JAM 2015

Screenshots of filling Online Application Form

STEP 1: Registration at JAPS
STEP 2: Filling in the Application Form
STEP 3: Payment of the Application Fee
STEP 4: Downloading the Application Form
STEP 1: Registration at JAPS
Candidates must enroll themselves at JAPS site using their Name, E-mail, Mobile number and
JAPS Password by clicking New User? Register Here, which is encircled in the screen shot
below.

You will be directed to the following screen after clicking the link New User? Register Here.

NOTE: Please note that Name of the Candidate, Email Address and Mobile Number (10
digits) cannot be changed in the later stage, hence you must verify and confirm the details

given above before you click

button.
After you click button, you will see the following screen. Accordingly, you will receive an
Enrolment ID by E-mail and SMS.

STEP 2: Filling in the Application Form

You must have to enter Enrolment ID/E-mail address and JAPS Password in the login page and
click
button to login to JAPS.

After logging in, you will see the following screen.

Click
to get Candidate Application Form Page, shown below. Candidate
has to fill all the fields as per the requirements. Please keep necessary details while filling the
form.

You can now start filling the application form as detailed below.

JAM 2015 Exam Details:

(1) If you wish to appear in only one JAM Test paper then select JAM Paper from the
drop down list.
(2) If you wish to appear in two JAM Test Papers then first select number of test papers as
'two' and select the test papers from the pull down menu at two places as shown in the
screenshot below.

(3) Please note that the JAM Test Paper(s) cannot be changed under any circumstances
after final submission of the application form.
(4) Select the three Choices of Examination cities by selecting from the drop down menus
of City 1, City 2 and City 3.

Applicants Personal Details:

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

Select your date of birth from Day, Month and Year drop down lists.
Select Gender.
Type your Parent/Guardian name and mobile number.
Select Nationality, Category, Person with Disability (PwD) status
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(5) If your PwD is 'Yes', then you have to select your Scribe requirement option as well
(screen shot given below).
(6) Before choosing 'Yes' or 'No' for scribe requirement, first read the details of Scribe by
placing the mouse at 'here' as shown in the screenshot below.

Communication Details:

Give correct address of communication and verify the same before submitting the form. Select
ID Proof and give the reference number of the ID Proof in ID Proof Number. Note that you
have to produce the same ID Card in original during examination for verification.

Qualifying Degree Details:

Select your Qualifying Degree, Type your Discipline of Qualifying Degree, status on whether
graduated or not in the qualifying degree, year of qualifying degree, select either CGPA or
percentage of marks from the pull down menu and enter the marks obtained. Enter your
College/University Name, city/town, state and PIN Code. Once you save these details, you may
edit them at a later stage as long as you have not submitted the complete application. However,
this is within the deadline of application closure.

Upload Photograph:

The candidates must pay attention to upload good quality photographs. Poor quality of
photographs submitted will lead to rejection of their JAM application, without any refund of the
application fees. The JAM admit card and score card will be generated with the photograph that
was submitted along with the application form.
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Photograph Requirements
1.

The photograph must be in color and must be taken in a professional studio. Photograph taken using
a Mobile phone and other self-composed portraits are NOT acceptable.
2. Photograph must be taken with white or very light background.
3. The photograph must have been taken after 1st July 2014.
4. In the photograph, the height of the face (between chin and the top of the forehead) should occupy
about 50% of the height of the photograph.
5. The main features of the face must not be covered by hair of the head, any cloth or any shadow. The
photograph must show full frontal view with both ears being visible and eyes open.
6. If the candidate normally wears spectacles, glare on glasses is not acceptable in his/her photo. Glare
can be avoided with a slight downward tilt of the glasses or by removing the glasses for the photo
shoot.
7. The candidate must not wear spectacles with dark or tinted glasses, only clear glasses are permitted.
8. Ask the photo studio to provide the image in a JPEG format and also on a standard 3.5 cm 4.5 cm
print (Width x Height).
9. Maximum pixel resolution for JPEG: 480 x 640 (.03 Mega Pixel) (Ask the studio to reduce it to this
resolution if it is higher).
10. File size should be between 5KB and 100KB.
11. Minimum pixel resolution for JPEG: 240 x 320.
12. For the candidate's own benefit it may be prudent not to intentionally change his/her facial features
or hair style as in the photograph until the day of the exam.

Howtocheckthephotospecificationsinpaintapplication(windows)?:
Rightclickphotoimage>selectOpenwith>selectPaint

Youwillseethescreen(asanexample)asbelow

Checking the Resolution, horizontal and vertical size:

Click Properties option as shown in the screen shot below, to check resolution, horizontal and
vertical size of your image.

