JoSAA 2020: Registrations open for IIT, NIT admissions, check counselling rules

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A candidate is required to fill option for ‘freeze’, ‘slide’ or ‘float’ the choice of the academic programme. Once locked, a choice cannot be modified. Candidates who do not fill-in choices within the specified time window will not be able to seek admission for this academic year.

The first allocation list will be released on October 17, and the candidates can accept seats through ‘online reporting’. This includes fee payment document upload and response by candidates to queries if any. Instead of seven counselling rounds, this year, six sessions will be held.

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The candidates must pay acceptance fee and upload all required documents to accept the allotted seat. A candidate who secures a seat can withdraw from the seat allocation process any time. JoSAA will conduct two rounds of mock seat allotment which will be followed by the seven rounds of JEE Main counselling.

Through JoSAA students will be able to apply for admission to 23 IITs, 31 NITs, IIEST Shibpur, 26 IIITs and 29 other government-funded technical institutes.

To improve the gender balance in the undergraduate programs at IITs, NITs, IIEST Shibpur and some of the IIITs to at least 20 per cent in 2020-21 by creating supernumerary seats specifically for female. Further, 10 per cent seats are reserved for foreign nationals. “Female candidates are eligible for a seat from Female-Only pool as well as gender-neutral pool of a program. So it may appear that female candidates can reduce the chances of non-female candidates who are eligible for only gender-neutral pool. But the key point to be noted is that a female candidate will compete for a seat in gender-neutral pool only after she fails to get a seat from female-only pool,” the official notice said.