MHT-CET 2010 Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility of Maharashtra State Candidate and OMS candidate for appearing for MHT-CET

2010:

Candidate should be an Indian National and should have passed/appeared* the HSC (Std.XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with subjects English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

Note:  *Candidates who have appeared for the qualifying examination i.e. HSC (Std. XII) or its equivalent examination during the academic year 2009-10 and whose results are not declared till the last date of submission of application form are eligible to appear for MHT-CET 2010, however for admission to first year of degree courses in Engineering/Technology, such candidates must fulfill the eligibility criteria as mentioned in rules 2.2 to 2.12 as applicable.

Maharashtra State candidates (defined as per rule no. 3.1) and OMS candidates (defined as per rule no. 3.2) are eligible to appear for the MHT-CET 2010 conducted by the Competent Authority of Government of Maharashtra for the academic year 2010-11.

Even though Outside Maharashtra State (OMS) candidates are eligible to appear for the MHT-CET 2010, it is specifically made clear that such OMS candidates will not be able to participate in the Centralized Admission Process on the basis of score in MHT-CET 2010. These OMS candidates will be able to apply for the admissions against the Institute Level Seats ONLY in the Unaided Private Engineering Colleges/Institutes on the basis of score in MHT-CET 2010.

The facility of Constitutional Reservation is not available for the OMS candidates. Therefore all OMS candidates will be treated as OPEN/GENERAL category candidates in the entire admission process.

2.2  Eligibility criteria for Maharashtra State Candidate and Outside Maharashtra State

Candidate for admission to first year of degree courses in Engineering/Technology: Candidate should be an Indian National and should have passed the HSC (Std.XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with subjects English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics AND Secured  minimum 50% marks i.e. not less than 150 marks out of 300 marks (minimum 45% marks i.e. not less than 135 marks out of 300 marks in case of candidates of Backward class categories belonging only to Maharashtra State) in the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics added together AND Obtained a non zero score in subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics added together at MHT-CET 2010.

Eligibility Criteria for All India (Paper-I of AIEEE-2010 qualified) candidates: [Both the Maharashtra State Candidates and the OMS candidates]

Candidate should be an Indian National and should have passed the HSC (Std.XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with subjects English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics  AND secured  minimum 50% marks i.e. not less than 150 marks out of 300 marks (minimum 45% marks i.e. not less than 135 marks out of 300 marks in case of candidates of Backward class categories belonging only to Maharashtra State) in the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics added together  AND Candidate should have a valid AIEEE Score (i.e. total score should be positive) for the year 2010-11.  Maharashtra Paper-I of AIEEE-2010 qualified Candidates who have appeared for MHT-CET 2010 will be required to submit single Application and Option form for CAP. Such Candidates will be given signle allotment through CAP as per their inter-se-merit.

2.4  Eligibility criteria for Maharashtra State Candidate for admission to first year of degree

courses in Engineering/Technology in Autonomous Institutions:

Candidate should be an Indian National and should have passed the HSC (Std.XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with subjects English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics AND Secured  minimum 50% marks i.e. not less than 150 marks out of 300 marks (minimum 45% marks i.e. not less than 135 marks out of 300 marks in case of candidates of Backward class categories belonging only to Maharashtra State) in the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics added together AND Obtained a minimum 110  score   (minimum 100 score   in case of candidates of Backward class categories belonging only to Maharashtra State) in subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics added together at MHT-CET 2010.

2.5  Eligibility Criteria for Foreign National/Foreign student/ PIO/Children of Indian workers

in the Gulf countries/Children of NRI

Candidate should have passed the HSC (Std.XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with subjects English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and secured minimum 50% marks i.e. not less than 150 marks out of 300 marks in the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics added together.

•  The eligibility of the candidates passing  the HSC (Std. XII) equivalent examination from a school/college/Examination Board situate outside India shall be further decided by the University Authorities to which the candidate is admitted. Hence such candidates are advised to get their eligibility verified by the respective University Authorities before seeking admission to the Engineering/Technology degree courses in the State of Maharashtra.

•  The candidate belonging to this type is  not required to appear for the MHT-CET 2010/AIEEE 2010.

Eligibility criteria for GOI nominees:

Candidate should be an Indian National and should have passed the HSC (Std.XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with subjects English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and secured minimum 50% marks i.e. not less than 150 marks out of 300 marks (minimum 45% marks i.e. not less than 135 marks out of 300 marks in case of candidates of Backward class categories) in the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics added together.

•  The candidate belonging to this type is  not required to appear for the MHT-CET 2010/AIEEE 2010.

