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CIWG means Children of Indian Workers in Gulf Countries. CIWG is a category under DASA scheme, started by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, for the children of Indian expatriates (NRIs/OCIs/PIOs) in Gulf countries who wants to study in top engineering colleges like NITs and IIITs. There are two key benefits for CIWG in DASA scheme :
1) Reserved seats for CIWG candidates in all colleges
2) Have to pay the same college fee as students in India. The fee applicable for CIWG category shall be at par with the fee prescribed for Indian National (I. e. 1,25,000/- per student per annum) either in INR or equivalent USD. CIWG applicant should have completed successfully Mathematics, Physics and one of the subjects from (Chemistry, Bio-technology, Computer Science, Biology) in 11th AND / or 12th, as applicable in the respective boards. CIWG applicant must have secured a minimum of at least 60% aggregate marks (average of all subjects of qualifying examination taken together) or 6.50 CGPA (on a 10 point scale) or equivalent in the qualifying examination. In case, CGPA on a different scale is awarded or if only grades are awarded, percentage/CGPA equivalence provided by the principal examination authorities will only be considered. The residential requirement for CIWG shall be at least two years of education, inclusive of 11th & 12th or equivalent (not beyond), in a gulf country during the last 8 years and must pass the qualifying examination from abroad.