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For the purpose of seat allocation, qualified candidates are partitioned
into different categories based on (birth) categories, presence or absence
of disability and nationality. On the basis of such a partition, each
candidate is assigned a category tag as given below.
(i) Category tag GEN: This is assigned to Indian nationals who do NOT belong to OBC-NCL, SC or ST category (or who fail to produce valid OBC-NCL, SC or ST certificate) and are NOT Persons with Disabilities.
(ii) Category tag GEN-PwD: This is assigned to Indian nationals who do NOT belong to OBC-NCL, SC or ST category (or who fail to produce valid OBC-NCL, SC or ST certificate) and are Persons with Disabilities. Candidates must produce a valid PwD certificate to be assigned this tag.
(iii) Category tag OBC-NCL: This is assigned to Indian nationals who belong to the Non-Creamy Layer of Other Backward Classes and are NOT Persons with Disabilities. Candidates must produce a valid OBC-NCL certificate to be assigned this tag. The backward class must be in the Central List of OBCs.
(iv) Category tag OBC-NCL-PwD: This is assigned to Indian nationals who belong to the Non-Creamy Layer of Other Backward Classes and are Persons with Disabilities. Candidates must produce valid OBC-NCL and PwD certificates to be assigned this tag. The backward class must be in the Central List of OBCs. Thus, candidates belonging to the Non-Creamy Layer of Other Backward Classes are divided into two mutually exclusive categories and are assigned either one of the tags OBC-NCL or OBC-NCL-PwD.
(v) Category tag SC: This is assigned to Indian nationals who belong to Scheduled Castes and are NOT Persons with Disabilities. Candidates must produce a valid SC certificate to be assigned this tag.
(vi) Category tag SC-PwD: This is assigned to Indian nationals who belong to Scheduled Castes and are Persons with Disabilities. Candidates must produce valid SC and PwD certificates to be assigned this tag. Thus, candidates belonging to the scheduled castes are divided into two mutually exclusive categories and are assigned either one of the tags SC or SC-PwD.
(vii) Category tag ST: This is assigned to Indian nationals who belong to Scheduled Tribes and are NOT Persons with Disabilities. Candidates must produce a valid ST certificate to be assigned this tag.
(viii) Category tag ST-PwD: This is assigned to Indian nationals who belong to Scheduled Tribes and are Persons with Disabilities. Candidates must produce valid ST and PwD certificates to be assigned this tag. Thus, candidates belonging to the scheduled tribes are divided into two mutually exclusive categories and are assigned either one of the tags ST or ST-PwD.
(ix) Category tag Foreign: This is assigned to candidates who are NOT Indian nationals.
For candidates who have registered for JEE (Advanced) 2015, the category of a candidate as entered in the database provided by the JEE apex board [which conducted JEE (Main) 2015] will be considered based on document verification by the Joint Admission Board 2015.
For candidates who have NOT registered for JEE (Advanced) 2015, category tag is assigned based on the candidate’s declaration in the JEE (Main) 2015 registration portal.
For the purpose of allocating seats for NITs and Other-GFTIs, candidates are also assigned a state code of eligibility.
(A) State code of eligibility means the code of the state from where the candidate has passed Class XII (or equivalent) examination by virtue of which the candidate becomes eligible to appear in JEE (Main) 2015. The codes of the states are same as those given in the JEE (Main) 2015 Information Bulletin. It is important to note that the state code of eligibility does NOT depend upon the native place or the place of residence of the candidate. For example, if a candidate appears for the Class XII examination in New Delhi and is a resident of NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh, the candidate’s state code of eligibility will be that of Delhi and NOT that of Uttar Pradesh.
(B) If a candidate has passed Class XII (or equivalent) examination from one state but appeared for improvement from another state, the candidate’s state code of eligibility will be from where the candidate first passed the Class XII (or equivalent) examination and NOT the state from where the candidate has appeared for improvement.
(C) For Indian nationals passing the Class XII (or equivalent) examination from an institution abroad, the state code of eligibility will be determined on the basis of permanent address in India as given in the passport of the candidate. For Indian nationals passing the Class XII (or equivalent) examination from Nepal/Bhutan, the state code of eligibility will be determined on the basis of permanent address in India as given in the passport of the candidate.
