BTech Course Admission under Fine Arts and Culture Excellence Quota

BTech with Cultural Quota: Eligibility Criteria

Students with valid certificates in arts and culture are eligible for admission. Two seats are added for the cultural quota for each programme, one is for female students and one is gender neutral. Candidates need to receive at least a once-in-a-lifetime award from the Government of India for any art form.

Indian citizens and overseas citizens of India or persons of Indian origin (OCI/PIO) are eligible for the cultural quota at IIT Madras. The list of eligible awards, recognition and fellowships for students opting for the FACE quota are listed below:

• Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar
• National Youth Award under Arts/Culture
• Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar under Arts and Culture by the Government of India.
• National Bal Shree Honour in creative performance, creative art, and creative painting.
• Active certification from All India Radio or Doordarshan, Prasar Bharati, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
• Scholarship to Young Artists (SYA), awarded by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
• Empaneled Artists who performed in Indian Festivals Abroad by the Government of India.
• National Youth Festival Competition Award (Stage 4), where the presentation in Arts and Culture.

Candidates need to clear the JEE Advanced examination and should not opt for the JoSAA counselling process. They need to pay the seat acceptance fee for the FACE quota. Based on the candidate’s achievements in fine arts, one FACE rank list will be prepared. Candidates can freeze the seat similarly in the JoSSA counselling process. Admission to the BTech degree and BS degree in cultural quota sets a milestone for both cultural and academic excellence.