In October, the JEE (Advanced) conducting authorities
released a set of data reports on the final results of the JEE (Advanced) and
its previous avatars, from 2011 onwards. In this set of analysis of these
reports, we will discuss individual elements of the reports and how they are
shaping up for you.

Foreign students are those candidates who are not citizens
of India at the time of registering for JEE (Advanced). This includes students
who are, or are children of, NRIs & PIOs. They can give their Class 12
exams in India or abroad, as long as the board through which they appeared for
their exams is accepted by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) as being
equivalent to the Class 12 exam.

The seats allotted to foreign students are supernumerary and
are not counted in the quotas allotted to the different categories. These students,
however, have to fulfil all eligibility criteria that is applicable to students
qualifying for seat allotment.

The number of seats allotted to students in the last 5 years
has varied widely. Only one seat was allotted in 2013, whereas a maximum of 18
seats were allotted in 2015.

Since these seats are supernumerary, they do not count in
the ‘Seats Available’ column, while they do help in adding to the ‘Seats
Allocated’ and reducing the ‘Seats Vacant’ columns in the final allotment charts.

In 2015, IIT Madras took in the maximum foreign students – 4
students, IIT Kharagpur rook in 3, and IIT Bombay & IIT Delhi took in 2
each. Seven other IITs took in one student each.