The document provides information on various career options after 12th for students from different streams. For PCM students, it discusses options like B.Arch, B.Tech, NDA. It provides the eligibility criteria and important exam dates for entrance exams like NATA, JEE, NDA. It also lists top colleges for these courses and average salary after completion. For Commerce students, it discusses career options like B.Com, BCA and eligibility criteria. It similarly provides information on exams, colleges and salary for streams like PCB, Arts and diploma courses.

1. By –
Prof.(Dr.) Prachi Agarwal

2. What after 12th??

3. Your Background in +2
PCM
PCMB
Commerce
(With Maths)
Commerce
(Without
Maths)
ARTS

4. Options for PCM students
PCM
BCA/BSC/NDA
B Des in
Product Design
Diploma
Courses
B.Arch B.Tech

5. B.ARCH Entrance Exam- National Aptitude Test in
Architecture
 Applications can be filled on nata.in
NATA 2022 Eligibility Criteria
Particulars Eligibility Criteria
Academic
Qualification
Candidates should have passed 10+2 level or equivalent
from a recognized board.
OR
Candidates who have passed 10+3 Diploma Examination
with Mathematics as compulsory subject
Marks
Required
The minimum marks criteria for BArch admissions were
earlier relaxed as announced by Union Education Minister
and also by Council of Architecture(CoA).

6. B.ARCH Entrance Exam- National Aptitude Test in
Architecture(Attempt 1)
S.No Events Important Dates
1 NATA registration date 2022 April 8, 2022
2 NATA application form 2022 last date May 23, 2022
3 Last date to upload images and pay
fees
May 23, 2022
4 NATA Correction window May 19 to 23, 2022
5 Release of admit card June 7, 2022
6 NATA 2022 exam date (First Attempt) June 12, 2022

7. B.ARCH Entrance Exam- National Aptitude Test in
Architecture(Attempt 2)
S.No Events Important Dates
1 NATA 2022 registration April 8, 2022
2 Last date to submit NATA application form
2022
June 20, 2022
3 Final date to upload images and fee
payment
June 20, 2022
4 Availability of NATA application form
correction window
June 18 to 20, 2022
5 NATA Admit card June 30, 2022
6 NATA exam date 2022 (second attempt) July 3, 2022

8. B.ARCH Entrance Exam- National Aptitude Test in
Architecture(Attempt 3)
S.No Events Important Dates
1 NATA 2022 registration April 8, 2022
2 Last date to submit NATA 2022 application
form
July 11, 2022
3 Final date to upload images and fee payment July 11, 2022
4 Availability of NATA application form
correction window
July 9 to 11, 2022
5 NATA Admit card July 21, 2022
6 NATA exam date 2022 (Third attempt) July 24, 2022

9. Premier Colleges for B.Arch
IIT,
Rorkee
AMU
Jamia
Milia

10.  Salary Range after B.Arch – Average Rs 5LPA
 Architect Hafeez Contractor, C.P. Kukreja Associates,
Kembhavi Architecture Foundation, Christopher
Charles Benninger Architects, LivSpace etc. are
amongst the top recruiters.

11. National Defense Academy
 Both Male and Female candidates can join NDA after
12th.
 Candidates need to apply for NDA on the official
website i.e. indianarmy.nic.in.
 After applying for the exam the candidates have to go
through a written examination and a 5-day SSB
(Service Selection Board) interview. Moreover,
candidates need to clear Medicals as well.
 After qualifying for the exam candidate has to go
through a course for 3 years.
 After the course is completed they will be posted as a
lieutenant in the Indian Defense Services.

12. Eligibility Criteria
NDA Wings Educational Qualification
Indian Army
12th pass with minimum 60 %
marks from a recognized board
Air Force and navy
12th pass with minimum 60%
marks with Physics and
Mathematics from a recognized
board.

