NIT Rourkela in charge of DASA admissions, will have multilingual help desks for JoSAA counselling

NEW DELHI: The ministry of education (MoE) has entrusted the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela to host Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) along with Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA), and the Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) counselling for the academic year 2025-26. The institute will offer students an inclusive seat allocation process with a multilingual helpdesk and nationwide support centres for the counselling process for JEE Mains 2025 qualifiers.

NIT Rourkela will assist students during the entire counselling process through a multilingual helpdesk accessible in Assamese, Bengali, English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, and Telugu languages. A total of 53 help centers have been established to assist the candidates.

“A dedicated helpdesk at NIT Rourkela will also be operational to support Divyang (PwD) aspirants. Furthermore, help documents in immersive reader format will soon be made available to enhance accessibility for PwD candidates,” the NIT Rourkela statement said.

CSAB 2025 facilitates admissions of Indian students, while DASA 2025 facilitates admission of foreign nationals to UG courses at 31 NITs, 1 IIEST, 26 IIITs, 3 Schools of Planning and Architecture (SPAs), and 36 other Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs), in the ‘NIT+ System.’

While NIT Rourkela will lead the NIT+ System, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur will lead admissions to IITs, and both will co-host JoSAA counselling 2025. The JoSAA counselling 2025 will begin tentatively in the first week of June.

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3 rounds of DASA counselling 2025

DASA 2025 seat allotment will be based on JEE Main ranks and preferences and includes three rounds of counselling. Candidates will find other details on the official website dasanit.org. Additionally, CSAB will also host special rounds of seat allotment to fill the vacant seats after the JoSAA 2025 counselling. Moreover, this year CSAB-special will be of three rounds.

Also, NIT Rourkela will host CSAB-NEUT counselling 2025 rounds for candidates from North-East states and selected Union Territories, tentatively in June 2025, under AICTE’s reservation scheme for regions lacking counselling facilities.

“CSAB will coordinate the supernumerary round of seat allocation for students from Union Territories such as Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli in selected NITs,” the official NIT statement adds.

K Umamaheshwar Rao the director NIT Rourkela and chairperson of CSAB and DASA 2025 said: “CSAB 2025 is designed to offer a seamless, transparent, and inclusive seat allocation process for JEE (Main) qualified candidates across the nation. Simultaneously, DASA 2025 underscores our continued commitment to welcoming international students to India’s leading technical institutions. With strong digital systems, multilingual assistance, and dedicated accessibility initiatives, we are focused on ensuring a smooth and student-centric admission experience for all aspirants, domestic and international alike.”