Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST)
Online Registration ISAT 2012
The Online Registration for ISAT 2012, the test for admission to the B.Tech Programmes in Aerospace Engineering, Avionics and Physical Sciences, offered at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), located at Valiamala, Thiruvananthapuram-695547, has commenced at http://www.iist.ac.in/isat2012/
IIST, under the Department of Space, Government of India, is the first Space University of Asia, offering courses from Undergraduate to Doctoral level in Space Science Technology.
ISAT 2012 will be held at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Calicut, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Dispur, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Port Blair, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram, Varanasi and Visakhapatnam from 9 am to 12 noon on 21st April, 2012 (Saturday). The schedule will remain unaltered even if the above date is declared a public holiday. While applying, the candidates have to choose any three different cities in the order of preference for writing the Admission Test.
A total of 156 seats are available for the three Programmes, with 60 seats each for B Tech in Aerospace Engineering and B Tech in Avionics and 36 for B Tech in Physical Sciences.
ISAT 2012 will have a single paper with objective type questions from Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The answer for each question is to be recorded on a specially designed machine-gradable Optical Response Sheet (ORS) and evaluated through Optical Mark Reader (OMR), by darkening the appropriate bubble using Hard Black (HB) pencils alone.
Marking more than one answer for any given question will render the response invalid. Each correct answer will be awarded three marks. Every incorrect answer will be awarded one negative mark. Use of electronic computing and communication devices like mobile phone, calculator, tablet etc. and materials like logarithm table, text books, notebooks, etc. are not permitted in the examination hall.
The detailed syllabi of ISAT-2012 for Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics are available at www.iist.ac.in/isat2012
Eligibility: Applicant should be an Indian citizen. Those belonging to the General and OBC categories should have been born on or after October 1, 1987. SC/ST/PD Applicants born on or after October 1, 1982, are eligible to apply.
Applicant should have passed any one of the qualifying examinations listed below, with the prescribed percentage of marks.
(i) The final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by any recognized Central/State Board, such as Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi; Council for Indian School Certificate Examination (ISCE), 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 or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva
(vi) Any Public School/Board/University examination in India or in any foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU)
(vii) Vocational Higher Secondary Examination
(viii) Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National
Institute of Open Schooling with a minimum of five subjects
In case a 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.
The year of first appearance of the candidate in the Qualifying Examination should be 2011 or 2012. Only those candidates who have attained the required percentage for Qualifying Examination in 2011 or 2012 will be eligible for ISAT-2012.
Marks in Class 12 and Class 10: Applicants belonging to General and OBC categories should have secured an aggregate of 70% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM) in the qualifying examination (10+2 or equivalent) while those belonging to SC/ST/PD categories should have secured at least 60% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in the Qualifying Examination. If a candidate is expecting the results of the Qualifying Examination in 2012, he/she should submit the relevant documents in support of passing the examination and obtaining 70% aggregate in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (60% in case of SC/ST candidates) on or before 1st July, 2012.
Applicants belonging to General and OBC categories must also have at least 70% marks in aggregate and those belonging to SC, ST and PD categories must have at least 60% marks in aggregate, taking into account all subjects, in Class X or equivalent examination.
If the Board provides the equivalent percentage of marks against grades, then the candidate has to base his/her calculations in percentage based on the norms given by the concerned Board. If a 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 the equivalent marks as percentages (by taking into account all subjects in Class: X or equivalent and Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in Class: 10+2 or equivalent), and submit the same at the time of Counselling.
Reservation of Seats: Seats are reserved for various categories as follows (i) SC-15% (ii) ST-7.5% (iii) OBC belonging to Non-Creamy Layer-27% (iv) Physically Disabled (PD)-3% (Horizontal Reservation).
Examination Fee: Examination fee is Rs.600/- for Male candidates in General and OBC categories; Rs. 300/- for Female candidates (General and OBC) and Rs. 300/- for all SC/ST/PD applicants. The payment is to be made in any one of the branches of State Bank of India (SBI) , Punjab National Bank (PNB) or Union Bank of India(UBI), using a Challan that can be downloaded/printed from the website on successful completion of Online Registration.
