JEE eligibility for OCIs Students
Are you an OCI, Planning to take admission into top prestigious institutes IITs, NITs, CFTIs...SPA..etc, You must know about JEE Main & JEE Advanced.
Below I am going to discuss the eligibility criteria for OCI to appear in JEE Main, Fist we should know who fall in OCI Category
Who are OCIs Candidates
India's Overseas Citizenship (OCI) is an immigration status which allows a foreign citizen of Indian origin to live and work indefinitely in the Republic of India. OCIs students can also take admission into IITs, NITs, CFTIs... SPA.
JEE Eligibility Criteria For OCIs
Foreign students will now appear for the JEE advanced directly. The new rule also applies to OCI cardholders who have the Overseas Citizenship of India. IIT Council chaired by HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' also approved early exit option for BTech students among other reforms.
"IITs would prepare a scheme for providing scholarships for the bright foreign students to study in IITs. They would also discover the possibility of offering online programmes to students both in India and abroad," a senior official said.
Eligibility Particulars For OCIs Candidates
Qualifying exam |
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Age Limit For OCIs Candidates |
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DASA / CIWG Quota For JEE Main | OCIs applicant must be avail DASA quota to appear for JEE Main |
Number of attempts For OCIs Candidates |
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Subject/subjects combination for admission into IITs, NITs, IIITs and CFTIs |
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DASA Eligibility For OCIs Students
DASA stands for Direct Admission of Students Abroad. DASA is a scheme where NRI/ OCI/ OCI/ Foreign national students are allowed admissions in NITs, IIITs on the basis of their JEE Main scores.
Many of the OCIs students from many countries (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Nepal, Oman, Malaysia, Qatar, Kuwait, Sri Lanka, etc.) have taken admission in prestigious engineering institutes in India.
Age |
Applicant must be born after Oct 1, 1995 |
Residential Status |
OCIs & Foreign Nationals residing and studying abroad for the last 2 years are allowed to apply. |
Academic Eligibility |
An applicant must have qualified 11th and 12th grade from a foreign school abroad A minimum of 60% marks or 6.5 CGPA in the 12th grade is mandatory to become eligible. The applicant that has appeared for the 12th-grade exams and is likely to get results by Sept 15, 2021, can also apply. |
JEE Main Exam To Do |
Consists of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics |
DASA Quota Eligibility For OCIs in IITs / NITs / CFTIs
OCI students can avail DASA quota to take admission into IIITs , NITs, CFTIs. Check below the reserve seats for OCIs candidates in IITs, NITs, CFTIs..
Under DASA / /CIWG Quota Seats Availability For OCIs Candidates in IITs
Name Of IITs |
DASA / CIWG Quota Availability |
IIT Kharagpur (IITKGP) |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Bombay (IITB) |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Kanpur (IITK) |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Madras (IITM) |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Delhi (IITD) |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Guwahati (IITG) |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Roorkee (IITR) |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT (BHU) Varanasi |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Bhubaneswar (IITBBS) |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Gandhinagar (IITGN) |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Hyderabad (IITH) |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Jodhpur (IITJ) |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Patna (IITP) |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Ropar (IITRPR) |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Indore (IITI) |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Mandi |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Palakkad (IITPKD) |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Tirupati (IITTP) |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Dhanbad (IITDHN) – ISM Dhanbad |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Bhilai (IIT C) |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Goa |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Jammu |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
IIT Dharwad |
No DASA / CIWG Quota Available |
Under DASA / CIWG Seats Availability For OCIs Candidates in NITs
Name Of NITs | Reserved seats under DASA / CIWG quota for OCIs |
National Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura | 15% |
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Arunachal Pradesh | 15% |
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Delhi | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Goa | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh | 15% |
Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Manipur | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Mizoram | 15% |
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Patna, Bihar | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Puducherry, Karaikkal | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Raipur, Chattisgarh | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Sikkim | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Srinagar | 15% |
Sardar Vallabhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, Karnataka | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Warangal, Telangana | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya | 15% |
National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand | 15% |
Under DASA / CIWG Quota Seats Availability For OCIs candidates in CFTIs
Name Of CFTIs | NRI DASA / CIWG Quota For NRIs |
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi | 15% |
Assam University, Silchar (Assam) | 15% |
Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, Uttarakhand | 15% |
Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, Punjab | 15% |
Institute of Technology, Guru Ghasidas Vishawavidyalaya, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh | 15% |
Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, Rajasthan | 15% |
Indian Institute of Carpet Technology, Uttar Pradesh | 15% |
Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research & Management, Ahmedabad | 15% |
Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh | 15% |
School of Engineering and Technology, Mizoram University, Aizwal | 15% |
National Institute of Foundry & Forge Technology, Hatia, Ranchi | 15% |
J.K. Institute of Applied Physics & Technology, Allahabad Uttar Pradesh | 15% |
Indra Gandhi Delhi Technical University, New Delhi | 15% |
Indian Institute of Engineering Science & Technology, Shibpur, District Howrah | 15% |
School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh | 15% |
School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh | 15% |
Netaji Subhash Institute of Engineering & TECHNOLOGY, New Delhi | 15% |
School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi | 15% |
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir | 15% |
Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal, Punjab | 15% |
School of Engineering, Tezpur University, Napaam , Tezpur | 15% |
National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology, Aurangabad, Maharashtra | 15% |
Indraprastha Institute of Information Tech. Delhi, New Delhi | 15% |
HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar (Garhwal) | 15% |
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad | 15% |
Delhi Technical University, New Delhi | 15% |
International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur | 15% |
Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology, Thanjavur | 15% |
Indian Institute of Space Technology, Thiruvanathapuram | 15% |
Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, Berhampur | 15% |
Assam University, Silchar | 15% |
School of Engineering Tezpur University, Napaam | 15% |
Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal | 15% |
JK Institute Of Applied Physics & Technology, Allahabad | 15% |
Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management (IITRAM), Ahmedabad | 15% |
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