IIT-M starts sports quota admissions in UG courses
CHENNAI: IIT Madras has started ‘Sports Excellence Admission’ (SEA) from this academic year 2024-2025. Through this initiative, the Institute will offer two supernumerary seats, one exclusively for female students, in each of its undergraduate programs for Indian Nationals.
Welcoming sportspersons to apply through the SEA, Director of IIT-M V Kamakoti said, “Sports not only teaches youth to maintain good health and disciplined life but also the mental maturity to handle success and failures, and how to transform failures to success with perseverance and hard work. The sports quota will ensure the presence of youth with these qualities on our campus, who will be role models for other children.”
A release from IIT-M read that candidates seeking admission through SEA should qualify for
JEE-Advanced but would not go through the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) portal. They would go through a separate portal operated by IIT-M that was launched on June 11, 2024.
Candidates who have secured a position in the Common Rank List (CRL) or category-wise rank list in the JEE-Advanced 2024 and have won at least one medal in any National or International sports competition in the last four years are encouraged to apply.
A separate ‘Sports Rank List’ (SRL) will be prepared based on the total score obtained by the candidates based on their performance in a specific list of sports. The seat allotment will be done based on the list. The online registration for SEA closes on June 15 at 5 pm. IIT-M is the first IIT to introduce admissions for sportspersons in UG programmes. Further details are available on the portal: https:// jeeadv.iitm.ac.in/sea
The seat allotment will be done based on the SRL. The online registration for SEA closes on June 15 at 5 pm