MCA Entrance Exams

Maharashtra Common Entrance Test 2007
Common Entrance Test for Admissions to First Year of MBA/MMS/PGDBM/PGDBA and MCA Courses for the Year 2007-2008

Candidates seeking admission to AICTE approved MBA/MMS/PGDBM/PGDBA and MCA courses are hereby informed that a Common Entrance Test (CET) will be conducted for the admission to these courses as per the schedule given below:

Course Date of CET: For MBA/MMS/PGDBM/PGDBA 25th February 2007 (Sunday)

Course Date of CET: For MCA 25th March, 2007 (Sunday) (changed from 11 th March 2007 announced earlier)

The detailed notification regarding availability of information brochure, filling up on-line Application form, eligibility criteria etc. will be published in leading newspapers and will also be available on the official web site www.dte.org.in/mba or www.dte.org.in/mca in the third week of January 2007.

(Prof. N. B. Pasalkar)
Director,
Technical Education,
Maharashtra State,
Mumbai

Admission to first year of two year full time post graduate degree courses in Management namely

1. Master of Business Administration (MBA)
2. Master of Management Studies (MMS)
3. Post Graduate Diploma Courses in Business Management (PGDBM)
4. Business Administration (PGDBA)

The institutes which qualify for the admission process as per these rules are:

• Approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi.
• Recognised by the Government of Maharashtra.
• Affiliated to any one of the ten Non Agricultural / Non Technological Universities in Maharashtra state.

Following are the types of Institutes in the Maharashtra state covered by these rules;

a) All Government Management Institutes
b) All University Departments of Management
c) All University Managed Management Institutes
d) All Unaided Management Institutes whose Association has given consent to participate in the CAP rounds conducted by the State Government.

The admission to the courses MBA/MMS is centralized and is covered under Centralized Admission Process (CAP) carried by the Competent Authority of the State of Maharashtra.

Institutes

Government Institute: Sydenham Institute of Management Studies & Research and Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai

University Departments: Amravati, Aurangabad, Jalgaon, Nagpur, Kolhapur, Solapur, Pune, Nanded and Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

University Managed Institute (Only for Women Candidates): Jankidevi Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai.

Eligibility Criteria:

2.1 Basic Qualification: In order to secure admission to first year of two-year full time MBA/MMS/PGDBM/PGDBA course, the candidate should fulfill the following eligibility criteria;

Passed with minimum of 45% marks in aggregate* ( 40% in case of candidates of backward class categories belonging to Maharashtra State only) in any Bachelor’s degree of minimum three years duration in any discipline recognised by the Association of Indian Universities. OR

Appeared** for the final year examination of any Bachelor’s degree of minimum three years duration in any discipline recognised by the Association of Indian Universities. Such candidates can be considered for provisional admission subject to passing the Degree exam with minimum of 45% marks in aggregate (40% in case of candidates of backward class categories belonging to Maharashtra State only).

NOTE: Candidate is advised to ensure before applying for admission to the CET and the MBA / MMS programme in a particular University that he / she is eligible for admission to the programme as per the relevant Eligibility Rules of that University.

Generally candidates passing qualifying degree examination by part time or by correspondence course or passed in more than one sitting are not considered eligible by several Universities.

2.2 Eligibility Criteria for admission to MaharashtraState candidates (Type A-E) for the seats coming under CAP:

(Refer rule no. 3.1 for the definition of Type of candidature for Maharashtra State Candidates)

1. Candidate should be an Indian National and should possess basic qualification as specified in rule no. 2.1. 2. Appeared for the Common Entrance Test (MAH-MBA/MMS -CET 2007), GD & PI conducted by the Competent Authority of the Maharashtra State for the academic year 2007-2008.

2.3 Eligibility Criteria for admission to OutsideMaharashtraState (OMS) candidates for the 15% seats coming under CAP:

(Refer rule no. 3.2 for the definition of Outside Maharashtra State Candidates)

1. Candidate should be an Indian National and should possess basic qualification as specified in rule no. 2.1.

2. Appeared for CAT (conducted by IIMs) / JMET (conducted by IITs) / MAT (conducted by AIMA) / ATMA (conducted by AIMS) / XAT (conducted by XLRI) for seeking admission to MBA/MMS for the academic year 2007-08. Such candidates # are required to appear for GD &PI conducted by the Competent Authority of MaharashtraState for academic year 2007-08. OR

Appeared for the Common Entrance Test (MAH-MBA/MMS -CET 2007), GD & PI conducted by the Competent Authority of the Maharashtra State for the academic year 2007- 2008.

# - OMS Candidates who have appeared for CAT/ JMET / MAT / ATMA / XAT and seeking admission to MBA/MMS course against 15% seats coming under CAP shall have to fill up & confirm the application form for the CET i.e. MAH-MBA/MMS CET 2007 as per the procedure outlined in Annexure-I. Such OMS candidates only will be permitted to appear for the GD, PI conducted by Competent Authority of the State of Maharashtra.

J & K migrant candidates may also apply under both the OMS category as well as J & K category. These candidates shall have to pay total fees of Rs.2300/- and procure two receipts from the identified post office. These candidates will be considered for allotment against both the OMS seats under CAP as well as J & K Seats under counseling round.

Details of CET, GD, PI, Distribution of Total Marks and GD-PI, Undertaking etc.

1.0 The Agency to administer CET, GD AND PI

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

2.0 The MAH –MBA/MMS-CET 2007

• The question paper for the CET will be set in English only. Translations in any languages will not be    available.
• The CET would be of 2 1/ 2 (Two and half) hours duration and would have a maximum of 200 marks.
• The Maharashtra MBA CET 2007 would be held on Sunday, the 25/02/2007 at 2.00 p.m.
• The CET would have multiple choice objective type questions.
• The CET would not have negative marking.
• There will 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 the next year.
• The detailed information and the instructions about the CET and a few sample questions illustrating the    nature, variety, scope, pattern, type of questions that will be set for the CET are given in Annexure VIII and    Sample answer sheet (filled up) and (Blank) is given in Annexure –IX.
• The cities in which CET-2007 is conducted are designated as centre for the CET. Each centre will have several    venues depending upon the number of candidate due to appear at that centre. A candidate applying for the    CET would have the freedom to choose his/her centre but shall not have freedom to choose the venue.
• The venues allotted to the various candidates appearing for the CET would be displayed on web site –    www.dte.org.in/mba under the heading ‘MBA/MMS-CET-2007 Examination venue’ on 16/02/2007.

Maharashtra MAH MBA MCA CET 2007 Results Schedule

MAH-MBA/MMS-CET 2007 Written Test Result will be displayed on 4th April 2007 at 5PM
Conduct of Group Discussions (GD) and Personal Interviews (PI) 14-05-2007 to 31-05-2007
MCA CET Result shall be published on 30 April 2007 at 2:00 PM

Directorate of Technical Education,
Maharashtra State 3, Mahapalika Marg,
Post Box No. 1967,
Mumbai - 400 001.

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