Age Limit:

• Candidates upto 20 years of age on or before 30 June 2017 are eligible to apply (relaxable by three years for candidates belonging to reserved category).

• Indian nationals applying in the general category and candidates in overseas category born on or before 30 June 1997 are not eligible.

• Indian nationals in reserved category (OBC-NCL, SC, ST & PwD) born on or before 30 June 1994 are not eligible.

Educational Qualification:

Applications for academic year 2017–18 are open to applicants who have passed or will appear for higher secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations in the academic year 2016–17 from any recognised board of education such as CBSE, IB, ICSE or their equivalent.

Examinations considered equivalent to these are as follows:

• Final examination of the 10+2 system under a central or state board recognised by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU, see www.aiuweb.org).

• Intermediate or two-year pre-university examination under a board or university recognised by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU, see www.aiuweb.org).

• Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.

• Senior secondary school examination under the National Institute of Open Schooling, with a minimum of five subjects.

• Any public school, board or university examination completed in India or in any foreign country recognised as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU, see www.aiuweb.org).

• H.S.C. vocational examination.

• General Certificate Education (GCE) examination at the Advanced (A) level taken in London, Cambridge or Sri Lanka.

• High School Certificate Examination from Cambridge University or an International Baccalaureate diploma from the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva.

• Candidates who have completed final examinations for class XII (or equivalent) outside India or from a board not specified above should produce a certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) confirming that the examination they have passed is equivalent to the Class XII examination conducted in India.

Important Note:

• Candidates yet to appear for their final qualifying examination are eligible to apply, provided they produce proof of having acquired the minimum required qualifications at the time of admission.

• If the results of their class XII or final semester or final year of graduation (as the case may be) have not been declared by the concerned board or university by the date of admission, admission will be strictly provisional, subject to the following conditions:

1. The candidate must be able to submit the final result of their qualifying degree or certificate proving their eligibility on or before 31 August 2017, to the Activity Chairperson, Professional Education Programme. 

2. Candidates seeking provisional admission in case they are awaiting their final results are required to provide proof of having passed all their examinations in all the previous years/semesters of their qualifying degree. 

3. The candidate must also provide the qualifying exam’s date sheet/admit card/Principal’s certi cate as proof of having appeared for their final qualifying exam. 

4. Candidates who have appeared for compartment or supplementary examination(s) for standard XII or have backlogs of any semester/ final year of graduation whose results have not been declared by the time of admission, will be considered for admission as per (1) above.

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• Any candidate who has not appeared for their final qualifying exam before the date of admission will not be eligible for admission.

Provisional admission will be considered only in cases where the results of the final semester/year of their qualifying degree have not been declared by the concerned board/ university. In case the result has been declared by the concerned board/university but has not been declared in a specific case, for any reason, the candidate will not be considered for provisional admission.