DASA 2022 Eligibility Criteria: Age, Academics qualification

DASA 2022 Eligibility Criteria 

Candidate must know whether he is eligible or not to apply for DASA 2022. Therefore given below the DASA 2022 Eligibility criteria in detail.

Age Limit

• Candidates born on or after 01 October 1995 are only eligible to apply.
• Date of birth as recorded in the Secondary Education Board / University Certificate [Class X or equivalent] or any certificate issued by the Government authorities will only be taken as authentic.

Academic Qualification

• The candidate must have passed Senior Secondary [10+2] or equivalent from any system of education as recognized by the Association of Indian Universities.

• The candidate should have completed successfully10+1 and  10+2 with Mathematics, Physics and one of the subjects from Chemistry, Biotechnology, Computer Science and Biology from any recognised board.

• The candidate must have secured a minimum of 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 10+2 level.
• In the case of 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.
• Candidate appearing for the qualifying examination with the above-mentioned subjects in the academic year 2020-2022 can also apply.

• The candidate should have a minimum total valid score of 1800 in SAT Subject Tests (Subjects: Mathematics Level 2, Physics and Chemistry).
• Applicants who have given multiple attempts in SAT Subject Tests can send a valid score to MNNIT, Allahabad directly through College Board, USA. The best valid score in each subject will be considered for the eligibility.
• SAT Subject Test scores will be received till the Second week of June 2022 will only be considered for the preparation of merit lists for Round 1, Round 2 and Round 3.

Residential Requirement

• All foreign nationals studying in any country including India or Indian nationals studying abroad who fulfil prescribed admission criteria will be eligible.
• Prescribed admission criteria for Indian Nationals will be at least two years of education, inclusive of 11th & 12th or equivalent (not beyond), in a foreign country during the last 8 years and must pass the qualifying examination from abroad.

DASA 2022 Reservation Criteria

Given below the reservation of seats for DASA 2022. 5% supernumerary seats will be reserved for Children of Indian Workers in Gulf (CIWG)  i.e., 1/3rd seats from DASA quota is reserved for CIWG candidates. 

1. Bahrain
2. Iraq
3. Iran
4. Kuwait
5. Oman
6. Qatar
7. Saudi Arabia
8. United Arab Emirates

DASA 2022 Seat Matrix

DASA 2022 seat matrix is set by National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India. Candidates can get information about the seat matrix criteri of the institute from the seat matrix document released by the DASA 2022 Conducting Authority. Candidates can check previous year's seat matrix from this page.