Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination 2010 (HSEE 2010)

Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination - HSEE 2010: For HSEE admission to the 5 Year integrated Master of Arts Program (M.A) in one among the following 3 disciplines:

* Economics
* English Studies
* Development Studies

HSEE examination will be held on Sunday, 2nd May, 2010 between 10.00 and 13.00 hrs in all centres through out India.

The above HSEE date will remain unaltered even if this date is declared as a public holiday.

Eligibility for HSEE 2010

I. HSEE 2010 Qualification of Examination:

Candidates applying for HSEE 2010 should have either completed or be appearing in 2010 in any one of the following qualifying HSEE 2010 examinations:

* 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.
* Intermediate or 2 Year Pre-University Examination conducted by a recognized Board/University.
* Final Examination of 2 Year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
* General Certificate Education (GCE) Examination (London/Cambridge/Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level.
* High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University.
* Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in any foreign country recognized by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to 10+2 system.
* H.S.C. Vocational Examination.
* Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of five subjects.

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.

II. HSEE Eligibility Criteria for Candidates:

The candidates belonging to the general category must secure a minimum of 60% Marks in aggregate in their Qualifying Examination. Candidates belonging to SC, ST and PD categories must secure a minimum of 55% in aggregate in the qualifying examination.

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 equivalent Marks, and submit it at the time of joining.

In case, such a certificate is not provided by the candidate, the decision of the HSEE Admission Committee regarding his/her eligibility shall be final.

III. Important Notes for HSEE 2010:

1. All provisional admissions to candidates will stand cancelled, if the proof of having passed the qualifying examination, as per the eligibility criteria, is not submitted to the Institute latest by 30 September, 2010.

2. All admissions will be 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.

3. The decision of the HSEE Admission Committee regarding the eligibility of any applicant shall be final.

IV. Date of Birth:

Only those candidates, whose date of birth falls on or after 01 October, 1985, are eligible for HSEE 2010. However, in the case of SC, ST and PD candidates, upper age limit is relaxed by 5 Years, HSEE 2010 i.e., such candidates, who were born on or after 01 October, 1980, are eligible.

Only the date of birth as recorded in the High School (10th std.)/(12th Std.) first Board/Pre-University Certificate will be taken as authentic.

Candidates must produce a copy of this certificate along with the completed application form as a proof of their age and at the time of admission original certificate has to be produced failing which they will be disqualified.

V. Physical Fitness for HSEE 2010:

All qualified candidates will have to submit a Physical Fitness certificate from a Registered Medical Practitioner in the prescribed format that will be made available to them along with offer of admission letter.

They will be admitted only if they are physically fit for pursuing a course of study at this Institute.

HSEE Admission Mode and Intake:

Admission is solely through Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination (HSEE). The Program has a total of 46 seats in all the three disciplines put together.

Allocation of seats to individual disciplines will be made at the end of 3rd semester, based on the student's preference, performance (CGPA over the first three semesters) and availability of seats under each discipline.