In sync with its vision to become a preeminent educational group that works towards the overall advancement of the society by enabling the brightest minds of the country to achieve what they desire and deserve to, Aakash is conducting Aakash National Talent Hunt Exam (ANTHE) 2014. In the fifth year of its existence, this examination aims to enable the most deserving students to get to their goal of becoming engineers or doctors by providing them with free coaching*. ANTHE 2014 will select 1000 students (500 top ranking for Engineering Stream and 500 top ranking for Medical Stream) from class X to give them this once in a lifetime opportunity. These students will get free coaching from Aakash worth 19 crores. The examination will be held at various centres spread across the country.
 

ANTHE selects 1000 students from class X to give them this once in a lifetime opportunity. These students will get free* coaching from Aakash worth 19 crores. The examination is held at various centres of Aakash across the nation. (*Check with Examination Scholarship Scheme Table for details.)
 

Exam Date:	23rd November, 2014 (Sunday)
Timings:	10:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.
Result Declaration Date:	8th December, 2014 (Monday)
Last Date of Application	15th November, 2014 (Wednesday) - Extended
Examination Fee:	300/-

ANTHE 2014 Exam Pattern:
90 MCQs	Science Physics (10), Chemistry (10) , Biology (10) , Mathematics (30) & Mental Ability (30)
Total No. of Questions:	90
Total Marks	360
Duration	2 hours
There is no Negative Marking.

ANTHE 2014 Syllabus:

Physics : Electricity, Light, Motion, Force & Laws of Motion, Work, Energy & Power

Chemistry:Chemical Reactions, Mole Concepts, Acids, Bases & Salts, Atomic Structure, Carbon & its Compounds

Biology :Plant Physiology - Photosynthesis, Respiration, Basics of Control & Coordination (Nervous & Endocrine), Excretion, Nutrition (Digestion), Respiration in Human Beings

Mathematics :Real Numbers, Polynomials, Triangles, Pair of Linear Equations, Quadratic Equations, Mensuration, Circles, Quadrilaterals

Mental Ability : Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning - Series, Analogy, Classification, General Logical & Analytical Reasoning; Problems based on Figures, Coding-Decoding, Data Interpretation

Note: The syllabus of ANTHE has been designed keeping in mind the curriculum taught in class VIII, IX & X at All India Level.
*Top five rankers of a School from class X can be recommended by the Principal to take the test free of Charge.

Scholarship Criteria for Top 500 Medical aspirants

Examination Scholarship Scheme for Top 500 Medical aspirants
Category	ANTHE Rank	Tuition Fee1	Admission Fee2	Registration Fee3
A	01 - 100	Free	Free	Free
B	101 - 250	Free	Free	Chargeable
C	251 - 500	Free	Chargeable	Chargeable

Separate merit list will be prepared for Medical aspirants. In the merit list, Top 500 Ranking students will be selected for free coaching*.

Scholarship Criteria for Top 500 Engineering aspirants

Examination Scholarship Scheme for Top 500 Engineering aspirants
Category	ANTHE Rank	Tuition Fee1	Admission Fee2	Registration Fee3
A	01 - 100	Free	Free	Free
B	101 - 250	Free	Free	Chargeable
C	251 - 500	Free	Chargeable	Chargeable

Separate merit list will be prepared for Engineering aspirants. In the merit list, Top 500 Ranking students will be selected for free coaching*.

After allocation of Freeship to Top 500 Students in each stream, the scholarship for remaining students will be given as under:

Category	ANTHE Rank	Tuition Fee1	Admission Fee2	Registration Fee3
1	Rank 501 - 1000	70% waiver	Chargeable	Chargeable
2	Rank 1001 - 2000	65% waiver	Chargeable	Chargeable
3	Rank 2001 - 3000	60% waiver	Chargeable	Chargeable
4	Rank 3001 - 4000	55% waiver	Chargeable	Chargeable
5	Rank 4001 - 5000	50% waiver	Chargeable	Chargeable

After Rank 5000, the scholarship for remaining students in each stream will be given as under:

Category	ANTHE Rank	Tuition Fee1	Admission Fee2	Registration Fee3
A	Students in Top 5%	45% waiver	Chargeable	Chargeable
B	Students in Next Top 5%	40% waiver	Chargeable	Chargeable
C	Students in Next Top 5%	35% waiver	Chargeable	Chargeable
D	Students in Next Top 5%	30% waiver	Chargeable	Chargeable
E	Students in Next Top 5%	25% waiver	Chargeable	Chargeable
F	Students in Next Top 10%	20% waiver	Chargeable	Chargeable
G	Students in Next Top 10%	10% waiver	Chargeable	Chargeable

1Tuition Fee: The Tuition Fee for Two Year Classroom Program is different at various centres of Aakash in the country. For details, please contact the nearest centre of Aakash.
2Admission Fee: The Total Admission Fee for Two Years Classroom Program is 16854 (inclusive of Service Tax).
3Registration Fee: The Total Registration Fee for Two Years Classroom Program is 11236 (inclusive of Service Tax).

Exam Fee for ANTHE: 300/- per student. Enrollment Forms can also be accepted after 12th Nov. 2014 with a late fee of 50 till 17th Nov. 2014. No forms will be accepted after 17th Nov. 2014.

