Engineering

Admission process:
The authorities will commence the Himachal Pradesh Common Entrance Test 2023 application form process. Students will have to fill out and submit the application form before the final date to participate in the HPCET entrance examination. While filling out the application form, the students will have to provide their personal, contact details, and academic details. All of the details have to be as per the documents possessed by the students. Correct information regarding the marks obtained at the national level and the 10th and 12th qualifying exam has to be provided. The required Himachal Pradesh Common Entrance Test application fee has to be paid online. Qualified students will be able to participate in the counseling of the Himachal Pradesh Common Entrance Test 2023. Selection of preferred choices have to be done and the fee has to be paid at the counseling venue. Allotment of seats will be done based on the student's merit, preferences, and seat availability. The allotted students will have to confirm their admission by paying the required fee. For more details, you may visit the Shiksha HPCET exam page. (https://www.shiksha.com/engineering/hpcet-exam). I hope this will help you.

Yes, you can apply for EWS in April session or counseling but make sure that you have the caste Certificate as a proof. You can appear in JEE Mains as EWS category candidate. And during counselling, you won't be able to get a seat through EWS if you don't change it in April session. In that case your generalized rank will be considered. Now, once you change your category in April session, you will have to score better than January session as according to the guidelines, if a candidate appears in both the sessions, than best of two will be considered, which means if your January session scores are higher than that score will be considered while admissions and also general category will be considered (since your January session application mentions general category). .

A list of the best books for the Himachal Pradesh Common Entrance Test is mentioned below;
1- For mathematics:
1- A Master Resource Book in Mathematics by Prafull K Agarwal.
2- Fast Track Objective Arithmetic by Rajesh Verma
3- Pearson Guide to Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Exam by Dinesh Khattar
2- For Physics:
1- A Master Resource Book in Physics by D B Singh.
2- Concepts Of Physics by H C Verma
3- NCERT Physics 11th (Chap 1,5 & 8) and 12th (Chap 15 only)
3- For chemistry:
1- NEET Objective Chemistry by Oswal- Gurukul
2- A Master Resource Book in Chemistry by Sanjay Sharma.
4- For Verbal Ability:
1- How to prepare for verbal ability and reading comprehension for the CAT by Arun Verma and Sakshi Upadhyaya
2- Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for CAT by Nishit K. Sinha
3- Decoding Verbal Ability: How to Prepare VA for CAT XAT SNAP & GMAT by Hemant Shrivastava
5- For Quantitative Aptitude:
1- Analytic Geometry by Shanti Narayan, DK Jha, HC Sinha, and Sharma
2- Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examination by R. S Aggarwal
3- Linear Algebra by K. C. Prasad, K B Data
6- For Reasoning:
1- Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation by Nishit Sinha
2- A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning by R S Aggarwal
3- Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey
7- For Business Awareness:
1- Business G. K. /Business Awareness for All Competitive Exams by G. K. Puri
2- Business Awareness: Business General Knowledge by RPH Editorial
3- General Knowledge 2022 by Manohar Pandey
8- For Computer Awareness
1- Objective question bank of computer awareness for general competition by Arihant
2- Objective Computer Science and Information Technology for Competitive Exam by Jushta Jaiswal
3- Handbook of Computer Science & IT by Arihant Publications. For more details, you may visit the Shiksha HPCET exam page. (https://www.shiksha.com/engineering/hpcet-exam-dates). I hope this will help you.

HPCET 2023 Preparation Tips
1- Check your Syllabus: Himachal Pradesh Technical University will release HPCET 2023 syllabus on the official website.
2- Know your Exam Pattern
Mode: Pen and paper-based
Duration: 3 hours
Sections:
1- Physics 50 Questions
2- Chemistry 50 Questions
3- Mathematics 50 Questions
Marking Scheme: 2 marks will be given for every correct answer and 1/2 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.
3- Create a Personalized Schedule: Students should prepare a schedule for their HPCET 2023 preparation after checking the exam pattern and syllabus.
4- Prepare Regular or short Notes.
5- Solve Mock Tests and Previous years' papers.
6- Revision is Essential. For more details, you may visit the Shiksha HPCET exam page. (https://www.shiksha.com/engineering/hpcet-exam-preparation). I hope this will help you.

Eligibility Criteria for the HPCET exam:
Bachelor of Technology (Direct): The student must have passed class 10+2 or its equivalent examination from a recognised Board or University with Physics and Maths as compulsory subjects along with one of the Chemistry Biotechnology, Biology Technical Vocational subjects securing at least 45 percent marks for the general category and 40 percent in case of student belonging to reserved category. Basic admission criteria for Bachelor of Technology programs:
In case the seats remain vacant after exhausting the merit of the Joint Entrance Examination Main and Himachal Pradesh Common Entrance Test, the remaining seats will be filled up on the basis of merit of the 12th standard examination conducted by a recognised Board or University. For more details, you may visit the Shiksha HPCET exam page. (https://www.shiksha.com/engineering/hpcet-exam). I hope this will help you.