I am an NRI, Am i eligible to write the exam?

It is an admission procedure not an exam.



TNEA 2018  Anna University will conduct TNEA 2018 counselling for admission to UG engineering programmes at participating universities tentatively in last week of June. Admission to engineering programmes will be based on marks obtained by candidates in PCM in the qualifying examination. No separate entrance exam will be held. To account for variations in difficulty level of different state boards to that of the State Board of Tamil Nadu, the marks obtained by other state candidates will be normalized. Additionally, the total marks will be reduced to 200 (from 300) for preparing the merit list. Candidates who meet the cutoff of TNEA 2018 will be called for counselling round. Counselling of TNEA will be single window process. Candidates must fill the application form correctly and pay the applicable counselling fee  to be able to partipate in counselling. Allotment of seats during counselling of TNEA 2018 will be done separately for different categories; in all there are seven categories, including SC and ST categories. The application form of TNEA 2018 has to be filled online and will be available tentatively in the first week of May, 2018. The tentative last date to complete the online application of TNEA is the last week of May 2018. Go through the rest of the article to read in detail the admission process of TNEA 2018.

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First of all TNEA is not an entrance exam it is an admission procedure

Second thing about the eligibility which is



TNEA 2018 Eligibility



TNEA 2018 eligibility criteria reflects that candidates will be eligible for admissions if they fulfill the below mentioned eligibility criteria:



Nativity:



Candidates are eligible to apply for admission through TNEA if they are:



Tamil Nadu candidates who have passed their Class VIII to Class XII standard in Tamil Nadu.Children of Central Government Employees, irrespective of their nativity, provided their parents or guardians (only if both parents are not alive) have been serving in Tamil Nadu continuously for the past five years at the time of TNEA application form submission.Sons/daughters of All India Service Tamil Nadu cadre officers.Children of employees in the Public Sector or Government recognised institutions who at the times of TNEA 2018 application form submission had been working in their organisations for the past five years are also eligible to apply, irrespective of their domicile.Other state candidates who have studied from Class VIII to Class XII in Tamil Nadu can also apply for TNEA 2018.Tamil Nadu native candidates who have passed any of the VIII, IX, X, XI and XII standards or their equivalent examinations from schools situated outside Tamil Nadu can also apply for TNEA