CSAB Counselling 2020 (Round 2): Seat Allotment Result, Dates, Participating Institutes

Registrations for CSAB 2020 counselling for NITs, IIITs and GFTIs have been started on the official website. Here's all you need to know about CSAB counselling including process, important dates and seat allotment.

CSAB 2020: Centralised Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) declared the first allotment result for the special round-1 of counselling on November 20 and result for round-2 will be announced on November 25 for engineering admissions. The result for CSAB 2020 special round counselling is available on the official website.

The last date for online registrations for CSAB 2020 special rounds was November 19 (11:59 pm). Interested candidates had to complete the online registrations and make the payment of application fee in order to participate in CSAB special round counselling.

CSAB released the official notification of complete schedule of special round counselling for admission to all National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and Centrally Funded Technical Institutes (CFTIs) across India through JEE Main score. CSAB special rounds are conducted for seats that remain vacant after seven rounds of JoSAA counselling.

CSAB counselling this year will be conducted by Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad for admission to the undergraduate engineering and architecture courses offered at NITs, IIITs and CFTIs. Candidates who cleared JEE Main can participate in CSAB counselling for admissions.  

CSAB 2020 Admission Process

CSAB conducts the centralised counselling for vacant seats in different institutes under four categories as mentioned below:

CSAB Special Round: This special round of counselling is conducted for vacant seats left in all NITs, IIITs and CFTIs after the final round of JoSAA Counselling

CSAB SFTI: This counselling is conducted for 12 Self Financed Technical Institutes (SFTIs)

CSAB NEUT: It is conducted for supernumerary seats in NITs for Union Territories, and in some AICTE approved institutes for North East and Union Territories (NEUT)

CSAB Supernumerary: This is the supernumerary round of counselling conducted for Union Territories (UTs) of Andaman & Nicobar, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep & Kandvi

CSAB Special Round Counselling: CSAB will be conducting two additional rounds of online counselling after the seven rounds of JoSAA counselling process concludes. Candidates will be allotted seat basis their JEE Main 2020 rank.

CSAB 2020 Counselling: Eligibility Criteria

Candidates aspiring to participate in CSAB special round must check the eligibility criteria as prescribed below:

• Candidates must have appeared for JEE Main 2020 and possess a valid score
• Candidates who participated in JoSAA 2020 but were not allotted any seat
• Candidates who have been allotted a seat in JoSAA 2020 but were not satisfied with the allotment

CSAB Counselling 2020: Important Dates

Candidates who are aspiring to participate in the CSAB 2020 Counselling must check the important dates given below:

CSAB 2020 Event	CSAB 2020 Date
Display of Vacancies after JoSAA rounds	16-Nov-2020 (5:00 pm)
Registration, Payment of Participation/Processing Fee and Choice Filling Starts	17-Nov-20 (10:00 am)
Registration, Payment of Participation/Processing Fee and Choice Filling Ends	20-Nov-20 (11:59 pm)
Display of Seat Allotment Result – Special Round-1	21-Nov-20 (5:00 pm)
Round-1: A. Exercising any one of the following options based on the outcome of the round ·         Seat Acceptance (FREEZE/SLIDE/FLOAT) & Institute Reporting (OR) ·         Surrender Allotted Seat and Participating in Next Round (OR) ·         Surrender Allotted Seat and NOT Participating in Next Round (OR) ·         Not allotted any seat at the end of special round-I, and not willing to participate in the Special Round– 2 B. Online reporting: Seat Acceptance Fee payment/Document upload/Response by candidates to query (if required) Note: ·         Process listed in (A) is mandatory for all candidates who are allotted a seat in CSAB Special Round-1 ·         Process (A) & (B) both are mandatory only for those candidates who are allotted a seat first time in CSAB Special Round-1	21-Nov-2020 (11:00 am) To 23-Nov-2020 (6:00 pm)
Last day to respond to a query (Special Round-1)	24-Nov-2020 (6:00 pm)
Display of Seat Allotment Result – Special Round-2	25-Nov-2020 (5:00 pm)
Online reporting: Seat Acceptance Fee payment/Document upload / Response by candidates to query (if required)	25-Nov-2020 (5:00 pm) To 27-Nov-2020 (8:00 pm)
Last day to respond to a query (Special Round-2)	28-Nov-2020 (5:00 pm)
Online Reporting at Allotted Institute for all candidates of Round-1 & 2 who have confirmed their seats.	25-Nov-2020 (10:00 am) To 01-Dec-2020 (5:00 pm)

