RESERVATION OF SEATS in IIT s
Indian nationals belonging to certain categories are admitted under the seats reserved for them in accordance with the rules of the Government of India. The
categories and the extent of reservation are as follows:-
• Other Backward Classes belonging to the Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL) – 27% of seats in every course. The backward class should be in the current updated
central list of OBCs (www.ncbc.nic.in).
Candidates belonging to the creamy layer of OBC are NOT entitled for reservation. Such candidates are treated as belonging to the general (GEN), i.e.
unreserved category, and they will be eligible only for the OPEN seats – the seats for which everyone is eligible.
• Scheduled Caste (SC) – 15% of seats in every course.
• Scheduled Tribe (ST) – 7.5% of seats in every course.
The benefit of reservation will be given only to those castes and tribes that are mentioned in the respective central list of corresponding states published by the
Government of India (http://socialjustice.nic.in and http://tribal.nic.in).
• Persons with Disability (PwD) – 3% seats in each of OPEN, OBC-NCL, SC and ST category seats.
Benefit would be given to those who have at least 40% impairment irrespective of the type of disability i.e., locomotor, visual or SEVERE dyslexic.
Leprosy-cured candidates who are otherwise fit to pursue the courses are also included in this sub-category.
Candidates belonging to the OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD categories will be declared as qualified on the basis of a relaxed criterion (see 21. RANK LISTS).
Unfilled seats reserved under OBC-NCL category will be de-reserved to OPEN category seats. However, seats remaining vacant under the SC and ST categories
shall NOT be de-reserved to any category. The reservation for PwD candidates is horizontal and hence, unfilled seats will be de-reserved to the respective
categories i.e., unfilled SC-PwD seats will be converted to the SC category seats and so on.
The category of a candidate as entered in the database, which will be made available by the JEE Apex Board [which conducts JEE (Main) 2017 examination],
will be final and requests for change of category will NOT be entertained.
4. DEFENCE SERVICE CANDIDATES
Defence Service (DS) candidates are children of defence / paramilitary personnel killed or permanently disabled in action during war or peacetime operations. Two
seats are available for preferential allotment in each Institute for DS candidates. To avail this preferential allotment, a DS candidate must be in the Common Rank
List of JEE (Advanced) 2017 (see 21. RANK LISTS).
5. FOREIGN NATIONALS
Candidates who are NOT citizens of India (by birth or naturalized), do not belong to PIO/OCI category, and whose parents are not citizens of India and do not come
under PIO/OCI category at the time of registering for JEE (Advanced) 2017 are treated as foreign nationals. Seats allotted to foreign nationals are supernumerary
with a cap of 10% of total number of seats in every course. However, the seats allotted to PIO/OCI card holders will be under OPEN category, but not
supernumerary. Foreign nationals are outside the ambit of reservation of seats under the OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD categories as specified herein. The relevant
information for foreign candidates is available at the following link: http://www.jeeadv.ac.in/pdf/foreign.pdf
. OTHER INSTITUTES
Other centrally funded institutes have used JEE (Advanced) ranks in the past. These include:
• Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc)
• Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) located in Berhampur, Bhopal, Kolkata, Mohali, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram and Tirupati
• Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram
• Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), Rae Bareli
• Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy, Visakhapatnam
Candidates should contact these institutes directly for additional information.
Part-II
THE EXAMINATION
THE EXAMINATION
The Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) 2017 [JEE (Advanced) 2017] will be conducted by the seven Zonal Coordinating (ZC) IITs under the guidance of the
Joint Admission Board (JAB) 2017. The performance of a candidate in this examination will form the basis for admission to the Bachelor’s, Integrated
Master’s and Dual Degree programs (entry at the 10+2 level) in all the IITs. The decisions of the JAB 2017 will be final in all matters related to JEE (Advanced) 2017
and admission to IITs.
Category-wise distribution of top 2,20,000 candidates (Criterion 1)
ORDER CATEGORY Number of “Top” candidates
1 OPEN 107,767 Total 1,11,100
2 OPEN-PwD 3,333
3 OBC-NCL 57,618 Total 59,400
4 OBC-NCL-PwD 1,782
5 SC 32,010 Total 33,000
6 SC-PwD 990
7 ST 16,005 Total 16,500
8 ST-PwD 495
Criterion 2 – Age limit: Candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1992. Five years relaxation is given to SC, ST and PwD candidates, i.e., these
candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1987. Criterion 3 – Number of attempts: A candidate can attempt JEE (Advanced) a
maximum of two times in consecutive years. Therefore, candidates who appeared in JEE (Advanced) 2016 for the first time are also eligible.
Criterion 4 – Appearance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination: A candidate should have appeared for the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first
time in either 2016 or 2017. However, candidates whose Class XII (or equivalent) examination Board results for the academic year 2014-15 were declared after June
2015 are eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2017. Criterion 5 – Earlier admission at IITs: A candidate should NOT have been admitted
in an IIT irrespective of whether or not he/she continued in the program) OR accepted the IIT seat by reporting at a reporting centre in the past. The candidates
whose admission at IITs was cancelled are also NOT eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2017. Candidates who have been admitted to a preparatory course in any of the
IITs for the first time in 2016 can appear in JEE (Advanced) 2017. The candidates who have paid seat acceptance fee but not accepted the seat (by not reporting at any
reporting centre during joint seat allocation in 2016) are eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2017. For eligibility criteria for foreign candidates can be found:
http://www.jeeadv.ac.in/pdf/foreign.pdf.
For authentic information visit official website of JEE.