Applicants residing abroad can remit their Examination fee through any bank outside India. The examination fee must be sent in the form of a Demand Draft drawn in favour of ‘The Registrar, IIST’, payable at Thiruvananthapuram with Register number and Name of applicant written on the back of the Demand Draft. DD issued from a bank within India will not be accepted.
On-Line Application: Application can be submitted only online at http://www.iist.ac.in/isat2012/ till 11.30 p.m. on 31st December 2011. The online registration procedure requires a valid email id of the candidate, which has to be kept live and secure till the end of the admission process.
Applicant should access the website www.iist.ac.in/isat2012 and go to the ‘Online Registration’ link. A page titled ‘ISAT 2012-Online Application Form Step1’ will be displayed. Applicant should enter details such as Name, Date of Birth (as given in the original records), email id and other information asked for.
After verifying the Name, Date of Birth, Email id and other information, the applicant must click the ‘Next Step’ button and the applicant will be taken to ‘ISAT-2012 Online Application Form Step 2’. A detailed preview of all information entered by applicant till then will be displayed. The applicant will have to enter here, other personal details like the address for communication/academic details, etc. The next field will ask the applicant to enter a ‘Password’, which has to be remembered for all future ‘Log-in’ to ISAT-2012 website.
Next, the applicant will have to enter choice of three test centres. Subsequently, the applicant should select the Bank of choice for payment of examination fees (NRI applicants should select ‘Others’ and proceed further and print the payment details of DD for communication to ISAT- 2012 office). The applicant will then be prompted to ‘Next Step’. All the details that have been entered till then will be displayed on the screen. This has to be verified for correctness. If not correct, click ‘Prev Step’ button to go back to the previous step and make the corrections. All details entered should be verified before clicking the submit button.
Information once submitted cannot be changed. If the details provided are correct, click ‘Submit’ button. The applicant will get a message of successful registration with the ISAT Registration Number. This will be the ‘login’ id of the applicant for all future ‘login’ with ISAT-2012 website to be used with the password entered earlier. At this point applicant will also get an email message from ISAT 2012in the valid email id, giving details of registration. Now the applicant should click the button ‘Get My Challan’ to download ISAT-2012 challan. This will provide the applicant, a triplicate copy of Challan on the screen, consisting of Bank copy, Student’s copy and Institute copy. This should be printed on A4 sheet and used for payment at the selected Bank. (For printing challan, which is in the PDF format Adobe Acrobat Reader is required). The challan can also be printed any time from the website, once the applicant has obtained the Registration number, by clicking on ‘Download Challan’ at the ISAT-2012 registration link after entering valid ‘login-id’ (Registration number) and the password entered during the registration.
The fee has to be remitted in any one of the branches of Bank, the applicant has opted, latest by 6th January 2012. Applicant should verify if the Journal Number [SBI]/Transaction Number [PNB/UB] is correctly entered in all copies of the challan along with the respective branch code and seal.
After making the payment, applicant should update the Journal Number [SBI]/Transaction Number [PNB/UB], Branch code and ate of payment in the website using ‘Candidate Login’.
The portion of the Challan marked as ‘Institute Copy’, counter-signed by the authorised Bank official has to be sent through Speed Post to ‘The Chairman, ISAT-2012, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Valiamala P.O, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala-695 547’, with the ISAT-2012 ‘Registration Number’ and ‘Name’ of the applicant written clearly on the envelope. Alternately, the candidate can also upload the ‘Institute Copy’ of the Challan by logging on to www.iist.ac.in/isat2012, using ‘Candidate Login’. The last date for the receipt of the Institute copy of the Challan at ISAT-2012 office is 16th January 2012.
Once the Institute copy of the Challan is received by ISAT-2012 office, the status of the application will be updated by the Iinstitute and the candidate can view the status of their application by logging on to the website. Submission of application is complete, if the status of the application is ‘Accepted’.
