What is the process of JEE mains Counselling?
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JEE Main Counselling is conducted through two major processes- JoSAA and CSAB. First, JoSAA Counselling is conducted by offering admission to 23 IITs, 31 NITs, IIEST Shibpur, 26 IIITs, and 29 Other GFTIs. Once JoSAA Counselling concludes, CSAB conducts different rounds of counselling for admission to the vacant seats after JoSAA and the other specific seats under CSAB NEUT, SFTI, etc.
- JoSAA Counselling: The Joint Seat Allocation Authority conducts JoSAA Counselling for admission to 23 IITs, 31 NITs, IIEST Shibpur, 26 IIITs, and 29 Other GFTIs. The counselling is conducted as a combined process for JEE Main and Advanced qualified candidates.
- JoSAA is conducted in six rounds. However, in case of any vacant seats, two CSAB special rounds are conducted to fill the vacant seats available.
- After each round of JoSAA Counselling, a category-wise opening and closing rank is released, which is the admission cut-off for JEE Main; the opening rank is the lowest eligible rank to secure admission, while the closing rank is the highest in IITs, NITs, IIITs, IIEST, or GFTIs.
- CSAB NEUT Counselling: Central Seat Allocation Board for North Eastern States & Union Territories or CSAB NEUT is conducted for engineering/ technology/ architecture admissions to candidates belonging to 8 North East States and 4 Union Territories.
- CSAB NEUT offers seats to candidates belonging to Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, and Lakshadweep.
- These seats are offered under the scheme of “Reservation of seats in Degree Level Technical Courses for States / UTs in the AICTE-approved institutions lacking facilities for education in specific fields of Technical Education and certain categories.”
- CSAB SFTI Counselling: CSAB SFTI Counselling is conducted for admission to Self Financing Technical Institutes in India. For the academic session 2021-22, CSAB SFTI had been canceled due to minimum participation from SFTIs. Any updates for this year will be updated here after the official announcement.
- CSAB Special Round Counselling: CSAB conducts CSAB Special Round Counselling in two rounds. The rounds are conducted to fill vacant seats after six rounds of JoSAA Counselling in NIT+ system seats.
- CSAB Supernumerary Round Counselling: CSAB also conducts the CSAB Supernumerary round through its online portal for admission to supernumerary seats at selected NITs. CSAB Supernumerary Round is conducted for admission to NIT Calicut, NIT Durgapur, and SVNIT Surat for candidates belonging to Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
