IIT Madras : HSEE 2016 Humanities & Social Sciences Entrance Examination

Organisation : Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) (hsee.iitm.ac.in)
Announcement : HSEE-2016 Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination

Notification : https://www.entrance.net.in/uploads/6297-InformationBrochureHSEE-2016.pdf
Home Page : http://hsee.iitm.ac.in/index.html

HSEE :

Important Dates :
Online Application process (HSEE website) – Starts December 16, 2015
Payment of examination fee through Indian Bank challan / Net Banking / Credit Card / Debit Card – Starts December 16, 2015

Related : IIT Madras HSEE 2016 Eligibility : www.entrance.net.in/7180.html

Payment of examination fee through Indian Bank challan / Net Banking / Credit Card / Debit Card – Ends January 25, 2016
Last date for submission of hard copy of the self-attested certificate of respective category [OBC(NCL) / SC / ST] / Medical Certificate (PwD) as applicable from the candidate by registered or speed post January 25, 2016
Application status check on the website February 16, 2016
Admit Card availability for download from the HSEE website by candidates – Starts March 14, 2016
Admit Card availability for download from the HSEE website by candidate – Ends April 16, 2016
HSEE-2016 Examination April 17, 2016
Declaration of result on HSEE website May 11, 2016
Offer Letters to Candidates – Starts May 12, 2016

ADMISSION MODE AND INTAKE :
Admission is solely through Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination (HSEE). The programme has a total of 46 seats; each stream will have 23 seats. Allocations of seats to individual streams will be made based on the academic performance of students (CGPA) during the first three semesters, students’ preferences, and availability of seats under each discipline.

Merit List / Ranking :
** Rank list will be prepared based on the aggregate marks obtained in HSEE-2016.
** A common rank list made up of candidates who score at least 50% in HSEE-2016 will be prepared.
** Separate rank lists will be prepared corresponding to OBC (NCL), SC, ST and PwD categories.
** Candidates of OBC (NCL) category must score at least 45% in HSEE-2016 examination in order to be in the OBC rank list.
** Candidates of SC and ST categories must score at least 25% in the HSEE-2016, in order to be in their respective rank lists.
** A common rank list will be prepared for PwD candidates.
** To be in the PwD rank list, candidates must score at least 25% in the HSEE-2016 exam in aggregate.
** Separate PwD rank lists will be prepared corresponding to the OBC (NCL), SC and ST categories.
** Seats will be allotted using the rank lists and the number of seats available in each category.
** If a candidate (who has been allotted a seat) declines to take admission due to some reason or does not respond to the allotment, a seat becomes vacant.
** Such vacant seats will be allotted to the next candidate in the respective rank lists.
** While allotting a seat, if a candidate belongs to more than one category of relaxed norms, he/she shall be considered only in the category in which he / she gets the maximum benefit.
** If sufficient OBC (NCL) candidates are not available, then the seats will be dereserved and will be open for allotment to general candidates.
** A candidate scoring higher aggregate marks, will receive a better rank.
** If ties occur in the aggregate marks, then the candidate who scores more in Part II (Essay writing) will be given a higher rank.
** If ties occur in both Part II and the aggregate, then one who scores more in the ‘General studies’ section of Part I will be given a higher rank.
** If ties occur in all of aggregate, Essay writing, and General studies, then one who scores more in the ‘Analytical Abilities’ section of Part I will receive a higher rank.
** If ties occur after all these tie-break criteria, then those candidate will be given the same rank.

Re-Grading And Re-Totalling :
** Since the examination is administered through computers, there is no scope for re-grading and re-totaling.
** Grading of `Essay Writing’ is done in a highly confidential and impersonal manner with many checks.
** Hence, there will be NO re-grading and re-totalling.
** The answer scripts cannot be shown to anyone except the evaluators.

Performance Of The Candidates :

** The ranks / scores of the candidates will be available for viewing in the HSEE website on May 11, 2016.
** The scores/ranks cannot be used by any person / institution without prior permission of Chairman HSEE-2016.
** Separate performance cards will NOT be sent individually to the candidates..

Important Notes:
i. Admission to a candidate will stand cancelled, if the proof of having passed the QE, as per the eligibility criteria specified in Section 13.2, is not submitted to the Institute latest by September 30, 2016.
ii. Admissions are subject to verification of facts from the original certificates / documents of the candidates. If an applicant is found ineligible at a later date even after admission, his/her admission will be cancelled. The decision of the HSEE admission committee regarding the eligibility of any applicant shall be final.
iii. A candidate must satisfy all the aforesaid eligibility criteria in order to be eligible for appearing in HSEE-2016 / admission.

Cities for HSEE-2016 :
The entrance examination will be conducted in the following 10 cities:
** Bangalore, Bhopal, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Thiruvananthapuram.
** A candidate has to give 2 choices for exam centre. Every attempt will be made to allot the centre of your first choice.
** In extreme cases, you may be allotted the centre / city of your second choice.
** If sufficient number of candidates are not available at any of the above listed cities, the same may be dropped, and the candidates will be allocated to a centre of second choice in the other city.
** The address of an Examination Centre for a candidate will be mentioned in the Admit Card, which can be generated online.
** Request from a candidate for change of city/town allotted to him/her will NOT be entertained under any circumstances.

CONTACT DETAILS:
The Chairman, HSEE-2016
JEE Office,
IIT Madras,
Chennai–600036
Phone: (044) 2257 8220
Fax: (044) 22578224
Email: hsee@iitm.ac.in