CSAB Special Round Counselling & Seat allotment process

CSAB special round counselling will be held in two rounds. Take a look at the below steps to participate in CSAB counselling:

Step 1: Online registration & payment of fee

Step 2: Choice filling and locking

Step 3: Allotment of seats

Step 4: Accept/float seats

Step 5: Reporting and document verification

CSAB NEUT Counselling 2020

CSAB counselling for NEUT (North Eastern States and Union Territories) will be conducted in two rounds. The process is for 12 Northeastern states and Union Territories including Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep.

Online registrations for CSAB NEUT will be held till November 4, 2020. Candidates have to submit the online application form and upload the required documents for verification. Registered candidates will be allotted seats in the engineering colleges in the north-eastern states and union territories of the country basis their JEE Main scores.

CSAB NEUT Counselling: Eligibility Criteria 

Take a look at the eligibility criteria for candidates participating in CSAB NEUT counselling:

• Candidates must have qualified JEE Main 2020 with valid scores
• Candidates need to belong to the above-mentioned States and Union Territories
• Candidates should have obtained minimum 45% marks (40% for SC/ST) in Physics, Chemistry, (Mathematics, a language (if the candidate has opted for more than one language, then language with higher marks will be considered), and any subject other apart from above four or should be in top 20 percentile in their Class XII exams

CSAB NEUT Counselling Important Dates

Candidates who are aspiring to participate in the CSAB NEUT 2020 Counselling must check the important dates given below:

S. No.	CSAB NEUT 2020 Events	CSAB NEUT 2020 Dates
1.	Online provisional Registration and uploading of documents/response by a candidate to query (if required). [Engineering & Architecture]	23-Oct-2020 To 04-Nov-2020
2.*	Online provisional Registration, uploading of documents/response by a candidate to query (if required)[Pharmacy] Checking of documents including domicile and category certificates by state centres and finalization of registration [Pharmacy] Filling Up the Choices [Pharmacy]	23-Oct-2020 To 04-Nov-2020
3.	Checking of documents including domicile and category certificates by the DTEs of respective North Eastern States/UTs/NERIST, response by a candidate to query (if required), Finalization  of registration [Engineering & Architecture]	23-Oct-2020 To 05-Nov-2020
4.	Filling Up the Choices Starts [Engineering & Architecture] (Candidates will be permitted to fill choices only after successful registration and document verification)	24-Oct-2020
5.	Filling up of Choices Ends [Engineering & Architecture only]	06-Nov-2020
6.	Reconciliation of data, verification and validation of allocated seats (by NIC, CSAB, DTEs of states/UTs/NERIST)	07-Nov-2020 To 12-Nov-2020
7.	First Round of Seat Allotment	13-Nov-2020
8.	Online reporting: Online payment of counselling and seat allotment/acceptance fee of Rs. 3,000/- and exercising options (Float/Slide/Freeze) by the candidates who have been allotted seats against first Round of allotment. (Candidates exercising the Freeze option can download Allotment Letter and Provisional Admission Letter and proceed for final admission at allotted Institute as per schedule)	14-Nov-2020 To 19-Nov-2020
9.	Reconciliation of data, verification and validation of allocated seats (by NIC, CSAB, DTEs of states/UTs/NERIST)	20-Nov-2020 To 23-Nov-2020
10.	Second Round of Seat Allotment	24-Nov-2020
11.#	Online reporting: Online payment of seat acceptance fee of Rs. 3,000/- by the candidates who have been allotted seats against 2"d Round of allotment. (Candidates can download Allotment Letter and Provisional Admission Letter and proceed for final admission at allotted Institute as per schedule)	25-Nov-2020 To 27-Nov-2020
12.**	Seat Withdrawal	28-Nov-2020 To 30-Nov-2020
13.	Spot Round (if any) to be Declared by the States/UTs/NERIST	01-Dec-2020 To 03-Dec-2020
14.	Reporting at the admitting Institute	04-Dec-2020 To 07-Dec-2020
15.	Participating Institute to report admission data to CSAB	09-Dec-2020
16.	Note: - * Registration and Choice filling for Engineering & Architecture will be separate from that of Pharmacy. # Spot round may be conducted by respective DTE/State. Also, separate registration may be required, if conducted. **Candidates who have received provisional admission letter after the first round and second can proceed for admission, in case they are not participating for subsequent rounds of counselling. The need not to wait for the CSAB NEUT Process to end.

