DASA 2020 – Spot Round Seat Allotment Result (Out), Seat Matrix, dasanit.org

DASA 2020 – NIT Surathkal, has released DASA 2020 spot round seat allotment result online at dasanit.org. The allotment of seats to all the eligible candidates would be drawn on the basis of total SAT Subject Test scores only. DASA is for admission of foreign nationals in NITs, IIEST, IIITs, SPAs, central universities, and other centrally funded & premier technical institutes. Admission is offered in UG engineering & architecture programs and in M.Tech. / M.Arch. / M.Plan. / M.Des. / MURP & MBA courses. For more details on DASA 2020 like eligibility, admission process, how to apply, list of institutes, seat matrix, cutoff, etc, read below.

Latest: DASA 2020 Spot Round seat allotment result has been released. Scroll down to get it.

DASA 2020

2020 is the last academic session when the admission is being granted to the foreign nationals based on Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores under the DASA scheme. From the next upcoming year, 2021-22 onwards admission will be based on JEE Main ranks. For the academic session 2020-21, DASA 2020 will be held as per the schedule below:

DASA 2020	Dates
Registration and Submission of online application	20 Sep – 25 Oct 31 Oct 2020
Last date to register and submit form and SAT score	27 Oct 02 Nov 2020
1st seat allottment round	03 Nov 06 Nov 2020
Confirmation of seats by candidates who have been allotted a seat in Round 1	03-05 Nov 06 – 08 Nov 2020
2nd seat allottment round	09 Nov 11 Nov 2020
Confirmation of seats by candidates	09-11 Nov 11 – 13 Nov 2020
3rd seat allottment round	15 Nov 16 Nov 2020
Confirmation of seats by candidates	15-17 Nov 16 – 17 Nov 2020
Reporting to allotted institutes by students who have been allotted seats in rounds 1, 2 , 3 and 4	17-19 Nov 2020
Internal Sliding	21 Nov 2020
Announcement of vacant seats for spot rounds	23 Nov 2020
Choice refilling and new applicants registration for Spot Round (If payment is made by SWIFT then it should be paid by 18th Nov 2020	24-26 Nov 2020
Spot rounds against vacant seats & Spot Round Allotment	28 Nov 2020
Reporting to allotted Institutes by candidates who have been allotted a seat in Spot Round	29 Nov – 02 Dec 2020

• Click here to check the revised schedule for DASA UG Admission 2020

DASA 2020 Seat Allotment

Allotment of the institution and course is made as per the choices indicated by the applicant in his/her application form. If the candidate’s first preference course or institute is not available, then in such a case, the candidate are asked to share their second preference. Candidate whose names are there in the merit list and to whom seats are not allocated in the first round shall not worry as they are eligible for round 2, 3 and 4.

Seat allotment result: Click here to check the DASA 2020 spot round seat allotment result.

DASA 2020 Seat Matrix 

Seat Matrix 2020 represents the number of seats offered by all the participating colleges for a particular course and category. Candidates can check the DASA 2020 seat matrix in order to know the number of seats offered by DASA 2020 participating institutes. Check the following link.

Seat Matrix:
– Click here to check the DASA 2020 Seat Matrix for Spot Round.
– Click here to check the DASA UG 2020 Seat Matrix.

Candidates have three options in rounds 1 and 2 of seat allotment, check them below:

Accept: If the allotted seat is accepted in all manner by the students, then this option must be selected.

Accept and Upgrade: If a candidate is accepting the allotted seats but is also interested to be considered in further round allotment for upgradation of institute/course, then this option is for them.

Decline: If candidates do not wish to accept the allotted Institute/Course, they must select this option. This options leads to loss of right for any further seat allotment in Round 2, Round 3 and 4.

Candidates have four options in round 3 of seat allotment, check them below:

Accept: Press Accept if you are accepting the allotted Institute/Course

Round 4 with choice change: This is for the candidates who are accepting the currently allotted seat but are also interested to be considered in Round 4 allotment for up gradation of Institute/ courses.

Round 4 without choice change: This option is when candidates are interested to change the original choices given at the time of filling the application and are willing to be considered in the Round 4 of seat allotment.

Decline: Press Decline if allotted Institute/Course is not accepted.

Click here to check DASA 2020 seat allotment process.

DASA 2020 Provisional Admission Letters

The candidates who accept the seat get an auto-generated Provisional Admission Letter. This letter must be submitted to the allotted institute at the time of admission. The admission letter must be carried in a printed format.

Reporting at the center: The allotted center for admission is mentioned in the provisional admission letter. Asper the reporting date and time candidates must appear for admission. The document verification is done at the center and admission is based on the verification. Not reporting at the allotted Institute during the specified period entails the cancellation of the allotted seat.

DASA 2020 Application Process

The application form of DASA 2020 is made available in the online mode at dasanit.org. To apply for DASA 2020, candidates need to follow a 2 stage process.

A) Fill the online DASA 2020 application form
B) Sending in SAT subject test score

A) Fill the online DASA 2020 application form

To fill in the DASA 2020 application form, the candidate must follow the given steps. 

