IndSAT 2020: NTA Conducts IndSAT for the First Time Across 13 countries, Get Details Here

IndSAT 2020: The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the first-ever IndSAT 2020 across 13 countries on 24th July 2020. Around 6000 students from countries including Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh to African countries like Ethiopia appeared for IndSAT 2020. The IndSAT 2020 scores will be utilised to scholarships and admissions to students from these 13 countries in Indian Universities. A senior government official was quoted saying that NTA conducted IndSAT 2020 in the online mode along with HRD ministry body EdCIL steering the efforts. 

He also stated that while 20,000 students had initially registered for IndSAT 2020, around 6000 appeared for the test which was conducted despite COVID-19. The exact figures, said the official, will be available when all the data will be collated. He stated that while the numbers are lesser than the initial applicants, considering the impact of COVID-19, they are still encouraging. Candidates scoring the required marks will be short-listed and based on their preferences there are over a hundred institutions where they can get admissions, added the official.

IndSAT 2020 was conducted in different shifts by the NTA keeping in mind the different time zones in the participating countries. The IndSAT 2020 was initially scheduled to be held on 30th May 2020. The HRD Ministry had postponed the IND-SAT 2020 to July owing to the pandemic. IndSAT 2020 was introduced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her union budget speech on 1st February 2020. IndSAT 2020 is primarily meant for for Asian and African students for scholarships under the ‘Study in India’ initiative.