JoSAA counselling 2022: Registration for IIT, NIT admissions ends tomorrow

Candidates seeking admission to IITs, NITs and other government-funded technical institutions must attend Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) counselling. 

The online registration for the centralised seat allocation process for admission to various undergraduate programmes at National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), SPAs (School of Planning and Architecture) and a few GFTI (government funded technical institutes) will close on September 21. 

K Umamaheshwar Rao, NIT Rourkela Director and Chairman of the Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) 2022, made the announcement of the closing date of online registration process. Mukesh Gupta, chairperson, local organising committee, CSAB-2022, said, “Our multi-lingual help desk (09124121003) is available in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bangla, Marathi, Odia, Hindi, and English to assist the candidates at all steps of registration and seat allocation. In addition, 44 help centers are available in various states. Once the registration is closed, the date will not be extended for further acceptance of any more registration.” 

The registration for CSAB-special rounds to fill the vacant seats, if any, will begin on October 24 after the completion of Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) rounds. The counselling process is expected to be completed by November 6.  

Interested candidates can follow the below instructions to participate in JoSAA-2022. 

• Visit the JoSAA official website https://josaa.nic.in. Alternatively, visit CSAB official website https://csab.nic.in to log on to JoSAA. 
• On the homepage, login using JEE (Main) application number and password. 
• Complete the choice-filling section. 
• Review and lock the filled-in choices as per the schedule. 

Important dates  

September 21	Registration process for JoSAA closes
September 23	Declaration of the results of Round 1
September 23	October 16 Six rounds of JoSAA will be conducted
October 24	Display of vacancies after JoSAA rounds
October 24	Registration for the filling of vacant seats, if any, through CSAB-Special Rounds starts
October 29-November 6	Two rounds of CSAB special will be conducted
November 7	Expected date for commencement of first-year classes

Candidates seeking admission to IITs, NITs and other government-funded technical institutions must attend Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) counselling. However, for admission to IITs, only those who have qualified JEE Advanced are eligible.

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