What do you understand by the DASA Quota?
DASA stands for Direct Admission of Students Abroad . It is a scheme from the Government of India to guarantee a 15% reserved seat for the NRI, PIO, OCI or other foreign students in the top engineering colleges like NITs, IITs or IIITs among many others .
To know more about the DASA, candidates can
Direct Admission of Students Abroad (Undergraduate Courses) is referred to as DASA UG. DASA is a programme that permits admissions under a 15% reserved quota to NITs, IIITs, and other technical colleges for NRI, PIO, OCI, and foreign national students. JEE Main rankings are used to determine DASA UG
The DASA Quota means a particular number of seats at India's top engineering colleges for NRI, PIO, OCI, and foreign students. 15% of the institute's total seats are allocated to the DASA quota. As we know, the DASA scheme offers a chance for non-resident Indians and foreign nationals to gain admiss
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Candidates can check their DASA seat allotment status by login to the official website. Candidates who will be allotted seats have will have the option to acccept/freeze and float the seats.
If any candidate fail to lock their choices before the last date of choice filling, it gets locked automatically. In this case, the last available order of choices will be considered for seat allotment.
Candidates must fill maximum choices to increase their chances of getting admission. The choices must be filled in order of preference.
No, candidates can not apply for BTech admission through DASA UG if they've not appeared in JEE Mains exam. It is mandatory to apply for JEE Mains and qualify the exam before appearing for DASA admissions.
Yes, you can apply for BTech admission under DASA UG scheme. However, you have to appear in JEE Mains exam and qualif the same for admission under DASA 2026.
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