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New Delhi, the /4/J.-May, 2001

F.21-2/2001- TS.IGovernment of India

Ministry of Human Resource DevelopmentDepartment of Secondary Education & Higher Education

ToThe Director, lIlT (A), IIITM (G), SPA, SLIET, NIFFT, NERISTThe Principal, RECsCMD,EdCIL

a) All foreign nationals studying in any country including India or Indian•Nationals studying abroad who fulfill prescribed admission criteria shallbe eligible.

.- Subject: Scheme (or Direct Admission ofStudents Abroad(DASA) il1(Central) Engineering Institutiol1s(other than IITs)

s, Sir,In order to streamline the procedure of admissions of foreign nationals

studying in any country (including India) and Indian students studying•.,abroad to undergraduate engineering programmes offered in centrally

;'/ 'funded engineering institutions other than IITs, Government of India ispleased to lay down the following guidelines and procedure:

'Prescribed admission criteria for Indian Nationals shall be at least five,"',years of education, inclusive of 11th and iz" or equivalent (not beyond),

''*~'';;'~'~'~'';'''-,>•."",,',:in a foreign country during the last 8 years and must pass the qualifying:/examination from abroad.

";:;Number of seats reserved for .this category of students in different.illstitutions shall be nearly 15% of the total number of seats offered for, ' .ssion. This shall be available in different disciplines proportionately.,~_u,-,,,,,-,seats shall be supernumerary. A list of institutions is to be covered

this scheme with tentative discipline-wise I institute wise break up

Consultants India Ltd. (Ed.Cll,) is designated as, " ting Agency' and a 'Single-Window Facility for Admissions' for 'gible students in this category. .

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(n\.\@~.»., It)e) Ed.CIL shall also be responsible for publicity, issue, receipt and

processing of applications and allocation of students to different institutes/ disciplines as per merit list of the students whose candidatures are foundvalid. In lieu of this service, Ed.ClL shall collect from the students anapplication-cum-processing fee ofUS$ 350 per student.

f) Admission requirements like age and academic qualifications etc. shallbe similar to the requirements for admission of Indian nationals studyingin India. In addition the candidates must have secured a minimum GPAof 8 on a 10-point scale, if grades are awarded. In case marks areawarded, candidates must have secured at least 75 % aggregate in allsubjects of the qualifying examination. Candidates must have alsosecured a minimum score of 1800 in SAT-II Tests (taken on or afterMarch 1999 for 200 1-02 admissions) in Physics, Chemistry andMathematics II-C.

g) A tuition fee of US$ 6000 per annum shall be charged from students inthis category. Foreign nationals from SAARC countries seekingadmission through this channel shall be allowed 50% fee waiver providedthey are studying in SAARC countries only. In addition, there shall be. hostel' fee, messing charges and other miscellaneous fees that will varyfrom institute to institute ..

h) This scheme shall come into effect from the academic session 2001-2002.

2. Technical institutions' covered under this scheme are advised tocontact Chairman and Managing Director, Ed.CIL for further necessaryaction and to confirm the number of seats available in different disciplines intheir institutes during the year 2001-2002.

Yours faithfully,

O)~o\(Pawan Agarwal)

DirectorPa!larwai((ilsb.nic.il;

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