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Admission to Undergraduate Engineering Program for the candidates from India at NITs, IIITs, Other centrally funded Technical Institutions shall include the performance in the class 12/other Qualifying Examination and in the Joint Entrance Examination, JEE (Main).

Admission to the B.Tech/B.Tech-MS programme will be based on performance in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)/Main conducted by National Testing Agency(NTA) (subject to change if any ordered by Ministry of Education, Govt. of India) through the counselling under JoSAA/CSAB
The number of seats in each branch of the B.Tech/B.Tech-MS programme for which admission is to be made will be decided by its Academic Advisory Committee/Senate. Seats are reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, EWS Category and Physically challenged candidates as per the guidelines set by the Government of India.

Candidate should have secured at least 75% marks in the 12^th class examination, or be in the top 20 percentile in the 12^th class examination conducted by the respective Boards. For SC / ST candidates the qualifying marks would be 65% in the 12^th class examination.  

Required Criteria based on Class 12^th / Equivalent qualifying Examination - Passed 10+2 examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the Chemistry / Biotechnology / Biology / Technical Vocational subject. 

Direct Admission Of Students Abroad- 

Applicant must have passed the qualifying examination, i.e. Senior Secondary (10+2) or equivalent from any system of education as recognized by the Association of Indian Universities (www.aiuweb.org).

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Applicant should have completed successfully Mathematics, Physics and one of the subjects from (Chemistry, Bio-technology, Computer Science, Biology) in 11^th and / or 12, as applicable in the respective boards

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Applicant must have secured a minimum of at least 60% aggregate marks (average of all subjects of qualifying examination taken together) or 6.50 CGPA (on a 10 point scale) or equivalent in the qualifying examination. In case, CGPA on a different scale is awarded OR if only grades are awarded, percentage / CGPA equivalence provided by the principal examination authorities will only be considered. Applicants should have a minimum total valid score of 1440 in SAT Subject Tests (Subjects: Mathematics Level 2, Physics and Chemistry).

Residential Requirement

Applicants must be Foreign Nationals / Persons of Indian Origin / Overseas Citizen of India who have completed the qualifying examination in any country (including India)

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Indian Nationals studying abroad.

In case of Indian Nationals, they must have completed the 11^th and 12^th standard or equivalent from outside India.

Passed 10+2 examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the Chemistry/ Biotechnology/ Biology/ Technical Vocational subject/ Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Informatics Practices/ Agriculture/ Engineering Graphics/ Business Studies. Obtained at least 45% marks (40% marks in case of candidates belonging to reserved category) in the above subjects taken together. OR Passed Diploma (in Engineering and Technology) examination with at least 45% marks (40% marks in case of candidates belonging to reserved category) subject to vacancies in the First Year, in case the vacancies at lateral entry are exhausted.