CENTAC Notification 2012 Coming Soon !
1. INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Admission to the First year MBA programme for Government quota seats in the Self-Financing
Colleges in the Union Territory of Puducherry is centralised and made by the centralised admission
committee ( CENTAC – MBA), Government of Pondicherry for the academic year 2009 – 2010.
Number of government quota seats in participating self financing colleges will be announced at the
time of counseling after the receipt of necessary orders from Government of Puducherry.
2. MINIMUM QUALIFICATION FOR ADMISSION
2.1 Minimum Academic qualification
i) Candidates for admission to the first semester of MBA Course should have secured a minimum
of 50% of marks aggregate in any degree.
ii) Candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe who have a mere pass in qualifying
examination in the above subjects are eligible.
iii) Minimum cut of mark for MBC / OBC candidates will be 10% below the cut off marks of the general category
candidates.
iv) Candidates who have passed qualifying examination and who are awaiting results can also
apply. However, all candidates will have to produce proof of passing the examination at the time
of counseling.
2.2 Age limit- There is no age limit.
2.3 Reservation-Reservation will be followed as per Government order from time to time.
2.4 Only the Residents of Puducherry are eligible to apply for admission.
3. ADMISSION PROCEDURE
Admission shall be based only on merit in the entrance examination (MBA ET-2009) conducted by
CENTAC – MBA.
4. MBA ENTRANCE TEST – (MBAET 2009)
The MBA ET –2009 will be conducted only in Pondicherry Engineering College on 13th July 2009
(Monday) from 10.00 pm to 12.00 pm.
4.1 Pattern of MBAET –2009
The MBA Entrance Test will be of objective type with 90 questions.
4.2 Hall Tickets
After the receipt of the filled in application, Hall ticket will be dispatched to the candidates.
Candidates who haven’t received the hall ticket by 09.07.2009 are required to collect the Hall tickets
in person on 10.07.2009 from the office of the CENTAC – MBA.
4.3 Results of MBAET-2009
The Results of MBA ET –2009 are expected to be declared by the CONVENOR-MBAET –2009 with in a
WEEK after the conduct of the test. The results also would be made available in the web sites:
www.pec.edu
5. APPLICATION PROCEDURE.
Application forms and Information Brochure can be obtained from the Office of PEC cooperative
Credit Society, Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry-605014, in person on all working
days on or after 18th June 2009 on payment of Rs. 530/- [for SC / ST candidates Rs. 155/-].
Application forms can also be obtained by post by sending a request to The Convenor, CENTACPG,
Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry-605014, along with two self-addressed slips
(neatly typed or hand written) and a crossed demand draft for Rs.565/-(Rs.500/- towards the cost
of application and Rs.65/- for postage) [for SC / ST Candidates Rs.190/-. (Rs.125/- towards the
cost of application and Rs.65/- for postage)], drawn in favour of The Convenor, CENTAC-PG
payable at Puducherry. Payment by cheques, postal orders and money orders will not be
accepted. Filled-in Application forms along with all necessary enclosures should be sent in the
prescribed envelope to 'The Convenor, Centralised Admission Committee (CENTAC-PG),
Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry - 605 014', so as to reach latest by Friday, 3 rd
July 2009 before 5.00 p.m. Details are also available in the web site www.pec.edu.
Application forms can also be downloaded and submitted along with crossed Demand Draft for
the same amount drawn in favour of the Convenor, CENTAC-PG payable at Puducherry.
Note :
(i) Applications which are incomplete, defective or received after the due date shall be
rejected summarily and no correspondence shall be entertained in this regard.
(ii) Candidates selected for admission shall be intimated by post. No communication shall be sent
to the applicants not selected for admission. No correspondence in this regard shall be
entertained.
(iii) The selected candidates shall be required to submit all the documents in original at the time
of counselling.
(iv) The original documents submitted shall be returned only after obtaining the recognition from
the Pondicherry University. The candidates are advised to take enough number of photocopies
of the documents before submitting the original documents.
(v) Admission will not be granted to candidates who do not produce the original certificates at
the time of counselling.
(vi) All admissions made are provisional and subject to the approval of Pondicherry University.
(vii) It shall be the responsibility of the candidate who applies for admission to study the
Information and Instructions to the Candidates and ensure that he/ she is eligible for
admission. The admission of any candidate not possessing the required qualification, allotted
either based on false certificates or by oversight shall be liable to be cancelled and the
candidates shall have no cause for grievance.