HALL TICKET: The Hall Tickets for all eligible candidates will be generated and will be made available online from 2nd March 2012 to 10th April 2012 at the ISAT 2012 website. A candidate can download/print the Hall Ticket from the website by logging onto the site using his/her login id and password. No hard copy of the Hall Ticket will be issued by ISAT office by post. In case a candidate is unable to download/print the Hall Ticket, the candidate must immediately contact the ISAT-2012 office through telephone or e-mail on or before 10th April 2012. After due verification, ISAT-2012 may issue appropriate instructions to facilitate the candidate to write the examination, subject to certain conditions.
The Hall ticket will bear the Name, Roll Number, Date of Birth, Address, and Category of the candidate along with the details of allotted Test Centre to the candidate. It will also have space for affixing the candidate’s colour photograph and signature. On printing, the candidate should carefully examine the Hall Ticket for the correctness of all the entries made therein. Any discrepancy must be informed to the ISAT-2012 office immediately. The candidate must paste a recent passport size colour photograph on the space provided on the Hall Ticket and put his/her signature on the space provided on the Hall Ticket. The photograph must be attested by the Principal/Head/In-charge of the School/College/Institution last studied/studying. Attestation should be in such a manner that part of the signature /seal appears on the photograph. The Hall Ticket with the photograph pasted on it duly attested must be brought to the Test Centre at the time of the examination. Only those candidates, who hold valid Hall Ticket with photograph pasted on it and attested, will be allowed to appear for the Test. The candidate must report at the Test Centre at least 30 minutes before the scheduled commencement of the Test.The Invigilator on duty will collect the Hall Ticket on the day of ISAT- 2012 admission test, after verification.
Results: Results are expected to be published on 23rd May, 2012. Candidates will get to know their performance in ISAT-2012 through the Rank List/Category List to be made available at IIST websites by 23rd May 2012. Ranking procedure of the ISAT-2012 is available at http://www.iist.ac.in/isat2012/template/default/downloads/Ranking.pdf
Counselling And Admission: The seats in various courses of the B. Tech programmes are allotted on the basis of the Rank lists generated for each category and the options exercised by the candidate at the time of Counselling. Each candidate who is selected for admission to a B. Tech programme in IIST shall execute a Surety Bond to serve ISRO/DOS for a period of 5 years after the completion of studies (on a Non-Judicial paper costing Rs. 100) in the prescribed format duly signed by the student, parent and surety at the time of admission. Candidates who qualify in ISAT-2012 will have to submit a physical fitness certificate from a registered medical practitioner in the prescribed format that will be made available at the time of Counselling. Candidates will be admitted only if they are physically fit for pursuing a course of study at IIST. Further details of Counselling and admission process will be published in the ISAT-2012 website.
Fee Structure: The expenditure per semester for tuition fees, hostel accommodation and boarding, etc. is borne fully by IIST for every student who scores a Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 6 out of 10. In addition, a book allowance of Rs 3000/- is provided every semester to the students. Failure to secure 6.0 GPA or above in any semester will entail the student to pay the expenditure towards hostel charges including dining, establishment charges and medical cover for the next semester.
Absorption into ISRO: Every student who completes the B. Tech programme of IIST, meeting specified academic standards, will be absorbed into ISRO as Scientist/Engineer, ‘SC’ (Pay Band- Rs. 15,600-39,100, Grade Pay- Rs. 5,400/- Initial Pay: Rs. 21,000/- + DA + HRA). To be eligible for absorption, the student should have completed the B. Tech programme in four years with a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 6.5 (out of a maximum of 10). The maximum time limit allowed for the successful completion of a programme is six years, but any extension beyond the normal four years renders the student ineligible for absorption into ISRO. A student who joins IIST to pursue B. Tech Programme is required to furnish a bond to serve ISRO for five years immediately after the completion of B. Tech.
More details of the three Programmes and other details are available at the website http://www.iist.ac.in/isat2012/ and also in the Information Brochure that can be downloaded from the site.
