Dear aspirant,

Yes, there are different modes of entry to IISERs.

IISERs are a good place to pursue Biology and Chemistry and the choice of major of your daughter might change after going through the foundation courses.

1. IAT - IISER Aptitude Test - This exam is conducted once every year and has 4 subjects, 60 questions, 15 from each biology, physics, maths, and chemistry. The total marks is 180 . +3 for every right answer and -1 for every wrong answer. 50%of the admissions happen via this portal.

They'll declare a cut-off for board marks and only students with marks above that cut-off are eligible to write the exam.

2. JEE Advanced and KVPY ranks - The other 50 percent happens based on the KVPY and JEE Advanced portal. Admission is decided based on your preference and ranks. You should have obtained a rank of below 10 k in JEE Advanced.

Now that KVPY exam has been scraped off we don't yet know how the admission scenario will change.

Top 1 percentile of students of respective boards in IISERs will be eligible for the INSIPRE Scholarship which amounts to about 60 k every year .

Hope this helps