JoSAA

Once the first round of JoSAA counseling has concluded and the choices have been locked, you cannot update or modify your college list for that round. However, you can participate in the subsequent rounds of JoSAA counseling where you can modify or update your choices, based on the available seats.Here's the key point:First Round: Once the choices are locked and the round is over, changes are not possible for that round.Subsequent Rounds: You can update your college preferences in the next rounds of counseling.Here are the key tips for JoSAA counseling:Fill as many choices as possible – Increase your chances by listing multiple choices in order of preference.Consider your factors – Account for your JEE rank, category, state quota, and gender when filling out choices.Save your list – Once satisfied, save your final list of choices.Edit your choices – You can change and edit your choices as many times as you want before the deadline.Don't cancel your seat – Canceling your seat is treated as a rejection, and you'll be excluded from further rounds.

JoSAA counsellling makes it possible for you to get admission into NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs close to Telangana with a JEE Main CRL rank of 152000 and 96% in intermediate. The colleges that you might also wish to look at are: NIT Warangal, IIIT Hyderabad, IIIT Nuzvid, GFTIs – IIT Tirupati or IIT Palakkad. But the branch and college allotment depends upon the candidates rank, category and the number of seats available in particular branch and college. Of the total number of seats available in these colleges, half-half or nearly 60 percent of the seats are provided to students hailing from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, respectively. Remember that cutoff ranks may change from one year to the other in order to accommodate varying numbers of students.

Admission to the most popular branches in the top NITs or IITs would be very challenging at the JoSAA counselling rank of about INR 3 lakh, as their admission would be closed early. Newer IIITs, state government engineering colleges, and private universities, however, can be considered. There may be some state universities having a few seats in the Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering branches. Some of those private institutions which offer admission based on JEE Main rank or their entrance examinations are UPES, Shiv Nadar University, VIT University (through VITEEE), Amity University, and KIIT University. Additionally, you can think of state-level institutes such as Shivaji University and Pune University, where specific branches may still be available for seats. A close watch on the extended counselling rounds or special rounds should also yield better results. It is best to check out the cutoffs/eligibility for each institution and branch at the time of JoSAA counselling rounds.

With an overall rank of 139,000 and an EWS (Economically Weaker Section) rank of 29,000 in JEE Mains, most branches at IITs, NITs, and IIITs will not be open. However, you may have some chances of admission to different NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs (Government Funded Technical Institutes) through JoSAA in branches that are comparatively less in demand.Here are a few things you can do:1. National Institutes of Technology (NITs): The top branches like Computer Science and Engineering or Electrical Engineering will be tough, but you can hope for a few from the following:Civil Engineering Environmental EngineeringMechanical EngineeringChemical EngineeringMetallurgical Engineering Some NITs which you can opt for are:NIT Jamshedpur NIT Patna NIT Srinagar NIT Raipur NIT HamirpurNIT Agartala 2. Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) The popular branches, most likely Computer Science, have stiff competition but you might go for the following possible branches:Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) Information TechnologyArtificial Intelligence Some of the IIITs you may look for are:IIITDM Jabalpur IIIT Allahabad (may be a bit tough with competition) IIIT KalyaniIIIT Pune 3. Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs) There are GFTIs as well places with lesser competition. You can think of going through branches like: Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Some of the GFTIs you may think of are: Assam University, Silchar Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU), Shibpur Indraprastha Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi Sikkim University. 4. Additional InfluencesFlexibility of Branch: It is more probable for you to gain admission if you branch into a less choice engineering branch.Round-wise Cut-off: Keep in mind that JOSAA does not fix cutoffs for rounds; the cutoffs fall in later rounds. So, not getting into the first round can be worth checking in later rounds.State Quota: If you are availing the state quota, then having a state quota could bring more chances in an NIT or GFTIs even at a lower cutoff for such a candidate's home state.Thus, your chances of admission to NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs get brighter with an EWS rank of 29,000 in branches like Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, or other not-so-popular ones. Check the counselling rounds going on at JoSAA to see how you can grab it.

