All India Engineering Entrance Examination
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The All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), is an examination organized by the Central Board of Secondary Education
(CBSE) in India
. Introduced in the year 2002, this national level competitive test is for admission to various under-graduate engineering and architecture courses in institutes accepting the AIEEE score, including 5 Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs) and 30 National Institutes of Technology
(NITs). The examination is generally held on the last Sunday of April and results are announced in the last week of May or the first week of June. Candidates are ranked on an all-India basis and state basis. Thus, they have an All India Rank (AIR) and a State Rank (SR). The eleventh edition of AIEEE will be held on April 29, 2012 in 65 cities across India. The online version of the exam shall be conducted between May 7 and 25, 2012 in 22 cities.
objective-type questions each of which has four choices. Out of the four choices for a given question, only one choice is correct. Paper 1 has a negative-marking scheme wherein an incorrect answer is negatively marked with one fourth of the maximum marks allotted to the question. Paper 2 has three sections: Mathematics, Drawing, and Aptitude. Mathematics, and Drawing sections have multiple choice objective-type questions and the Aptitude section has drawing-based questions. The duration of each paper is three hours. Candidates are not allowed to carry any textual material, calculators, logarithmic tables or electronic devices into the examination hall. The number of questions and their maximum marks have been variable through the years. The questions are based on a syllabus that is common to syllabi of all the state boards in India
and the Central Board of Secondary Education. Candidates can opt for question papers either in English or in Hindi language. For admission to B.Tech or B.E. courses in the participating institutes the candidate is required to take the Paper 1; for admission to B.Arch or B. Planning courses the candidate is required to take Paper 2. Students can opt to take any one or both the papers.
The examination was conducted in offline pen and paper mode till 2010. In 2011, as per the orders of the Ministry of Human Resource Development
, CBSE conducted Paper 1 in Computer-Based-Test mode for the first one lakh candidates who opted for the same, while the remaining students took the examination in the conventional pen and paper mode.
The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at the examination is limited to three in consecutive years.
The Central Counselling Board coordinates the admissions to the under-graduate courses in the participating institutes. Though nearly one million students take the exam only small percentage of students are eligible for central counselling or state-specific or category-specific counselling on basis of their AIR. For example, in 2010 1,065,100 students appeared at the exam, competing for approximately 26816 seats for BE
/B.Tech and 936 seats for B.Arch/B.Planning. Counseling for SC/ST candidates and SC/ST physically handicapped candidates is done on the first two days. Then the physically handicapped in the Open (OP) category are counselled.
As declared by the Ministry of Human Resource Development
(MHRD), 50% of the seats in NITs will be filled from AIEEE eligible candidates of states where NITs are located and the remaining 50% will be filled on All India Merit basis. Whereas for IIIT's all of the seats are being filled through All India Merit Basis.
It is also not clear that whether CBSE private candidate is eligible or not.
Another criticism is about the language of the exam. AIEEE is conducted only in English and Hindi, making it harder for students where vernacular languages, e.g. Tamil, Telugu or Gujarati , are more prominent. As an example, in September 2011, the Gujarat High Court has acted on a Public Interest Litigation by the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, for conducting the exams in Gujarati. A second petition was made in October.
Central Board of Secondary Education
The Central Board of Secondary Education is a Board of Education for public and private schools, under the Union Government of India.-History:...
(CBSE) in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Introduced in the year 2002, this national level competitive test is for admission to various under-graduate engineering and architecture courses in institutes accepting the AIEEE score, including 5 Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs) and 30 National Institutes of Technology
National Institutes of Technology
The National Institutes of Technology , are a group of higher education engineering institutes in India. Comprising thirty autonomous institutes, they are located in one each major state/territory of India. On their inception decades ago, all NITs were referred as Regional Engineering Colleges ...
(NITs). The examination is generally held on the last Sunday of April and results are announced in the last week of May or the first week of June. Candidates are ranked on an all-India basis and state basis. Thus, they have an All India Rank (AIR) and a State Rank (SR). The eleventh edition of AIEEE will be held on April 29, 2012 in 65 cities across India. The online version of the exam shall be conducted between May 7 and 25, 2012 in 22 cities.
