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IIT Madras Social Sciences Entrance Examination (HSEE) 2014

IIT Madras Social Sciences Entrance Examination (HSEE) 2014

Five year Integrated Master of Arts (M.A) Admission-2014

The five year integrated Master of Arts (M.A.) programme is designed to meet the needs of students who seek a broader learning forum and who appreciate the unique design of inter-disciplinary studies
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The programme encourages students to engage in critical thinking and research on ideas, people, society and the human condition
HSEE-2014 is intended to admit students to this programme in two streams

Streams Offered

Integrated M.A. in Development Studies
Integrated M.A. in English Studies
A brief description of each stream of the programme is given below

Development studies:

This stream addresses questions of “order and change” in a globalizing world and aims to explore available approaches to fostering development, understood broadly as the goal of providing people the freedom to make their lives better
English studies:
The English Studies stream has been designed for students with sensitivity for literary and linguistic analyses
 It provides an understanding of literatures in English from around the world with special emphasis on current debates in literary theory, lesser-known literatures and the importance of an interdisciplinary approach
Seats: 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 3 semesters, student’s preferences, and availability of seats under each discipline

Eligibility:

Candidates applying for HSEE-2014 should have either completed or should be appearing in 2014 in any one of the following qualifying examinations (QE)
The final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by any recognized central/state board, such as CBSE, New Delhi, CISCE, New Delhi etc
Intermediate or two year Pre-university examination conducted by a recognized board/university
Final examination of the two 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
HSC vocational examination
Senior secondary school examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of five Subjects
Percentage of Marks in QE:
The candidates belonging to the general category and OBC (CL/NCL) must secure a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate in the qualifying examination
Candidates belonging to SC/ST/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
Age Limit: A candidate, whose date of birth falls on or after 01st Oct 1989, is eligible for HSEE-2014
However, in the case of SC/ST/PD candidates, upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years, (candidates belonging to these categories/subcategories born on or after 01st Oct 1984 are eligible)
The date of birth as recorded in the High School (10th/12th Std.) First Board/Pre-University certificate will be taken as authentic
Foreign Nationals: Admission to the M.A. program for all foreign nationals will be made through HSEE-2014 only
The eligibility requirements for foreign nationals will be same as those meant for the general category candidates in India
Exam Centres: The entrance exam will be conducted on 20th Apr 2014, Sunday, 10.00 a.m. to 01.00 p.m. in the following cities
Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Thiruvananthapuram
The address of an exam centre for a candidate will be mentioned in the admit card, which can be generated online
Admit Card: After successful registration and payment of required fee through bank challan/demand draft, the candidates can download their admit card for HSEE-2014 from 17th Mar 2014, 10.00 a.m.onwards upto 17th Apr 2014, 05.00 p.m. from the HSEE-2014 website http://hsee.iitm.ac.in
The admit card will bear the name, photograph, date of birth, address and category of the candidate along with name and the address of the HSEE-2014 centre
The candidate should carefully examine the admit card for all the entries made therein
Merit List: Rank list will be prepared based on the aggregate marks obtained in HSEE-2014
A common rank list made up of candidates who score at least 50% in HSEE-2014 will be prepared
Separate rank lists will be prepared corresponding to OBC (NCL)/SC/ST/PD categories
Candidates of OBC (NCL) category must score at least 45% in HSEE-2014 exam in order to be in the OBC rank list
Candidates of SC/ST categories must score at least 25% in the HSEE-2014, 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-2014 exam in aggregate
The ranks/scores of the candidates will be available for viewing in the HSEE website on 14th May, 2014

Application Form

Application for the HSEE-2014 is only through online mode
Registration: Log on to the website http://hsee.iitm.ac.in and select from the menu apply online and follow the instructions on the website
Enter all the data as per the instructions
The website will prompt you to save your data on the system when necessary
After successfully entering the data, click the finalize button
After this, you cannot edit your application
The system will then generate a printed version of your application along with the Indian Bank Challan
Registration is complete only after the payment of examination fee
Exam Fee: Candidates must pay the examination fee as applicable through the challan (generated during registration process) of Indian Bank
The examination fee for General/OBC (NCL) male candidates is Rs.1600/-
The examination fee for SC/ST/PwD male candidates is Rs 800/-
In addition, a processing fee of Rs 10/- will be collected by the bank
There is no examination fee for female candidates of all categories
Payment: Go to any branch of the Indian Bank and pay the examination fees by the challan generated online
Mention/check your application number on both the copies of the challan generated during the online application registration process
Alternatively, you may pay the examination fee through demand draft, in case there is no Indian Bank branch in your place
The demand draft should be drawn in favor of “IIT Madras HSEE-2014”, payable at Chennai and the bank charges will be borne by you
Send the completed application form, an attested copy of your 10th/10+2 certificate/date of birth certificate, an attested copy of category certificate, if applicable, and the institute copy of the Indian Bank challan or demand draft in an A4 size envelope and post it by speed post or registered post to the Chairman, HSEE-2014, JEE Office, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036 on or before 27th Jan 2014, 05.00 p.m.
Candidates should check the HSEE website for the status of their applications after 14th Feb 2014

Important Dates:

Online application process (HSEE website) starts: 18th Dec 2013
Online application process (HSEE website) ends: 17th Jan 2014
Payment of examination fee through Indian Bank challan starts: 18th Dec 2013
Payment of examination fee through Indian Bank challan ends: 24th Jan 2014
Last date for receiving completed application from the candidate by registered or speed post: 27th Jan 2014
Admit Card availability for download (from HSEE website) by candidates starts: 17th Mar 2014
Admit Card availability for download (from HSEE website) by candidates ends: 17th Apr 2014
HSEE-2014 Online Examination: 20th Apr 2014 (Sunday, 10.00 a.m. to 01.00 p.m)
Result declaration on HSEE website: 14th May 2014
Offer Letters to Candidates starts: 15th May 2014

IIT Madras

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai-600036,
Tel 044-22578220, Fax 044-22578224, Email hsee@iitm.ac.in
Website http://hsee.iitm.ac.in

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