1) Once you've settled in your new surroundings, ensure that you complete the following formalities and paperwork.

2) Admission Formalities Contact the Registrar or foreign student adviser of the university, or the respective head of the department to take care of the admission formalities.

3) Medical Examination and AIDS Test

4) All international students coming to India for studies need to go through a medical test for AIDS. The Foreigner's Regional Registration Office (FRRO) requires this test as a pre-requisite for obtaining the residence permit form. 

5) If the test is done at a government center then it is free of cost, while if taken at a private clinic, the student needs to pay for the cost of the test.