INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE

Business Rules for Admission 2019-2020

203 BARRACKPORE TRUNK ROAD

Indian Statistical Institute offers several academic programs for which admission is on the basis of the written
test(s) and interview.

The Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) programs offered by the institute and intake capacity can be found on
the online portal:
http://www.isical.ac.in/∼admission/.
The total number of seats in a JRF program is shared by different program codes under the program.

The business rules stated herein will be followed in the academic year 2019-20 for allocating seats for the
Junior Research Fellowship programs.

A candidate chooses and applies to an academic program of the Institute.

A seat to the chosen academic program is allocated to the candidate considering the following factors:

(i) The category [GEN, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, PwD] of the candidate.

(ii) The position of the candidate in merit list(s).

(iii) Availability of seats at different centres of the Institute.

(iv) Other business rules as mentioned in this document.

1 Categories of Candidates

For the purpose of admission, all candidates who qualify after Interview should be partitioned into different
categories based on (birth) categories, presence or absence of disability and nationality. On the basis of such
a partition, each candidate is assigned a category tag as given below:

GEN: This tag is assigned to OCI/PIO or Indian nationals who do NOT belong to OBC-NCL, SC or ST
category (or who fail to produce valid OBC-NCL, SC or ST certificate) and are NOT Persons with
Disabilities.

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 GEN-PwD: This tag is assigned to OCI or PIO or Indian nationals who do NOT belong to OBC-NCL, SC or
ST category (or who fail to produce valid OBC-NCL, SC or ST certificate) and are Persons with
Disabilities. Candidates must produce a valid PwD certificate to be assigned this tag.

OBC-NCL: This tag is assigned to Indian nationals who belong to the Non-Creamy Layer of Other Backward
Classes and are NOT Persons with Disabilities. Candidates must produce a valid OBC- NCL certificate
to be assigned this tag. The backward class must be in the Central List of OBCs.

OBC-NCL-PwD: This tag is assigned to Indian nationals who belong to the Non-Creamy Layer of Other Backward
Classes and are Persons with Disabilities. Candidates must produce valid OBC-NCL and PwD certifi-
cates to be assigned this tag. The backward class must be in the Central List of OBCs. Thus, candidates
belonging to the Non-Creamy Layer of Other Backward Classes are divided into two mutually exclu-
sive categories and are assigned either one of the tags OBC-NCL or OBC-NCL-PwD.

SC: This tag is assigned to Indian nationals who belong to Scheduled Castes and are NOT Persons with
Disabilities. Candidates must produce a valid SC certificate to be assigned this tag.

SC-PwD: This tag is assigned to Indian nationals who belong to Scheduled Castes and are Persons with Disabil-
ities. Candidates must produce valid SC and PwD certificates to be assigned this tag. Thus, candidates
belonging to the scheduled castes are divided into two mutually exclusive categories and are assigned
either one of the tags SC or SC-PwD.

ST: This tag is assigned to Indian nationals who belong to Scheduled Tribes and are NOT Persons with
Disabilities. Candidates must produce a valid ST certificate to be assigned this tag.

ST-PwD: This tag is assigned to Indian nationals who belong to Scheduled Tribes and are P¡ersons with Disabil-
ities. Candidates must produce valid ST and PwD certificates to be assigned this tag. Thus, candidates
belonging to the scheduled tribes are divided into two mutually exclusive categories and are assigned
either one of the tags ST or ST-PwD.

Foreign: This is assigned to candidates who are NOT Indian nationals or OCI/PIO.

2 Preparation of Merit lists

Merit lists for admission to JRF programs will be prepared based on the qualifying score of candidates in
Written test I, Written Test II and Interview. This will also take into account the categories of the candidates.

One single Merit List will be generated for each program from the Final Score Sheet of scores obtained by
the candidates shortlisted after the interview (see Selection Policy document).

Each candidate appearing in the Final Score Sheet will get a place in the Merit List. The position of the
candidate in the Merit List will be determined by his/her score in the Final Score Sheet and the category tag
sa described below.

The score of a candidate will be multiplied by an appropriate factor before the candidate is placed in the merit
list (see the table below for the multiplying factor).