Step 1: Create an account at dasanit.org by completing the registration process.

Step 2: Application filling and submission. In this stage, candidates have to upload scanned copies of all relevant documents and ay the application fee.

Application Fee: The students have to pay the first semester tuition fee too with the registration fee to apply for DASA 2020. The same is given below.

Admission Category	Registration Fee	Tuition fee for 1st semester	Total
Children of Indian Workers in Gulf Countries (CIWG)	US $ 300	₹ 62,500	₹ 62,500 + US $ 300
DASA (Non -SAARC)	US $ 300	US $ 4000	US $ 4300
DASA (SAARC)	US $ 300	US $ 2000	US $ 2300

Click here to check DASA 2020 registration fee and first-semester fee structure payable before submission of online application for different admitted categories

Image Specifications

Uploading images and documents is an utmost important step in the registration process. Candidate can check the image specification criteria from the given table. 

Document	Format	File size	Other
Passport size photo	JPG	Less than 100 kB	3.5 cm x 3.5 cm
Scanned signature	JPG	Less than  100 kB	–
Scanned copies of relevant documents	JPG/JPEG	Less than 500 kB	Colour/B&W/Gray Scale

Documents to be scanned and uploaded with the online application form:

• Applicants Passport
• Date of Birth proof
• Class 10th, 11th, and 12th mark-sheet
• Class 10th, 11th, and 12th certificate
• Proof of last 2 years of education in a foreign country in case of NRI
• Latest passport size photograph in JPG format
• Scanned signature of applicant in JPG format
• Scanned copies of relevant documents

In case, 12th standard or equivalent is not completed yet, the candidate has to give an undertaking in the online application.

Documents required if applying for admission under Children of Indian Workers in Gulf Countries (CIWG) category:

• Copy of the passport of the parent working in the gulf.  
• Copy of Parent’s visa.  
• Copy of Parent’s Work Permit (If any).  
• Certificate from the company/organization as proof that the parent is working in the gulf country.

Click here to check the official list of documents needed to submit DASA 2020 application form.

B) Sending in SAT subject test score NITK Surathkal through College Board, USA

The candidates must send in their SAT scores to NITK Surathkal through College Board, USA before the last date. There are 3 deadlines to apply with SAT scores in DASA.

Deadlines to send the SAT scores for DASA 2020

For DASA round 1, 2 and 3	05 Jun 2020 27 Oct 2020
For DASA round 4	17 Jul 2020 to be announced
For DASA spot round	03 Aug 2020 25 Nov 2020

If the candidates are unable to send in their SAT score before the first deadline they are not considered for round 1, 2 and 3. Such candidates are eligible for 4th seat allotment round if the scores reach NITK Surathkal before the second deadline.

DASA 2020 Eligibility Criteria 

The candidates can check below whether or not they are eligible to apply for admission under the DASA scheme:

Age Criteria:

The candidates must be born on or after October 01, 1995. The date of birth as mentioned in the Secondary Education Board / University Certificate (Class X or equivalent) will be only considered as DOB for eligibility.

Academic Qualification:

• Students must have passed 10+2 from any system of education as recognized by the Association of Indian Universities. The 10+2 boards that are equivalent to 10+2 system are:

• In class 11 and / or 12, candidates must have studied Mathematics and Physics, also any one subject from Chemistry, Bio-technology, Computer Science, Biology.
• The minimum marks in the qualifying exam must be 60% in aggregate or 6.50 CGPA out of 10.

Some exceptions: For admission in B.Arch courses, 50% marks is needed in P, C and M individually, and also 50% marks is needed in total in 10+2. the students with 10+3 diploma with mathematics as compulsory subject cand also apply for admission. They also need at least 50% marks aggregate.

• For all details on qualifying exam for DASA 2020 – click here

SAT scores:

• Students must have SAT scores of Mathematics Level 2, Physics and Chemistry
• The minimum SAT score needed is 1800.

Note: The candidates who have taken multiple attempts in SAT Subject Tests can send all their valid scores to NITK Surathkal directly through College Board, USA. The best scores out of all the attempts are taken into consideration for calculating the total score for merit list preparation.

Residential criteria:

• All foreign nationals studying in any country including India can apply
• Indian nationals studying abroad who fulfill prescribed admission can apply. The Indian nationals must at least have two years of education, class 11 and 12 included from abroad.

DASA 2020 Reservation Criteria

5% supernumerary seats are reserved for Children of Indian Workers in Gulf (CIWG)  i.e., 1/3rd seats from DASA quota is reserved for CIWG candidates. 

Countries under CIWG are: 

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

Important points:

1. Eligibility of CIWG will be same as that of NRIs.
2. NRI candidates who are eligible for CIWG Category will have the option to be considered for other seats of DASA as well.

