Foreign Student or OCI or PIO Candidature –The Foreign Student Candidates, as defined in clause (i) of section 2 of the Act, the Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) candidate, as defined under clause (s) of section 2 and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) as defined in clause (o) of Section 2 of the Act are eligible under this Category.
The supernumerary (over and above of sanctioned intake) quota is applicable for the students belonging to the categories of CIWGC, OCI, PIOs, FN, NRI, as per the rules of CET cell Government of Maharashtra and other regulatory bodies.
Supernumerary Seats
(a) OCI/ PIO, Foreign Students and the Children of Indian Workers in Gulf Countries
(CIWGC) Candidates
(i) The Candidates having candidature as given in 5(5) and the Children of Indian Workers
in Gulf Countries shall be eligible for these supernumerary seats.
(ii) These seats shall be subject to the maximum of 15% of the Sanctioned Intake seats or
as prescribed by the Appropriate Authority, from time to time. Out of 15% seats, one
third shall be reserved for the Children of Indian Workers in Gulf Countries and two
third seats shall be reserved for OCI / PIO or Foreign Students candidates or as
prescribed by the Appropriate Authority, from time to time.
Provided that, if seats in a course reserved for Children of Indian Workers in
Gulf Countries remains vacant, then such vacant seats shall be filled in from the
candidates of OCI, PIO or Foreign Students and if seats reserved for candidates of OCI,
PIO or Foreign Students remains vacant then such vacant seats shall be filled in from
the children of Indian Workers in Gulf Countries:
Provided further that, any vacant seat in both the above quota may be filled in
from NRI Candidature Candidates by the Institute has secured prior approval from
appropriate authority for the NRI seats.
(iii)These seats shall be filled in by the institution on the basis of Inter-Se-Merit of
candidates as given in section 8 of this brochure.
(iv) Candidates’ fulfilling the eligibility criteria for Foreign Nationals/PIOs/Children of
Indian workers in the Gulf countries/Child or Ward of NRI shall send their applications
to the designated centers notified by the Competent Authority for this purpose.
Please refer to the website: https://cetcell.mahacet.org, for all the Rules and Regulations and Guidelines.
The CIWGC, PIO/OCI/FN, NRI candidates registration are opened on https://https://fn.mahacet.org/StaticPages/HomePage under Foreign candidate registration.