Directorate of Technical Education

Chennai 600 025

Circular No. 47961 / ECA 1 / 2010 dated : 10.6.2010

Sub : Technical Education – Admission to First Year Degree

Courses (B.E / B.Tech / B.Arch) – 2010-2011 - AICTE Fee
waiver scheme – Guidelines Communicated - reg

Ref : 1) AICTE Guidelines No. 37-3 / Legal / 2007, dated : 9.4.2007

2) G.O. Ms. No. 357, Higher Education (J2) Department, dated :

26.10.2007

AICTE Fee Waiver Scheme

The Guidelines for implementation of the AICTE Fee Waiver Scheme for the First
Year B.E / B.Tech / B.Arch Degree Courses for the academic year 2010-2011 are
detailed below :

Under the AICTE Fee Waiver Scheme, an Institution can provide Tuition fee
waiver upto 10% of the AICTE sanctioned intake in any Branch / discipline. Typically, for
a sanctioned intake of 60 in a Branch, Tuition Fee waiver shall be given to 6 candidates
under three different categories in the appropriate ratio as noted below :

Economically Backward candidates 3

Women candidates 2
Physically Handicapped candidates 1
Total 6

The number of candidates under each category pertaining to other possible sanctioned
intakes is given in the Annexure I
Eligibility for selection under the Fee Waiver Categories

Category Criteria fixed by AICTE Supporting document /

Certificate to be enclosed
by the candidate seeking
fee waiver
Economically The Annual income of the The aspiring candidate
backward parent / guardian should be should submit the income
less than 2.50 lakhs from certificate from competent
all sources authority in the Revenue
department not below the
rank of a Deputy Tahsildar.

Physically Candidates with permanent Candidate should produce

Handicapped physical impairment 40%
and above are alone
eligible for consideration.
the Certificate from the
Medical Board of the
District concerned certifying
the nature and extent of
disability in percentage and
with regard to his / her
suitability for admission to
Engineering Colleges in the
suitable format.

Women Girl Candidate -----

Selection of candidates under the Fee waiver categories

Selection of students under the three different categories should be based on

merit i.e Cut-off marks obtained in the Plus-two examination in the relevant subjects. The
method of calculation of cut-off marks is given in Annexure II
.
Inter-se-merit : If the cut-off marks is the same, the order of priority shall be fixed
based on the following inter-se-merit rules.
(i) marks obtained in Mathematics
(ii) marks obtained in Physics
(iii) marks obtained in fourth optional subject (Biology, Computer Science
etc.)
(iv) Date of Birth

Women : All girl students admitted in a branch should be considered under this
category. From among the girl students admitted, appropriate number of students (as
per sanctioned intake) should be selected based on the cut-off marks and inter-se-merit
rules.

Physically Handicapped : All physically handicapped candidates admitted in a branch

should be considered under this category. From among the candidates under this
category, appropriate number of students (as per sanctioned intake) should be selected
based on the cut-off marks and inter-se-merit rules

Economically Backward : Data as to the annual income of the parent / guardian of

each student admitted in a Branch should be collected . Students whose parental
income is less than Rs.2.5 lakhs from all sources should be considered under this
category. The eligible students shall be requested to obtain the Income Certificate from
the Revenue authority. From among the eligible candidates under this category,
appropriate number of students (as per sanctioned intake) should be selected under this
category based on cut-off marks and inter-se-merit rules.

Non-availability of students : As per AICTE guidelines, in the event of non-availability

of students in a specific category , the benefit should be given to any other candidate of
other categories according to merit.
In practice it is seen that non-availability of students arises mostiy in the case of
physically handicapped category only. In such cases the seats allocated under the
physically handicapped category should be given to a student under Women or
Economically backward category whoever has got higher merit.

Additional Intake : As per AICTE norm, the Institution providing fee waiver is allowed to
admit 10% of its sanctioned intake or the number of actual tuition fee waiver granted by
the Institution, whichever is lower, as an additional intake in the same discipline / branch
of study.

For a sanctioned intake of 60 in a branch, if the Institution grants fee waiver to 6

students, then the Institution is entitled to 6 additional seats in the same branch under
Management quota. Else, if for a sanctioned intake of 60, the Institution grants fee
waiver to less than 6 students i.e say, 4 students, then the Institution is entitled to 4
additional seats in the same Branch.
Approval of Selection and Additional seats :
The Institution granting tuition fee waiver should submit the following documents
in appropriate formats at the time of Certificate Verification.
1 FORM A Undertaking by the Institution for providing fee waiver
2 FORM B Certificate from the student / parent for whom tuition fee
waiver is provided.
3 FORM C Annual Income Certificate from Revenue Authority
4 FORM D District Medical Board Certificate

The above formats are made available in the DOTE website.

(www.tndte.gov.in)
Other details such as the names and cut-off mark details of candidates selected
for providing tuition fee waiver will be incorporated in the Approval software package and
instructions for furnishing the details will be given in the package itself.

