SELECTION  PROCEDURE  FOR  ADMISSION

Ranking of Candidates
      Selection of Candidates for admission to all the Degree courses will be based on the Merit lists prepared by CENTAC, based on the marks arrived at by adopting the ‘method of normalization’. Ranking of the candidates will be done based on the ‘normalised marks’ (rounded-off to three decimal places) arrived at, to a base of 200.

For B.Tech. Degree Course
      Admission is based on the marks secured by the candidates in the prescribed subjects, in the qualifying examination [i.e. for HSC Academic: Mathematics, Physics and any one of the optional subjects (Chemistry / Bio-Technology / Computer Science / Biology / Botany & Zoology & for HSC Vocational: Vocational Subject Theory, Vocational Subject Practical and a related Subject], and ‘normalizing’ them by the prescribed procedure. Equal weightage will be given to all the three prescribed subjects. In case a candidate has appeared in more than any one of the above prescribed optional subjects, the subject in which the candidate has obtained the highest marks will be taken into consideration for ‘normalisation’ and for calculating the actual total marks in the prescribed subjects. Wherever separate marks for practicals are awarded, the same will be considered along with the respective subjects, for arriving at the total actual marks and hence the ‘normalized marks’.

For Other States/UTs Candidates Applying for Admission to B.Tech Degree course
      Candidates applying against other States UTs’ quota of seats, admission to B.Tech Degree course will be based only on the actual merit marks secured by them in “AIEEE” -2008 (All India Engineering Entrance Examination), and a separate merit list prepared for them. For such Candidates, the ‘normalization procedure’ is not applicable. However, if a Candidate has secured ‘cumulative negative marks’ in “AIEEE-2008”, then such a candidate is ‘not eligible’ for admission to B.Tech Degree course, coming under the purview of CENTAC.
 

 For all Biology-based Degree courses (other than B.Pharm. and B.Sc (MLT)
 

     For all Biology-based Degree courses, excepting, B.Pharm., and B.Sc (MLT), ie. for M.B.B.S./ B.D.S./ B.V.Sc & A.H./ B.Sc.(Nursing)/ B.P.T.,
admission is based on the marks secured by the candidates in the prescribed subjects in the qualifying examination (i.e. Biology / Botany & Zoology, Physics and Chemistry, including practicals), and ‘normalizing’ them by the prescribed procedure.

      Equal weightage will be given to all the above three prescribed subjects. In case a candidate has appeared in more than one of the prescribed optional subjects, the subject in which the candidate has obtained the highest marks will be taken into consideration for ‘normalisation’ and for calculating the actual total marks, in the prescribed subjects. Wherever separate marks for practicals are awarded, the same will be considered along with the respective subjects, for arriving at the total actual marks and hence the ‘normalized marks’.
 

For. B.Pharm. Degree Course
      Admission is based on the marks secured by the candidates in the prescribed subjects in the qualifying examination
[i.e for H.Sc Academic: Physics, Chemistry and one of the following optional subjects (Mathematics / Bio-Technology / Computer Science / Biology / Botany & Zoology) in which the candidate has scored the highest marks (including practicals], and ‘normalizing’ them, by the prescribed procedure.
     Equal weightage will be given to all the above three prescribed subjects. In case a candidate has appeared in more than one of the prescribed optional subjects, the subject in which the candidate has obtained the highest mark will be taken into consideration for ‘normalisation’ and for calculating the actual total marks, in the prescribed subjects. Wherever separate marks for practicals are awarded the same will be considered along with the respective subjects, for arriving at the total actual marks and hence the ‘normalised marks’.
 

For B.Sc. (MLT) Degree Course
     Admission is based on the marks secured by the candidates in the prescribed subjects in the qualifying examination [i.e for H.Sc Academic: Biology / Botany & Zoology, Physics and Chemistry (including practicals) & for HSC Vocational: Vocational Subject, Foundation Science and Physics / Chemistry (including practicals)] and ‘normalizing’ than by the prescribed procedure.
    Equal weightage shall be given to all the above three prescribed subjects. In case a candidate has appeared in more than one of the prescribed optional subjects, the subject in which the candidate has obtained the highest marks will be taken into consideration for ‘normalisation’ and for the total marks . Wherever separate marks for practicals are awarded, the same will be considered along with the respective subjects, for arriving at the total actual marks and hence the ‘normalized marks.
 

For ‘other States/UTs candidates Applying for Admission to B.Pharm.,B.P.T., B.Sc (MLT) and B.Sc(Nursing) courses offered by MTIHS,Pondicherry
       Admission of candidates belonging to ‘Other States’/ UTs’ for the above Degree courses, will be based on the ‘inter-se merit list’ drawn based on the ‘normalised marks’ of the prescribed subjects, for the respective courses.
 

