MBA Prospectus-2014 - IGNOU

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING THE APPLICATION FORM
FOR THE ENTRANCE TEST (OPENMAT) – FORM-1
A) General Instructions
1. Application form (Form 1) for OPENMAT XXXIV & XXXV Entrance Test has been provided in a separate
envelope alongwith the Student Handbook & Prospectus. Please read these instructions before filling up
Form 1.
2. You are responsible for the accuracy of information and indicating the information in the desired manner. You
should ensure that you fulfil the admission criteria as prescribed by the University as on the last date for
submission of Application form for Admission to Management Programme.
3.(a) For item no. 1 & 3 – Please refer to Appendix 3 & 4.
(b) Item no. 2 – Selected Study Centres given in Appendix-2 will be designatged as Exam Centres for OPENMAT.
Write a Study Centre Code against item no. 2, though it is not necessary that the chosen Centre will be
allocated for OPENMAT.
4. Admission is open only to candidates residing in India.
Please send your Application Form for Entrance Test (OPENMAT) FORM-1 by Registered/Speed Post at
the following address:
Registrar
SED, Block 12, IGNOU
Maidan Garhi
New Delhi - 110 068
5. Applications received after the due date will not be accepted.
6. Do not send any certificate/document with the OPENMAT Form (Form-1). These are required to be submitted
with the Admission Form (Form-2), in case you qualify in the OPENMAT.
7. In case the number of candidates for Entrance Test at a center is ten or less, the candidates will be allotted
nearest possible centre. No request for change of test centre will be entertained.
8. No fee is to be sent with OPENMAT Form (Form-1), except in case where the form has been downloaded
from the website. In case the form has been downloaded from the website, a demand draft of `1050/- drawn
in favour of IGNOU, payable at New Delhi has to be sent alongwith OPENMAT form. Prospectus will be
sent to such candidates after receipt of the form along with the demand draft.
B) Test Dates
1. The Entrance Test for Admission to Management Programmes would be conducted on the following Sundays:
(1) 08.09.2013 — OPENMAT - XXXIV
(2) 02.02.2014 — OPENMAT - XXXV
C) Non-Receipt of Hall Ticket
1. Hall Tickets will be provided to the candidates before ten (10) days of the entrance test. In case of nonreceipt
of Hall Ticket three (03) days before the entrance test, candidate can download hall ticket from
IGNOU website (www.ignou.ac.in) and report to the examination centre for appearing in the entrance test.
2. You should retain photocopy of filled-in Application Form for Entrance Test (Form-1).
3. Your record may not be included in the finalised list for any of the reasons like non-receipt of Application Form,
or delay in receiving the Form, or not indicating the information correctly on the Form.
D) Reporting of Test Results
All the candidates who appear for the Entrance Test (OPENMAT) shall be sent the result cards indicating their status
as regards to qualifying or not qualifying. Only those who are indicated as qualifying would be eligible for applying
for Admission to the Management Programme. In case you do not receive your result card within one week of the
probable date of dispatch of result card, you may contact the Regional Centre under which your test centre falls. No
request for duplicate result card will be entertained after the last date for Submission of Admission Form. The qualified
candidates can also download the result card from IGNOU website (www.ignou.ac.in.)
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