What is DASA and what is its full form?
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The full form of DASA is Direct Admission of Students Abroad. It is an initiative commenced by the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India. It provides admission to Persons of Indian Origin living abroad (PIOs), Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Children of Indian Workers in the Gulf countries (CIWG), and Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) in the UG and PG programmes in the fields of Engineering, Architecture, Planning, etc. This year, the MoE has entrusted the coordination of the admission process under the DASA scheme to the National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC).
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DASA is the abbreviation for Direct Admission of Students Abroad. For admission to NITs, IIITs, CFTIs and other Premier Technical Institutions (Other than IITs), candidates of Indian nationality and with JEE Main ranks apply for JoSAA counselling. However, Foreign Nationals/Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs)/Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)/ Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) are required to take admission via the DASA scheme.
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DASA is Direct Admission of Students Abroad. It is an initiative by the Ministry of Education. It provides admission to Persons of Indian Origin living abroad, NRIs, Children of Indian in the Gulf countries, and Overseas Citizens. The DASA informs about UG and PG programmes. There are various fields like Engineering, Architecture, Planning, etc. Ministry of Education has started the admission process under the DASA scheme with Calcutta NIT.
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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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