The candidates are required to apply separately through JoSAA for admission to IITs (including IIT Madras & IIT Indore) for other modes of admission. This portal deals with admissions for seats earmarked under sports quota in IIT Madras & IIT Indore only.

Two seats (One Gender-Neutral and One Female Only) per programme allotted through the SEA.

One seat (Gender-Neutral) per programme allotted through the SEA.

The candidates who are eligible for admission through SEA, would then be given a score in terms of their performance/achievement in the sporting activities (see Table 1 below).

A separate Sports Rank List (SRL) will be prepared based on the total score obtained by the candidates based on their performance in specific list of sports mentioned in Appendix - C only. The seat allotment will be done based on SRL only. Mere presents in the SRL does not guarantee admission. In the event that there are candidates with the same number of points, the following tiebreaking criterion will be adopted.

• Candidates with higher scores at the international level will be given higher rank.
• In case of a tie at the international level, a candidate with a higher score at the national level will be given a higher rank.
• In case of a tie at both international and national levels, the same rank will be given to all the candidates with a tie.

By this method, the candidate will be placed according to the performance in the sporting activities and thereby achieve the objective of encouraging excellence in sports. The admission process through SEA would not be through Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) portal, but on a separate portal maintained by IIT Madras, where other IITs interested in offering seats under SEA may also participate. For the academic year 2025-2026, IIT Madras and IIT Indore are offering seats through Sports Excellence Admission.

The candidate scores will be treated the same for “Individual” or “Team Events.” Tournaments (International and National) in sports disciplines recognized by the 58 federations recognized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS), Government of India, ONLY will be considered for the award of points.

The international and national events that will be considered for admission through SEA are listed in Appendix A and Appendix B in the order of their relative weightage.

The scores for each candidate will be calculated as follows: $$\text{Score}=\sum_{i}{W_i \times S_i}$$ where \(W_i\) is the weight of the \(i^{\text{th}}\) medal as shown in Appendix A or B and \(S_i\) is the points for the \(i^{\text{th}}\) medal according to Table 1.

For example if a person wins a third place (bronze medal) in common wealth games and first place (gold medal) in Khelo India Youth Games, then, $$\text{Score}=0.9 \times 80 + 0.75 \times 35 = 98.25$$

The score thus obtained will be rounded off to two decimal places.

The SEA mode of admission will have a time limit within which the students must submit their supporting documents in advance for verification. There will be only THREE ROUNDS of SEA seat allotment.

Candidates will not be considered for further rounds of admission through JoSAA portal if they accept a seat through SEA.

It is noted that the difficulty level of playing at an international level depends on the kind of sport. To normalize the competitions across various sports and the number of participants in a given sport/game, the following methodology will be adopted.

• Participation/Winning a medal at the international level will be considered only if at least SIX nations participate in the particular sport/game.
• Winning a medal at the national level will be considered only if the sport/game is played by at least 50% of the states in the competition.

For the academic year 2025-2026, the SEA will consider the scores obtained by the candidates in the list of sports mentioned Appendix-C only to ensure the availability of facilities at the admitting IIT so that the candidates can continue to excel in sports.