(i) Category tag GEN: This is assigned to Indian nationals who do NOT belong to OBC-NCL, SC or ST category (or who fail to produce valid OBC-NCL, SC or ST certificate) and are NOT Persons with Disabilities.
(ii) Category tag GEN-PwD: This is assigned to Indian nationals who do NOT belong to OBC-NCL, SC or ST category (or who fail to produce valid OBC-NCL, SC or ST certificate) and are Persons with Disabilities. Candidates must produce a valid PwD certificate to be assigned this tag.
(iii) Category tag OBC-NCL: This is assigned to Indian nationals who belong to the Non-Creamy Layer of Other Backward Classes and are NOT Persons with Disabilities. Candidates must produce a valid OBC-NCL certificate to be assigned this tag. The backward class must be in the Central List of OBCs.
(iv) Category tag OBC-NCL-PwD: This is assigned to Indian nationals who belong to the Non-Creamy Layer of Other Backward Classes and are Persons with Disabilities. Candidates must produce valid OBC-NCL and PwD certificates to be assigned this tag. The backward class must be in the Central List of OBCs. Thus, candidates belonging to the Non-Creamy Layer of Other Backward Classes are divided into two mutually exclusive categories and are assigned either one of the tags OBC-NCL or OBC-NCL-PwD.
(v) Category tag SC: This is assigned to Indian nationals who belong to Scheduled Castes and are NOT Persons with Disabilities. Candidates must produce a valid SC certificate to be assigned this tag.
(vi) Category tag SC-PwD: This is assigned to Indian nationals who belong to Scheduled Castes and are Persons with Disabilities. Candidates must produce valid SC and PwD certificates to be assigned this tag. Thus, candidates belonging to the scheduled castes are divided into two mutually exclusive categories and are assigned either one of the tags SC or SC-PwD.
(vii) Category tag ST: This is assigned to Indian nationals who belong to Scheduled Tribes and are NOT Persons with Disabilities. Candidates must produce a valid ST certificate to be assigned this tag.
(viii) Category tag ST-PwD: This is assigned to Indian nationals who belong to Scheduled Tribes and are Persons with Disabilities. Candidates must produce valid ST and PwD certificates to be assigned this tag. Thus, candidates belonging to the scheduled tribes are divided into two mutually exclusive categories and are assigned either one of the tags ST or ST-PwD.
(ix) Category tag Foreign: This is assigned to candidates who are NOT Indian nationals.
For candidates who have registered for JEE (Advanced) 2015, the category of a candidate as entered in the database provided by the JEE apex board [which conducted JEE (Main) 2015] will be considered based on document verification by the Joint Admission Board 2015.
For candidates who have NOT registered for JEE (Advanced) 2015, category tag is assigned based on the candidate’s declaration in the JEE (Main) 2015 registration portal.
For the purpose of allocating seats for NITs and Other-GFTIs, candidates are also assigned a state code of eligibility.
(A) State code of eligibility means the code of the state from where the candidate has passed Class XII (or equivalent) examination by virtue of which the candidate becomes eligible to appear in JEE (Main) 2015. The codes of the states are same as those given in the JEE (Main) 2015 Information Bulletin. It is important to note that the state code of eligibility does NOT depend upon the native place or the place of residence of the candidate. For example, if a candidate appears for the Class XII examination in New Delhi and is a resident of NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh, the candidate’s state code of eligibility will be that of Delhi and NOT that of Uttar Pradesh.
(B) If a candidate has passed Class XII (or equivalent) examination from one state but appeared for improvement from another state, the candidate’s state code of eligibility will be from where the candidate first passed the Class XII (or equivalent) examination and NOT the state from where the candidate has appeared for improvement.
(C) For Indian nationals passing the Class XII (or equivalent) examination from an institution abroad, the state code of eligibility will be determined on the basis of permanent address in India as given in the passport of the candidate. For Indian nationals passing the Class XII (or equivalent) examination from Nepal/Bhutan, the state code of eligibility will be determined on the basis of permanent address in India as given in the passport of the candidate.