Official Notification for PGECET-2014 at www.appgecet.org

 State Council of Higher Education::Hyderabad

PGEC / PGECET-2014 ADMISSIONS

Detailed notification for web based counseling

The GATE qualified and eligible candidates of 2013 and 2014, GPAT and PGECET qualified and eligible Candidates of 2014 are informed to attend PGEC / PGECET Web Counseling for admission into M.E./ M.Tech./ M.Arch / M.Pharmacy/Pharm.D (P.B.) courses for the academic year 2014-2015 as per the schedule given below at any one of the Help Line centers.

Candidates are informed that they should satisfy the admission rules prescribed in the related G.O. besides satisfying the eligibility criteria of the respective universities and should be prepared to pay the tuition fee as applicable.

The left over seats after allotment for GATE / GPAT Candidates are alone available for PGECET candidates

This notification itself is a call for counseling. No separate call letters are sent to the individual candidates.

Mere attending counseling does not guarantee a seat.

Candidates have to pay non-refundable processing fee of Rs.300/- for SC/ST candidates and Rs.600/-for others at the time of certificate verification.

COUNSELING SCHEDULE for PGEC-2014 (GATE-2013/2014 & GPAT 2014)

Certificate Verification GATE /GPAT Exercising web options 06-09-2014 All qualified and registered of EC & ME 10-09-2014 to 11-09-2014 07-09-2014 All qualified and registered candidates 11-09-2014 to 12-09-2014

COUNSELING SCHEDULE for PGECET-2014

  

Candidates claiming NCC/CAP/SPORTS/PH have to attend for certificate verification at any one of the following Helpline centers only as per the schedule. However, they shall exercise web options on the dates mentioned above against their rank.

1. College of Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.

2. Nizam College , Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad..

3. Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.

4. Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur.

SCHEDULE for Special Categories

 PH Category: Candidates have to produce a certificate issued by the District Medical Board and only candidates who have disability of 40% and above are eligible.

CAP Category:

Ex-Servicemen have to produce:

1. Service Certificate issued by Zilla Sainik Welfare Officer.

2. Identity Card

3. Discharge Book for verification.

Serving persons have to produce Service Certificate from the place of Work indicating the relationship with the Candidate. Only Candidates whose parents are domicile of Telangana/A.P. are eligible to be considered under “CAP” Category.

NCC Category: Candidates have to produce concerned certificates along with A, B, C certificate(s).

List of helpline centers

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Current RBI Policy & Reserve Rates

Repo Rate: 8% (Unchanged) 

Reverse Repo: 7% (Unchanged) 
CRR : 4% (Unchanged)
SLR : 23% (Unchanged)
MSF : 9% (Unchanged)
Bank Rate : 9% (Unchanged)

1. Basis points: It is the increase in interest rates in percentage terms. For instance, if the interest rate increases by 50 basis points bsp), then it means that interest rate has been increase by 50%. One percentage point is broken down into 100 basis points. Therefore, an increase from 2% to 3% is an increase of one percentage point or 100 basis points.

2. CRR: Cash reserve Ratio (CRR) is the amount of funds that the banks have to keep with RBI. If RBI decides to increase the percent of this, the available amount with the banks comes down. RBI is using this method (increase of CRR rate), to drain out the excessive money from the banks. The current rate is 4%, which means for a cash deposit of Rs. 100, the bank has to park 4 rupee with the central bank.

3. Repo rate: Repo rate is the policy rate and is part of RBI’s Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF). It is the rate at which commercial banks borrow from the RBI by selling their securities or financial assets to the RBI or a short-period of time. It comes with an agreement that the sold securities will be repurchased by the commercial banks from the RBI at a future date at predetermined price. The repo rate is used by the central bank to increase liquidity in the system.

4. Reverse repo rate: Reverse Repo Rate is also a part of LAF. It is the rate of interest at which the central bank borrows funds from other banks for a short duration. The banks deposit their short term excess funds with the central bank and earn interest on it. This rate is used by the central bank to absorb liquidity from the economy. Generally it is one percentage less than the Repo rate.

5. Bank rate: The only way the bank rate is different from the repo rate is that the bank rate is the rate at which banks borrow money from the central bank without any sale of securities. It is generally for a longer period of time

6. Marginal Standing Facility: The Reserve Bank of India in its monetary policy for 2011-12 introduced the marginal standing facility under which banks could borrow funds from RBI when there is a considerable shortfall of liquidity. This measure has been introduced by RBI to regulate short-term asset liability mismatches more effectively. Under this facility, banks can borrow up to 1% of their net demand.

