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This application form is only for All India Biotechnology Common Entrance Test 2010 for admission to all the three courses.

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Black/blue ballpoint pen shall be used for filling in the application form. All the entries in the form should be in CAPITAL LETTERS only.

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Squares provided in the application form are only for writing alphabets in capitals for indicating name or for appropriate numbers. The alphabet or the number written in the square must not touch the edge of the square.

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Fill the squares legibly and clearly without overwriting.

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If the number of a date or month of birth is a single digit, it shall be prefixed with zero. For example, 5th January, 1990 should be written as :

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The candidate shall also fill up the necessary information in the attached admit card.

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The candidate shall indicate clearly the examination centre at which he/she wishes to appear for examination by darkening the appropriate circle O.

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A passport size photograph shall be affixed at the appropriate place in the application form and the admit card. The photograph shall be firmly affixed by using gum. It shall not be pinned. Both the photographs should be taken from the same negative. The photographs shall be attested by the Principal/Head of the institution where the candidate has studied or by a gazetted officer. The attestation of the photograph shall be done in such a way that the photograph is not defaced.

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The declaration in the application form shall be signed both by the applicant and the mother/father/guardian of the applicant.

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Address shall be written in capital letters. Use ' ' wherever required as shown in the example. For example, if the address is 73/4, Adarsh Nagar, write as :- 73/4, 'Adarsh Nagar'

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Confirm by darkening circles whether the candidate has offered these subjects at HSC / 12th Std. examination.

For example, if the year is 2007 fill as:

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If appearing for HSC / 12th std. examination, darken the circle.

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Candidates shall indicate his preference of course by writing 1, 2 or 3 against his first, second or third choice. If he/she does not want a particular course as second or third choice, the boxes may be left blank.

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Candidates are not required to enclose originals or photocopies of any certificates with the application form.

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The candidate shall invariably mention the number of his/her application form (as printed on it) and his/her name on the back of his/her demand draft.

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An incomplete application form and an application form, which is not accompanied by a demand draft of the prescribed fee of Rs. 1000/- (or Rs. 1500/- if the form is downloaded from the University website), shall not be entertained and processed. This fee shall not be sent by money order. Please note that this fee is non-refundable.

Despatch of Application Form

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The candidate should dispatch the application form, without detaching the admit card. The admit card will be posted to the candidate, indicating the address of the centre and duly signed by authority.

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Application may be mailed to the following address:- Registrar, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune - 411018. The application shall be accompanied by a demand draft of the amount of the test fee, i.e., Rs. 1000/- , Rs. 1,500/- if the form is downloaded from the website. Add Rs.500/- if the form isdispatched after the lastdate. The DD, in favour of "Registrar, Dr.D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth", shall be drawn on any nationalized bank and payable at Pune. Those who submit the application in person, may pay the test fee either by a DD or in cash. (Candidates are advised to obtain and maintain proof of draft and of dispatch of the application form. This may be useful for obtaining duplicate admit card, if required.)

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If the application form is to be dispatched, it shall be dispatched by registered post/speed post/courier only.

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The application must reach the above address (either by hand or by mail) on or before the last dates mentioned in the Important Information at a Glance.

The test shall be conducted at the centres as mentioned in the Important Information at a Glance in this brochure and in the Admit Card sent to the candidate. The candidates must report at the center at least 30 minutes before the scheduled time of commencement of the test.

The test hall shall be opened 30 minutes before the commencement of the test. Candidates are expected to take their seats at least 20 minutes before the commencement of the test. If the candidates do not report on time, they are likely to miss some of the important instructions announced in the test hall.

Candidate shall not be allowed to appear for the test if he/she reaches the test hall after 11.30 a.m.

The candidates shall bring their admit cards and show the same, on demand, for admission to the test hall. A candidate, who does not have the admit card shall not be admitted to the test hall under any circumstances.

A seat in the test hall, with a number, shall be allotted to each candidate.

Candidates shall not be allowed to carry inside the test hall any text material, printed or handwritten, chits or any other material except the admit card. The candidate shall not be permitted to bring calculators, slide rules, log tables, electronic watches with facilities of calculators, laptop computers, personal stereo systems, walkie-talkie sets, paging devices, mobile phones or any such objects/devices in the test hall. Possession or use of such devices during the test is prohibited and the candidate shall be liable to be expelled if found using or possessing them.

No candidate shall be allowed to go outside the test hall till the completion of the entire duration of the test. Once the candidate leaves the hall he/she will not be readmitted to the test hall. No exception will be made in this regard.

Parents, relatives or friends of the candidates shall not be allowed to enter into the premises of the centre.

Candidates are advised to bring with them a card board or a clip board, on which nothing should have been written. The board shall be useful to them while writing their responses in the answer sheet in case the tables in the test hall do not have smooth surfaces.

Smoking in the test hall is strictly prohibited. Beverages or snacks of any kind are not allowed to be taken into the test halls during test hours.