Online Registration ISAT 2012
The Online Registration for ISAT 2012, the test for admission to the B.Tech Programmes in Aerospace Engineering, Avionics and Physical Sciences, offered at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), located at Valiamala, Thiruvananthapuram-695547, has commenced at http://www.iist.ac.in/isat2012/
IIST, under the Department of Space, Government of India, is the first Space University of Asia, offering courses from Undergraduate to Doctoral level in Space Science Technology.
ISAT 2012 will be held at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Calicut, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Dispur, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Port Blair, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram, Varanasi and Visakhapatnam from 9 am to 12 noon on 21st April, 2012 (Saturday). The schedule will remain unaltered even if the above date is declared a public holiday. While applying, the candidates have to choose any three different cities in the order of preference for writing the Admission Test.
A total of 156 seats are available for the three Programmes, with 60 seats each for B Tech in Aerospace Engineering and B Tech in Avionics and 36 for B Tech in Physical Sciences.
ISAT 2012 will have a single paper with objective type questions from Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The answer for each question is to be recorded on a specially designed machine-gradable Optical Response Sheet (ORS) and evaluated through Optical Mark Reader (OMR), by darkening the appropriate bubble using Hard Black (HB) pencils alone.
Marking more than one answer for any given question will render the response invalid. Each correct answer will be awarded three marks. Every incorrect answer will be awarded one negative mark. Use of electronic computing and communication devices like mobile phone, calculator, tablet etc. and materials like logarithm table, text books, notebooks, etc. are not permitted in the examination hall.
The detailed syllabi of ISAT-2012 for Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics are available at www.iist.ac.in/isat2012
Eligibility: Applicant should be an Indian citizen. Those belonging to the General and OBC categories should have been born on or after October 1, 1987. SC/ST/PD Applicants born on or after October 1, 1982, are eligible to apply.
Applicant should have passed any one of the qualifying examinations listed below, with the prescribed percentage of marks.
(i) The final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by any recognized Central/State Board, such as Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi; Council for Indian School Certificate Examination (ISCE), 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 or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva
(vi) Any Public School/Board/University examination in India or in any foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU)
(vii) Vocational Higher Secondary Examination
(viii) Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National
Institute of Open Schooling with a minimum of five subjects
In case a 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.
The year of first appearance of the candidate in the Qualifying Examination should be 2011 or 2012. Only those candidates who have attained the required percentage for Qualifying Examination in 2011 or 2012 will be eligible for ISAT-2012.
Marks in Class 12 and Class 10: Applicants belonging to General and OBC categories should have secured an aggregate of 70% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM) in the qualifying examination (10+2 or equivalent) while those belonging to SC/ST/PD categories should have secured at least 60% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in the Qualifying Examination. If a candidate is expecting the results of the Qualifying Examination in 2012, he/she should submit the relevant documents in support of passing the examination and obtaining 70% aggregate in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (60% in case of SC/ST candidates) on or before 1st July, 2012.
Applicants belonging to General and OBC categories must also have at least 70% marks in aggregate and those belonging to SC, ST and PD categories must have at least 60% marks in aggregate, taking into account all subjects, in Class X or equivalent examination.
If the Board provides the equivalent percentage of marks against grades, then the candidate has to base his/her calculations in percentage based on the norms given by the concerned Board. If a 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 the equivalent marks as percentages (by taking into account all subjects in Class: X or equivalent and Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in Class: 10+2 or equivalent), and submit the same at the time of Counselling.
Reservation of Seats: Seats are reserved for various categories as follows (i) SC-15% (ii) ST-7.5% (iii) OBC belonging to Non-Creamy Layer-27% (iv) Physically Disabled (PD)-3% (Horizontal Reservation).
Examination Fee: Examination fee is Rs.600/- for Male candidates in General and OBC categories; Rs. 300/- for Female candidates (General and OBC) and Rs. 300/- for all SC/ST/PD applicants. The payment is to be made in any one of the branches of State Bank of India (SBI) , Punjab National Bank (PNB) or Union Bank of India(UBI), using a Challan that can be downloaded/printed from the website on successful completion of Online Registration.
