First Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test | GPAT 2010 to be conducted by M.S University of Baroda

What is this all about?
Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test 2010 (All India Council for Technical Education)

ABOUT GPAT 2010
Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT 2010) is an all India Examination to be conducted by The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara on behalf of All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi.

The Scores in Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE) have been in use till the year 2009 for admission in Master’s Programme in Pharmacy (M.Pharm) 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.

Therefore, in order to facilitate admission of Pharmacy graduates in M.Pharm as also to award fellowships/scholarships to Pharmacy graduates, AICTE decided to organize and 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 examination.

NMC has recommended for the conduct of 1st GPAT examination for Pharmacy graduates, i.e. GPAT-2010 by ‘The M.S.University of Baroda’, Vadodara–390 002, who have agreed to conduct the examination on May 02, 2010 throughout the country.

The M.S.University of Baroda, Vadodara is the sole authority for conducting GPAT-2010 examination through out the country and declaring the result for the year 2010.

Who Can Apply?
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.  Persons Who are in Final Year of B.Pharm / Completed B.Pharm degree after lateral entry into B.Pharm after D.Pharmacy are also eligible to appear for GPAT 2010.

Important Date
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 slip 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

Website Details: For other details visit http://www.gpat.in/index.php?gpat=default

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