CHENNAI: In a first, Indian Institute of Technology Madras has said it would allocate two supernumerary seats per under graduate (UG) programme for admissions for sportspersons. Of this, at least half of the seats will be for female students.
According to a press release, the institute will be introducing the ‘Sports Excellence Admission’ (SEA) from the academic year 2024-2025, under which it will offer two supernumerary seats, of which one will be exclusively for female students, in each of its UG programs for Indian nationals.
The initiative is to recognise and reward talented students who have excelled in sports and encourage deserving students to pursue higher education while continuing their passion.
The admission process through SEA will require a student to qualify JEE (Advanced) but would not be through Joint Seat Allocation Authority) portal, rather it will be through a separate portal. https://jeeadv.iitm.ac.in/sea/ operated by IIT-M.