In the application form for JEE mains 2020 april and january, when you click to select your nationality, a message pops up and says OCI are not eligible for admission into NIT/IIIT/CFTI through JEE mains channel. Is this correct/true? Is this an error?
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25th Feb, 2020
Hello,
Yes, it is totally correct.
As per norms and guidelines, Foreign, Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) and Person of Indian Origin (PIO) category students are not eligible for admission to NITs, IIITs and other centrally-funded institutions through JEE (Main). They can only be admitted through the Direct Admission to Students Abroad (DASA) channel using their SAT 2 scores.
I hope this helps.
Yes, it is totally correct.
As per norms and guidelines, Foreign, Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) and Person of Indian Origin (PIO) category students are not eligible for admission to NITs, IIITs and other centrally-funded institutions through JEE (Main). They can only be admitted through the Direct Admission to Students Abroad (DASA) channel using their SAT 2 scores.
I hope this helps.
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