1. Date of Birth:

Only candidates born on or after October 01, 1994 are eligible. Date of birth as recorded in the Secondary Education Board / University Certificate [Class X or equivalent] or any certificate issued by the Government authorities only will be taken as authentic.

2. Residential Requirement:

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 a Foreign country during the last 6 (six) years and must pass the qualifying examination (inclusive of 11^th and 12thstandard or equivalent) from abroad only.

3. Academic Eligibility: 

All candidates must satisfy the following academic qualifications: Candidates must have passed the qualifying examination, i.e. Senior Secondary [10+2] or equivalent [See Appendix-I] from any system of education as recognized by the Association of Indian Universities (website: www.aiuweb.org) with Physics and  Mathematics as compulsory subjects and any one of Chemistry, Bio-Technology, Computer Science and Biology as optional subjects.

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.  (Candidates appearing for the qualifying examination with the abovementioned compulsory subjects in the academic year 2010-11 may also apply.)

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Candidates having valid SAT Subject Test scores (Maths level II, Physics and Chemistry) with a  minimum score of 1600.

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