiruchirappally and Warrangal for 2011-12, , will be held from 10 am to 12 noon on 15th May, 2011 (Sunday).

NIMCET will have an objective type question paper containing 120 multiple choice questions from Mathematics (45 Questions), Analytical Ability and Logical Reasoning (40 questions), Computer Awareness (10 questions) and General English (25 Questions). Each question will have four options. Each correct answer will get four marks while each incorrect answer would result in loss of 1 mark.


The Syllabus for the NIMCET is given as Clause 8 of the Information Brochure available at http://www.nimcet2011nitb.in/ The Entrance Test will be held at the NITS at Agarthala, Allahabad (MNNIT), Bhopal (MANIT), Calicut, Durgapur, Hamirpur, Jaipur (MNIT), Jalandhar, JAmshedpur, Kurukshetra, PAtna, Raipur, Rourkela, Silchar, Srinagar, Surat, Surathkal (NITK), Tiruchirappally, Warangal and also at AIT, Delhi, Bhavan’s College Andheri, Mumabi and Kolkata.

Applicant should be Indian National with 60% marks or 6.5/10 CGPA (55% or 6.0/10 CGPA for SC/ST) in each examination of 12th level with Mathematics and Bachelor’s Degree of full time, 3 years duration from a recognized University with any one of Mathematics, Statistics, Business Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics, Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, Business Statistics, Computational Mathematics, Elementary Mathematics, Elementary Statistics. Those who have done Bridge Course in Mathematics are also eligible to apply.

Those appearing for the qualifying examination are also eligible to apply. They have to furnish proof of fulfilling the eligibility criterion at the time of counseling/Admission but not later than 31st August, 2011 failing which their admission will be cancelled by the concerned NIT.

NIMCET 2011 Application is applicable for the Entrance Examination as well as admission to the MCA Programme at all the 11 participating NITs. Applicants need not apply separately to each NIT for admission.

Application for NIMCET 2011 is to be registered online at http://www.nimcet2011nitb.in/home.html. This can be done from any place of their convenience. Applicant has to first create a user login Id and password which could be used as and when required. They should not create multiple Ids’. If there is any problem in login creation, candidate may contact Secretary NIMCET 2011.

Online application may be submitted after reading carefully, the instructions given at the link. After submission of the details asked, applicants are required to take a print out of the online filled application form. This printout along with copies of mark sheets of Matriculation, High School and Graduation and a Demand Draft for Rs. 1500/- for Open/OBC applicants and Rs.750/- for SC/ST applicants taken in favor of ‘NIMCET2011’, payable at SBI, MANIT Branch Bhopal (With Name, address and mobile/phone number written at the back side of the DD) should reach, ‘The Chairman/Secretary NIMCET2011, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh-462051, by Speed Post, latest by April 11, 2011 (Monday). The application form can also be submitted in the office of NIMCET2011 at NIT Bhopal by hand, on all working days from 10 a.m to 5 p.m.

Admit Cards will be available at the NIMCET 2011 website for downloading, from 2nd May, 2011. Results are expected to be published 31st May, 2011.

List of candidates selected on the basis of NIMCET2011 rank for online counseling will be published on www.nimcet2011nitb.in Score cards of all eligible candidates will be made available at http://www.nimcet2011nitb.in/ . Candidate is required to download his/her score card using their login Id from the NIMCET 2011 website. No separate Score Card will be sent to the candidates. NIMCET2011 score and rank is valid for admission to MCA course to the Participating Institutes for 2011-12 session only.

Applicants will be considered for admission to all the NITs based on their NIMCET Score and options exercised at the time of counseling/admission process. Details of the counseling process will be notified at NIMCET website http://www.nimcet2011nitb.in in due course.

NIMCET 2011 will have 3 rounds of counseling. Candidate will get a week’s time for filling his/her choices online, before first round of counseling. After each round of allotment candidate will have to report in person to any one of the participating NIT’s for remote reporting/reporting in person. The allotted seats of candidates may be upgraded after each round of counseling if higher choice preference (if filled) is available at the time of allotment process. Once seat has been allotted in any participating NIT, candidate will have to take admission in that NIT after third round of counseling.

Once the candidate has taken admission in one of the participating NITs, transfer from one NIT to another NIT is not permitted in any circumstances. After third round of counseling there will not be any upgradation of allotted seat. The general eligibility for NIMCET2011 entrance examination is same for all the participating NITs. The fee structure may differ from one participating institute to another. The details can be obtained from website of the respective institutes.

Counseling will be held in June 2011. Choice filling can be done at http://www.nimcet2011nitb.in/ from 7th June 2011 to 5 pm on 13th June 2011. First round of allotment will be made on 14th June, 2011. Facility for remote reporting/reporting in person after the first allotment will be available from 15th June to 20th June, 2011. Second round of allotment/up-gradation will be on 22nd June, 2011.

Remote reporting/Reporting after the second round would be possible from 23rd June to 27th June, 2011. Third and final round of up-gradation will be on 28th June, 2011. Remote reporting/Reporting after the third round would be possible from 29th June to 30th June, 2011. Spot admission for the remaining seats of all Participating Institutes will be held at MANIT Bhopal on 1st July, 2011.

The details of the seats available are given in the Prospectus. Details of reservation available are also given there. There are altogether 828 seats available for MCA of which 418 are Open seats.

For more details, visit http://www.nimcet2011nitb.in/

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