Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test-2010 (GPAT-2010)

All India Council for Technical Education New Delhi
(A statutory body of the government of India)
7th floor, chanderlok building, Janpath, New Delhi-110001, Tel: 011-23724151-57, Website: www.aicte.ernet.in
Advt. no. ACAD/01(02)/2010

Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test-2010 (GPAT-2010)
ADMISSION NOTICE


GPAT 2010 for M.Pharma Admissions on 2nd May, 2010


The scores in graduate aptitude test for engineers (GATE) have been in use till that year 2009 for admission in Master’s programme in Pharmacy (M.Pharma) and also for awarding fellowships/scholarships to Pharmacy graduate along with engineering graduates. The organizing committee for GATE has expressed its inability to include pharmacy graduates in GATE with effect from the year 2010, owing to operational problems due to large number of candidates appearing for GATE examination.

GPAT 2010 being organised by M.S. University of Baroda


Therefore, in order to facilitate admission of Pharmacy graduates in M.Pharma as also to award fellowships/scholarships to Pharmacy graduates, AICTE has decided to organize to conduct an examination in the name of Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) with effect from academic year 2010-11. Accordingly, a National Monitoring Committee (NMC) was constituted for monitoring the issues pertaining to the policy as well as conduct of GPAT.

NMC, constituted by AICTE has recommended for conduct of 1st GPAT i.e. GPAT-2010 by the M.S. university of Baroda, Vadodara-390002, which has agreed to conduct the examination on May 02, 2010 throughout the country.

Candidates willing to appear in GPAT-2010 may obtain application form along with information brochure from either the office of coordinator GPAT-2010, the M.S. university of Baroda, Vadodara-390002 or from the designated branches of Bank of Baroda, whose information may be obtained from the website of GPAT-2010 at URL www.gpat.in, www.msubaroda.ac.in

ELIGIBILITY FOR GPAT 2010
Persons holding Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy (4 years after 10+2) or appearing in the Final year examination of B. Pharmacy (4 years after 10+2) in the year 2010 only are eligible for appearing for GPAT-2010 examination.

GPAT IMPORTANT DATES :

The important dates for GPAT-2010 are as follows

Issuing of GPAT application forms and information brochures at :

Designated branches of Bank of Baroda in various cities or
By post only from The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara 25th January, 2010
Last date for issue of Application Form at :

Bank Counters (during the Bank timings) 22nd February, 2010
The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara (11:00 am to 05:00 pm) 1st March, 2010

Last date for receipt of completed OMR Application Form along with Pay-in sleep
at GPAT Offfice, The M.S.University of Baroda, Vadodara (upto 05:00 pm) 12th March, 2010


Date of GAPT 2010 Examination (2:00 - 5:00 pm) 2nd May 2010


Announcement of the result of GPAT 2010 24th May 2010

GPAT-2010 examination would be conducted along with JAM-2010 examination on 2nd May 2010 at different centers (to be notified) through out India.

HOW TO APPLY
Candidates should follow the following steps for applying for GPAT-2010 examination :
Step1 : Procurement of Application Form
Candidate can obtain a packet containing :

Application Form
Information Brochure
Acknowledgment Card
Envelope
from : 1 . Designated Branches of Bank of Baroda

2. GPAT Office by sending a request letter along with a Demand Draft for appropriate amount.

Demand Draft for Application :
The candidates who wish to obtain the Application Form and Information Brochure by post or personally from GPAT office counter should obtain a demand draft (in favor of “GPAT”) for Rs 1000/- (Rs. 500/- for SC/ST/PD) payable at Bank of Baroda, Vadodara.

Step 2 : Filling in the Application Form
Candidates must follow the instructions provided in GPAT 2010 Brochure.

Step 3 : Submission of Application forms
Duly filled-in Application Form with appropriate enclosures must be sent by :

Registered or Speed post to :

The Co-ordinator, GPAT 2010
The M.S.University of Baroda,
Shri G.H.Patel Pharmacy Building,
Opp. University Main Office,
Donors’ Plaza,Fatehganj,
Vadodara-390 002
on or before Friday, 12th March 2010, 17.00 hrs.
May also be submitted in person at the GPAT Office counter as per the above given timings.
GPAT Exam Structure
The GPAT-2010 examination will consist of a single paper of 3 hours duration containing 100 questions carrying a maximum of 100 marks. The question paper will consist of only multiple choice objective-type questions. Each question will have four choices for the answer. The candidates will have to mark the correct choice on an Optical Response Sheet (ORS) by darkening the appropriate bubble against each question. There will be negative marking for each wrong answer that is 1/3 (one-third) mark will be deducted.

GPAT Examination: Examination will be similar to that of GATE 2009 Examination, where the candidate will mark the correct answer out of four options in an Optical Response Sheet (ORS) by darkening the appropriate bubble.

GPAT SYLLABUS
Syllabus for GPAT 2010 Examination

GPAT Result
a) GPAT 2010 result will be announced on 24th May 2010, 17: 00 hrs at GPAT office. The result will also be available
on the website, as listed in Section 1.6.
b) GPAT 2010 score is valid for ONE YEAR from the date of announcement of the result.
c) The machine-gradable Optical Response Sheets (ORS) are graded and scrutinized with extreme care. There is no provision for regrading or retotalling. No photocopies of the machine-gradable Optical Response Sheets (ORS) will be made available. No correspondence in this regard will be entertained.