CSAB NEUT Counselling & Seat allotment

CSAB NEUT counselling will be held in two rounds. An additional spot round will be held in case the seats remain vacant in the two rounds. Take a look at the below steps to participate in the counselling process:

Step-1: Online registrations & payment of fee

Step-2: Choice filling and locking

Step-3: Allotment of seats

Step-4: Accept/float seats

Step-5: Reporting and document verification

CSAB SFTI Counselling 2020

CSAB counselling for SFTI offers admission to candidates to all the self-financed engineering & technology colleges that participate in the exam. Candidates are allotted seats in such colleges basis their JEE Main scores. 

CSAB SFTI Counselling Participating Institutes

A total of 13 institutes participate in CSAB counselling conducted for SFTIs through JEE Main. Take a look at the list below:

Name of the Participating Institutes
Amity University Raipur, Chattisgarh	Dr. M.G.R Educational and Research Institute, Chennai
Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Greater Noida	Galgotias University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Amity University Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior	Jagannath University Jaipur, Rajasthan
Amity University Haryana, Gurgaon, Haryana	Sister Nivedita University Kolkata, West Bengal
Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur	Techno India University, West Bengal
Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow	Amity University Maharashtra, Mumbai

CSAB SFTI Counselling: Eligibility Criteria

Take a look at the prescribed eligibility criteria for CSAB counselling conducted for self-financed technical institutes:

BTech admissions:

• Candidates must have qualified JEE Main 2020 paper 1
• They should have passed their class XII qualifying exam with minimum 45% aggregate marks (General category) or 40 per cent marks (SC/ ST/ OBC-NCL/ PwD category) in Physics, Mathematics, any one of these subjects (Chemistry/ Biotechnology/ Biology or Technical Vocational subject), anyone language and anyone other subject

BArch/ BPlan admissions:

• Candidates must have qualified JEE Main 2020 paper 2
• They should have studied Mathematics in their class XII
• Must have scored minimum 50 per cent aggregate marks in five subjects including Mathematics

CSAB SFTI Counselling & Seat allotment process

CSAB SFTI seat allotment will be held in a single round. Take a look at the below steps to participate in the seat allotment process

Step-1: Online registrations & payment of fee

Step-2: Choice filling and locking

Step-3: Allotment of seats

Step-4: Payment of acceptance fee

Step-5: Reporting and document verification

CSAB UT Supernumerary Counselling 2020

CSAB counselling for supernumerary seats in the Union Territories are conducted for female candidates of that region through JEE Main scores. 

CSAB UT Supernumerary Counselling: Eligibility Criteria 

Take a look at the eligibility criteria for CSAB supernumerary UT counselling:

• Candidate should not have been allocated any seat till CSAB special round counselling
• Candidate should not have reported against any seat allotment in earlier JoSAA rounds
• Candidates had reported for seat allotted at the reporting centre but the seat was cancelled due to change in the category and remains unallotted
• Candidates had reported against the allotted seat to reporting centre but withdrew the same till the sixth round of JoSAA
• Those who have paid the initial fee (Rs 35,000 for candidates from GEN, OBC-NCL categories and Rs 15,000 for candidates belonging to categories SC, ST, GEN- PwD, OBC NCL PwD, SC-PwD or ST-PwD) and reported against seat allotment of JoSAA 2020 but did not report to the allotted Institute till the last specified date

CSAB UT Supernumerary Counselling & Seat allotment process

CSAB UT Supernumerary seat allotment will be held in a single round. Take a look at the below steps to participate in the seat allotment process

Step-1: Online registrations & payment of fee

Step-2: Choice filling and locking

Step-3: Allotment of seats

Step-4: Payment of acceptance fee

Step-5: Reporting and document verification