2.7   Eligibility criteria for J & K Migrant candidates:  Candidate should be an Indian National and should have passed the HSC (Std.XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with subjects English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and secured minimum 50% marks i.e. not less than 150 marks out of 300 marks in the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics added together.

•  The candidate belonging to this type is  not required to appear for the MHT-CET 2010/AIEEE 2010.

2.8    Eligibility criteria for MKB candidates:

In addition to the basic eligibility criterion mentioned in rule no. 2.2, candidates who have appeared & obtained a non zero score in the MHT-CET 2010 and belonging to the Maharashtra Karnataka Disputed Border Area are required to fulfil following additional eligibility criterions.

•  Candidates have to be from such villages/towns, from the Maharashtra Karnataka disputed border areas, on which Maharashtra puts its claim (Refer Annexure I).

•  The candidate should produce the certificate that his/her father/mother/candidate himself/herself is a domicile of Karnataka in  the disputed border area as specified in the Proforma G  OR The candidate should produce the domicile certificate of his/her father/mother/candidate himself/herself stating that he/she is a resident of a village mentioned in Annexure –I.

•  The candidate should have passed SSC (or equivalent) and/or HSC (or equivalent) from an Institution situate in the disputed border area. The candidate must produce a certificate from the Principal/Head Master of the College/School stating that the candidate has passed SSC/HSC (or equivalent) Examination from that Institution.

•  Mother tongue of the candidate must be Marathi. The candidate must produce a certificate from the Principal/Head Master of the School from which he/she has passed the SSC (or equivalent) Examination, stating that the candidate’s Mother  tongue is Marathi as per the original School record.

•  Candidate should have passed SSC or HSC (or equivalent) Examination with Marathi as one of the subject.

Eligibility criteria for Candidates who are sons/daughters of Defence service personnel:

In addition to the basic eligibility criterion mentioned in rule no.2.2, candidates who have appeared & obtained a non zero score in the MHT-CET 2010 and satisfying any one of the following criteria as are eligible to seek admission against seats for sons/daughters of defence service personnel.

•  Candidate is a son/daughter of ex-service personnel who is domiciled in Maharashtra State   (Def-1).

•  Candidate is a son/daughter of active service personnel who is domiciled in Maharashtra State (Def 2).

•  Candidate is a son/daughter of active service personnel (Def -3)  ¾  Who is transferred to Maharashtra State but is not domiciled in Maharashtra State ¾  Who is not domiciled in Maharashtra State but  his/her family is stationed in Maharashtra State under the provision of retention of family accommodation at the last duty station on the grounds of childrens’ education, provided further that, such candidate should have appeared and passed the HSC (Std.XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education  or its equivalent examination from a school/college situate in the State of Maharashtra.

Note: This provision is NOT available to the children of CIVILIAN STAFF who is working/ who has worked with the Indian Defence Services.

2.10 Eligibility criteria for Candidates who are physically handicapped:

In addition to the basic qualification mentioned in rule no. 2.2, candidate who has appeared & obtained a non zero score in the MHT-CET 2010 and suffering from any one of the following permanent disability is eligible to seek admission against seats for Physically Handicapped candidates [only Maharashtra State candidates (Type A, B and D) are eligible to apply for admission against these seats]

•  Candidate who is visually impaired (blind) candidate (type P1)

•  Candidate who is speech & hearing impaired (deaf & dumb) candidate (type P2)

•  Candidate who is with orthopedic disorders,  learning disabilities, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphica, Spastic (type P3)

Note:  The certificate (proforma F/F-1) should clearly state  that the extent of disability is more than 40% and the disability is permanent in nature.

2.11  Other eligibility criteria for specialized branches of Engineering:

Candidates seeking admission to some special courses or under some special provisions have to fulfill the following additional eligibility criteria.

•  Admission to Bio- Medical/Bio-tech Engineering course : Candidates seeking admission to Biomedical/Bio-Tech Engineering course should have passed in the subject of Biology in the qualifying examination in addition to fulfilling the Eligibility criteria as mentioned in rule no. 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3.

•  Admission to Mining Engineering course: Female candidates are not eligible for admission to Mining Engineering course.

Admission to Marine Engineering Course in Padm. Vasantdada Patil Pratishtan’s College of

Engineering, Sion, Mumbai :  Candidates aspiring to take admission to Marine Engineering Course in the following institute should directly contact the Principal of the college for eligibility criteria (Educational Qualification & Entrance Test) and admission process.

Padm. Vasantdada Patil Pratisthan’s College of Engineering,

Padmabhushan Vasantdada Patil Education Complex,  Eastern Express High way, Near Everard Nagar,  Sion - Chunabhatti, , Mumbai – 400 022

Phone no. (O) 022-2407 0547, 2402 1526 Fax no. 022-2403 8717

Website-www.pvppcoe.ac.in