October 2025: Verify candidate''s eligibility for NRI/OCI/PIO/Foreign National status. Renew passport if expiry within 18 months. Apply for OCI/PIO card. Begin JEE Main 2026 preparation.
November-December 2025: Decide on parallel test strategy. For CIWG candidates: gather parental Gulf employment documents. Class 12 marksheet equivalence certificate from AIU.
January 2026: JEE Main 2026 January session. BITSAT 2026 application opens. VITEEE 2026 application opens. SRMJEEE 2026 Phase 1.
February 2026: KCET 2026 application opens. COMEDK 2026 application opens. AP EAMCET. Begin scoping out private college NRI quota application portals.
March 2026: JEE Main January results released. DASA 2026 brochure expected. VITEEE application closes 31 March.
April 2026: KCET 2026 exam (2nd-3rd week). COMEDK 2026 exam (3rd week). JEE Main April session. VITEEE 2026 conducted.
May 2026: JEE Main April results. KCET results. JEE Advanced 2026 (typically 18 May). DASA 2026 registration window opens. Pay USD 300 registration fee.
June 2026: JEE Advanced results. JoSAA 2026 counselling registration. KCET counselling Round 1. DASA Round 1 allotment late June. Pay USD 4,000-4,300 (general DASA) or INR 62,500 (CIWG) per semester.
July 2026: JoSAA Rounds 1-2. KCET Round 2 + 3. COMEDK Round 1-2. DASA Round 2-3. Make final college choice + report.
August 2026: All counselling channels'' final rounds conclude. Physical reporting at allotted college.
September 2026: Semester 1 Begins.