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 Sl. No. Candidate’s category tag Multiplying factor
1 GEN 1
2 GEN-PwD 1.43
3 OBC-NCL 1.1
4 OBC-NCL-PwD 1.43
5 SC 1.43
6 SC-PwD 1.43
7 ST 1.43
8 ST-PwD 1.43

For an example, if the score of a candidate in the Final Score Sheet is s and the candidate has the tag Gen-
PwD, then the multiplying factor applicable to the candidate would be 1.43. The candidate would be assigned
a score of 1.43 ∗ s and will be placed in the Merit List accordingly.

The process laid out in Section 3 and Section 4 will be carried out to complete the admission process.

3 Allocation of Seats

Candidates seeking admission to a Junior Research Fellowship program will be offered seats sequentially
from the prepared Merit List.

1. If there are less number of seats available under a particular category in an academic program than the
number of candidates with the same rank seeking admission to the program, then all those candidates
will be offered seats by creating requisite number of supernumerary seats.

2. Seat Allocation for candidates with Foreign Tag

(a) A seat to a foreign tag candidate will be allotted if he/she is able to obtain a qualifying score as a
GEN category candidate.
(b) Seats to be allocated to foreign tag candidates will be supernumerary.
(c) The number of supernumerary seats allotted in each course to foreign tag candidates is limited to
10% of the total number of seats of the course.

4 Merit list to Admission for Academic Programs

4.1 Provisional allocation of Seats

1. From the merit list(s) and the sequencing order specified in Sections 2 and 3 respectively, provisional
allocation of seats will be given to eligible candidates for each degree program. In each round, each

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 candidate on the merit list(s) will either be allocated a provisional seat in the respective degree program
or put on the wait list.

2. Candidates are given a 2-3 day window in each round to fill-in their options:

(a) If a candidate is offered a provisional seat then the candidate has the option of accepting or
declining the provisional seat.
(b) While accepting the provisional seat offer, a candidate will be required to pay a ‘Seat Acceptance
Deposit’ (refundable).
(c) If a candidate is offered a position on wait list for a seat then the candidate has the option of
accepting or declining to remain on the wait list.
(d) Any candidate on the merit list(s) who does not fill in the option by the 2-3 day window will be
assumed to have declined the respective option.
(e) In the first round of seat allocation, while accepting the provisional seat or accepting a wait list
offer the candidate will have to complete registration formalities for confirmation of choice. In
subsequent rounds, a candidate will have to accept/decline the option if the offer changes.
(f) Option of a candidate who has declined a provisional seat offer or wait list offer at any round is
locked for the rest of the admission process. Candidates will NOT be able to change this option.

4.2 Provisional Seats to Confirmation of Admission

1. A candidate who accepts a provisional seat offer will be able to download a Provisional Seat Allocation
Letter which will specify date of reporting, reporting centre and financial fee details.

2. Candidates who have accepted a provisional seat or wait list offer should report at a Reporting Center
for document verification on the specified date.

3. If candidate has accepted a provisional seat then the candidate’s admission will be confirmed by the
Reporting Centre after verification of the original documents and ensuring that the candidate meets
all the eligibility norms. Failure to report in person for seat acceptance will be considered as if the
candidate has declined the provisonal seat offer. This seat will be assigned to the next eligible person
on the wait list.

4. If candidate has accepted a wait list offer then at the Reporting Centre verification of the original
documents will be done to ensure that the candidate meets all the eligibility norms. At the final round
if the candidate is eligible for a seat as per the sequencing order then the candidate will be offered
admission to the program. Failure to report in person will be considered as if the candidate has declined
the wait list offer.

5 Miscellaneous
1. Only those candidates who appear for Written Test(s) and Interview will be considered for merit list
ranking.

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2. Filling-in of options on the online portal for waitlisted candidates is free of cost, i.e., candidates who
are waitlisted are NOT required to pay any deposit while accepting the offer.

3. Candidates will NOT be able to change their options once submitted.

4. Delays or disruptions in service due to breakdown of admission portals computer servers [due to rea-
sons beyond the control] shall be rectified as early as possible and notified on the web

http://www.isical.ac.in/∼admission/.

The decisions taken in this regard shall be final and binding.

5. The Admission process for a program will close on the date of reporting at the reporting centre when
either all the seats are filled or the entire merit list(s) have been exhausted.