DIPIETE (Diploma Level)

DIPIETE Diploma Level examination is recognized by Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India and several State Governments for recruitment to subordinate posts. Two streams are available: Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering (ET) Computer Science & Engineering  (CS)

Eligibility Recognitions Exam Centres Date Sheet

Details of all the subjects are given in the respective  syllabus.

DIPIETE examinations are conducted twice a year, in June and December respectively, at several Centres  throughout India and a few locations abroad.

DIPIETE EXAMINATION

Eligibility

 A candidate desirous of taking up the Diploma Level (DIPIETE) Examination should have passed 10^th or equivalent examination with General Science and working experience in relevant field or studying for higher qualification with Physics/Maths/Engineering/Computer field. Candidates applying for student membership for DIPIETE examination shall not be less than 14 years of age. 

STUDENT MEMBERSHIP

A candidate is required to enroll himself/herself as a student member before he/she becomes eligible for appearing in DIPIETE examination. The enrollment fee and other conditions are enlisted in Regulations and Syllabi for DIPIETE examinations.

 MINIMUM PERIOD OF MEMBERSHIP

A Student member shall be allowed to appear in the DIPIETE Examination only after he has enrolled as Student (D) member with the Institution. Only those Students members enrolled on or before 31^st August and 28/29^th February will be allowed to appear in the next DIPIETE Examination, held in December and June respectively. Such membership should be current at the time of submitting the examination application form.

VALIDITY PERIOD

The student membership will be valid for 10 consecutive examinations from the date of enrollment.  Thereafter, the student members not completing their DIPIETE Examination are to seek re-enrollment by remitting applicable amount before or immediately after the expiry of the membership period to continue their membership to enable them to appear in the remaining papers and complete DIPIETE. Any examination chance not availed by a student due to whatsoever reason will be counted within 10 examinations.

TIME LIMIT TO COMPLETE DIPIETE

A student is required to complete DIPIETE Examination within 2 enrollment periods from the date of initial enrollment.  The student will, therefore, be permitted to seek only one renewal of membership. Renewal is to be applied for before or immediately after the expiry of initial enrollment with continuity of enrollment maintained by the student. Any delayed enrollment entailing missed chances will be counted towards total number of examinations and no relaxation in this regard will be permissible. If the request for renewal is made after the stipulated period of 2 enrollments, admission will be treated as a fresh enrollment and no benefit in terms of exemptions in respect of subject(s) passed or exempted during the earlier enrollment will be granted. Students must renew their membership in time, otherwise they will not be allowed to appear in the DIPIETE examination.

 DIPIETE SUBJECTS

DIPIETE examination is divided in two Sections with 15 theory papers, project work and practical examination. Each Section is divided in two parts viz. Part-I and Part-II.  The distribution of subjects is as under: 

SECTION A

PART-I                            Four subjects (all compulsory)

PART-II                           Four subjects (all compulsory)

SECTION B

PART-I                  Four subjects (all compulsory)

PART-II                Three subjects (1 compulsory + 2 electives)

PROJECT WORK       Compulsory

PRACTICAL EXAMINATION     Compulsory

The candidates with 10^th class qualification should appear in these parts in the above sequence i.e. Section A Part I first, Part II next and so on. Such students may, however, appear for Sec A Part II papers in subsequent attempt even though they may not have passed all the papers of Part I in the previous attempt.

Students who have passed ITI (2 year course, after class X, with Electronics/allied fields), Class XII or Intermediate (with P&M subjects), B.Sc. (with Physics & Maths) or Diploma holders in any other engineering discipline are allowed to appear in any or all subjects of Section A Part I and II in the first attempt itself.  

CONDITION FOR APPEARING IN SECTION B PAPERS

A student can only appear in papers of Section `B provided he/she has passed at least five papers of Section A with an aggregate of 50% marks and has cleared his / her Lab Practice examination.

 LAB PRACTICE EXAMINATION FOR ASSESSMENT OF PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE

A DIPIETE student is required to clear a practical oriented test viz. Lab Practice examination during the course of DIPIETE Examination.

 Lab Practice Examination

To become eligible for Lab Practice Examination, a candidate should have: -

1. passed at least 5 papers of Section A with an aggregate of 50% marks

2. gained at least one year and half of practical experience/training in the field of electronics & telecommunication, computer science and allied fields.  

This Lab Practice examination will be through viva voce only based on the work experience gained by the student and will be assessed by the Regional Evaluation Board (REB) set up at each examination centre.  

 Lab Practice examination is held immediately after the main examination in Jun/ Dec every year. A student is required to appear in Lab practice examination from the same centre where he/she appeared in the main examination. Result of Lab Practice of Examination in respect of candidates appearing from any other Centre will not be accepted unless prior approval of IETE HQ has been obtained. 

