Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s Degree with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA awarded by any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.The bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent. The percentage obtained by the candidate for the bachelor’s degree would be based on the practice followed by the institution/university from where the candidate has obtained the degree. The degree should be awarded by a college/ institute/ university which is been recognized by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).Applicants in the last year of a degree and those who have completed the degree but are awaiting results can also apply. The applicant should have obtained 50% marks or equivalent in the latest exam that has been completed. In such a case, applicants must provide a provisional certificate from the Principal/ Registrar of his/ her institute/ college stating that he/ she has appeared for all the exams and has completed all the obligations required to obtain the degree.Such applicants, if selected, have to provide the degree awarded by the University latest by December 31, 2018, until which the registration will be considered as provisional. The registration to the program will stand canceled if the applicant fails to submit the degree by December 31, 2018.If the applicants have undergone/completed an integrated master’s degree or dual degree directly after their 12th /HSC, the percentage of marks obtained as per their institute/university norms, which is considered as equivalent to bachelor’s degree will be considered.If the institute provides grades/CGPA instead of marks, a conversion of the same is mandatory. If no conversion is available/ provided, then a percentage would be calculated by dividing the CGPA obtained to the total CGPA and multiplying the result by 100.For the applicants who are awaiting their final results of the bachelor’s degree, available marks of the previous semesters/ years would be considered for calculating graduation percentage.For applicants who do not have a bachelor’s degree but have completed their CA/ICWA/CS, an aggregate of the Inter and Final marks will be taken into consideration.