Candidates shall maintain perfect silence and discipline in the test hall. Any conversation, gesticulation or disturbance in the test hall shall be considered as misbehaviour and the candidates involved in such behaviour shall be expelled from the test hall. Similarly, if any candidate is found using unfair means or allowing someone else to impersonate him/her, his/her candidature at the test shall be cancelled on the spot.

During the test time, the invigilator shall check the Admit Cards of the candidates to satisfy himself/herself about the identity of each candidate. The invigilator shall also put his/her signature in the place provided in the Answer Sheet on SIDE-1. (Refer specimen answer paper).

After completing the test and before handing over the Test Booklet and the Answer Sheet back to the invigilator, the candidate shall check once again to see whether all the particulars required in the Test Booklet and the Answer Sheet have been correctly written. He shall ensure that the Seat Number, Centre Code, the Test Booklet number and Code are correctly written on the answer sheet.

A warning bell shall be sounded 5 minutes before the beginning of the test and also to mark the half-time of the test time. A bell shall also be sounded 5 minutes before the closing time when the candidate must stop marking the responses or writing.

Mode of the test

The test consists of one question paper. The question paper consists of 100 objective-type questions of 1 mark each on Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology (25 on each of them). The duration of the test is 1½ hours.

Test Booklet

The candidate shall be provided with a sealed Test Booklet 5 minutes before the schedule time of the Test. The candidate is advised to use black/blue ball point pen only for filling in the required information. The candidate is advised to open/break the seal of the test booklet only after he/she is instructed to do so by the invigilator.

In the test booklet, there will be 200 items/questions serially numbered from 001 to 200. Each item/question shall have four options marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). Out of these four options, only one will be correct. The correct options should be selected and marked on the answer sheet.

The Answer Sheet

An answer sheet shall be given to the candidates 15 minutes before the scheduled time of the test. Please refer to specimen answer sheet. (Refer Annexure II)

This answer sheet is of a special type and shall be scanned on the computer by ICR. Therefore, the candidate shall handle the answer sheet very carefully. There will be two sides of the answer sheet.

SIDE -I
This side of the answer sheet begins with instructions. The following information is to be filled neatly and accurately:

Each test booklet has a number. Write it at the appropriate place.

SIDE-II

This side is to be used for marking responses to questions numbered 001 to 200. First, enter your seat number. Test booklet code, Test booklet serial number. For every question number, four circles are provided. Darken appropriate circles with black/blue ball point pen or 2B pencil only.

For example:
Q. 3 Taj Mahal is located in
(A) Mumbai
(B) Delhi
(C) Agra
(D) Jaipur
The correct response is (C). The candidate will locate question number in the answer sheet and darken the circle (C) as shown below :

If the candidate darkens more than one circle or if he does not mark his response as shown above and marks his response as shown below, his response will be treated as wrong and will not be given marks.

The candidate is advised to decide about the answer before marking it on the answer sheet. He/she should ensure that the circle is completely darkened. A lightly or faintly darkened circle is a wrong method of marking and may be rejected by the ICR.

If the candidate does not want to attempt any particular question, he is advised to leave circles given against that question blank.

The candidate shall neither fold the answer sheet nor make any stray marks / remarks on it.

A specimen copy of the answer sheet is given at Annexure II. The candidate is advised to go through it and get conversant with it. The candidate shall learn from this answer sheet, as to how to fill in the information asked for and how to mark the answers. This shall help the candidate to do the things correctly and save time.

Changing an answer

If a candidate wants to change any answer marked by him on the answer sheet, he shall completely erase the existing mark and then darken the appropriate circle. Candidate must not leave any visible mark in the circle after erasing. Otherwise the response may be rejected by the ICR. Such erasing can be avoided if the circles are darkened thoughtfully.

Test booklet number and Code as filled in by the candidate in the answer sheet, shall be accepted as final for the purpose of evaluation. When the booklet number is left blank or more than one booklet numbers are indicated on the answer sheet, it shall be deemed as incorrect booklet number and such answer sheet shall not be evaluated.

Pens, Erasers and Pencils

The candidate shall bring his/her own writing materials. In case any pencil other than 2B or a ball point pen of any colour other than black/blue is used, the answer sheet may be rejected /may not be read by the ICR. Under such circumstances the entire responsibility shall rest with the candidate. The candidate must also bring his own sharpener and eraser of good quality.

Important instructions for marking

Marking shall be dark and shall completely fill the circle.

Darken only one circle for each question.

Do not fold the answer sheet or make any stray marks on it.

Make the marks only in the spaces provided.

Rough Work

The candidate shall not do any rough work or writing work on the answer sheet. All rough work shall be done in the Test booklet itself.

Merit List

The University shall prepare a merit list of the candidates who have appeared for AICET-10, in accordance with the total marks obtained by them in Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology taken together. The candidates shall be called for admission as per their ranking in this list.

The merit list will be displayed on the notice board and on the Vidyapeeth website: www.dypatiluniversity.org. First 300 candidates in the merit list will be called for counselling and on-the-spot admission session according to their rank in the merit list.