Candidates are to apply to their local examination centre for REB assessment with a bank Draft of Rs.200/- in  favour of the Chairman, local IETE centre.

 PROJECT WORK

The project work can be taken up only after clearing 11 compulsory papers of Section A & B. Such eligible students are required to submit their project applications to their Local centre with brief write up of the intended project, bio-data of their  guide, guides willingness letter to super wise the project along with a draft of Rs 700/- as project fee.  The Project applications should be submitted so as to reach the Local centre by 20 Oct/20 April.

The project work will be assessed by an Assessment Board. Pass marks for the project will be 50%.   Students not getting 50% marks will be required to re-register for the project following the usual procedure.  The students will have the option of taking up a new project or continue with the earlier project. No joint project is permissible. (For full details see respective Syllabi)

PRACTICAL EXAMINATION

Normally a student can appear for Practical examination (D19/DC19) only after completion of 14 theory papers. However student who have passed 13 theory papers of Section A & B with 50% aggregate of marks is eligible to appear for practical examination along with balance of 2 theory papers. Fee for practical examination is Rs. 300/.

 EXEMPTIONS

Exemptions are granted in various paper(s) depending on the subject(s) cleared by the candidate by actually passing the subject(s) and successfully completing the examination/curriculum which includes these subjects from a recognized Institution/ College/University and approved by the Council. 

List of accepted qualifications for exemption from various papers of DIPIETE examination are given separately in the detailed syllabi of each stream.  Exemptions if eligible are not to be taken for `granted but must be asked for.

AWARD OF DIPIETE

Every Student (D) member successfully completing Sections A&B subjects, project work and practical examination of DIPIETE Examination as per regulations prescribed by the Council from time to time shall be awarded a certificate of having passed the DIPIETE examination. The pass marks for DIPIETE Examination is 40% in individual subject (except Project & Lab Practice) with an aggregate of 50% marks with other conditions/norms as laid down by the Institution.  Pass marks for Project & Lab Practice Examination are 50%.    

EXAMINATION APPLICATIONS

Applications to appear in any of the subjects of the DIPIETE Examination must be made on the prescribed examination form and accompanied by the requisite examination fee. Only those candidates whose applications have been approved by the Council will be allowed to sit for the examination. General Instructions for filling examination applications are given in the Syllabus. No action will be taken on an incomplete application. Students are advised to ensure that they have filled all the columns and have enclosed relevant documents. Further, change of subjects, once opted will not be allowed. 

EXAMINATION FEE

Candidates are to submit their examination application form along with the fee given in the syllabus. The fee may get revised from time to time and the students are required to submit their application form along with the latest fee structure in force. Examination fees once paid are neither refundable nor transferable to a subsequent examination on any account. 

LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF EXAMINATION APPLICATION

The last dates for receipt of Examination Applications at the IETE HQ office for June and December examinations is 25 April and 25 October or as notified separately.  After these dates, Examination Applications will be considered up 5 May and 5 November with late fee of Rs.300/-. Any application received beyond these dates will be rejected, irrespective of date of bank draft for the fee. 

DATE SHEET

The examination schedule is 15-22 June and 15-22 December and will be conducted on all days including holidays and Sundays.  The sequence of the papers of exams is listed in respective Syllabi.

ADMIT CARD

Admit Cards will be sent to all the candidates to reach them by about 30^th of May/November.  In the case of non-receipt of Admit-Card by these dates, the candidate must get in touch with the Examination Centre & IETE HQ and obtain permission to sit in the examination.  No complaint in respect of non-receipt of Admit Card will be entertained once the examination is over.

EXAMINATION CENTRES

      At present the Examination centres are listed below :-

 correspondence with IETE HQ

All correspondence must be addressed to the Secretary General of the Institution by designation and not by name.

• Important announcements concerning students and examinations are published in IETE Students Journal.
  

• These are also published through general notices dispatched to students while forwarding their results.
  

• Remittances shall be made by way of crossed Bank Draft only in favour of Secretary General IETE payable at New Delhi.
  

• Money Orders/ IPO or cash will not be accepted.
  

• Membership renewal fee/ examination fee etc should be paid directly to the HQ IETE and not through a Local Centre of IETE or any other agency.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS

Candidates are advised to intimate their change of address to IETE HQ immediately, quoting their Membership Number, complete address with Pin Code.

LEGAL MATTERS

Adjudication in respect of legal cases concerning IETE HQ will be as per bye-law 95 of the Institution which is reproduced below:  - 

                All Legal cases concerning IETE HQ shall lie within jurisdiction of Delhi courts only