7. Liquidity Adjustment Facility: Under this facility, banks borrow from the central bank by pledging government securities.

8. Statutory Liquidity Ratio: This is the percentage of deposits that banks must mandatorily hold in the form of government bonds. SLR bonds are liquid assets that can be sold at a short notice to meet any unexpected demand from depositors.

State Bank of India (SBI) Associate Banks Recruitment 2014

Post Name: Probationary Officers (PO)
Total Vacancies: 2986
Qualification: All Indian Graduates are Eligible.
Pay Scale: Rs. 25700/- and Rs. 65000/- Per Month Only at Mumbai
Opening Date For Online Application: 01-09-2014
Closing Date For Online Application: 18-09-2014
For details: http://www.governmentexamsindia.com/2014/08/sbi-associate-banks-po-recruitment-2014.html

ORGANISATION AND THERE HQ’s

1. UNO – New York

2. UNICEF – New York
3. UNESCO – Paris
4. UNIDO – Vienna
5. WHO – Geneva
6. UNFPA – New York
7. ILO – Geneva
8. IMF – Washington DC
9. WTO – Geneva
10. International Court Of Justice – The Hague
11. International Atomic Energy Agency – Vienna
12. World Bank – Washington D.C.
13. International Committee of theRed Cross -Geneva
14. International Maritime Organisation – London
15. Universal Postal Union – Berne
16. Food and Agricultural Organisation – Rome
17. World Meteorological Organisation – Geneva
18. SAARC – Kathmandu
19. Amnesty International – London
20. Transparency International – Berlin
21. World Intellectual Property Organization – Geneva
22. International Renewable Energy Agency – Abu Dhabi (UAE) (Interim Hqs)
23. Commonwealth of Nations – London
24. International Standards Organisation – Geneva

NMAT - 2015

NMIMS Management Aptitude Test (NMAT™)

The official entrance exam to enter SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute Of Management Studies (School Of Business Management) - Rated CRISIL A***, 4th Best B-School by The Economic Times and 7th Best by Businessworld.

NMIMS Offers a wide range of MBA programs, both general management and specialised areas, to suit industry requirements and make a student future ready.

Programs Offered are:

	NAME OF THE PROGRAM	NO OF SEATS
1	MBA	500
	Two year full time programme having concentration in any one of the following area: Finance Information Systems Marketing Operations & Decision Sciences
2	MBA Human Resource	60
3	MBA Pharmaceutical Management	60
4	PGDM – Bengaluru Campus	120
5	PGDBM – Hyderabad Campus	60

Admission for all the Full Time Programmes mentioned above is through NMIMS Management Aptitude NMAT™ Test conducted by NMIMS.

NMAT™ is conducted in a time frame of 3 months, allowing choice of two retakes to the students should any of them wish to. In such cases, the best of three scores will be considered.

To internationalise the learning experience, NMIMS is admitting foreign students and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO). Also, to reach out to the Indian Diaspora and the World, NMIMS has decided to admit sons / daughters and wards of Persons of Indian Origin.

All these students will be admitted on the basis of GMAT Scores.

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 This booklet gives information about the Admission Procedure and Admission Test of following full time MBA - Mumbai & PGDM - Bengaluru / PGDBM - Hyderabad Programmes for academic year commencing from June 2015.

 

Sr. No.	Name of the program	No. of Seats
1.	MBA Two year full time programme having concentration in any one of the following area: 1. Finance 2. Information Systems 3. Marketing 4. Operations & Decision Sciences	500
2.	MBA Human Resource	60
3.	MBA Pharmaceutical Management	60
4.	PGDM – Bengaluru Campus	120
5.	PGDBM – Hyderabad Campus	60

2.    IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS

Admission for all the Full Time Programmes mentioned above is through NMIMS Management Aptitude Test (NMAT™) conducted by NMIMS. For NMAT™ - 2015, candidates can apply for more than one Programme and more than one campus.

3. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION

S.No.	Name of the program	Eligibility Criteria
1	MBA (Mumbai Campus)	• Full Time Bachelor's Degree (10+2+3/4) in any discipline from a recognized University withminimum 50% marks in the aggregate in first attempt. • Those candidates who have cleared their graduation by doing a part-time course or through distance learning, correspondence courses, externally, open school are NOT ELIGIBLE to apply. * Sub clauses 3.1 to 3.8 are also applicable.
2	MBA HR Selection process is separate (Mumbai Campus)	• Full Time Bachelor's Degree (10+2+3/4) in any discipline from a recognized University withminimum 50% marks in the aggregate in first attempt. • Those candidates who have cleared their graduation by doing a part-time course or through distance learning, correspondence courses, externally, open school are NOT ELIGIBLE to apply. * Sub clauses 3.1 to 3.8 are also applicable.
3	MBA Pharmaceutical Management - Selection process is separate (Mumbai Campus)	• Full Time Bachelor's Degree (10+2+3/4) in Pharmacy, Science, Life Sciences, MBBS, BDS, BHMS, BAMS, B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Biotechnology from a recognized University with minimum 50% marks in the aggregate in first attempt. Post Graduate degree holders in Economics, Psychology and Sociology can also apply. • Candidates with B.Tech. or B.E. in Bio-Tech. or Bio- Medical are also eligible to apply. • Those candidates who have cleared their graduation by doing a part-time course or through distance learning, correspondence courses, externally, open school are NOT ELIGIBLE to apply. • Candidates working in Pharmaceutical Companies for more than two years are preferred. *  Sub clauses 3.1 to 3.8 are also applicable.
4	PGDM - Bengaluru campus PGDBM - Hyderabad campus	• Full Time Bachelor's Degree (10+2+3/4) in any discipline from a recognized University with minimum 50% marks in the aggregate in first attempt. • Those candidates who have cleared their graduation by doing a part-time course or through distance learning, correspondence courses, externally, open school are NOT ELIGIBLE to apply. * Sub clauses 3.1 to 3.8 are also applicable.

 3·1     For all the full time programs, candidates who are appearing for the final examination of their Bachelor’s degree are eligible to apply. Provisional admission is subject to clearing the final examination of their Bachelor’s degree in first attempt and in the stipulated duration with 50 % aggregate marks and selected candidates must produce all the necessary documents, in original, within the given stipulated time and must fulfill sub clause No. 3·3

3·2     For all the Full Time programs, candidates having two and more years of post-qualification work experience will be preferred.

3·3    At the time of admission, the candidate should have cleared all the trimesters / semesters of the Program. No examination of any previous Semester / Trimester to the final Semester / Trimester examination be held subsequent to the final Semester/ Trimester examination. No result of any previous Semester / Trimester examination to the final Semester / Trimester examination be declared subsequent to the declaration of the result of the final Semester / Trimester examination. 

3·4     Candidate has to produce semester-wise / trimester-wise marksheets of all years at the time of admission.  Only consolidated marksheets will not be entertained.

3·5    The candidates who have passed, or, have appeared for graduation examination from a University where Grade Point Average is given, must produce in writing from the University concerned, about the equivalent percentage for the GPA/CGPA obtained. 

3·6     It is sole responsibility of the candidate to ascertain whether they possess the necessary and requisite qualification for the admission at NMIMS, as verification of the documents is done at the time of final admission. 

3·7     If at any stage, it is found that a candidate does not satisfy the eligibility criteria or the information furnished by him/ her in the online registration is incorrect, his/her application for the admission to the Programme, even if selected and fees paid, will stand cancelled and fees forfeited. Candidates appearing for NMAT™, Case Discussion & Personal Interview will do so at their own risk, eventually, forfeiting their admission for want of meeting the eligibility criteria. In such cases candidate will forfeit all the payments like NMAT™ registration charges, Case Discussion -Personal Interview registration charges, Program fee etc.

3·8     NMIMS reserves the right to alter the terms of eligibility without intimation to the applicants. 

4. ADMISSION PROCESS

Stage 1 – NMAT™ will be conducted as per the Admission Schedule given in clause 5
Stage 2 – Case Discussion (CD) and Personal Interview (PI) only for shortlisted candidates
Stage 3 – Candidates’ academic performance, relevant work experience and other similar inputs.

5. ADMISSION SCHEDULE: NMAT™ 2015

5.1 The schedule & registration charges for NMAT™ are as under:

Event	Start	End	Registration charges (Non-Refundable)
Registration	Wednesday, 2nd July, 2014	Wednesday, 24th  September, 2014	Rs.2000/- for normal registration for either MBA Full Time - Mumbai Campus or PGDM - Bengaluru / PGDBM - Hyderabad.
			Rs. 2400/- for both MBA Full Time - Mumbai Campus and PGDM - Bengaluru / PGDBM - Hyderabad.
Late Registration	Thursday, 25th September, 2014	Saturday, 4thOctober 2014	Rs. 2550/- for late registration for either MBA Full Time Mumbai Campus or PGDM - Bengaluru / PGDBM - Hyderabad.
			Rs. 3000/- for both MBA Full Time - Mumbai Campus and PGDM - Bengaluru / PGDBM - Hyderabad.
Scheduling	Thursday, 17th  July, 2014	Tuesday, 7thOctober, 2014	NIL
Rescheduling	Thursday, 17th  July, 2014	Wednesday, 17th December, 2014	Rs. 1000/- per reschedule
Test Delivery	Tuesday, 7th October, 2014	Saturday, 20thDecember, 2014	NIL
Retake Scheduling	Tuesday, 7th October, 2014	Friday, 19thDecember, 2014	Rs. 2000/-

Pearson VUE will carry out the online registration & will conduct NMAT™ on behalf of NMIMS. Interested candidates have to visit the NMIMS website for online registration. For appearing for NMAT™, online application has to be duly submitted & payment of registration charges need to be made in any of the prescribed mode within stipulated time.

• Candidates can apply for more than one Programme / Campus as per his / her eligibility by giving preferences. i.e.
  1. MBA     2. MBA, & PGDM - Bengaluru and/or PGDBM - Hyderabad    3. PGDM - Bengaluru and/or PGDBM - Hyderabad
• The preferences once given cannot be changed later on. Candidates are advised to check the information entered in the online registration application form very carefully while registering and again before submitting the application as they will not be allowed to make any changes after submitting the application.

Note: There will be three radio buttons for registration i.e. MBA, Both (MBA & PGDM - Bengaluru / PGDBM - Hyderabad) & PGDM - Bengaluru / PGDBM - Hyderabad. A candidate who wishes to apply for more than one programme has to select MBA & PGDM - Bengaluru / PGDBM - Hyderabad and has to pay registration charges as per the above table. Candidates are required to fill only one application form even if they are applying for multiple programs / campuses.

The mode of payment will be as under:

1.Credit card    OR   2.Cash at bank     OR   3.Demand Draft

5.2  The NMAT™ -2015 will be conducted at the following centers (Cities)

TEST CENTRES:
North	Chandigarh, Delhi, Jaipur, Lucknow
West	Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Nagpur
South	Bengaluru, Chennai, Cochin, Hyderabad
Central	Bhillai, Bhopal, Indore
East	Bhubaneswar, Guwahati Kolkata, Patna

The candidate will be able to select the venue (School / College) at the location of their choice while scheduling their NMAT™ test on www.pearsonvue.com/nmims. Candidates will receive confirmation letter providing them with all the information pertaining to their appointment. Candidates will be able to print their admit card from the specific website after registration. 

It is mandatory for the candidates to carry their Admit Card at the time of NMAT™ and get it signed by the Test Centre Administrator (also applicable for Retake). The signed admit card shall be required to be presented during CD and PI, if shortlisted

Note: The University reserves the right to cancel any venue of examination for any reason and the applicant will have to take the test at any of the other venues available. The Institute's decision in this regard will be final.

5.3 It is the sole responsibility of the candidate to check whether he/she is eligible for the respective Program as per the eligibility criteria stated above.

5.4 Candidates will be short-listed on the basis of the combination of their rank in NMAT™ and preferences.

6.TEST STRUCTURE

6.1 NMAT™ would be an objective type multiple-choice test. (There will be no descriptive type questions).

6.2 The NMAT™ will comprise the following:

Sr. No	Section	No. of Questions	Time in Minutes
1	Language Skills	32	22
2	Quantitative Skills	48	60
3	Logical Reasoning	40	38
	Total	120	120

The candidate should note that it is important for them to perform well relative to other candidates in each of the 3 sections of the test as the score of each section and the overall score will be used to shortlist the candidate for the second stage of the selection process as well as in the final ranking. Please note that there will be no negative marking.

