JoSAA Counselling has commenced from June 15; first seat allotment on June 27

NEW Delhi, JUNE 16: Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) 2018 has commenced the counselling for admissions to the B.Tech and other engineering programmes at the IITs, NITs, IIITs and GFTIs in online mode from June 15.. There will be a total of seven rounds; seat allotment for round 1 will be announced on June 27. The result of the seat allotment for all rounds will be announced online as per the dates given below.

To register, candidates have to use their JEE Main roll number and password. In case of JEE Advanced 2018-qualified candidates, they have to enter their JEE Advanced roll number and password for registration.

Before the actual allotment, two mock seat allotment rounds will also be held to give candidates an idea about the seat allotment process and kind of seats that might be offered to them based on entered choices. Result of Mock allotment 1 will be announced on June 19 and Mock Allotment 2 on June 24.

For admission to the IITs, JEE Advanced 2018 ranks will be considered while for admission to NIT+ institutes JEE Main 2018 ranks will be considered.

Important Dates

It may be noted that this year the number of seats has gone up to 11279, an increase of 291 seats from last year. In addition an additional 800 supernumerary seats also have been created for girl candidates to increase their representation in the IITs.

JoSAA counselling process in brief

• Registration – The candidates may log-in using their JEE Main (or JEE Advanced if the candidate has qualified the exam) roll number and password
• Filling and locking of choices – Next the candidate has to enter choices in the order of preference and lock them
• Seat allotment – Seats will be allotted online.
• Issue of allotment letter and acceptance fee payment – Candidates who have been allotted seats need to download the “Provisional Allotment Letter” and pay the applicable acceptance fee.
• Reporting at Designated Centre – At the time of reporting, candidates have to get their documents verified. Also, it may be noted that NIT+ candidates need to report at Reporting centres for NIT+ institutes only. Likewise, candidates allotted seats at an IIT have to report at a reporting centre for IITs only.

Reporting at the allotted institute – Finally, the candidate has to report at the allotted institute to confirm their admission