[prajosh]

Originally Posted by Comrade

Ok. Then it makes sense that competition under foreign could be considerably higher this time. Not sure if there is a way to know how many “OCI before March 2021” candidates applied last year. I think JEE committee would not have collected that data or is publicly available. Unfortunately, seems like only JEE 2025 will give that clarity.

Actually OCI quota of IIT is only useful for those who are not eligible for JEE Main. Below is an extract from JOSAA Business rules document.

X. [ONLY FOR IITs] SEAT ALLOCATION FOR THE
CANDIDATE WITH FOREIGN TAG
24. To be considered for seat allocation, foreign tag candidates should be in the
CRL and satisfy all the eligibility requirements meant for a GEN category
candidate. Seat allocation to foreign tag candidates is carried out after the
seat allocation of all Indian national candidates is completed in each round. A
seat in an academic program will be allotted to a foreign tag candidate if the
candidate’s rank is the same or better than the closing rank of the GEN
category candidate in that academic program.
25. Seats to be allocated to foreign tag candidates will be supernumerary.
26. The total number of supernumerary seats allotted in each IIT for foreign
tag candidates is limited to up to 10% of the total number of seats of the
respective IIT, Program-wise.