13. B.Tech- Various Entrance Tests
No Engineering Entrance Exam Conducting Body
1 JEE Main National Testing Agency (NTA)*
2 VITEEE VIT University
3 SRMJEEE
SRM Institute of Science and Technology (Earlier known
as SRM University)
4 BITSAT BITS Pilani
5 MET Manipal Academy of Higher Education
6 COMEDK UGET
Consortium of Medical Engineering and Dental Colleges
of Karnataka (COMEDK).
7 AP EAMCET JNTU Kakinada
8 KIITEE Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
9 MHTCET State Common Entrance Test Cell, Mumbai
10 WBJEE West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board

14. Eligibility Criteria
 Candidates must complete 10+2 or equivalent
examinations from a recognized educational board
like CBSE, ICSE, etc.
 Candidates should possess an aggregate minimum of
60% marks in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics.
 Students belonging to SC/ST are eligible for 5%
relaxation in the aggregate and qualifying marks.
 Candidates need to qualify for JEE Mains or any other
equivalent entrance examination, as scores of such
exams are mandatory at the time of admission.

15.  Online Application form on jeemain.nta.nic.in

16. Premier Colleges for B.Tech
IITs
Govt
Colleges
NITs
Semi Govt
Colleges
Pvt Colleges
Central
Universities
Autonomous
Institutes

17.  Salary Range After B.Tech- Average Salary is Rs 4LPA.
Major Recruiters after B.Tech-
 Mindtree.
 Wipro.
 MPhasis.
 NIIT Technologies.
 IGATE.
 Cognizant.
 Capgemini.
 Accenture.

18. Bachelors in Computer
Application
 Candidate must have passed 12th in any stream or
equivalent from a recognized board.
 Candidate must have a minimum aggregate of 50% in
Class 12th exam.
 Candidates who appearing for their final 12th board
exams can also apply for admission.
 +2 With or Without Maths(Depends on the eligibility
criteria of College /University)

19. Best Colleges for BCA
Christ
University
St.Joseph’s
College
Loyola
College
Madras
Christian
College

20.  Average Salary after BCA is Rs 3 LPA.
 KPMG, Cognizant, Infosys etc are some of the major
recruiters hiring BCA students.

21. B.Sc- Tests and their last dates

22.  BSc Physics, BSc Nursing, BSc Computer Science, BSc
Geography, BSc IT, BSc Biology, BSc Forensic Science,
etc.
 Class 12th in Science stream with 50% marks

23. B.Sc and B.Sc (Aviation)-
Premier Institutes
B.Sc
DU
Pvt and other
Govt Colleges
B.Sc(Aviation)
Koneez
Academy,Delhi
Garware
Institute,Mumbai
Inspire
Academy,
Mumbai

24.  Salary Range after B.Sc – Rs 3 LPA
 You can be a Scientist, Research Associate, Professor,
Lab Chemist, Statistician, etc.

25. B.Des in Product Design
Exam Name Conducting Body Exam Date Exam Mode
UCEED 2022 IIT,Bombay To be announced Online
CEED 2022 IIT, Bombay To be announced Online & offline
UID Design
Aptitude Test 2022
United World
Institute of Design
To be announced Online
NID Design Test
2022
National Institute
of Design
To be announced
Online & offline
(2022)
AIEED 2022
Arch College of
Design & Business
To be announced
Either online or
offline
GLS Institutes of
Design DAT 2022
GLS University,
Ahmedabad
To be announced Online & offline
MITID DAT Exam
2022
MIT Institute of
Design
To be announced Offline & online

26. Eligibility Criteria
 Students successfully completing 10+2 or any
qualifying equivalent exam can be eligible to apply for
the UG course.
 The class 12th can be of any stream with a minimum of
50% marks obtained in the exam.
 The minimum age limit for the admission to B.Des.
UG Course is 19/20 years as specified in the admission
procedure
 One can also pursue B.Des if he has completed a 3 year
diploma course in design validated by AICTE/UGC.

