Details of Common Entrance Test (CET)

This information is as per this year's notification by Directorate of Technical Education. For any clarifications check the CET Brochure or contact Directorate of Technical Education.

The CET, the GD and the PI are administered by the CA (Competent Authority), on its own or in collaboration with or through a professional agency with proven track record of its competence and experience in such process of personnel selection through competitive examinations.

The details of CET are as under :

• The CET would be of 2½ (Two and a half ) hours duration and would have a maximum of 200 marks.

• The CET would have multiple choice objective type questions with no negative marking.

• There would be no verification of marks or revaluation of answer sheets of the CET.

• The marks at the CET would be considered for admission during the current academic year only and would not be allowed to be carried forward to next year.

• The CET has questions in the area of:
  -- Verbal Ability.
  -- Reading Comprehension.
  -- Quantitative Aptitude.
  -- Logical/Abstract Reasoning.

The Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI) :

• Each of the candidates appearing for the CET would be eligible for the GD and PI.

• The batch number, date, time and venue for the GD and PI will be indicated on the common admit card for CET and GD and PI.

• Each of the candidates appearing for the GD and PI would have to pay as fees a sum of Rs.400/- (Rupees Four Hundred only) to the centre Co-ordinator / Representative of Competent Authority at the chosen centre at the time of GD and PI, by the crossed Demand Craft in favor of The Joint Director Of Technical Education, payable at places indicated in the CET Brochure.

Distribution of Marks :

The following are the head wise distribution of the total marks of 240, on the basis of which the final Universitywise / Categorywise/ State level Merit list is drawn.

Head	Marks
Common Entrance Test (CET)	200
Group Discussion (GD)	17
Personal Interview (PI)	17
Past Academic Record (PAR)	04
Work Experience (WE)	02
Total	240

The Past Academic Record (PAR) of a candidate is evaluated as shown below :

The Work Experience (WE) of the candidate is evaluated as shown below :

Qualifying Examination And Eligibility :

Appeared at the final year examination of a post 10+2 course of minimum three years duration leading to an award of a Bachelor's Degree, in any discipline of a statutory university in India (so recognized by the Association of Indian Universities).

or

A candidate who has passed a Bachelor's Degree examination with minimum 50% marks in aggregate (45% in case of candidate domiciled in Maharashtra State and belonging to the reserved categories).

or

Passed with minimum 50% of marks in aggregate (45% in case of backward class candidates from Maharashtra State only) or Appeared at an examination considered equivalent thereto, would be treated as eligible for Common Entrance Test (CET).

Selection Basis :

• A candidate should fulfill the minimum eligibility conditions as mentioned above.

• He/She must have appeared for the CET, GD and PI.

• He/She must figure in the merit list prepared on the basis of aggregate marks scored by them in the CET, GD and PI and the marks awarded to them for their Past Academic Record (PAR) and the Work Experience (WE).

• The candidates shall be selected for the admissions and the admissions shall be made strictly on the basis of their ranks in the relevant merit list (i.e. category wise/ university wise/ state merit list/ merit list for candidates outside Maharashtra) prepared on the basis of the aggregate marks scored by them in the CET, GD and PI and the marks awarded to them for their Past Academic Record (PAR) and the Work Experience (WE) as mentioned above and the availability of the seats in various categories in various Institutes.

Note :

1. 50% of the sanctioned intake capacity will be reserved belonging to minority communities, and the same will be filled strictly on the basis of merit. However reservation does not apply to the seats allocable to the candidates passing their qualifying examination from a statutory university located outside Maharashtra.

2. 50% of the sanctioned intake capacity will be merit seats and the balance will be payment seats. However seats allocable to candidates passing their qualifying examination from a statutory university located outside Maharashtra fall entirely in the payment category.

3. Tuition fees for merit and payments seats are Rs.8000/- p.a. and Rs.24000/- p.a. respectively. Apart from tuition fees, MGM IMSR is entitled to charge ancillary fees for Library, Computer Facilities, other activities etc, up to a university prescribed limit.