Please note that if the candidate is not satisfied by his / her NMAT™ score in the first attempt he / she may schedule for Re-take NMAT™ by visiting www.pearsonvue.com / nmims & logging in with the allotted username and password. In case of candidates taking more than one attempt the best score which is the total score & its respective sectional score, which make the candidate eligible as per the cut offs declared by NMIMS, will be considered for short listing for subsequent process. (Cut off means sectional as well as total score). The scores of all the attempts taken by the candidate will be declared on the NMIMS website.

7. GUIDELINES FOR PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED CANDIDATES

Physically Challenged will include following (as per Person with Disability ACT of India)

1.Visually Challenged	2. Leprosy-cured
3. Hearing impairment	4. Loco motor disability
5. Cerebral palsy	6. Learning Disability / Dyslexia

Candidates who wish to request for assistance must fill in the details in the online application while registering. The candidate must then scan their Disability Certificate and email it together with their NMAT™ ID and name, tonmatspecialrequirements@pearson.com, at the time of online registration. Any request and/or certificate received after the closure of Registration Application will not be accepted and the candidate will have to appear for the test without any assistance in spite of their special status.

Each application will be reviewed on a case-to-case basis and appropriate assistance will be made available at the test centre. The candidate requiring assistance should not schedule themselves directly and instead should contact Pearson VUE for scheduling their exam.

8. SELECTION PROCESS: Case Discussion (CD) & Personal Interview (PI)

Note: Case Discussion & Personal Interview of shortlisted candidates will be conducted in Mumbai only. For CD/ PI the candidates have to carry their NMAT™ admit card.
8.1 The result for NMAT™-2015 will be declared on the website as per the important dates available on the website. Shortlisted candidate is required to download the call letter from our website www.nmims.edu
The shortlisted candidate also needs to bring his/ her NMAT™ Call letter for CD/PI process. 

No separate call letter will be mailed.

8.2  The final merit list will be prepared on the basis of the application data in terms of academic marks obtained, work experience, marks obtained in NMAT™ and Case Discussion -Personal Interview. 

8.3  The selection criteria will be based on merit only. Decision regarding cut-off of the merit list will solely lie with NMIMS. Those candidates who have applied for more than one Programme / Campus in their application forms, their selection will be based on the merit score and preferences obtained by them as well as on the availability of the seats in the respective Programme.
In this regard, the decision of the NMIMS shall be final and undisputable and shall be binding on all concerned.

8.4 Canvassing, in any form for admission will disqualify the candidate.

8.5 All matters of dispute will be subject to the legal jurisdiction of Mumbai only.

8.6 Candidates are advised to visit the NMIMS website www.nmims.edu to know the details of various steps of selection process. All communication to the candidates will be through NMIMS website only.

Please note that No separate communication will be sent in this regard.

9. FEES

Fees for academic year 2014 – 2015 were 6,85,000/- (For information only). The Fees for academic year 2015-2016 will be informed during CD/PI.

10.IMPORTANT DATES

Sr. No.	Activity	Important Dates
1	Registration Start Date	Wednesday, 2nd July, 2014
2	Registration End Date	Wednesday, 24th September, 2014
3	Scheduling Start Date	Thursday ,17th July, 2014
4	Scheduling End Date	Tuesday, 7th October, 2014
5	Late Registration Start Date	Thursday ,25th September, 2014
6	Late Registration End Date	Saturday, 4th October, 2014
7	Re- scheduling Start Date	Thursday, 17th July, 2014
8	Re-scheduling End Date	Wednesday, 17th December, 2014
9	Exam Delivery Start Date	Tuesday, 7th October, 2014
10	Exam Delivery End Date	Saturday, 20th December, 2014
11	Re-take Scheduling Start Date	Tuesday, 7th October, 2014
12	Re-take Scheduling End Date	Friday, 19th December, 2014
13	Announcement of results	Thursday, 22nd January, 2015
14	Registration for CD/ PI	23rd January, 2015 to 3rd February, 2015
15	Conduct of CD/ PI	11th February, 2015 to 24th February, 2015
16	First Merit List	4th March, 2015

• NMIMS reserves the right to make any change in the above mentioned dates and candidates are advised to visit the NMIMS website periodically to note changes, if any.

Course Commencement & Closure of admission:   Monday, 8th June 2015.

11.Documents to be submitted at the time of admission

• 10^th Marksheet & Passing Certificate
• 12^th Marksheet & Passing Certificate
• Degree Marksheet (for 1,2,3,4^th year), separately for each semester/ trimester
• Degree Certificate
• Provisional Degree certificate/ Passing Certificate
• Post Graduate Degree Marksheet, wherever applicable
• Post Graduate Degree Certificate, wherever applicable
• AIU (University Equivalence) Certificate (For Foreign University students Only)
• Migration Certificate
• Eligibility Certificate (If required)
• Work Experience Certificate
• Medical Fitness Certificate (In Original signed by Registered Medical Practitioner)
• Mediclaim Policy

12.REFUND OF FEES IN CASE OF WITHDRAWAL / CANCELLATION OF ADMISSION

• Withdrawal of admission means voluntary withdrawal by candidate for any reason.
  The candidate should submit a written request for withdrawal / cancellation of admission to Deputy Registrar (Admissions) along with original fee receipt, which is MUST.

REFUND RULES

The Schedule of refund of fees will be as follows:

1	Till the date of commencement of the programme (8th June 2015)	Rs. 1000/- will be deducted as administrative charges
2	Cancellation after closure of admission (9th June 2015)	Cancellation made after the official closing of admission, No Fees will be refunded

CLAT 2015

ABOUT CLAT
The CLAT is an all India entrance examination conducted on rotation by 14 National Law Universities (NLUs) for admissions to their under-graduate and post-graduate degree programs (LL.B and LL.M). Altogether 33,491 aspirants from 21 cities registered successfully online to take the test this year. Out of the total candidates who appeared for the test, 31,231 were for 1,660 undergraduate (UG) seats and 2,260 were for postgraduate (PG) seats in the National Law Universities (NLUs). CLAT 2013 witnessed participation from around 31,000 students.

The 14 participating NLUs in the order of their establishment are:

• National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU)
• NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad (NALSAR)
• National Law Institute University, Bhopal (NLIU)
• The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata (WBNUJS)
• National Law University, Jodhpur (NLUJ)
• Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur (HNLU)
• Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar (GNLU)
• Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow (RMLNLU)
• Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala (RGNUL)
• Chanakya National Law University, Patna (CNLU)
• National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi (NUALS)
• National Law University, Orissa (NLUO)
• National University of Study & Research in Law, Ranchi (NUSRL)
• National Law University & Judicial Academy, Assam (NLUJA)

The first CLAT Committee (consisting of Vice-Chancellors of the participating institutes) decided that the test should be conducted by rotation in the order of their establishment. Accordingly CLAT-2008 (NLSIU, Bangalore), CLAT-2009 (NALSAR, Hyderabad), CLAT-2010 (NLIU, Bhopal),CLAT 2011 (WBNUJS, Kolkata) and CLAT-2012 (NLU, Jodhpur) were conducted. CLAT-2013 was conducted by Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR CLAT 2015
For Under-Graduate Programs:
To be eligible to appear in CLAT 2015, a candidate should have obtained a Higher Secondary School/Intermediate (10+2) or its equivalent certificate from a recognized board with not less than 45% marks in aggregate (40% in case of SC and ST candidates) and should be below 20 years of age as on 1st July 2015 (22 years in case of SC/ST and Persons with Disability (PWD) candidates)
Candidates who are appearing in March/April, 2015 or have appeared in the 10+2 examination and are awaiting results are also eligible to appear in the test.

For Post- Graduate Programs:
To be eligible to appear in CLAT 2015, a candidate should have obtained a LL.B/five-year integrated LL.B degree/any other equivalent degree from a recognized university with not less than 55% marks in aggregate (50% marks in case of SC and ST category candidates).

The candidates who have passed the qualifying degree examination through supplementary/ compartment and repeat attempts are also eligible for appearing in the test and taking admission provided that such candidates will have to produce the proof of having passed the qualifying examination with fifty-five/fifty percent marks, as the case may be, on the date of their admission or within the time allowed by the respective universities.

The candidates who have appeared or are appearing in the qualifying degree examination by March/April, 2015 are also eligible to appear in the test. Such candidates may submit the final results of the qualifying examination within the timeframe prescribed by the respective Universities and shall be provided provisional admission only.
* Subject to State reservation at the University concerned.

PAPER PATTERN FOR CLAT 2014 (LAST YEAR)
For Under-Graduate Program:

Exam Description
Total marks	200
Number of multiple-choice questions of one mark each	200
Duration of examination	Two hours (02:00 hours)
Subject areas with Weightage
English including Comprehension	40 Marks
General Knowledge and Current Affairs	50 Marks
Elementary Mathematics (Numerical Ability)	20 Marks
Legal Aptitude	50 Marks
Logical Reasoning	40 Marks
Note: There shall be a system of Negative Marking wherein 0.25 marks will be deducted for each of the wrong answer.