Normalization Procedure
       In order to evolve a common base for comparing the marks obtained by the candidates from various Boards of Examinations, ‘normalisation procedure’ as outlined below will be followed.
 

(i). The marks obtained by the students in the relevant subjects in the qualifying examination conducted by the various Boards or Authority, shall be equated with the marks obtained by the students in the same subjects in the qualifying examination, conducted by the State Board (i.e. State Board of School Examinations, Tamil Nadu), by adopting the method of normalization.
 

Explanation: Under the method of normalization, the highest mark obtained by the students of various Boards in each subject, shall be equated to the highest mark obtained by the students of the State Board in that subject, and the relative marks of other students in that subject, shall be determined accordingly.
 

Illustration:

If the highestmarks secured by a student of the State Board, in Physics is 100 and the highest mark secured by a student of any other Board (say ‘X’), in the same subject is 90, then, both the highest marks will be considered to be equal to 100. If any other student of the other Board (i.e “X”) secures 60 marks in Physics, when the first mark in Physics in the same Board (i.e “X”), is 90, then, 60 marks secured by such a student will be considered to be equal to 66.667 marks as arrived at and given below:
(100 x 60)/90 = 66.667%
(ii). After normalization of marks of the eligible students of different Boards, in the relevant subjects, the ‘normalized marks’ obtained shall be merged into a ‘common merit list’.
(iii). In cases, where more than one student have got the same marks in the ‘common merit list’, the ‘inter-se merit’ among such students shall be determined in the manner prescribed as in para 6.3 below.
(iv). For the purpose of normalization of marks of candidates from ‘Other States’, except for the B.Tech course, for all other such courses, wherever such quota is available, maximum marks obtained in the respective subjects, from among the various Boards under which the above candidates have actually studied and applied for a particular course, will only be considered.
Illustration: For B.Pharm course, if candidates from Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra alone have applied against “All India quota”, then, the above Boards and their maximum marks only will be considered, for the purpose of ‘normalisation’ of marks.
(v). The Director,School Education, Government of Puducherry, will be the ‘designated authority’, to furnish the ‘maximum marks’ in each of the ‘prescribed subjects’ for the various courses, of the various Boards of Examinations, and furnish it to CENTAC. For the ‘normalization Procedure’ only the above officially furnished data will be used and will form the basis for preparing the ‘common merit list’ for the various courses, coming under the purview of CENTAC.


Procedure for Breaking the “Tie” in the Merit Marks
When more than one candidate have got the same marks in the common merit list (i.e. the merit list prepared after merging the normalized marks of candidates from various Boards), the ‘inter-se merit’ among such candidates, for each course will be determined “in the order of priority” as specified in
 

 Order of priority for breaking the ‘tie’ in the ‘normalised marks’ for various courses.
 

Admission to Professional Colleges in ‘other states’ Against Seats Reserved for the Candidates from U.T. of Puducherry
     Admission of candidates belonging to Union Territory of Puducherry to professional colleges (Engineering, Architecture, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy etc.) in ‘Other States’, against the seats reserved for Candidates from Puducherry U.T. of Puducherry, will be coordinated by CENTAC. However, they shall not be required to submit any separate admission application for this purpose and hence, the application/(s) normally submitted to CENTAC for admission to B.Tech. / Biology-based courses, will be ‘treated as valid’ for this admission also. The Directorate of Higher & Technical Education (DHTE), Government of Puducherry, and other concerned Authorities, will be furnishing the exact details of seats reserved in different Colleges/ Courses/ States to CENTAC, well before the commencement of the ‘first schedule of counseling’ to Professional courses (for 2008-09), which will be made available to all the candidates, at the time of counselling.
 

Admission procedure for Non-Resident Candidates ( ie NRI/ NRI Sponsored/ Foreign Nationals) to B.D.S., & B.V.Sc., Degree courses
     Admission of the above candidates to B.D.S., & B.V.Sc., will be based on the norms/ procedure prescribed by the respective Institutions offering the above courses (i.e MGPGIDS & RAGACOVAS), respectively. All such candidates will have to contact the “DEAN” of the above Institutions, for all details, in this regard.
 

Admission Procedure for B.Sc. (Agri.) Course:
    Counselling and admission to B.Sc. (Agri) course will be conducted separately at PAJANCOA&RI, Karaikal, and it will not be conducted by CENTAC at Pondicherry.
However, the merit list prepared in the prescribed manner and released by CENTAC will be the basis for admission to the above course.

Display of Merit List

       The Merit Lists (separate for B.Tech., B.Pharm., and all other Biology-based Degree Courses) will be displayed on the notice board of the Office of CENTAC, located at Pondicherry Engineering College (PEC) campus, and the same will also be made available in the official website www.centacprof.net.in. No separate announcement will be made in the newspapers, under any circumstances.

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