6. CRITERIA FOR DOMICILE
a) Those candidates or whose parents have been residing continuously in the UT of Puducherry
for at least for 5 years immediately preceding the date of application.
b) Those who have passed the Degree examination and for that purpose had undergone
academic studies continuously for 5 successive years immediately preceding the qualifying
examination (including the year of the qualifying examination) in recognised educational
institution(s) located in UT of Puducherry and having their residence in UT of Puducherry for 5
years continuously during that period.
c) Children of Central Government Servants / Defence Personnel / Central Paramilitary Forces /
Employees of Public Sector Undertakings wholly or substantially run either by the Central
Government or by the UT of Puducherry government, posted and serving in the UT of
Puducherry for at least a minimum period of one year prior to the stipulated last date of
submission of application for the course.
d) Children of natives of the UT of Puducherry by virtue of continuous residence for not less than 5
years immediately preceding the date of application should enclose the nativity certificate in
the prescribed format.
e) Children of Defence Personnel who were killed or disabled in action and children of Central
Government Servants / UT of Puducherry Government Servants / Defence Personnel /
Employees of Public Sector undertakings as referred in category (c) who have died while in
service, in UT of Puducherry.
f) French Nationals residing in UT of Puducherry and covered by the terms of the Treaty of
Cession shall be treated on par with the candidates who produce the prescribed residence
certificate of UT of Puducherry. However such French Nationals will not be required to produce
residence certificate, instead they should produce a certificate of registration issued for this
purpose from the French Consulate at Puducherry. Children of these French Nationals shall not
be considered for admission under the quota of non-residents.
7. COUNSELLING FOR ADMISSION
The admission is based on the merit, category of the candidates, and availability of vacancies
at the time of counselling. All admissions made by CENTAC-MBA are provisional and subject to the
approval of Pondicherry University.
7.1. Venue
Counselling for PG programmes will be conducted at the Office of the CENTAC-MBA,
Pondicherry Engineering College, Pillaichavady, Puducherry - 605 014.
7.2. Date and Time
Candidates shall be called for counselling as per their merits. Candidates to be called for
counselling shall be intimated through call letters or a public notification in newspapers and in the
Pondicherry Engineering College web site (www.pec.edu). No change of date / time of counselling is
allowed. CENTAC-MBA will not be responsible for postal delay, if any, and non-delivery of counselling
intimation whatever reason thereto.
Candidates who do not attend the counselling in the specified date and time have to forego
the claim for admission. However, due to unforeseen circumstances and unavoidable reasons, if a
candidate is unable to attend the counselling on the indicated date and time, he / she can attend on
a subsequent date and time during the counselling period with prior permission of The Convenor,
CENTAC-MBA. But, the candidate can only opt for the seat available at that time and cannot claim
any seat as per his / her original rank. In any case, counselling will not be done in the absence of
candidates.
Unfilled seats and vacancies arising out of the dropouts of already admitted candidates will be
filled up during the subsequent counsellings. Details of such vacancies will be notified on the notice
board and will also be made available in the Pondicherry Engineering College web site
(www.pec.edu) updated periodically. Individual intimation will not be sent to candidates for
the Counselling for seats arising due to vacancies due to the reasons mentioned above.
No communication shall be sent to candidates who are not eligible to be called for counselling
and no further correspondence in this regard shall be entertained.
7.3. Verification of Original Certificates
Candidates called for counselling shall be required to submit all the documents in original for
verification at the time of counselling. Candidates who fail to produce the required documents in
original, shall not be counselled. However, if a candidate has deposited the original certificates to an
institution where he / she has already been admitted, a letter to that effect issued by the Head of
the institution should be produced. Only in that case, attested / true copy of certificates will be
accepted for verification.
The original documents submitted by the candidates to be admitted, shall be returned only
after obtaining recognition from the respective Universities and hence the candidates are advised
to take enough number of photocopies of the documents before submitting the originals for
verification during counselling.
7.4. Counselling Fees
During counselling, a non-refundable counselling fee of Rs.1000/- (Rs. 250/- for SC/ST) in the
form of DD drawn in favour of The Convenor, CENTAC-PG payable at Puducherry will be collected
from each candidate getting admission under CENTAC-MBA.
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