KEAM 2016: Important Dates, Eligibility, Application

KEAM (Kerala Engineering, Agriculture and Medical) is a state level entrance examination for the admission to various colleges and institutions located in Kerala state for UG programmes. The KEAM is conducted by the CEE (Commissioner of Entrance Examination) Kerala. The examination is also known as the CEE Kerala exam. Besides the examination centres in the Kerala state, it is also conducted on the various test centres like Delhi, Mumbai, Ranchi, Shillong and Dubai (UAE). KEAM 2016 will be conducted for the admission to various UG courses like MBBS, BDS, BHMS, BAMS, BSMS, B.Sc (Forestry), B.Sc (honors) agriculture, B.VSc (animal Husbandry), B.FSc and B.Tech (in all regular branches including agriculture, food engineering and dairy science and technology).

KEAM 2016 Important Dates (Tentative)

• Opening date of the sale of prospectus – first week of January 2016
• Opening date of Online Applications – first week of January 2016
• Close date of submission the Online Applications – first week of Feb 2016
• Last date of printout the Applications – first week of Feb 2016
• Downloading KEAM 2015 admit card – third week of March 2016
• KEAM 2015 Exam Date – 25th to 28th April 2016
• Date of KEAM 2015 Result – third week of  May 2016
• Rank List & Counselling – third week of June 2016

The Keam 2016 exam dates have been announced, you can check them below:

Eligibility for KEAM 2016

The aspirants should focus on the eligibility criteria before applying to the KEAM 2016 for any prospect course. The eligibility criteria is as the following:

Nativity

The candidate must be the Indian origin only. OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) and PIO (Person of Indian Origin) candidates shall also be treated as the India candidates but not given any reservation.

Categories

All candidates applying for the KEAM 2016 will be listed in three categories as Keralites, Non-Keralite-1 and Non-Keralite-2.
Keralite
The candidates of Kerala origin will be categorized as a Keralite. The children of All India Services (AIS) will also be categorized as a Keralite but they will not be entitled in any reservation or any fee concession.
Non-Keralite-1
The Non-Keralite-1 candidates will be considered in state merit but will not be granted any reservation and fee concession. Non-Keralite-1 category refer to the candidate who is not Kerala origin as well as his/her parents but undergone the qualifying exam from Kerala and his/her parent(s) posted in Kerala as a defense or central government employee OR parents are serving/served in government of Kerala for a period of 2 years OR the candidate got the study in Kerala for a minimum of 5 consecutive years within the 12 years period of his/her study.
Non-Keralite-2
Non-Keralite-2 category refer to the all other candidates who do not come under Keralite and Non-Keralite-1 categories.

Age

The candidates should have completed the age of 17 years as on or before 31st December of the year of examination. There is no upper age limit for KEAM examination.

Academic Education

The candidates must have passed 12th from the recognized board and secured 50% marks in core as math (for engineering and architecture) or biology/biotechnology (for medical and allied courses) and 50% in aggregate of physics, chemistry and core subject put together.
For medical courses biotechnology will not be considered as a subject except MBBS/BDS course
Computer science or biotechnology can be considered in place of chemistry in case of engineering admission.
For architecture, candidates must have secured 50% in 12th with math as a subject.
The candidates must have secured 50% marks (40% for SC/ST/SEBC and 45% for locomotion disable candidate) in KEAM 2016 paper 1&2 taken together for MBBS/BDS course.

KEAM 2016 Application

The KEAM 2016 application form will be available on the prescribed date via online on official site of the board. The candidates can get the prospectus from the listed post offices. The candidates must have to register themselves with the official site and proceed to the application. The application fee is Rs 1000/- (Rs. 500/- for SC/ST) for all candidates. The application fee can be remit through the security card that can be got from the post office with prospectus or by DD (Demand Draft). The ST candidates whose family annual income is below 40,000/annum are exempted to payment the application fee. After filling the application form with fee details, the candidates must have to sent the print out of the filled application form to the address given below:
Office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations,
5th Floor, Housing Board Buildings, Santhi Nagar,
Thiruvananthapuram – 695001, Kerala
Phone: 0471- 2332120, 2338487

Exam Pattern

The KEAM 2016 will be asked in two papers for each as engineering and medical. Each paper will comprise in 120 question with five suggestive answers. The total marks will be 480 and each paper will be asked in the duration of 2.5 hour. 4 marks will be given to correct answer and one mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. The selection will be done on the basis of rank calculated by  marks obtained in KEAM exam and in qualifying exam as 50:50 ratio.

KEAM 2016 Admit Card

KEAM Hall Ticket 2016 will be announced in the third week of March 2016. The admit card will be obtained from the official site of the board. No any candidate will be communicated by the post or the mail or the SMS regarding communicating admit card. Candidates must have to get the admit card from the official site themselves. The admit card will contain the all information of exam, centre, time and roll number of the candidates.

KEAM 2016 Result

The KEAM result 2016 will be announced after the successful completion of the examination in May 2016. The result will be declared on the official website of the board. The candidates will be informed by us at sarvgyan.com about their result.

KEAM 2016 Counselling

The schedule of KEAM 2016 counselling will be announced after the declaration of result and rank of the successful candidates in KEAM 2016 examination. The successful candidates must have to apply for the counselling to get their seat against their rank and their choice.