Applicants residing abroad can remit their Examination fee through any bank outside India. The examination fee must be sent in the form of a Demand Draft drawn in favour of ‘The Registrar, IIST’, payable at Thiruvananthapuram with Register number and Name of applicant written on the back of the Demand Draft. DD issued from a bank within India will not be accepted.
On-Line Application: Application can be submitted only online at http://www.iist.ac.in/isat2012/ till 11.30 p.m. on 31st December 2011. The online registration procedure requires a valid email id of the candidate, which has to be kept live and secure till the end of the admission process.
Applicant should access the website www.iist.ac.in/isat2012 and go to the ‘Online Registration’ link. A page titled ‘ISAT 2012-Online Application Form Step1’ will be displayed. Applicant should enter details such as Name, Date of Birth (as given in the original records), email id and other information asked for.
After verifying the Name, Date of Birth, Email id and other information, the applicant must click the ‘Next Step’ button and the applicant will be taken to ‘ISAT-2012 Online Application Form Step 2’. A detailed preview of all information entered by applicant till then will be displayed. The applicant will have to enter here, other personal details like the address for communication/academic details, etc. The next field will ask the applicant to enter a ‘Password’, which has to be remembered for all future ‘Log-in’ to ISAT-2012 website.
Next, the applicant will have to enter choice of three test centres. Subsequently, the applicant should select the Bank of choice for payment of examination fees (NRI applicants should select ‘Others’ and proceed further and print the payment details of DD for communication to ISAT- 2012 office). The applicant will then be prompted to ‘Next Step’. All the details that have been entered till then will be displayed on the screen. This has to be verified for correctness. If not correct, click ‘Prev Step’ button to go back to the previous step and make the corrections. All details entered should be verified before clicking the submit button.
Information once submitted cannot be changed. If the details provided are correct, click ‘Submit’ button. The applicant will get a message of successful registration with the ISAT Registration Number. This will be the ‘login’ id of the applicant for all future ‘login’ with ISAT-2012 website to be used with the password entered earlier. At this point applicant will also get an email message from ISAT 2012in the valid email id, giving details of registration. Now the applicant should click the button ‘Get My Challan’ to download ISAT-2012 challan. This will provide the applicant, a triplicate copy of Challan on the screen, consisting of Bank copy, Student’s copy and Institute copy. This should be printed on A4 sheet and used for payment at the selected Bank. (For printing challan, which is in the PDF format Adobe Acrobat Reader is required). The challan can also be printed any time from the website, once the applicant has obtained the Registration number, by clicking on ‘Download Challan’ at the ISAT-2012 registration link after entering valid ‘login-id’ (Registration number) and the password entered during the registration.
The fee has to be remitted in any one of the branches of Bank, the applicant has opted, latest by 6th January 2012. Applicant should verify if the Journal Number [SBI]/Transaction Number [PNB/UB] is correctly entered in all copies of the challan along with the respective branch code and seal.
After making the payment, applicant should update the Journal Number [SBI]/Transaction Number [PNB/UB], Branch code and ate of payment in the website using ‘Candidate Login’.
The portion of the Challan marked as ‘Institute Copy’, counter-signed by the authorised Bank official has to be sent through Speed Post to ‘The Chairman, ISAT-2012, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Valiamala P.O, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala-695 547’, with the ISAT-2012 ‘Registration Number’ and ‘Name’ of the applicant written clearly on the envelope. Alternately, the candidate can also upload the ‘Institute Copy’ of the Challan by logging on to www.iist.ac.in/isat2012, using ‘Candidate Login’. The last date for the receipt of the Institute copy of the Challan at ISAT-2012 office is 16th January 2012.
Once the Institute copy of the Challan is received by ISAT-2012 office, the status of the application will be updated by the Iinstitute and the candidate can view the status of their application by logging on to the website. Submission of application is complete, if the status of the application is ‘Accepted’.