Structure
The examination consists of two papers: Paper 1 and Paper 2. Paper 1 has three sections: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry with equal weight for each subject. Each section consists of multiple choiceMultiple choice
Multiple choice is a form of assessment in which respondents are asked to select the best possible answer out of the choices from a list. The multiple choice format is most frequently used in educational testing, in market research, and in elections-- when a person chooses between multiple...
objective-type questions each of which has four choices. Out of the four choices for a given question, only one choice is correct. Paper 1 has a negative-marking scheme wherein an incorrect answer is negatively marked with one fourth of the maximum marks allotted to the question. Paper 2 has three sections: Mathematics, Drawing, and Aptitude. Mathematics, and Drawing sections have multiple choice objective-type questions and the Aptitude section has drawing-based questions. The duration of each paper is three hours. Candidates are not allowed to carry any textual material, calculators, logarithmic tables or electronic devices into the examination hall. The number of questions and their maximum marks have been variable through the years. The questions are based on a syllabus that is common to syllabi of all the state boards in India
Boards of Education in India
The following boards of education have been recognized by Government of India#Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education#Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education#Assam Higher Secondary Education Council#Assam Board of Secondary Education...
and the Central Board of Secondary Education. Candidates can opt for question papers either in English or in Hindi language. For admission to B.Tech or B.E. courses in the participating institutes the candidate is required to take the Paper 1; for admission to B.Arch or B. Planning courses the candidate is required to take Paper 2. Students can opt to take any one or both the papers.
The examination was conducted in offline pen and paper mode till 2010. In 2011, as per the orders of the Ministry of Human Resource Development
Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)
The Ministry of Human Resource Development is an Indian government ministry, responsible for the development of human resources...
, CBSE conducted Paper 1 in Computer-Based-Test mode for the first one lakh candidates who opted for the same, while the remaining students took the examination in the conventional pen and paper mode.
The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at the examination is limited to three in consecutive years.
Counselling
| Year | No. of candidates registered |
No. of candidates appeared |
Examination centers |
Seats offered |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Cities | BE/ B.Tech | B.Arch/ B.Plan | >|- | 1118148 | 1065100 | 1623 | 86 | 26816 | 936 | >- | 1010061 | 962119 | 1460 | 85 | 23676 | 855 | >- | 862853 | 792752 | 1298 | 75 | 17163 | 759 | >- | 641276 | 599096 | 1047 | 79 | 13653 | 13653 | |
| 2006 | 523811 | 490193 | 912 | ? | ≈11000 | ≈11000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 436048 | 397178 | 763 | 87 | ≈9897 | ≈9897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | 417723 | 357266 | 765 | 102 | ≈9000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Central Counselling Board coordinates the admissions to the under-graduate courses in the participating institutes. Though nearly one million students take the exam only small percentage of students are eligible for central counselling or state-specific or category-specific counselling on basis of their AIR. For example, in 2010 1,065,100 students appeared at the exam, competing for approximately 26816 seats for BE
Bachelor of Engineering
The Bachelor of Engineering is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a student after three to five years of studying engineering at universities in Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland , Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Korea,...
/B.Tech and 936 seats for B.Arch/B.Planning. Counseling for SC/ST candidates and SC/ST physically handicapped candidates is done on the first two days. Then the physically handicapped in the Open (OP) category are counselled.
As declared by the Ministry of Human Resource Development
Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)
The Ministry of Human Resource Development is an Indian government ministry, responsible for the development of human resources...
(MHRD), 50% of the seats in NITs will be filled from AIEEE eligible candidates of states where NITs are located and the remaining 50% will be filled on All India Merit basis. Whereas for IIIT's all of the seats are being filled through All India Merit Basis.
Participating institutes
Institutes participating in the Central Counselling:- 30 National Institutes of TechnologyNational Institutes of TechnologyThe National Institutes of Technology , are a group of higher education engineering institutes in India. Comprising thirty autonomous institutes, they are located in one each major state/territory of India. On their inception decades ago, all NITs were referred as Regional Engineering Colleges ...
- 5 Indian Institutes of Information TechnologyIndian Institutes of Information TechnologyIndian Institutes of Information Technology are a group of four institutes of higher education in India, focused on information technology...
- Army Institute of Technology, PuneArmy Institute of Technology, PuneArmy Institute of Technology is an undergraduate engineering college located in the Dighi Hills area in Pune, Maharashtra, India and affiliated to the University of Pune. Only wards of army personnel are allowed admission. The admission is done through AIEEE exam...
- Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
- Chitkara Institute of Engineering and TechnologyChitkara Institute of Engineering and Technologygovt. engineering school in Chandigarh, Punjab, north India. It was founded by Dr. Ashok Chitkara in 1998 and is approved by the All-India Council of Technical Education and affiliated to Punjab Technical University...
- Delhi Technological University
- Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication TechnologyDhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication TechnologyDhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology , is a technological institute located in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. It is named after the Gujarati entrepreneur and Reliance group founder Dhirubhai Ambani...
- Gurukul Kangri VishwavidyalayaGurukul Kangri VishwavidyalayaGurukul Kangri University or Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya is a Deemed University located in the city of Haridwar in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.- History :...
- Heritage Institute of Technology, KolkataHeritage Institute of Technology, KolkataHeritage Institute of Technology, popularly known as HITK is a renowned private engineering college as well as a top management college, located in Anandapur, Kolkata near the East Kolkata Township, in West Bengal, India.. It is affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata...
