Combined Biotechnology Entrance Examination for Admission To MSc (Biotechnology); M.SC.(AGRI.)/M.V.SC (BIOTECHNOLOGY) & M.TECH (BIOTECHNOLOGY) PROGRAMMES 2007-2008

Jawaharlal Nehru University will hold a Combined Entrance Examination for admission to 2-Year M.Sc. Programme in Biotechnology on behalf of following participating Universities:


The Entrance Examination will be held on Friday, May 18, 2007 at Centers all over the country


II. ELIGIBILITY

Bachelor?s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); OR Medicine (MBBS) OR B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.


III. ELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATES WHO ARE DUE TO APPEAR IN THE QUALIFYING EXAMINATION

The candidates who are due to appear in the respective qualifying examination prescribed as eligibility for admission shall also be considered for appearing in the entrance examination. Such of the candidates will be allowed to appear in the entrance examination at their own risk and on the clear stipulation that in the event of their selection, they will be entitled to admission only if they secure the minimum prescribed percentage of marks in their qualifying degree examination and that they will be required to submit all the documents including final mark-sheet of the qualifying examination (indicating the final and overall percentage of marks) before the deadline for admission fixed by the concerned participating University.


SCHOLARSHIPS

Students selected for admission to M.Sc. Biotechnology Programme of the participating Universities which are financially supported by the Department of Biotechnology (Govt. of India) will be eligible to receive scholarship at the rate of Rs.800/- p.m.

Note:

i) Candidates may please note that the M.Sc. Biotechnology programme being offered at

Punjabi University, Patiala, and Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, is currently not being financially supported by the Department of Biotechnology (Govt. of India.) The award of scholarships, if any, shall therefore be governed by the rules prevailing in these Universities.



ii) Students admitted to Gulbarga University will also not get any scholarship



iii) The scholarship of Rs. 800/- p.m. for students joining M.Sc. Biotechnology programme at the Special Centre for Biotechnology of JNU would be awarded to all the students during first semester. In the subsequent semesters, the scholarship will be extended only to those students who secure minimum CGPA of 6.00 in the end-semester examinations.

RESERVATION/CONCESSION

a) Reservation: 15%, 7?% and 3% of seats shall be reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Physically Challenged (Handicapped) (PH) candidates respectively. All the SC/ST and PH candidates who have passed the qualifying examination are eligible to apply irrespective of their percentage of marks in the qualifying examination.



b) Concession for Kashmiri Migrants: 10% marks will be added to the overall marks scored by a Kashmiri migrant candidate in the Entrance Examination. After adding 10% marks, in case he/she is covered in the cut-off point in the merit list, he/she will be offered admission strictly in accordance with his/her inter-se merit alongwith other candidates subject to his/her meeting the minimum prescribed eligibility requirements and also subject to his/her producing valid registration documents issued by the notified authorities certifying the candidate?s Kashmiri migrant status.

GUIDELINES/COURSE OUTLINES FOR ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

The question paper for the Entrance Examination will be of three hours duration and divided into two parts:

Part A will have multiple choice type questions at the level of 10+2. This part is sub-divided into Section-I, II and III. Section I will have 40 questions from Physics and Chemistry and must be answered by all the candidates. Section-II will have 20 questions from Mathematics and Section-III will have 20 questions from Biology. Candidates will have option to answer questions from either Section-II or III. Total marks for Part A will be 60 questions x1 mark each = 60 marks. There will be negative marking and for each wrong answer, ? (half) mark will be deducted.

Part B will also have multiple-choice questions of Bachelor's level requiring thinking and analysis. There will be about 40 questions from Physics and Mathematics, about 40 questions from Biology (e.g., Botany, Zoology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Genetics and Molecular Biology) and about 20 questions from Chemistry. The candidates will be required to attempt 60 questions. Total marks for Part B will be 60 questions x3 marks each = 180 marks. There will be negative marking and one mark for each wrong answer will be deducted.