Tie-breakers

In case of equal marks at the entrance test, the following procedure shall be adopted for deciding inter-se merit:
First level: A candidate with higher marks in Biology at the entrance test shall be preferred. If the tie still persists, then-
Second level: A candidate with higher marks in Chemistry at the entrance test shall be preferred. If the tie still persists, then-
Third level: A candidate with higher percentage of aggregate marks at the HSC (or equivalent) examination shall be preferred. If the tie still persists, then-
Fourth level: A candidate with higher percentage of aggregate marks at SSC examination shall be preferred.

Admission Session

The admission sessions will be conducted at the office of the Vidyapeeth, as per the schedule given in Important Information at a Glance in this brochure. Failure to report for admission on the scheduled date and time shall result in instantaneous cancellation of the claim of the candidate to the seat. It shall be the candidate's responsibility to ascertain the result of entrance test.

If selected, the candidate shall remain present for on the spot admission, as per the schedule given in Important Information at a Glance in this brochure at his own expense.

Only the candidate and one of his/her parents/guardian shall be allowed into the admission hall. The candidates shall be called in the order of their ranking in the merit list.

The candidate must note that appearance at the entrance test and inclusion of name in the merit list does not necessarily mean that he/she shall get admission to a course. His/her admission to a course shall depend upon the availability of seats at the time when his/her turn comes.

At the time of reporting for the admission, the candidate shall produce the documents (original and two sets of photocopies) listed in 'List of Documents' on the Vidyapeeth website. If the candidate is admitted to a course, these documents shall be retained by the Vidyapeeth till he completes the course. If the candidate fails to produce all or any of the above mentioned documents, his/her claim for a seat shall stand forfeited

The selected candidate shall be required to submit the affidavit in the format given on the Vidyapeeth website and to pay the entire amount of Annual fees and the Vidyapeeth Eligibility fees, on the day of spot admission. The annual fees are to be paid through a demand draft, drawn on a nationalized bank favouring 'Director, Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology & Bioinformatics Institute', payable at Pune. The Vidyapeeth Eligibility fee shall be paid in similar manner favouring 'The Registrar, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune'. In case the candidate fails to pay the entire amount of fees, he/she may lose his/her claim for admission to that seat.

If any candidate finds it impossible to be physically present for the admission session due to unavoidable circumstances, he/she may authorize any other responsible individual to represent him/her for admission session. This representative must carry with him/her the Letter of Authorization in the format given on the Vidyapeeth website as well as all the documents listed in 'List of Documents' on the Vidyapeeth website. If the candidate or his/her representative fails to report for the admission session on the date and time mentioned in the schedule of admission, his/her claim for admission to the respective course shall stand forfeited.

Admissions made at the admission sessions are provisional. These will be confirmed after verification of eligibility of candidates by the Vidyapeeth.

Waiting List

A waiting list for admission to the three courses shall be prepared and notified on the Vidyapeeth notice board. The candidates, who desire to have their names included in the waiting list, shall submit their applications for inclusion of their names in the waiting list. If no such application in writing is submitted during the interview, the candidate's name shall not be included in the waiting list.

The seats, which become vacant during the admission session, shall be kept vacant. The waiting list shall become operative from 9th August 2010 onwards and the candidates in the waiting list shall be offered seats as per availability of seats. The waiting list shall be operative till all the vacant seats are filled or till 30th September (cut-off date), whichever is earlier.

Rules for Refund of Fees :

Admission to the course can be cancelled at the request of the student on submission of an application, in the prescribed format, and original receipt. Refund of the Annual Fee in such case shall be done as per the following chart:

Important: If a student, admitted to the Medical/Dental programme (MBBS/BDS), desires to discontinue studies, at any time after 90 calendar days from the date of counseling and on-the-spot-admission, and/or migrate to another University/College during the programme, he/she shall be required to pay the full amount of tuition fees and other fees for the remaining entire duration of the programme (i.e. four and hald years for MBBS and five years for BDS) as per the amount of fees fixed while taking admission.

Hostel Accommodation

Hostel and Mess facilities are available to all those who wish to avail the same. Air conditioned rooms with telephone and internet facilities are also available.

Ragging:

Ragging in any form is a punishable offence in accordance with the "UGC REGULATIONS ON CURBING THE MENACE OF RAGGING IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, 2009", and committing this act of indiscipline shall result in - PUNISHMENT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PENAL LAW FOR THE TIME BEING IN FORCE.

Candidates, on admission, will be provided with detailed guidelines related to ragging.

Disputes :

Difference of opinion and any dispute arising in the interpretation and implementation of the clauses in this brochure, if any, shall be referred to the Vice-Chancellor of Dr. D. Y. Patil University, Pimpri, Pune and his decision shall be final and binding on all the concerned.

Court Jurisdiction :

Any legal dispute arising out of the admission procedure of the course and refund of fees of the University shall be under Pimpri jurisdiction only.

Warning: