(Info) JAB Decision on unfilled SC/ST seats in new IITs

Submitted by IITguru on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 06:37

JAB Decision on unfilled SC/ST seats in new IITs

The Joint Admission Board (JAB) in its meeting held on August 13, 2008 decided that the vacant seats in SC/ST categories against JEE-2008 in six new IITs will carried forward and added to the seats in the respective programmes in JEE-2009 as one time measure. The numbers of vacant seats in SC and ST categories are 19 and 47, respectively.

JAB decisions on PD candidates.
In accordance with the Judgment of the Court of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities dated 7 August 2008 and the orders of the Hon’ble Supreme Court the Joint Admission Board (JAB) for JEE-2009 decided that the extent of relaxation to the PD candidates in JEE-2009 will be the same as that is available to the candidates belonging to SC/ST categories, irrespective of their vertical categories.

The Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities has given a directive to implement Preparatory Courses for PD students in a similar manner as is done for SC/ST students. A decision on this will be taken in a Joint Admission Board meeting.

Courtesy : Jee.iitd.ac.in



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