SELECTION PROCEDURE


Candidates are advised to exercise in the Application Form options for the 29 participating Universities in order of their preference for joining the participating Universities for admission to the M.Sc. Biotechnology programme. The selection will depend strictly on the basis of inter-se merit of the candidate in the Entrance Test vis-a-vis preferences for joining the Universities indicated by the candidate under column (9) of the Application Form. In case a candidate has not indicated his/her choice for joining a particular University in column (9) of the application form, his/her name will not be considered for that University.



The Selection procedure will be as follows:


1) After the merit list is drawn almost double the number of candidates than the total intake only will be informed of their merit rank in the entrance examination. The candidates will also be informed about the total number of seats in each participating University. The candidates will be asked to exercise their final options once again for joining the Universities in the proforma (which will be sent by JNU). The candidates will be asked to send to JNU a Bank Draft of Rs.5,000/- ( Rs.2,500/- in case of SC, ST, PH and BL candidates) as initial security deposit giving their willingness to be considered for admission to the participating Universities in accordance with their options for joining the universities vis-୶is their inter-se merit in the Entrance Examination.


2) The candidates who do not exercise their options for joining any of the participating universities will not be considered for admission to that university/universities.


3) After allotment of seats, the JNU will send intimation to the candidates about their allotment of the university and also to the concerned participating university to which the candidate has been selected.


4) The participating university will then inform the candidate about the complete admission procedure and schedule of their university as well as the amount of fee etc. to be deposited by the candidate. The initial security deposit already sent by the candidate through demand draft to JNU will be sent to concerned University for refund after first semester.


5) In case the candidate is offered admission in accordance with his/her options for joining the universities vis-୶is his/her inter-se merit, but subsequently in case he/she either does not join the concerned university or withdraws during first semester then in that event, the initial deposit of Rs. 5,000/- or (Rs.2,500/- in case of SC,ST , PH and BL categories) as the case may be, will stand forfeited.


6) The initial security deposit of Rs.5,000/-, or (Rs.2,500/- in case of SC/ST, PH and BL candidates) will be refunded in full to those of the candidates who are not offered admission to any of the participating university.



7) Candidates may note that request for transfer from one university to another will not be entertained under any circumstances. Therefore, candidates are advised not to make any request in this regard.



8) Only the candidates who will be asked to exercise their option once again will be informed by post and the list of these candidates will also be available on JNU website.However, the candidates are advised to find out through their own sources whether their names appear in the list and thereby make arrangement for sending their final option together with initial security deposit by the stipulated date.The University will not be responsible for any postal delay/lapse.


9) In case, after following the above selection procedure, the seats still remain vacant in any university(ies), these will be offered further down the merit list on the basis of merit vis-a-vis their options.



DATE SCHEDULE OF ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

Programme Date Time

M.Sc. (Biotechnology) May 18, 2007 (Friday) 9.00 A.M. to 12.00 Noon

ADMIT CARD FOR ENTRANCE EXAMINATION


Important Note: The Admit Cards are mailed to the candidates approximately fifteen days before the commencement of the Entrance Examination Under Certificate of Posting (U.P.C.). In case, however, Admit Card is not received in time, the candidate is advised to report at the opted Examination Centre, on the due date and time of the Examination as per schedule of Time-Table shown under Section IX and XI of this booklet alongwith two attested photographs together with sufficient proof to the effect that he/she has applied for the said programme and also after satisfying that he/she fulfills all the prescribed conditions of eligibility.


As such, those candidates who have applied and fulfill the prescribed eligibility conditions but somehow do not receive the Admit Card, are advised to contact either the JNU Representative (who will be available at the Examination Centre at least a day in advance) or the Presiding Officer/Principal of the Centre to sort out their problems. It may be noted that only those candidates will be allowed to appear in the entrance test whose names appear in the roll-list available with the examination centre. The University will assume no responsibility whatsoever in case the candidate fails to report on the due date and time for appearing in the entrance examination.



TIME-TABLE FOR ADMISSION


Although University will inform the candidates falling under consideration zone about their merit in CEEB by post, it is the responsibility of the candidate to see the result on University website and University will not be responsible for postal delay/lapse.

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