For Post-Graduate Program:

Exam Description
Maximum marks	150
Duration of examination	Two hours (02:00 hours)
Long Essay Type Descriptive Questions (covering subject areas such as Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence)	100 Marks (4 questions of 25 marks each)
Multiple-Choice Questions (Covering all compulsory law subjects prescribed by the BCI for the Under-Graduate Course except Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence)	50 Marks (50 questions of 1 mark each)
Note: There shall be a system of Negative Marking wherein 0.25 marks each will be deducted for each of the wrong answers to Multiple Choice Questions.

SUBJECT AREAS:

• English/Comprehension
• General knowledge/Current affairs
• Mathematics
• Logical reasoning
• Legal aptitude

Admission Process (As per CLAT 2014)

• The merit list-cum-preference will be the basic principle of admission for CLAT 2015 and the allotment of candidates to various NLUs will be based on the same. Hence, an online counseling would take place after the announcement of the CLAT 2015 results, wherein the candidates will be able to mark the preferences of the NLUs for admission within the stipulated period mentioned in the schedule.
• The first 2500 candidates (comprising 40% extra candidates proportionately from various categories such as General/SC/ST/OBC/PWD etc.) in the merit list will be allowed to participate in the online counselling against the actual seats available with the participating NLUs, through their Log In account and depositing the adjustable fees of   1, 00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh only) either online/offline through the website.
• Candidates failing to deposit the required fees through the website with the CLAT Office by the specified date will forfeit their right to be considered for admission in future and their names will be dropped from the CLAT Merit List.
• A list of waitlisted candidates will also be issued along with the Provisional Allotment List, from the first 2500 candidates who had undertaken the counselling after remitting the fees. The comprehensive list will be prepared by picking up candidates proportionately from various categories such as General/SC/ST/OBC/PWD/DFF/NRI etc. both from the All India and State (Domicile) category of candidates.
• If required, the CLAT Office will publish three more times the Subsidiary List of candidates allotted to various Universities against the actual left out seats.
• Those candidates who fail to report to the Universities and complete the admission formalities before the deadline will forfeit their claim for admission and their seats will be filled-up by the University by following its own procedure and not by the CLAT Office. The respective Universities will be reporting the details of admission to the CLAT Office before the deadline including the number of vacancies that might remain due to non-reporting of the candidates allotted under the lst, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Actual Allotment List. This would help the CLAT Office make the declaration of the final allotment on the last day and complete the admission process on the same day.

TIE-BREAKING:
In event of tie between two or more candidates in the CLAT, tie will be broken by the following procedure and order:
Higher marks in the section of Legal aptitude in CLAT 2015, Higher age and Computerized draw of lots.

Detailed break-up of seats available at all the National Law Universities for the Under-Graduate Courses for CLAT-2014 can be
seen here Click here to know more.

FEE AND MODE OF PAYMENT:
Mode of Payment through CLAT Website:

• A candidate will have to make payment on three occasions through CLAT website viz.
  (i) submitting the online application form
  (ii) if interested in downloading the previous year’s question papers and
  (iii) while participating in the counseling session. The mode of payment through the website is both online and offline
• The online payment can be made through net-banking, debit card, credit card etc. wherein the candidate will have to bear the additional transaction costs for remitting the fees through payment gateways.
• For paying the fees offline through website, the candidate will have to download the 'Bank Challan' that will be generated with the required information, as filled in by the candidate, and make the payment with additional bank charges at any branch of the SBI. After making the requisite payment at the bank, the candidate needs to upload the scanned PDF copy of the 'Bank Challan' and also fill-in the details as required at the relevant section of the website.

Fees: 
The fees to be remitted while submitting the online application form of CLAT 2015 for General/OBC/PWD and other category candidates is Rs.4000/- (for SC and ST category candidates it is Rs.3500/-), excluding the bank charges or additional transaction costs for remitting the fees offline/online through payment gateways.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Availability Of Application forms - in the month of January
Online submission of application forms - till mid April
Accessibility of Admit Cards - by April end
Date of CLAT 2015 - in the month of May
Results - 15 days after the exam
Online Admission Counselling - in June
Closure of Admission(CLAT Office) - by June end