IIT Madras becomes first IIT to introduce sports quota

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras has become the first IIT to introduce a sports quota for its undergraduate admissions and will create two supernumerary seats in each course from the 2024-25 academic session, according to its director V Kamakoti.

Currently, the IITs do not have a sports quota while many of the country's premier universities, including Delhi University, do.

To be eligible for admission through SEA, candidates must have secured a position in the Common Rank List (CRL) or category-wise rank list in the JEE (Advanced) and must have won at least one medal in any national and international-level sports competition in the last four years.

The candidate will also be required to have obtained the minimum required class 12 marks as per the eligibility criteria for IIT admissions.

The idea was mooted by IIT Madras before the IIT Council, the apex body of the top tech institutions, last year.