Indian Institute of Technology Joint Admission Test (IIT JAM) is conducted every year in Feb for admissions in various Postgraduate programmes like M.sc, integrated M.sc+P.hd in IIT's and Indian Institute of science (ISC), Bangalore. IIT Kharagpur is conducting IIT JAM 2019 on 10th Feb 2019. It will be an online examination (computer based paper). The eligibility criteria for writing IIT JAM is a candidate should be a graduate in any stream with 55% marks in aggregate for students belonging to General Category and there is the relaxation of 5% i.e 50% marks in aggregate for SC/ST/OBC candidates. Candidates with foreign nationality can also apply to this exam. Final year students can also apply for IIT JAM (Indian Institute of Technology Joint Admission Test 2018) provided they submit the required documents at the time of admission and there is no upper age limit for applying to this exam.

IIT JAM Online Registration will begin from September 1, 2018, on the official website of IIT JAM i.e. jam.iitkgp.ac.in. Last Date for completing the Online Application and Uploading of Documents on the Website is October 10, 2018. Last Date for Payment of Application Fee through the Online process. The fee will be non-refundable.

Candidates would be appearing for IIT JAM exam on Feb 10, 2019. The exam pattern details include examination type, duration of exam, no. of questions, mode of exam etc. JAM 2018 will be a Computer Based Test conducted in an online mode. There are 3 sections in the exam consist of total 60 questions carrying 100 marks. The duration of the exam is 3 hours. There will be no negative marking in Section B and Section C.

IIT JAM Admit card will be available from January 4, 2019, and can be downloaded from the official website. It is mandatory for a candidate to bring the admit card, without admit card candidates will not be allowed to sit in the examination. The admit card contains the details of the student's name, Photograph, registration, Signature of the candidate, Code of Test Pater and complete details of Exam Center. It is suggested to all the aspirants to check all the details printed on admit card carefully after downloading it.

There are seven papers of IIT JAM comprised of Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Mathematical Statistics, and Physics. The Syllabus for IIT JAM 2019 has been released by the conducting body. Students can prepare for these subject in advance for the exam.

An All India Rank (AIR) will be assigned to all the appeared candidates based on the performance of the candidates in the test paper. In case of Tie break following criteria will be taken into account.

• The tie-breaking criterion for awarding the ranks to candidates scoring the same aggregate marks in a test paper will be as follows:
• The candidate with a higher ratio of positive marks to negative marks will be given a higher rank.
• If this criterion fails to break ties, the candidates concerned will be awarded the same rank.
• Merit List will be declared on Wednesday, March 20, 2019.
• The results will be available on the website: http://jam.iitkgp.ac.in

Given below is the intake for all the IIT JAM Participating Institutes:

At the time of IIT JAM Counselling, carrying the original documents is mandatory. Even the candidates who have applied while their result was awaiting also needs to produce the original documents at the time of counseling.

Candidate needs to carry the below-mentioned documents at the time of counseling:

• Mark sheet/ Certificate of Class 10 and Class 12
• Qualifying Degree Certificate of Graduation
• Degree Mark sheet (If completed)
• If in the final year of degree program Mark sheet until last semester attempted is required
• Nationality Certificate for candidates of General Category
• Birth Certificate
• Original ID Proof (Passport/Voters ID/PAN/Aadhaar)
• College Transfer Certificate
• Caste and Reservation certificate for candidates applying under OBC (Non-Creamy Layer), SC, ST category
• Valid Certificate for PwD candidates

"Harsh Gupta" 22-year-old hailing from Jaipur is the topper of IIT JAM 2017.

He scored 999 out of 1,000 in the examination. He is currently studying the final year B.Tech at Jaipur's Malviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT).He has secured all India rank 1 in chemical engineering. I

In a recent interview, he quoted "I will consult my seniors and teachers to decide whether I go for a Master's at an IIT or try for a job in a public sector undertaking (PSU)"