General Instructions :

1) The Principals are requested to strictly adhere to the guidelines and select
candidates as per merit.
2) Approval for selection and the consequent sanction of additional seats will
be granted by this department only after ensuring that all eligible students
have been considered and the selection is based on merit and the Tuition
fee waiver is given to appropriate number of students in each category.
3) In the absence of submission of the supporting documents required (like Income
Certificate, Medical Board certificate etc) the selection and the consequent
additional seats will not be approved.
4) If necessary, this department will call for particulars of parental income of all
students to ensure selection by merit under the Economically Backward category.
5) As per guideline issued in Government Letter No. (2D) No. 100, dated :
31.10.2009, in respect of AICTE Fee Waiver scheme, the lapsed seats shall not
be filled up under the Lateral Entry scheme and the seats under this scheme
shall not be carried over to the next academic year.

Sd./- Kumar Jayant

Commissioner of Technical Education
To

1) The Principals of Self-Financing

Engineering Colleges

2) The Principals of Government Aided

Engineering Colleges (Self-Supporting Courses)

Copy to :

The Registrars of Anna Universities at Chennai,

Coimbatore, Tiruchirapalli and Tirunelveli
 ANNEXURE I

AICTE SANCTIONED INTAKE AND TUTION FEE WAIVER CATEGORIES

SEAT DISTRIBUTION

Sanctioned 10% of No. of candidates eligible under the Total

Intake sanctioned category number of
intake Women Economically Physically candidates
Backward Handicapped
20 2 1 1 0 2

30 3 1 1 1 3

40 / 45 4 1 2 1 4

50 5 2 2 1 5

60 / 65 6 2 3 1 6

70 / 75 7 2 4 1 7

90 9 3 4 2 9

100 10 3 5 2 10

120 12 4 6 2 12
 ANNEXURE II
CALCULATION OF CUT-OFF MARKS

HSC (Academic)
Cut-off marks should be evaluated as follows :

i) Marks obtained in Mathematics should be reduced to 100

ii) Marks obtained in Physics and Chemistry put together should be reduced to
100
Cut-off Marks out of 200 = i) + ii)

HSC (Vocational)
Cut-off marks should be evaluated as follows:

i) Marks obtained in related subject (either one of Mathematics or Physics or

Chemistry) should be reduced to 100
ii) Marks obtained in Vocational Theory subject , Practicals I and Practicals II
put together should be reduced to 100
Cut-off Marks out of 200 = i) + ii)

HSC Example
Academic Mathematics : 150/200
Physics : 170/200
Chemistry : 180/200

150 150
i) Mathematics reduced to 100 = x 100 = = 75
200 2

ii) Physics and Chemistry put together reduced to 100

=
(170 + 180) x 100 =
(170 + 180) = 87.5
400 4

Cut-off marks : i) + ii) = 75 + 87.5 = 162.5 out of 200

Vocational Mathematics or Physics or Chemistry : 175 / 200

Vocational Theory : 190/200

Practicals I : 200/200
Practicals II : 195/200

175 175
i) Related subject reduced to 100 = x 100 = = 87.5
200 2
ii) Vocational Theory and Practicals put togegher reduced to 100 =
(190 + 200 + 195) x 100 =
585
= 97.5
600 6

Cut-off marks : i) + ii) = 87.5+97.5 = 185 out of 200

 AICTE FEE WAIVER SCHEME FOR THE YEAR

2010 - 2011

FORM A

UNDERTAKING BY THE INSTITUTION

Certified that :

a. the selection of candidates under the AICTE Tuition fee waiver categories have
been made as per the provisions provided in the AICTE Fee waiver scheme and
as per guidelines issued by the Directorate of Technical Education.

b. Courses are conducted as per norms, standards and guidelines of the AICTE

c. Tuition fee will not be charged for candidates selected under Tuition Fee Waiver
Scheme for the entire duration of the B.E / B.Tech / B.Arch Degree course (from
2010-2011 till 2013-2014)

d. No donation of any kind will be collected from the beneficiary.

College Seal Signature of the Principal

with Seal
 AICTE FEE WAIVER SCHEME FOR THE YEAR

2010 - 2011

FORM B

UNDERTAKING BY THE CANDIDATE AND THE PARENT

Name of the candidate

Branch

Admitted under quota

Selected under the Tuition fee waiver Economically Backward

Category (√ the appropriate category)
Women

Physically Handicapped

I hereby declare that I have been provided Tuition Fee Waiver by the Institution
under the AICTE Tuition Fee waiver Scheme for the academic years 2010-2011 till
2013-2014.

Signature of the Parent Signature of the Candidate

 FORM C

INCOME CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the Annual Income of Thiru. …………………………………….

(Please indicate the Candidate's Father Name)

F/o. ………………………………………………………..(Indicate candidate Name)

residing at ……….…………………………………………………………………………………

is .………… (Rupees …………………………………………………………………only/-)

This Certificate is issued for the purpose of availing Tuition Fee Waiver from the

Institution under AICTE Tuition Fee waiver scheme.

REVENUE AUTHORITY

SIGNATURE WITH SEAL.