MHRD conducted the first-ever Indian Scholastic Assessment Test, IND-SAT 2020 on July 22. This exam is conducted under MHRD’s ‘Study in India’ programme. Almost 5000 candidates from Nepal, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Sri-Lanka, Kenya, Zambia, Indonesia and Mauritius appeared for the proctored online exam conducted by the National Testing Agency.
The exam offers scholarships and admissions to foreign students for studying in select Indian universities under the Study in India programme. The exam pattern is designed in such a manner that it checks the capabilities of students to pursue education in India. this is used to provide undergraduate and postgraduate programmes under ‘Study in India’ programme.
The exam consists of multiple-choice questions that should be submitted within 90 minutes. It has the verbal ability, quant, logical reasoning as sub-sections with 40, 25, and 25 marks each. Each question is awarded 1 mark. There is no negative marking.
Nearly 780 students had taken admission in the first year. this increased to 3200 to next year.