Making the initial fee payment for students appearing for AIEEE online counselling and admission this year can be done with just a click of a mouse. Nearly 4-lakh odd eligible students are expected to vie for the 35,123 seats on offer in 71 institutions this year. Giving students the option of e-payment for first time in the history of AIEEE online counselling, is National Institute of Technology-Karnataka, which heads the Central Counselling Board AIEEE-2011.
In previous years, students had to compulsorily purchase two DDs amounting to Rs 35,000, with one DD for Rs 34,000 and Rs 1,000. In case, a student withdrew from the counselling process, a sum of Rs 1,000 was retained as processing fee and the rest refunded. The CCB in the previous years also experienced problems in realizing the DD presented to them by students in certain cases, making NIT-K to come up with the alternative of e-payment this year.
Options given to students this year entail paying through debit/credit card, e-challan or DD. While the slightly more affluent students are expected to use the debit/credit card option which provides convenience of making payment from their homes, those opting for e-challan should take copy of the challan in triplicate and make payment of Rs 35,000 or Rs 25,000 as the case may be, at the nearest branch of either ICICI Bank or Corporation Bank.
Students then have to take a copy of the e-challan to their reporting centre while seeking admission. Sandeep Sancheti, director, NIT-K and chairman, CCE AIEEE-2011 told TOI that the advantage of students going in for e-challan is that they do not have to pay additional charge to the bank. Using credit/debit card or buying a DD attracts service charge or commission, which is around Rs 630, he said, adding that e-challan should be an attractive option.
In case students withdraw from counselling, they would have the option at their respective reporting centres, 38 in all across India, of obtaining refund, after deducting Rs 1,000 either through e-transfer (to their account), DD or a multi-city cheque. "The move to do away with two DD system should help a large section of students, who in our belief are net savvy. Yet we have kept the option of DD for whom internet may be anathema," Sancheti explained.
In another hand-holding exercise, the CCB website for the first time will host a video on the entire process. The video, expected to be uploaded on Thursday will have screen shots of the process with voice over instructions guiding students step by step on how to go about the counselling. This video will be dubbed in Hindi as well, since a large number of students who appear for the counselling are from North India. Students can view the video any number of times.
In previous years, students had to compulsorily purchase two DDs amounting to Rs 35,000, with one DD for Rs 34,000 and Rs 1,000. In case, a student withdrew from the counselling process, a sum of Rs 1,000 was retained as processing fee and the rest refunded. The CCB in the previous years also experienced problems in realizing the DD presented to them by students in certain cases, making NIT-K to come up with the alternative of e-payment this year.
Options given to students this year entail paying through debit/credit card, e-challan or DD. While the slightly more affluent students are expected to use the debit/credit card option which provides convenience of making payment from their homes, those opting for e-challan should take copy of the challan in triplicate and make payment of Rs 35,000 or Rs 25,000 as the case may be, at the nearest branch of either ICICI Bank or Corporation Bank.
In case students withdraw from counselling, they would have the option at their respective reporting centres, 38 in all across India, of obtaining refund, after deducting Rs 1,000 either through e-transfer (to their account), DD or a multi-city cheque. "The move to do away with two DD system should help a large section of students, who in our belief are net savvy. Yet we have kept the option of DD for whom internet may be anathema," Sancheti explained.
In another hand-holding exercise, the CCB website for the first time will host a video on the entire process. The video, expected to be uploaded on Thursday will have screen shots of the process with voice over instructions guiding students step by step on how to go about the counselling. This video will be dubbed in Hindi as well, since a large number of students who appear for the counselling are from North India. Students can view the video any number of times.
