Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Govt of Kerala B.Tech Lateral Entry Registration 2012

Department of Technical Education, Govt of Kerala

B.Tech Lateral Entry Registration 2012

The Department of Technical Education, Govt of Kerala has invited applications for Lateral Entry examination for admission to the B.Tech courses. The admission will be subject to regulations of the Universities concerned.


Online regn for the exam will begin on 12th Jan and close on 11th Feb, 2012.

Institutions, Courses and Intake

The list of various Engineering Institutions, courses/ branches offered and the number of seats available in each branch will be published in the website www.dtekerala.gov.in before the ensuing online allotment.

Fee Structure

Fee structure of the courses will be announced by the Director of Technical Education in the website, before the allotment.

Eligibility for admission

Admission will be based on a rank list prepared based on an objective type entrance test conducted by the Joint Controller of Technical Examinations, Thiruvananthapuram as per clause 9 of the prospectus.

Candidates who have passed Diploma in Engineering awarded by the State Board of Technical Education or Equivalent after undergoing regular course of three years study in an approved institution are eligible for admission.

Those who are appearing for the final year diploma examination are also eligible to apply subject to the condition that they shall produce the provisional certificate at the time of admission.

Maximum age as on the last date of submission of application will be 28 years.

Non-Keralities are also eligible to apply but their admission will be restricted to the Private Self financing institutions & non-Government seats in the Government controlled Self-financing institutions.

Candidates will be admitted only to the branch of Engineering as per the equivalency given in the prospectus.

Reservation of seats

All seats under Lateral Entry scheme in Government Engineering Colleges will be allotted as Government seats.

The availability of Government seats in Government controlled and other Private Self-Financing Engineering Colleges will be announced before ensuing online admission.

15% of seats under Lateral Entry are reserved as Management seats in Aided Engineering Colleges and remaining 85% will be allotted as Government seats.

Communal reservation for candidate belonging to Socially and Educationally Backward Classes(SEBC) and SC/ST category will be followed as per usual norms(Ezhava-9%,Muslim-8%,Latin Catholic other than Anglo Indian-2%,B.H- 5%,Backward Christian-1%,Kudumbi-1%,Scheduled Caste-8% and Scheduled Tribe- 2%).

3% seats are reserved for physically disabled candidates. Candidates claiming reservation under physically disabled quota shall have a minimum of 40% disability. A disability Certificate from the District Medical Board has to be attached along with the application. Such candidates are also directed to produce a certificate obtained from a Medical officer not below the rank of Assistant surgeon to ensure the fitness of candidates to undergo the course.

One seat each is reserved for Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology branch for defence quota. For claiming reservation in this quota, relevant certificate should be attached.

80% of the available seats in Information Technology branch are reserved for the Diploma Holders in Information Technology.

Claim for Communal Reservation

Candidates belonging to SEBC whose annual family income (annual income of all members in the family from all sources taken together) is up to Rs.4.5 lakhs are eligible for reservation under this category.

Candidates claiming reservation under SEBC category should produce both community and income certificates obtained from the concerned village officer in the space provided in the body of the application form.

The candidates claiming reservation under SC/ST quota should produce community certificate in the space provided in the body of the application form.

In the absence of SC/ST candidates, their seats will be filled from OEC category and they have to furnish community and income certificates from the Village Officer in the space provided in the body of the application form.

Candidates who are not eligible for communal reservation benefit and who wish to be considered for any scholarship/concession based on the family income that may be announced by Government/College/Admitting Authority at any time after the submission of application should also submit the income certificate, from the concerned authorities at the time of submission of application itself.

Application Forms

Application forms and prospectus are available in the websites www.dtekerala.gov.in , www.tekerala.org Application fee is Rs.750/- for general candidates and Rs.375/- - for SC/ST candidates, which can be paid in ‘Shakti Account’ of the Joint Controller of Technical Examination from any branch of State Bank of Travancore. ST candidates whose annual income is below Rs.40, 000/- are exempted from paying application fee on condition that they produce income certificate for the same.

Submission of Application

Applications are to be submitted online and the downloaded application form duly filled up along with the relevant certificates and Shakti chalan form should reach The Joint Controller of Technical Examinations, Kaimanam,Thiruvananthapuram- 695040 by Registered Post/ or in person. The last date for the receipt of application is Feb 25,2012.

Entrance Examination

A state level OMR based objective type Entrance Test for duration of 2 hours will be conducted by The Joint Controller of Technical Examinations, Kaimanam, Thiruvananthapuram for the selection.

Examination centers will be at Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Thirur, Kozhikode, Malappuram and Kannur. Admit Cards for the Examination can be downloaded from website www.dtekerala.gov.in / www.tekerala.org .

The Entrance Test will be on selected subjects of first year B.Tech course and English language as per the scheme and syllabus given in Annexure D. The rank list will be prepared based on the OMR based objective type test in which published by The Joint Controller of Technical Examinations, Kaimanam, Thiruvananthapuram-40.

Candidates should secure a minimum of 15% marks in the entrance test to become eligible for the inclusion in the rank list.

Valuation and Declaration of Results

A fully computerized system has been adopted for the valuation of the answer scripts using optical mark reader (OMR) system and for the results.

There will be no-provision for revaluation or rechecking of the answer scripts or recounting of the marks.

The Rank list shall be prepared as per the criteria given in Annexure C. The marks secured by the candidates will not be disclosed under any circumstances and any such enquiries will not be entertained.

Allotment

The allotment of seats will be made by the Director of Technical Education in accordance with the candidates rank in the Entrance Examination and availability of seats in the various categories through the website www.dtekerala.gov.in, according to the options given by the candidates.

Candidates who are eligible for admission, as per the rank list, will have to enter their options online. After each allotment there will be provision for rearranging the options.

Once the candidate gets an allotment he/she will have to join the particular institution and then only he/she will be considered for further allotments.

Once the candidate gets an allotment, all the lower options will automatically be cancelled and re-allotment will only be done for higher options.

If the candidate is satisfied with the allotment he/she gets in a particular allotment and if he/she does not want to be considered for further allotments, he/she will have to cancel all the remaining options.The selection for admission will be provisional and subject to the verification of the original documents by the concerned Principals at the time of admission.

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