Admission to IISER happens through 3 channels i.e. KVPY, JEE and SCB. KVPY and JEE channel Candidates need not appear for the IISER entrance exam. The entrance exam is only for Candidates who want to apply through SCB Channel. For being eligible, Candidates must score within the Category specific cut offs. And General Category Candidates applying to engineering programmes through JEE Advanced channel should have scored 75% in ther 12th and SC/ST/PWD Candidates should score a minimum aggregate of 65%. But this is only JEE Advanced criteria. There is no minimum aggregate criteria for IISER for KVPY and SCB Channels.