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Resolution, this should be

greater than 200dpi

Height should be 640

Width should be 480

If properties of the image file are as shown above, i.e., height=640 pixel, width=480 pixel, then
you can upload the image file, otherwise, you can resize the image. The procedure for resizing
the image is given below. However, you have to set the required resolution during photo
processing.
CHECK THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL PIXEL SIZE
Click
. Then you find the screen shown as

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ClickonandcheckHorizontalandVerticalpixelsizeandcroptheimageto480pixelin

widthand640pixelinheight.
Croppingofimage:

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Uploading Signature:

Before uploading your signature, you have to check the following specification of the image file.
1. Please draw a rectangular box of size 7 cm 2 cm (Width x Height) on an A4 white paper. The
candidate should put his/her signature with black or dark blue ink pen within this box.
2. Get the signature digitally image scanned by a professional in JPEG/JPG format using a scanner at 200
pixels per inch (dpi), and get the image cropped to the box by the professional.
3. Maintain 420 pixels in width and 120 pixels in height.
4. Only JPEG image formats will be accepted.
5. The maximum pixel resolution for the image is 560 160.
6. The minimum pixel resolution for the image is 280 80.
7. Photographs of the signatures taken using mobile phone or digital cameras are not acceptable, and can
result in disqualification of the application without any refund of the fee.

Thecroppedimagewilllooklike

(1)Savetheimage.
(2)Ensurethatthefilesizeisbetween5KBand100KB.
(3)Havepixelwidthintherangeof280to560andensurethatthewidthtoheightaspectratio
isintherange3.15to3.97.

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Oncethephotoandsignatureareuploadedsuccessfully,thescreenwillbeseenasbelow:

Uploading Documents:

If applicable, upload SC/ST certificate in .pdf format under upload category certificate and PwD
certificate under upload PwD certificate.
After uploading the images and certificates, you must accept the declaration. Then choose the
appropriate drop down button for "Where did you first come to know about JAM 2015"?

Nowyoucanproceedforpaymentbypressing

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STEP 3: Payment of the Application Fee

Now click on

You will get the following screen for various payment options. You have to choose one of
the payment options.

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NET BANKING
If you choose 'State Bank of India' option under 'Net Banking' then the following screen will
appear. Login with your SBI bank credentials and make payment.

CARD PAYMENTS
State Bank ATM cum Debit Card
If you choose 'State Bank ATM-cum-Debit Card' option under 'Card Payments' then the
following screen will appear. Use your card credentials and make payment.

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Other Bank Debit Cards

If you choose 'Other Bank Debit Cards' option under 'Card Payments' then the following screen
will appear. Use your card credentials and make payment.

Credit Cards
If you choose 'Credit Cards' option under 'Card Payments' then the following screen will appear.
Use your card credentials and make payment.

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OTHER PAYMENT MODES

Other Banks Internet Banking
If you choose 'Other Banks Internet Banking' option under 'Other Payment Modes' then the
following screen will appear. Select your Bank and then make payment.

SBI BRANCH (Challan Payment)

If you choose 'SBI Branch' option under 'Other Payment Modes' then the following screen will

appear.

After Confirming, the following screen will appear.

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By clicking the link 'Click here to download the form in pdf', you can download the challan.
Take printout of the challan and deposit the amount in any SBI branch. After generation of
Challan, in 120 seconds you will redirected back to the JAPS page and here again your Challan
can be downloaded.
After the payment is successful, the payment information gets updated in the candidate's
JAPS login typically within 72 hours. The candidate must login to JAPS for this
information. They may contact the JAM office in case this information is not updated.
Once the payment information is updated, then the candidate has to upload the SBIstamped 'Institute Copy' of the challan in JAPS.
Finally, the candidate is required to send the SBI-stamped 'Institute Copy' of the challan to
the organizing Institute, by post at the address 'Organizing Chairperson, JAM 2015, IIT
Guwahati, Guwahati - 781039, Assam'.

STEP 4: Downloading the Application

After JAPS acknowledges the successful payment of the application fee (through
Online/Challan), the candidate will be able to download the complete filled in application
form with fee payment details in .pdf format. This file can be printed for the candidate's personal
records and for further communications, if required.
With the submission of application form and JAPS acknowledging the successful fee payment,
the candidate has successfully submitted the application for JAM 2015.
The candidate must remember JAPS enrolment ID and JAPS password, and must login
periodically to see the status of his/her application, to download the admit card and to know the
results later. He/she is also advised to keep visiting JAM 2015 website for any query or
updated information.

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