Following are the necessary eligibilities for appear in NID 2020 - 21.

Age Limit: -

For Indian Nationals in General Category: Upper age limit for candidates is 20 years as on 30 June 2020. Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2000 are eligible to apply for admission.

For Indian Nationals in Reserved Category (OBC – NCL, SC, ST): Upper age limit for candidates is 23 years as on 30 June 2020. Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1997 are eligible to apply for admission.

For Indian Nationals PwD Reserved Category: Upper age limit for candidates is 25 years as on 30 June 2020. Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1995 are eligible to apply for admission.

For Foreign Nationals in Overseas (Supernumerary) Category: Upper age limit for candidates is 20 years as on 30 June 2020. Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2000 are eligible to apply for admission.

Educational Qualification: -

Applications for academic year 2020 – 21 are open to applicants who have passed or will appear for higher secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations in the academic year 2019 – 20 in any stream (Science, Arts, Commerce, etc.) from any recognized 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 recognized by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU, Refer www.aiuweb.org).
• Intermediate or two – year pre – university examinations under a board or university recognized by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU, Refer www.aiuweb.org).
• Final examination of the two – year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defense 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 recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU, Refer 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.
• AICTE approved three – year Full time Diploma after class X offered by board of Technical Education of any state in India or Union Territories as mentioned on http://www.aicte-india.org/statisticbote.php.
• 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. This certificate is required to be submitted at the time of document verification.

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