APJEE 2018 – Arunachal Pradesh Joint Entrance Examination

Arunachal Pradesh State Council for Technical Education (APSCTE) will conduct the APJEE 2018 for the candidates seeking admission in various Institutions of the State of Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Pradesh Joint Entrance Examination (APJEE) 2018 will be held for the admission to the various Degree (PCB) and Diploma courses. Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the technical/professional courses through the official website i.e. apdhte.nic.in as per the scheduled dates. For all the relevant information regarding APJEE 2018 such as application form, eligibility criteria, admit card, exam pattern etc, the candidates can refer to the information on this page or the official website.

APJEE 2018 will be conducted by APSCTE which comes under the Directorate of Higher and Technical Education. Only those candidates will be considered for the admission to various technical and professional courses, who will be eligible as per the norms of the conducting body. Candidates will be selected on the basis of their scores and ranks obtained in the APJEE 2018 entrance examination.

Important Dates

Candidates, who will appear for the APJEE 2018 entrance examination, must go through the important dates given by the conducting body as given below:

Events	Dates
Commencement of Online Application	March 2018
Last Date for Online Application	May 2018
Issue of Admit Card	May 2018
Date of Examination	May 2018
Declaration of Result	May/June 2018

Eligibility Criteria

Candidates appearing for the APJEE 2018 must ensure that they will fulfil the eligibility criteria specified by the conducting body i.e. APSCTE. The eligibility criteria for the Degree and Diploma courses will be as follows:

Domicile – The applying candidates from the State of Arunachal Pradesh will be eligible for the admission.

Age Limit – The age must be as on the date of the admission in the particular Institute.

• For Diploma Courses: 15 – 18 years
• For Degree Courses: 17 – 21 years

Academic Qualifications

For Diploma Courses – Candidates must be passed in 10th Standard examination or equivalent examination from a Government recognised board.

For Degree Courses – Candidates must be passed in 12th Standard examinations or equivalent examination in science stream (with biology as well) from a Government recognised board/University.

Application Process

Eligible candidates need to fill the application form for the APJEE 2018 entrance examination. The application form will be available for the candidates, who want to pursue any of the technical or professional course in the State of Arunachal Pradesh. Candidates can apply through the official website i.e. apdhte.nic.in. as per the scheduled dates only. Candidates will have to fill the correct and complete details along with the payment of application fee and uploading the scanned images of photograph and signature. Candidates must take a printout of the filled-in application form for the future reference.

Exam Pattern

Candidates appearing for the entrance examination need to go through the exam pattern including question-type, language of the exam, marking scheme etc. the following points will enhance the understanding about the examination as given below:

• The APJEE 2018 entrance examination will be conducted in English only.
• The type of the questions will be of Objective-type questions with four options for each question.
• Candidates will score 4 marks for each correct answer and for each wrong answer 1 mark will be deducted from the scores obtained by them.
• The duration of the examination will be of 3 hours and consist of 600 marks.
• The questions for degree courses will be from Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
• The questions for diploma courses will be from Mathematics and Science.

Admit Card

After the successful application, the candidates will get Admit Card few days before the commencement of the examination. The admit card can be downloaded by entering the application number and date of birth from the official website. Candidates need to take a printout of the downloaded admit card for the future reference. The admit card will be an important document for the appearing candidates as without the admit card, the candidates will not be allowed to appear for the examination.

Declaration of Result

The result will be declared for the candidates appeared for the APJEE 2018 entrance examination. The result will be uploaded in the form of a Merit List on the official website apdhte.nic.in. Candidates can check their result by entering their roll number and date of birth. The result will consist of the scores and ranks obtained by the candidates in the examination. Candidates’ admission to the various Degree and Diploma courses will depend on the result of the candidates in the examination.

Counselling

After the declaration of the result, the candidates will be called for the counselling process and allotment of seats. The counselling will be conducted on the basis of the scores and ranks obtained by the candidates, the number of appeared candidates and the difficulty level of the examination. Candidates will be required to appear for the counselling at the allotted time and date with all the important documents for admission in the course applied for.

General Instructions for the Candidates

1. Candidates will have to fill the correct and complete information in the application form as incomplete forms will be rejected by the conducting body.
2. Candidates must take a printout of the admit card before the last date of downloading it.
3. Candidates must also take a pinout of the result which will be required at the time of counselling.
4. Candidates will be required to appear at the scheduled timings and dates for the counselling process and allotment of seats.
5. For all the updates, the candidates need to check the official website.

APJEE – List of Institutes

The following is the brief description of the institutions located in the State of Arunachal Pradesh where candidates of the APJEE may be nominated:

College of Horticulture & Forestry, Pasighat

College of Horticulture and Forestry was established at Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh on 7th Mar 2001 by the Central Agricultural University, Imphal under the Department of Agriculture Research & Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India.

The institution imparts education in different branches of Horticulture and Forestry and its allied sciences through its 04 years Academic Programme in Horticulture and Forestry i.e. B.Sc (Horticulture)/ B.Sc. (Forestry)/ B. Sc. (Agriculture). The institute also aids to learning by Research Programme, Extension & Training Programme and Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK).

The college is perched over sprawling 145 acres land at Pasighat on the picturesque bank of river Siang with facilities like V-SAT, modern teaching aids with audio-visual lab, state of art scientific laboratories with sophisticated instruments, separate hostels for boys and girls, central library with a collection of over 5400 book titles and 114 volumes of Indian & 9 volumes of Foreign periodicals and in-house medical unit with paramedical staffs and doctors (gents & lady) hired from the state medical services.