Even with a JEE Mains rank of 1.5 Lacs and an OBC-NCL rank of 50,000, there are still a number of colleges you can apply to through JoSAA, even though the chances may vary according to the particular branch and college.Here are some colleges that you could consider:1. National Institutes of Technology (NITs)While NIT Durgapur, NIT Jamshedpur, NIT Patna, NIT Hamirpur, etc. may offer admission in branches such as Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Environmental Engineering under OBC-NCL with your rank, the cutoff generally varies between each rounds of JoSAA and depends on the branch, but some admission will be possible in any of such lower demand branches.2. Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs)There are branches like Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) or Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), but your rank might place you such that it leads to branches which are a little on the lesser competitive front, for example, IIIT Allahabad, IIITDM Jabalpur.3. Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs)With branches like Electrical, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering, colleges like the Assam University (Silchar), Bengal Engineering and Science University, or Indraprastha Institute of Technology are going to unlock the admission doors to you at such ranks. 4. Some newer NITs or IIITsThough the initial rounds of JoSAA counseling will have a high cutoff for these newer NITs and IIITs, subsequent rounds may see admission opportunities at this rank. Branch PreferencesYou may have better chances of getting into lesser-known or newer branches, such as Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and the like.Key Important Points: Cutoff according to the rounds: "The cutoff marks fall down in the next rounds," so it is always advisable to keep track of the results, counseling wise, through JoSSA for many rounds.Branch Preference: Other than few branches competitive, there are those like Computer Science, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering which command special cut offs as compared to Civil or Chemical Engineering.State Quotas- There are some NITs where you might earn a state quota, depending on your home state, thus improving your chances further.Keep monitoring the specific cutoffs for each institute and branch, as they will vary from year to year and round to round within JoSAA counseling. You may check out some options such as private institutes/universities, which may have their own entrance exams or management quota for admissions.

Eligibility criteria for admissions in Joint Seat Allocation Authority or JoSAA are set by IITs, NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs which usually include a benchmark of a minimum of 75% in Class 12 examinations (or in the top 20 percentile of respective boards) as qualification for eligibility into undergraduate programs in the institutes.However, these sorts of requirements are not strictly applicable in the case of all institutions that come under the JoSAA purview-some of them specifically waive such eligibility conditions for candidates of SC/ST, PwD, or other reserved categories when applying to their institution. Below is the list of passive eligibility conditions with respect to the institutes under JoSAA where applicants do not need to fulfill the condition of 75%:Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs):The eligibility criteria of 75% are relaxed for SC/ST/PwD candidates and they can avail the admission based on their JEE Advanced rank.National Institutes of Technology (NITs):NITs are available for SC/ST/PwD candidates as no criteria relating to admission will be applicable to the 75% eligibility criteria. The respective category will get admission from JEE Main rank.Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs):Like the above, all IIITs also exempt the applications from SC/ST/PwD referred to the 75% eligibility criteria.Of the Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs):There are also some GFTIs that have opted not to observe the 75% criteria for candidates who belong to certain reserved categories (SC/ST/PwD). The condition has a degree of variability visiting from GFTI to GFTI.To put it another way: the 75% eligibility criterion does not apply to SC/ST/PwD applicants for admission by JoSAA in IITs, NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs. Any other candidate must meet the prescribed eligibility as stipulated.For the best, most accurate, and most informative content, please refer to

No, you should not apply for JoSAA counseling with an expired OBC certificate; even if you have reapplied for a new one, you should wait until it is issued before applying as you may be considered a general category candidate during the counseling process if you cannot produce a valid certificate when required. Key points to remember:Validity is crucial:JoSAA usually requires a recently issued OBC certificate, so an expired one will likely not be accepted. Considered as general category:If you cannot provide a valid OBC certificate during document verification, your application may be treated as a general category application. 

Yes, you will be qualified to register for JoSAA counselling with a 60% score in Class 12 for the colleges that don't have a 75% cut-off criterion. Though a minimum of 75% in Class 12 marks for general category candidates is stipulated by IITs and NITs and by 65% for candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC and physically challenged categories, there would be eligibility criteria different from that for each of the colleges. If the institutions you are targeting do not adhere to this cutoff, you may participate in JoSAA counselling provided you have qualified in JEE Main or JEE Advanced and satisfy specific criteria set by those institutions.