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In case the candidates are awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the conversion of grades/CGPA to percentage/ marks would be based on the conversion formula certified by the concerned university/institution from where the candidate has obtained their degrees.

Required specifications: Scanned recent passport size photograph with light background in JPEG/JPG format with dimension 35mm width x 45mm height (Max. 280x360 pixels; Min. 150x180 pixels; Min. 200 DPI; File size should be less than 150KB; Valid Filename: Should have only one extension, only Alpha-Numeric characters allowed with hyphen (-) and underscore (_), space not allowed, File extension should be in small letters). For example:-

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