- Indian Institute of ScienceIndian Institute of ScienceIndian Institute of Science is a research institution of higher learning located in Bangalore, India. It was established in 1909.-History:After a chance meeting between Jamsetji N...
- International Institute of Information Technology, HyderabadInternational Institute of Information Technology, HyderabadInternational Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad is an autonomous university in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established in 1998 with seed support from the Government of Andhra Pradesh...
- Jaypee Institute of Information TechnologyJaypee Institute of Information TechnologyJaypee Institute of Information Technology , located in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India is a Deemed University offering programs in technical education at undergraduate and postgraduate level.-Academics:...
- Lovely Professional UniversityLovely Professional UniversityLovely Professional University is a private semi-residential university created under the state government private university act. LPU claims to be the largest private university in India in terms of number of students on a single campus and is situated on 600+ acres of green area on NH-1 at the...
- Mewar UniversityMewar UniversityMewar University is an autonomous body promulgated by the Government of Rajasthan through Act. No. 4 of 2009, passed by Rajasthan Assembly . The University is further approved by the UGC under u/s 2 of the UGC Act 1956, with the right to confer degree under u/s 22 of the UGC Act vide letter...
- Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana
- Mumbai University Institute of Chemical Technology
- National Institute of Foundry and Forge TechnologyNational Institute of Foundry and Forge TechnologyThe National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology is a fully residential Government of India co-educational institute located in the mineral-rich belt of India in the town of Ranchi....
- Netaji Subhas Institute of TechnologyNetaji Subhas Institute of TechnologyNetaji Subhas Institute of Technology , New Delhi , formerly known as Delhi Institute of Technology, is a premier engineering college in New Delhi, India. It is an autonomous institution of the Government of NCT of Delhi...
- Netaji Subhash Engineering College
- Nirma University of Science and Technology
- PEC University of Technology
- School of Planning and ArchitectureSchool of Planning and ArchitectureSchool of Planning and Architecture, Delhi is a National Resource Institute of India. It is also one of the few premier 'Centrally Funded Technical Institutions ' under the Government of India. Currently there are 3 SPAs all over India, administered under the MHRD, Government of India...
- SelaQui Academy of Higher EducationSelaQui Academy of Higher EducationThe Gurukul Trust has launched an academy of Higher Education called SAHE-SelaQui Academy of Higher Education at SelaQui, Dehradun, with Graduate programs in , and Master’s program in Management from Academic session 2010...
- Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research AcademyShanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research AcademyThe Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy, known as SASTRA University, is a deemed university in the town of Thirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. Undergraduate and postgraduate engineering courses are its focus....
- Sharda UniversitySharda UniversitySharda University is a private university in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was established by the U.P. State Legislative Act in 2009 and approved by the University Grants Commission. It is part of the Sharda Group of Institutions, which has been providing education in northern India for...
- Sir Padampat Singhania UniversitySir Padampat Singhania UniversitySir Padampat Singhania University is a private residential university located in Udaipur, India. The university offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering. It has a management school that offers Master of Business Administration degrees...
- Tezpur UniversityTezpur UniversityTezpur University is an Indian Central University located in Tezpur in the state of Assam, India...
2011 incident
In 2011, CBSE postponed the examination by 2.5 hours after Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force found the leaked question paper in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh the night before. Meanwhile alternate set of question papers were sent to the examination centers. CBSE announced the postponement 30 minutes before the scheduled start of the examination.Criticism
It is not clear whether Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) and PIO (Persons of Indian Origin) status holders are eligible to appear for AIEEE. In the AIEEE Registration Form the drop down list for Nationality column has choices 'Foreign' and 'Indian'. If one opts for 'Foreign' which should be a natural choice for OCI status holders since they are citizen of another nation in addition to being Overseas Citizen of India, they get an error message 'you are not eligible for AIEEE 2012 on the basis of Nationality as Foreign', whereas website for the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs mentions as benefits of OCI status as '10.General parity with non-Resident Indians in respect of all facilities available to them in economic, financial and educational fields except in matters relating to acquisition of agricultural or plantation properties.' on their webpage http://moia.gov.in/services.aspx?ID1=39&id=m3&idp=35&mainid=23It is also not clear that whether CBSE private candidate is eligible or not.
Another criticism is about the language of the exam. AIEEE is conducted only in English and Hindi, making it harder for students where vernacular languages, e.g. Tamil, Telugu or Gujarati , are more prominent. As an example, in September 2011, the Gujarat High Court has acted on a Public Interest Litigation by the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, for conducting the exams in Gujarati. A second petition was made in October.
See also
- IIT-JEE
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- Graduate Aptitude Test in EngineeringGraduate Aptitude Test in EngineeringGraduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is an examination administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institutes of Technologies on behalf of the National Coordination Board – GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development ,...
- All India Council for Technical EducationAll India Council for Technical EducationThe All India Council for Technical Education is the statutory body and a national-level council for technical education, under Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development...