27. B Des in Product Design
IIT, Bombay IIT,Guwahati
SRM
University
Manipal
University

28.  Average Salary – Rs 3 LPA
Job Profiles after doing B.Des- Graphic Designer
 Textile Designer
 Teachers
 Outside Sale Representative
 Costume Designer
 Fashion Stylists
 Fashion Forecasters
 Cutting Assistant

29. POLYTECHNIC Courses
 Diploma in Computer Science and Engineering
 Diploma in Civil Engineering
 Diploma in electrical engineering
 Diploma in Mining
 Diploma in textile engineering
 Diploma in environmental engineering
 Diploma in aerospace engineering
 Diploma in biotechnology engineering

30.  The minimum qualification required to pursue the
polytechnic course is 10th passed from the recognized
board and the 12th pass out candidates are also eligible
to take admission in this respective course.

31. Major Colleges Providing
Polytechnic
 Km. Mayawati Government Girls Polytechnic
 SGSJ Polytechnic
 CMS Government Girls Polytechnic, Daurala, Meerut
 Government Polytechnic
 Government Polytechnic
 Government Polytechnic
 Government Girls Polytechnic

32. Options for PCMB students
Biochemist
Pharmacist
BDS
NEET

33. Biochemist/Pharmacy
 Minimum Qualification Required: 10+2 or equivalent
examination.
 Minimum Marks Required (Aggregate): Minimum
50% in 10+2 in science subjects.
 Age Limit: Age limit for B.Pharm. is 20 years for
reserved category and 22 years for reserved category.

34.  Average Salary after doing B Pharma/Biochemist- Rs
2.5 LPA.
 CIPLA, Dr Reddys, SUN Pharma, ZYDUS, Novartis Etc
hires Pharmacist and Biochemist .

35. Bio Chemist and Pharmacist
IIT, KGP
• Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
BHU, Kashi
• VIT, Vellore
BITS, Pilani
National Institute of Pharma and Research

36. NEET/BDS
 The exam for National-Eligibility-cum-Entrance-
Test NEET(UG) 2022 will be conducted in offline
mode on 17th July 2022. There is a slight modification
in the NEET Exam Pattern. NEET 2022 Online
Registration has been extended till 15th May 2022
(9 pm).
 BDS Admission is done on the basis of NEET.

37. NEET Important Dates
NEET 2022 Exam Date (UG)
Events NEET 2022 Dates
NEET 2022 Notification 06th April 2022
NEET 2022 Application Form 06th April 2022
Last Date for the Submission of the Application Form 15th May 2022 (9 pm) [Extended]
Last Date to deposit the application fee 15th May 2022 (11:50 pm) [Extended]
Correction in the Application Form To be announced
Announcement of City of Examination To be announced
Download NEET Admit Card July 2022
NEET 2022 Exam Date 17th July 2022 (Sunday)
NEET Phase 2 Registration To be announced
NEET Answer Key 2022 To be announced
Display of OMR To be announced
Raising of Objection To be announced
NEET Final Answer Key 2022 To be announced
Declaration of NEET Result To be announced

38. Eligibility Criteria
The class 12 percentage required for NEET 2022 exam is
separate for each category and can be listed as under.
NEET eligibility marks in class 12 to be considered are
aggregate marks only for PCB subjects
 UR - 50%,
 OBC/SC/ST - 40%,
 PWD - 45%

39. Premier Colleges for Medical and BDS
 Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Science
 Christian Dental College
 Jamia Milia Islamia
 AIIMS
 PG Institute of Medical Education, Chandigarh
 Christian Medical College ,Vellore
 KGMC , Lucknow

40. Options for Commerce students
B.Com
(Accounting
and
Taxation)
B.Com
(Hons)
B.Com(Stats) B.Com(Marketing)
B.Com((Travel
and Toursim)
B.Com(Law)

41. Eligibility Criteria
 The candidate need to have passed 12th standard in
the commerce stream
 12th standard graduates from other streams may also
apply based on the discretion university and college.
 Colleges have cut-off percentages. You need to have
scored more or equal to the cut-off percentage. Only
then can you get admission. Colleges keep reducing
cut-off percentages till seats get full.
 Private colleges can grant direct admission irrespective
of the candidate’s percentage.

