DASA-2011 for admissions to NIT's for NRIs

National Institute of Technology, Suratkal, Katnataka will be coordinating admission process under the scheme "Direct Admissions of Students Abroad (DASA)", in which Foreign Nationals/Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs)/Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) can seek admission to Undergraduate Courses in Engineering in National Institutes of Technology (NITs), IIITs and other premier Technical Institutions in India for the Academic Year 2011-12. The decleration pertaining to the above will be officially launched on 1st April 2011.

Eligibility Criteria for applying under the scheme of DASA is as follows:

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Candidates who are born on or after 1st Oct 1986 are eligible.
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Candidates must be Foreign Nationals/Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) studying in any country (including India) / Indian Nationals studying abroad. In case of Indian Nationals studying abroad they must have had at least 3 (three) years of education in Foreign country/countries during the last 6 (six) years and must pass the qualifying examination (inclusive of 11th and 12th standard or equivalent) from abroad only.
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All Candidates 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 with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects and any one of the following as optional subjects viz. Chemistry, Bio-technology, Computer Science, Biology. In addition candidates must have secured a minimum of at least 60% aggregate marks or 6.75 CGPA on a 10 point scale or equivalent grades in the qualifying examination.
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All candidates must have a minimum total of 1800 SAT Subject Tests (known as SAT II) scores (Maths level II, Physics and Chemistry) for eligibility for admission under this scheme. Hence, Candidates have to take SAT Subject Tests at appropriate time, such that SAT Subject Test scores reach NITK, Surathkal (directly from College Board) latest by June 29, 2011. Details can be availed through website link: http://www.collegeboard.com.

Application:
The process of application submission will remain online (web based) through www.dasanit.org
Registration Fee (Non-Refundable) along with the application, is USD 250. For candidates from SAARC countries, it is USD 400. Submission of Online Application starts from April 01, 2011 and ends on June 15, 2011.

For further and periodic updates, visit the web link: http://dasanit.org