» ELIGIBILITY CRITERION

From the identified 31 institutes (21 Engineering and 10 Management), the top twenty rank holder students will be eligible to apply for the scholarship.

Management Institutes

1. Top 20 students from 1st year batch based on entrance score.

2. Top 20 students from 2nd year batch based on performance score in the 1st year.

Engineering Institutes

• 1. 2 toppers from each batch from the following streams for all 4 years.
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metallurgical Engineering
  2. Top 12 students from each batch (any specialization or stream) for all 4 years.

For instance
1. Mr. Kumar could be one of the top 2 students from Civil Engineering and also be the one of the top 12 students for his batch. In this case, his name should appear only under the 1st category. For the 2nd category, another top student from his batch should be identified to meet the number of 12.

2. Mr. Kumar could be one of the top 2 students from mechanical engineering but not be one of the top 12 students for his batch. In this case, his name should appear once in the list (as a part of category 1)

3. Mr. Kumar could be 1 of the top 12 students in his batch but not belong to civil, electrical, mechanical or metallurgical streams. In this case, his name should appear once in the list ( as a part of category 2)

Dates: Last date for sending nomination based on eligibility criteria August 7th 2009

Special conditions:

• In case two students from a particular batch hold the same rank, both will be eligible for stage 2: the online test.
• If an eligible student is already getting another scholarship/financial aid, she/he would still be eligible to apply for OPJEMS

» STAGE 1(a) and 1(b): ONLINE TEST

All the students who are nominated based on the eligibility criteria will be required to undertake an online test where

Section 1(a): will be a behavioral test with 60-70 multiple choice questions that aim to assess leadership behaviors
Section 1(b): will be an application blank containing approx 6 open ended questions aiming to seek data on personality factors Scores on section 1(a) will be used to "shortlist" or "reject" students for the interview stage. Section 1(b) will be used as "probe" for the interview process. There will be no elimination basis the responses given in section 1(b). For students’ short listed based on section 1(a), section 1(b) will be printed and shared with the OPJEMS interviewers.

The online test will be held at respective campuses by our invigilators. In order to ensure smooth implementation, the students will be given an option to take this test in paper-pencil format ( in case the institute/student faces server or other IT issues that hamper the effective functioning of the online platform)

Date for the test:

September 6th, 2009

Duration: Section 1: 30 minutes
Section 1(a): 30 - 40 minutes
Section 1(b): 30 minutes

The top 2 students (based on stage 1(a)) of each academic year of each institution would be short listed for the next stage.
Special conditions:

• In case a student is unable to take the test, due to medical / any other exigency, she/he would not be eligible to move to the next stage.
• Online technical support would be provided during the course of the online test.

The students short listed from Stage 1(a) would undergo an interview with a panel of interviewers. The interview will focus on the personality factors and some probes from the online test section 1(a).

Interviews would be conducted through web/video conferencing. The interviews will be taken via web conferencing (or telephonically, where web conferencing is unavailable).

The final selection for OPJEMS scholars will be done by giving 50:50 weightage to interview +application blank (i.e. performance on the personality factors) and the online test section 1(a)( i.e. performance on the leadership behaviors)

Dates for interview:
September 15th onwards

Date for announcement of results
To be announced by the end of September 2009

Special conditions:
The time/date allotted for interview would be final. Any request for a change would not be entertained.