DASA 2020 Merit List

A merit list of all the eligible applicants would be drawn on the basis of total SAT Subject Test scores only. If the SAT Subject Test scores in total of two or more applicants are same, then a tie breaking rule is applied which is as follows:

• First by Marks obtained in SAT Subject Test for Mathematics Level 2
• Then by Marks obtained in SAT Subject Test for Physics
• Then by age, older candidates are given higher rank.

DASA 2020 Fee Structure

Candidates can check the first-semester tuition fee from the table given below. However, the fee data is collected from the 2019 brochure and hence, there is a change that fee gets changed this year.

Admission Category	Registration Fee (Non -Refundable)	Tuition Fee For First Semester only)	Total Amount paid along with the Application Form	In case the payment is done in INR total amount to be paid with Application Form
CIWG	US $ 300/-	INR ₹ 62,500/	INR ₹ 62,500/- + US $ 300/-	₹ 84,790/-
DASA (Non -SAARC)	US $ 300/-`	US $ 4000/-	US $ 4300/-	₹ 3,19,490/-
DASA (SAARC)	US $ 300/-	US $ 2000/-	US $ 2300/-	₹ 1,70,890/-

DASA 2020 Participating Institutes

The participating institutes of DASA are among the top-ranked institutions in the country. NITs and IIITs are declared as Institutes of National Importance by an Act of Parliament. All these institutes are autonomous and a degree from any of these Institutions opens up wonderful opportunities for pursuing international careers in architecture, engineering, and technology. Check below the list of participating institutes of DASA 2020:

National Institute of Technology – NITs

Name of NIT	Short Name	Located in
NIT Agartala	NITA	Agartala, Tripura
NIT Allahabad	MNNIT	Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
NIT Arunachal Pradesh	NITAP	Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh
NIT Bhopal	MANIT	Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
NIT Calicut	NITC	Calicut, Kerala
NIT Delhi	NITD	New Delhi, Delhi
NIT Durgapur	NITDGP	Durgapur, West Bengal
NIT Goa	NITG	Farmagudi, Goa
NIT Hamirpur	NITH	Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
NIT Jaipur	MNIT	Jaipur, Rajasthan
NIT Jalandhar	NITJ	Jalandhar, Punjab
NIT Jamshedpur	NITJSR	Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
NIT Kurukshetra	NITKKR	Kurukshetra, Haryana
NIT Manipur	NITMN	Imphal, Manipur
NIT Mizoram	NITMZ	Aizawl, Mizoram
NIT Meghalaya	NITMN	Shillong, Meghalaya
NIT Nagpur	VNIT	Nagpur, Maharashtra
NIT Patna	NITP	Patna, Bihar
NIT Puducherry	NITPY	Karaikal, Pondicherry
NIT Raipur	NITRR	Raipur, Chhattisgarh
NIT Rourkela	NITRKL	Rourkela, Odisha
NIT Sikkim	NITSKM	Ravangla, Sikkim
NIT Silchar	NITS	Silchar, Assam
NIT Srinagar	NITSRI	Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
NIT Surat	SVNIT	Surat, Gujarat
NIT Surathkal	NITK	Mangalore, Karnataka
NIT Trichy	NITT	Trichy, Tamil Nadu
NIT Uttarakhand	NITUK	Srinagar, Uttarakhand
NIT Warangal	NITW	Warangal, Telangana

Indian Institutes of Information Technology – IIITs

Name of IIIT	Located in
Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Allahabad	Allahabad, UP
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM) Jabalpur	Jabalpur, MP
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Chennai	Chennai, TN
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara, Gandhinagar, Gujarat	Gnadhinagar, Gujarat
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management	Gwalior, MP
Indian Institute of Information Technology	Guwahati, Assam
Indian Institute of Information Technology	Lucknow, UP
Indian Institute of Information Technology Sri City	Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh
Indian Institute of Information Technology	Una, Himachal Pradesh
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology	Shibpur, WB
Indian Institute of Information Technology	Kottayam, Kerala
Indian Institute of Information and Technology	Sonepat, Haryana

Schools of Planning and Architecture – SPAs

Name of SPA	Located in
School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal	Bhopal, MP
School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi	Delhi, Delhi
School of Planning & Architecture, Vijayawada	Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh

Other Premier Technical Institutions

Name of NIT	Located in
Punjab Engineering College	Chandigarh, Punjab
Delhi Technological University	Delhi, Delhi
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology	Delhi, Delhi
Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology	Longowal, Punjab
National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology	Ranchi, Jharkhand
Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University	Gandhinagar, Gujarat
National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology	Aurangabad, Maharashtra
Netaji Subhas University of Technology Delhi	Delhi, Delhi
Tezpur University	Tezpur, Assam
Indian Maritime University	Jaipur, Rajasthan
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University	Katra, Jammu and Kashmir
The University Institute of Engineering of Technology (UIET), Punjab University	Chandigarh, Punjab
The University Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology(UICET), Punjab University	Chandigarh, Punjab
UIET Panjab University Swami Sarvanand Giri Regional Centre (UIET PUSSRC)	Hoshiarpur, Punjab

For more information download DASA 2020 information brochure – Click Here

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