North East Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Itanagar

The North East Homeopathic Medical College is located at Vivek Vihar in Itanagar. The institution has been established by the Abo-Tani charitable Society and started functioning from the year 2001. It is affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University (Formerly Arunachal Pradesh University) and is recognized by Central Council of Homeopathy, New Delhi and approved by the Government of Arunachal Pradesh. North East Homeopathic College offers degree in Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine & Surgery (BHMS). The duration of course is 5 ½ years, inclusive of one-year compulsory internship programme.

Rajiv Gandhi Govt. Polytechnic, Itanagar

Rajiv Gandhi Government Polytechnic (Formerly Arunachal Pradesh Polytechnic) has been set up under the Technician Education Project-III of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India with the financial assistance from World Bank. It is located near Dera Natung Government College in Itanagar.

The institution started functioning from the academic year 2002-03 to generate skilled technicians suitable to the State’s Human Resource requirement by offering three year Diploma programmes.

The details of the various 3 year Diploma programmes offered in the institution is as follows:

SI. No.	Name of the Diploma Programmes	Entry Qualification	Annual intake
1	Automobile Engineering	10+	20
2	Civil Engineering	10+	30
3	Computer Science and Engineering.	10+	40
4	Electrical & Electronics Engineering	10+	30
5	Garment and Fashion Technology	10+	20
6	Herbal Technology	10+	20
7	Hotel Management and Catering Technology	12+	20
8	Travel and Tourism Management	10+	20

Features and Facilities available in the institution

• External Networking with various Institute/Industries/ Organizations.
• Customized Short Term Training programs.
• ISTE Student’s Chapter.
• Entrepreneurship Development Cell.
• Spacious campus.
• Separate I lostels for boys and girls.
• Well Equipped Laboratories and Workshops with Modern equipments and instruments.
• Central Computing Center with Networking and V-SAT Internet facilities.
• Training & Placement Assistance Cell.
• Industry Institute Interaction.

Govt. Polytechnic, Dirang

The Polytechnic is located at Namthung village, about 6 kms from Dirang town on way to Sangti village in West Kameng District.

The Polytechnic started functioning from the academic session 2014-15 with the following programmes:

Sl. No.	Name of the Diploma Programmes	Entry Qualification	Annual Intake
1.	Civil Engineering	10+	30
2.	Electrical Engineering	10+	30
3.	Mechanical Engineering	10+	30

Govt. Polytechnic, Laying

The Polytechnic is located at Laying village in Kurung Kumey District. Laying is around 23 kms ahead of Sangram town on the Palin-Koloriang road.

The programmes offered in the Polytechnic are:

Sl. No.	Name of the Diploma Programmes	Entry Qualification	Annual Intake
1.	Civil Engineering	10+	30
2.	Electrical Engineering	10+	30
3.	Mechanical Engineering	10+	30

Govt. Polytechnic, Pasighat

The Polytechnic is located near the JN College, Pasighat, the district headquarters of East Siang District.

The academics in the Polytechnic started from the academic session 2014-15 with the following programmes:

Sl. No.	Name of the Diploma Programmes	Entry Qualification	Annual Intake
1.	Civil Engineering	10+	30
2.	Electrical Engineering	10+	30
3.	Computer Science and Engineering	10+	30

Govt. Polytechnic, Roing:–

The Polytechnic is located at Simari village which is about 11 kms from Roing the district headquarters of Lower Dibang Valley District.

The academics of the Polytechnic started from the academic session 2014-15 (temporarily at Govt. Polytechnic Namsai) with the following programmes:

Sl. No.	Name of the Diploma Programmes	Entry Qualification	Annual Intake
1.	Civil Engineering	10+	30
2.	Electrical Engineering	10+	30
3.	Computer Science and Engineering	10+	30

Govt. Polytechnic, Namsai

The Polytechnic is located at Joypur village, about 6 kms from Namsai, the district headquarters of Namsai District.

The Polytechnic started functioning from the academic session 2014-15 with the following programmes:

Sl. No.	Name of the Diploma Programmes	Entry Qualification	Annual Intake
1.	Civil Engineering	10+	30
2.	Electrical Engineering	10+	30
3.	Mechanical Engineering	10+	30

Tomi Polytechnic College, Basar

Tomi Polytechnic College, a Polytechnic in the private sector is a joint venture of Tomi Society, Basar, West Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh and Sun and Udaya group of institutions, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu. The institution is located at Basar. It started functioning from the academic session 2006-07.

The details of the various three year Diploma programmes offered in the institution are as follows:

Sl. No.	Name of the Diploma Programmes	Entry Qualification	Annual intake
1	Civil Engineering	10+	120
2	Computer Science and Engineering.	10+	30
3	Electrical & Electronics Engineering	10+	60

The academic and examination of all the Polytechnic mentioned above are conducted by the Arunachal Pradesh State Council for Technical Education which confers the Diploma to the candidate on successful completion of their Diploma.

Note:- Candidates nominated to the private institutions like the NE Homeopathy & Medical College and Tomi Polytechnic College are to remit the fees etc as fixed by the Management of the respective institutions.

Details of PCB Group Seats

Last year seats were as follows:

Seats Allotted by Govt. of India

S.No.	Discipline	Total
1	MBBS	25
2	BDS	03
	Total	28

Regional Seats (PCB group)

Diploma Seats (Allotted by Govt. of India)

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