42. Best Colleges for B.Com
DU
Christ
University
Loyola
College
Madras
Christian
College

43. Imp. Certifications during
B.Com
 Investment and Portfolio Management
 Advanced Excel
 Financial Modelling
 Tally Certification
 SAP

44. Options for Art students
BA(History,
Eco, Sociology,
Archaeology,
EVS Etc.) and
BA+LLB(Integra
ted)
BFA
BBA
BJMC,
BHM

45. BA+LLB
 Common-Law Admission Test or CLAT is a National
Level Entrance Exam conducted by CLAT Consortium,
Bar Council of India for admission to BA LLB, BBA
LLB, BSc LLB, LLM, etc.
 CLAT 2022 eligibility criteria is candidates should have
passed 10+2 with a minimum aggregate of 45% marks
from any recognized board and any stream.
 There is no age limit for applying to CLAT 2022.

46. Eligibility Criteria
 The candidate must have passed the 12th standard from
a recognized board such as ICSE, CBSE etc.
 Each educational institute may have a different
minimum aggregate score. The range is usually 50% to
60% in class 12th or its equivalent examination.

47. Premier Institutes for BA+LLB
Rank * Name of Institutes City State
1
National Law School of
India University
Bengaluru Karnataka
2 National Law University New Delhi Delhi
3
NALSAR University of
Law
Hyderabad Telangana
4
The WB National
University of Juridical
Sciences
Kolkata West Bengal
5
Dr. Ambedkar Govt. Law
College
Chennai Tamil Nadu

48. Salary Range after BA+LLB
Job Profile Starting Salary Senior Level Salary
Lawyer Rs. 2 – 3 LPA Rs. 9 – 10 LPA
Corporate Lawyer Rs. 5 LPA Rs. 10 LPA
Legal Analyst Rs. 2 – 3 LPA Rs. 7 LPA
Civil Lawyer Rs. 2 – 3 LPA Rs. 20+ LPA

49. Bachelor of Journalism and
Mass Communication
 The candidates are required to score a minimum
aggregate 50% score in 10+2 from a recognized board
or university. In the case of admission for the reserved
categories the candidates are offered a relaxation of
5%.
 The age of the aspirant should be 17 years or above.
 The candidates appearing for the final examination are
also eligible to apply for the courses.

50. Entrance Test Dates
BJMC Entrance
Exam
Application Dates Exam Dates Result
IPU CET
March 4, 2022 –
April 30, 2022
1st week of May
2022
4th week of May
2022
DUET June 2022 July 2022 August 2022
CUET
April 2, 2022 to
April 30, 2022
To be Announced To be Announced

51. Premier Colleges for BJMC
 IIFA Multimedia, Bangalore
 Symbiosis , Pune
 ST. Xaviers
 Christ University
 Manipal Institute of Communication
 Jamia Milia Islamia

52. Bachelor of Hotel Management
The aggregate of 50% score in 10+2 from a recognized
board or university with English as a mandatory subject

53. Eligibility Criteria
The aggregate of 50% score in 10+2 from a recognized
board or university with English as a mandatory subject

54. Best Colleges for BHM
 IHM, Pusa
 IHM, Mumbai
 IHM, Hyderabad
 IHM, lucknow
 IHM,Chennai

55. Bachelor of Business
Administration
 For admissions into BBA courses, students are needed
to clear the 10+2 or equivalent examination from any
recognized board or school. Some colleges consider
the criteria of securing 50% marks in the qualifying
exam. The age should be between 17 to 25 years.

56. Certification during BBA
 Entrepreneurship.
 Finance & Accounting Management.
 HR Management.
 Marketing Management.
 Supply Chain Management.
 Tourism Management.

57. You will be recruited as :-
 Human Resource Manager
 Financial Analyst
 Operations Manager
 Marketing Manager

58. Companies hiring BBA
Graduates
 Defense Research and Development Organization
(DRDO)
 Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
 Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
 Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL)
 Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)
 National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)
 Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL)
 Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)