Arrange to be in JNU before 14 August (deadline).

• passport with student or research visa;

• original, attested copies & translation of degrees;

• enough money for arrival (taxi, accommodation);

• letter of acceptance from JNU;

• proof of enough money if self-financing student;

• letter of ICCR if scholarship holder; and

• ICCR scholarshipholders must inform a couple of weeks before their departure the Indian High Commission/embassy of their exact time of arrival in Delhi so that an ICCR car can pick them up at the airport;

  MEDICAL

• yellow fever certificate (WHO) if coming (even in transit) from South America, Papua New Guinea or Africa, in the last 6 days;

• Have you gone to the dentist's in the last six months?

• Do you have a card on you with your blood type?

• Have you received all necessary vaccinations?

• Do you have a card with all your vaccinations, their dates and validity?

• Have you prepared a personal pharmacy with the medicines you usually take? (In India you will find all types of medicines, but perhaps not all the brandnames you are used to, so it's a good idea to ask your pharmacy to give you a description of the effective ingredients of the medicines you need.)

• MOST IMPORTANTLY: a certain stress-immune sense of humour.