Although the admission process through the sports quota will require a student to qualify JEE Advanced, but would not be through the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) portal. The IIT Madras admission under the sports quota will be through a separate portal operated by the institute.JEE Main 2024: The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has announced a sports quota for admissions in its undergraduate programmes. A ‘Sports Excellence Admission’ (SEA) will be introduced from the academic year 2024-2025 under which IIT Madras seeks to offer two supernumerary seats, of which one will be exclusively for female students, in each of its undergraduate programs for Indian nationals.Although the admission process through SEA will require a student to qualify JEE Advanced, but will not be through the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) portal. The IIT Madras admission under the sports quota will be through a separate portal operated by the institute. It is jeeadv.iitm.ac.in/sea/.To be eligible for admission through this programme, candidates must have secured a position in the Common Rank List (CRL) or category-wise rank list in the JEE Advanced, and must have won at least one medal in any national or international-level sports competition in the last four years. A separate ‘Sports Rank List’ (SRL) will be prepared based on the total score obtained by the candidates based on their performance in a specific list of sports. The seat allotment will be done based on this list.IIT Madras will also be launching a sports complex with advanced equipment, the Director V. Kamakoti announced.This initiative to introduce the IIT Madras sports quota is to recognize and reward talented students who have excelled in sports. This programme encourages deserving students to pursue higher education while continuing to excel in their sports.