III. ELIGIBILITY FOR JEE-2010

Candidates must make sure that they satisfy all the
eligibility conditions given below for appearing in JEE-2010:

1. Date of Birth

The date of birth of candidates belonging to GE, OBC and
DS categories (refer Section IV & V for details) should be
on or after October 1, 1985. Whereas the date of birth of
those belonging to SC, ST and PD categories should be
on or after October 1, 1980.
The date of birth as recorded in the high school/first Board/
Pre-University certificate will be accepted. If the certificate
does not mention the date of birth, a candidate must submit
along with the application, an authenticated document
indicating the date of birth.

2. Year of passing Qualifying Examination (QE)

A candidate must have passed the QE for the first time,
after October 1, 2008 or in the year 2009 or will be
appearing in 2010.
Those who are going to appear in the QE later than
October 1, 2010 are not eligible to apply for JEE-2010.
The qualifying examinations (QE) are listed below:
i) The final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted
by any recognized central / state Board, such as
Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi;
Council for Indian School Certificate Examination,
New Delhi; etc.
ii) Intermediate or two-year Pre-University examination
conducted by a recognized Board / University.
iii) Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint
Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
iv) General Certificate Education (GCE) examination
(London / Cambridge / Sri Lanka) at the Advanced
(A) level.
v) High School Certificate Examination of the
Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate
Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office,
Geneva.
vi) Any Public School/Board/University examination in
India or in any foreign country recognized as
equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association
of Indian Universities (AIU).
vii) H.S.C. vocational examination.
viii) Senior Secondary School Examination conducted
by the National Institute of Open Schooling with a
minimum of five subjects.
ix) 3 or 4 year Diploma recognized by AICTE or a state
Board of technical education.
In case the relevant qualifying examination is not a public
examination, the candidate must have passed at least
one public (Board or Pre-University) examination at an
earlier level.

3. Minimum Percentage of Marks in QE

Candidates belonging to GE, OBC and DS categories must
secure at least 60% marks in aggregate in their QE.
Whereas, those belonging to SC, ST and PD categories
must secure at least 55% marks in aggregate in the QE.
The percentage of marks awarded by the Board will be
treated as final. If the Board does not award the percentage
of marks, it will be calculated based on the marks obtained
in all subjects listed in the mark sheet. If any Board awards
only letter grades without providing an equivalent
percentage of marks on the grade sheet, the candidate
should obtain a certificate from the Board specifying the
equivalent marks, and submit it at the time of counselling/
admission. In case such a certificate is not provided then
the final decision rests with the Joint Implementation
Committee of JEE-2010.

4. Important Points to note

(i) One can attempt JEE only twice, in consecutive
years. That means one should have attempted JEE
for the first time in 2009 or will be appearing in 2010.
(ii) Those who have accepted admission after qualifying
in JEE in earlier years by paying full fees at any of
the IITs, IT-BHU, Varanasi or ISM, Dhanbad, are NOT
ELIGIBLE to write JEE at all irrespective of whether
or not they joined in any of the programmes.
(iii) The year of passing the Qualifying Examination is
the year in which the candidate has passed, for the
first time, any of the examinations listed above,
irrespective of the minimum percentage marks
secured.
(iv) The offer of admission is subject to verification of
original certificates/ documents at the time of
admission. If any candidate is found ineligible at a
later date even after admission to an Institute, his/
her admission will be cancelled automatically.
(iv) If a candidate is expecting the results of the QE in
2010, his/her admission will only be provisional until
he/she submits the relevant documents. The
admission stands cancelled if the documents are
not submitted in original to the concerned institute
before September 30, 2010.
(v) If a candidate has passed any of the examinations,
listed in Sub-section III.2, before October 1, 2008,
he/she is not eligible to appear in JEE-2010.
(vi) If a Board invariably declares the results of the QE
late (only after September 30, every year), the
candidate is advised to attempt JEE in 2011 or later.
(vii) The decision of the Joint Admission Board of JEE-
2010 regarding the eligibility of any applicant shall
be final.