In addition to the free scholarship for Two Year Classroom Program of Aakash, the top 500 ranking students in Medical as well as Engineering will be eligible for cash awards*. The rank-wise cash award details are as follows:

Medical Cash Awards
Rank	No. of Students	Award
1	1	50,000/-
2 to 5	4	25,000/-
6 to 10	5	20,000/-
11 to 50	40	10,000/-
51 to 100	50	8,000/-
101 to 250	150	6,000/-
251 to 500	250	5,000/-

Engineering Cash Awards
Rank	No. of Students	Award
1	1	50,000/-
2 to 5	4	25,000/-
6 to 10	5	20,000/-
11 to 50	40	10,000/-
51 to 100	50	8,000/-
101 to 250	150	6,000/-
251 to 500	250	5,000/-

*To be eligible for cash awards, it is mandatory for top 1000 students (500 in Medical and 500 in Engineering) to join our DLP Course before 15th April, 2015 irrespective of whether they join our Classroom course or not. Once the DLP Enrollment is done, it will not be cancelled in any case. The students will have to fill separate enrollment form for DLP. No fee will be charged for DLP Course. It will be 100% Free.

Test Centres (All Over India):
State	City
ASSAM	Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat
ANDHRA PRADESH	Visakhapatnam (Vizag)
BIHAR	Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Gopalganj, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea
CHHATTISGARH	Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur
DELHI	Central, East, North, South & West
Goa	Panaji
GUJARAT	Ahmedabad, Maninagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara
HARYANA	Ambala, Barara, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Kurukshetra, Mohindergarh, Narnaul, Panchkula, Panipat, Palwal, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Yamunanagar
JAMMU	Jammu, Srinagar
JHARKHAND	Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
KARNATAKA	Bangalore, Davangere
KERALA	Cochin, Trivandrum, Calicut
MADHYA PRADESH	Barwani, Bhopal, Chhindwara, Guna, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Ratlam, Sagar, Satna, Shajapur, Ujjain
MAHARASHTRA	Ahmednagar, Amravati, Aurangabad, Bhiwandi, Chandrapur, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Solapur
ODISHA	Angul, Balasore, Bhubaneswar, Bolangir, Berhampur, Cuttack, Rourkela, Sambalpur
PUNJAB	Amritsar, Barnala, Bathinda, Chandigarh, Faridkot, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Moga, Mohali, Nangal, Pathankot, Patiala, Ropar
RAJASTHAN	Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur
TAMIL NADU	Chennai, Coimbatore
TELANGANA	Hyderabad
UTTAR PRADESH	Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Faizabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Moradabad, Muzzafarnagar, Meerut, Mirzapur, Noida, Saharanpur, Sonebhadra, Varanasi
UTTARAKHAND	Dehradun , Haldwani, Haridwar, Mussoorie, Roorkee, Rudrapur
WEST BENGAL	Durgapur, Krishnanagar, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Malda, Siliguri

Note: **More centres of ANTHE in different cities can be made on request from students / parents subject to a minimum of 100 enrollments at a Centre.

 

1. Kindly fill the enclosed ANTHE Registration Form and submit along with your self attested photocopy of class IX marksheet, 4 passport size photographs and cash / demand draft of 300 in favour of ‘Aakash Institute’. In case mark sheet is not available, students can enroll for ANTHE by submitting a self attested photocopy of their Identity Card issued by the school.
2. Online Registration Facility is also available on our website: www.aakash.ac.in
3. The student can download his/her Admit Card for appearing in ANTHE 2014 mentioning his/her Roll No. and Venue from our website: www.aakash.ac.in
4. Last date of receiving duly filled form by post at Registered Office or by hand at nearest Aakash Centre before 6:00 pm or online submission before 6:00 pm – 12th November, 2014 (Wednesday).
5. ANTHE Registration Form can also be accepted after 12th Nov. 2014 with a late fee of 50 till 17th Nov. 2014 by post at Registered Office or by hand at nearest Aakash Centre before 6:00 pm. No forms will be accepted after 17th Nov. 2014.
6. The test will be a Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) based paper, which will be conducted on Optical Mark Reader (OMR) Sheet. A Sample OMR sheet is attached with the Sample Paper for your reference.
7. The result of successful candidates shall be displayed on our website: www.aakash.ac.in mentioning the name & rank of the students along with eligible scholarship. Separate merit list will be prepared & displayed for Medical & Engineering aspirants.
8. Cash Awards* shall be paid by cheque. It will be paid in the 3rd week of April, 2015 at respective centres of Aakash or at any other venue as decided by the management.
9. *To be eligible for cash awards, it is mandatory for top 1000 students (500 in Medical & 500 in Engineering) to join our DLP Course before 15th April, 2015 irrespective of whether they join our Classroom course or not. Once the DLP Enrollment is done, it will not be cancelled in any case. The students will have to fill separate enrollment form for DLP. No fee will be charged for DLP Course. It will be 100% Free.
10. The merit list for successful candidates will be prepared by listing them in the descending order of the total marks scored by them. However, there may be ties and such ties will be broken by sequentially applying the following set of rules :
    For Medical aspirants
    (i) Student having lesser age
    (ii) Student having higher marks in Science
    (iii) Student having higher marks in Mathematics
    (iv) Student having higher marks in Mental Ability
    (v) Girl Student
    For Engineering aspirants
    (i) Student having lesser age
    (ii) Student having higher marks in Mathematics
    (iii) Student having higher marks in Science
    (iv) Student having higher marks in Mental Ability
    (v) Girl Student
11. Scholarship means Fee Concession; Fee Discount; Fee Waiver
    If at any point of time, the government decides to charge Service Tax on the scholarship/concession amount/fee waiver, then the service tax shall be borne by the student / parent / guardian.
12. Selected candidates will be provided classroom coaching as per the choice of their study centre (at existing Aakash centres only) but if a student wants to change the study centre, written permission for the same will have to be taken from the Managing Director.
13. Hostel Facility is available on a chargeable basis.
14. Maximum scholarship for which a student shall be eligible is 100%.