HALL TICKET: The Hall Tickets for all eligible candidates will be generated and will be made available online from 2nd March 2012 to 10th April 2012 at the ISAT 2012 website. A candidate can download/print the Hall Ticket from the website by logging onto the site using his/her login id and password. No hard copy of the Hall Ticket will be issued by ISAT office by post. In case a candidate is unable to download/print the Hall Ticket, the candidate must immediately contact the ISAT-2012 office through telephone or e-mail on or before 10th April 2012. After due verification, ISAT-2012 may issue appropriate instructions to facilitate the candidate to write the examination, subject to certain conditions.
The Hall ticket will bear the Name, Roll Number, Date of Birth, Address, and Category of the candidate along with the details of allotted Test Centre to the candidate. It will also have space for affixing the candidate’s colour photograph and signature. On printing, the candidate should carefully examine the Hall Ticket for the correctness of all the entries made therein. Any discrepancy must be informed to the ISAT-2012 office immediately. The candidate must paste a recent passport size colour photograph on the space provided on the Hall Ticket and put his/her signature on the space provided on the Hall Ticket. The photograph must be attested by the Principal/Head/In-charge of the School/College/Institution last studied/studying. Attestation should be in such a manner that part of the signature /seal appears on the photograph. The Hall Ticket with the photograph pasted on it duly attested must be brought to the Test Centre at the time of the examination. Only those candidates, who hold valid Hall Ticket with photograph pasted on it and attested, will be allowed to appear for the Test. The candidate must report at the Test Centre at least 30 minutes before the scheduled commencement of the Test.The Invigilator on duty will collect the Hall Ticket on the day of ISAT- 2012 admission test, after verification.
Results: Results are expected to be published on 23rd May, 2012. Candidates will get to know their performance in ISAT-2012 through the Rank List/Category List to be made available at IIST websites by 23rd May 2012. Ranking procedure of the ISAT-2012 is available at http://www.iist.ac.in/isat2012/template/default/downloads/Ranking.pdf
Counselling And Admission: The seats in various courses of the B. Tech programmes are allotted on the basis of the Rank lists generated for each category and the options exercised by the candidate at the time of Counselling. Each candidate who is selected for admission to a B. Tech programme in IIST shall execute a Surety Bond to serve ISRO/DOS for a period of 5 years after the completion of studies (on a Non-Judicial paper costing Rs. 100) in the prescribed format duly signed by the student, parent and surety at the time of admission. Candidates who qualify in ISAT-2012 will have to submit a physical fitness certificate from a registered medical practitioner in the prescribed format that will be made available at the time of Counselling. Candidates will be admitted only if they are physically fit for pursuing a course of study at IIST. Further details of Counselling and admission process will be published in the ISAT-2012 website.
Fee Structure: The expenditure per semester for tuition fees, hostel accommodation and boarding, etc. is borne fully by IIST for every student who scores a Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 6 out of 10. In addition, a book allowance of Rs 3000/- is provided every semester to the students. Failure to secure 6.0 GPA or above in any semester will entail the student to pay the expenditure towards hostel charges including dining, establishment charges and medical cover for the next semester.
Absorption into ISRO: Every student who completes the B. Tech programme of IIST, meeting specified academic standards, will be absorbed into ISRO as Scientist/Engineer, ‘SC’ (Pay Band- Rs. 15,600-39,100, Grade Pay- Rs. 5,400/- Initial Pay: Rs. 21,000/- + DA + HRA). To be eligible for absorption, the student should have completed the B. Tech programme in four years with a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 6.5 (out of a maximum of 10). The maximum time limit allowed for the successful completion of a programme is six years, but any extension beyond the normal four years renders the student ineligible for absorption into ISRO. A student who joins IIST to pursue B. Tech Programme is required to furnish a bond to serve ISRO for five years immediately after the completion of B. Tech.
More details of the three Programmes and other details are available at the website http://www.iist.ac.in/isat2012/ and also in the Information Brochure that can be downloaded from the site.
