Important entrance exams

Apart from IIT-Jee and AIEEE, there are many important engineering exams. Scores of these exams is used by some best Institutes of the country. I will try to list some of these exams

1) IIT-JEE

2) AIEEE (for admission into NIT's and some other collges like DA-IICT)

3) BIT-SAT is conducted by BITS Pilani for admission into BITS Pilani-Pilani campus, BITS Pilani-Goa campus, BITS Pilani-Hyderabad campus. BITS Pilani-Pilani campus is know all over the world and in terms of reputation, it is just next to best IIT's of country.

Website http://www.bitsadmission.com/bitsat/bitsatmain.htm

4) Most states have an entrance exam for admission into state engineering colleges.
for example in Maharashtra MHT-CET is conducted for admission into universities in Maharashtra like Mumbai and Pune university
website http://www.dmer.org/vol.htm

5) Combined Entrance Examination (CEE) is used for admission into NSIT (Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology) and DCE(Delhi College of Engineering)

6) Apart from these colleges Anna University has good reputation.

I may have missed some exams or colleges. If you are aware of any exam, write about that in a comment.

Preparing for AIEEE

If you are preparing for AIEEE, you are likely to be under one of fpllowing categories

1) Preparing for IIT-JEE
If you are also preparing for IIT-JEE, concentrate on IIT-JEE. You will cover AIEEE syllabus in IIT-JEE preparation.
Do some AIEEE sample papers in the month of january.
In AIEEE speed is more important, questions are not too conceptual or difficult.

2) Studying in CBSE, not preparing IIT-JEE
AIEEE exam is completely based on CBSE syllabus. Do your NCERT properly. Some Maths questions can directly come from NCERT

CBSE reference books like R.D Sharma, Pradeep are very helpful in AIEEE preparation.
For inorganic chem, NCERT is sufficient
Keep solving MCQ's at end of Reference Books.
Solve sample papers from time to time

3) Studying in State Board
Don't have much idea about state board syllabus, but you should look into CBSE books.

IIT-JEE 2010

The official site for IIT-JEE 2010 is
http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/jee/

Syllabus
Chemistry
http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/jee/chemistry.htm

Physics
http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/jee/physics.htm

Maths
http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/jee/maths.htm

Aptitude (for those interested in B. Arch. (Architecture) and B. Des. (Design) courses )
http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/jee/aptitude.htm

Application

http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/jee/favailability.htm

Eligibility Criteria
http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/jee/eligibility.htm

Some Important dates to Remember
http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/jee/imp_dates.htm

if you are not fresher, you may like to read
http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/jee/faq.htm

Coaching Institutes in Kota

I don't have much idea about coaching institutes at Kota. I have heard of Bansal and resonance. But most big cities have coaching Institutes as good as any Kota coaching Institute. A large number of students are selected from Kota, not because they are provided any special classes, but because Kota has very large number of students and percentage of students selected from Kota is almost same as any other city.

If you have any good Institute near your home, it may be better to study there.