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Joint Seat Allocation 2021 (JoSAA 2021)
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- Overview
- Eligibility
- Partitioning of candidates
- State Code of Eligibility
- State Quota Seat Allocation
- Supernumerary seats for Female Candidates
- Filling-in of Choices
- Seat Acceptance
- Documents required to be Uploaded
- Acceptance Options
- Dual Verification
- Verifying Centres
- Refund Policy
- Participating Institutes
- Schedule
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Overview
Joint Seat Allocation 2021 (JoSAA 2021) counselling rules for the session 2021-22 have been released. The registration has started on October 16, 2021.
UPDATE: JoSAA 2021 counselling schedule is now available, here.
Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) conducts the joint counselling for admission to the IITs, NITs, IIEST, IIITs, and other GFTIs. JoSAA consists of representatives from Joint Admission Board (JAB) 2021 representing the IITs and the Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) 2021 representing the NITs, IIEST, IIITs, and other GFTIs.
| Qualifying Examination | Admitting Institutes |
| JEE (Advanced) 2021 | IITs |
| JEE (Main) 2021 B.E./ B.Tech. Paper | NITs, IIEST, IIITs (Triple-I-Ts) and Other-GFTIs |
| JEE (Main) 2021 B.Arch./ B. Planning Paper |
Eligibility
Each and every candidate who satisfies one or more of the following criteria is eligible for participation in Joint Seat Allocation.
Criterion 1
A candidate must satisfy the following:
- Qualified in JEE Advanced 2021 for academic programs (excluding the preparatory courses) at IITs
- Must have passed the Class XII board examination in 2020 or 2021. Read JEE Advanced Performance Criteria in Class XII.
Criterion 2
A candidate must satisfy the following:
- Qualified in JEE Advanced 2021 for preparatory courses at IITs
- Must have passed the Class XII board examination in 2020 or 2021. Read JEE Advanced Performance Criteria in Class XII.
Criterion 3
A candidate must satisfy the following:
- Secured a rank in JEE (Main) 2021 Paper-1 (B.E./B.Tech.)
- Must have passed Class XII (or equivalent) examination in 2019, 2020, or 2021 with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the Chemistry/ Biotechnology/ Biology/ Technical Vocational subject.
- The candidate should have passed each subject individually as well in the Class XII (or equivalent) examination.
- Read JEE Main Performance Criteria in Class XII.
Criterion 4
A candidate must satisfy the following:
- Secured a rank in JEE (Main) 2021 B.Arch. paper.
- Must have passed Class XII (or equivalent) examination in 2019, 2020, or 2021 with Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry as compulsory subjects.
- The candidate should have passed each subject individually as well in the Class XII (or equivalent) examination.
- Read JEE Main Performance Criteria in Class XII.
Criterion 5
A candidate must satisfy the following:
- Secured a rank in JEE (Main) 2021 B.Planning paper.
- Must have passed Class XII (or equivalent) examination in 2019, 2020, or 2021 with Mathematics as one of the subjects.
- The candidate should have passed each subject individually as well in the Class XII (or equivalent) examination.
- Read JEE Main Performance Criteria in Class XII.
Partitioning of candidates
Category
For the purpose of seat allocation, qualified candidates are partitioned into different categories based on (birth) categories, presence or absence of disability, and nationality.
- On the basis of such a partition, each candidate is assigned a category tag (GEN, GEN-EWS, GEN-PwD, GEN-EWS-PwD, OBC-NCL, OBC-NCL-PwD, SC, SC-PwD, ST, ST-PwD, Foreign).
- For candidates who have qualified for JEE (Advanced) 2021 and have appeared in JEE (Main) 2021, the category of the candidate as entered in the database provided by the JEE apex board (which conducted JEE (Main) 2021) will be considered based on document verification by the Joint Admission Board 2021.
- For candidates who have qualified for JEE (Advanced) 2021 and did not appear in JEE (Main) 2021 (i.e. eligible through one-time measure), the category of the candidate as entered during JEE (Advanced) 2021 registration will be considered based on document verification by the Joint Admission Board 2021.
- For candidates who have NOT registered for JEE (Advanced) 2021, the category tag is assigned based on the candidate’s declaration in the JEE (Main) 2021 registration portal and will be subject to document verification in accordance with the rules announced by CSAB.
State Code of Eligibility
For the purpose of allocating seats for NITs, IIEST, and Other-GFTIs, candidates are also assigned a state code of eligibility:
- State code of eligibility means the code of the state from where the candidate has passed Class XII (or equivalent) examination by virtue of which the candidate becomes eligible to appear in JEE (Main) 2021.
- If a candidate has passed Class XII (or equivalent) examination from one state but appeared for improvement from another state, the candidate’s state code of eligibility will be from where the candidate first passed the Class XII (or equivalent) examination and NOT the state from where the candidate has appeared for improvement.
- It is important to note that the state code of eligibility does not depend upon the native place or the place of residence of the candidate.
- For Indian nationals passing the Class XII (or equivalent) examination from an institution abroad, the state code of eligibility will be determined on the basis of permanent address in India as given in the passport of the candidate.
State Quota Seat Allocation
| Institute | Quota | Eligible Candidates |
| Assam University, Silchar | Home State (HS) | Candidates whose Home State is Assam |
| All India Quota | All candidates (including the Home State candidates) | |
| BIT Mesra | Home State (HS) | Candidates whose Home State is Jharkhand |
| All India Quota | All candidates (including the Home State candidates) | |
| ICT-IOC Bhubaneswar Campus | Home State (HS) | Candidates whose Home State is Odisha |
| All India Quota | All candidates (including the Home State candidates) | |
| PEC Puducherry | Home State (HS) | Candidates whose Home State is Puducherry |
| All India Quota | All candidates (including the Home State candidates) | |
| GKCIET Malda | Home State (HS) | Candidates whose Home State is Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, and Tripura |
| Other State (OS) | Other State candidates except from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tripura, and West Bengal | |
| NIT Goa | Home State Quota (HS) | 40% for Candidates whose Home State is Goa and vacant seats, if any, from the 10% quota of UTs of Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, and Lakshadweep |
| 10% for Candidates whose Home State is UTs of Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Lakshadweep | ||
| Other States Quota | Other State candidates except from Goa, and UTs of Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Lakshadweep | |
| NIT Srinagar | Home State Quota (HS) | 45% for Candidates whose Home State is Jammu & Kashmir and vacant seats, if any, from the 5% quota of UT of Ladakh |
| 5% for Candidates whose Home State is UT of Ladakh | ||
| Other States Quota | Other State candidates except from UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh | |
| All other NITs IIEST Shibpur PEC Chandigarh | Home State (HS) | Candidates whose Home State is the same as the State in which the Institute is located |
| Other State (OS) | Candidates whose Home State is different from the State in which the Institute is located | |
| All other institutes | All India Quota | All candidates (including the HS candidates) |
For states and union territories without an NIT, Home State quota will be in the following NITs:
| State | Institute |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | NIT Puducherry |
| Lakshadweep | NIT Goa |
| Daman and Diu | NIT Goa |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | NIT Goa |
| Chandigarh | NIT Delhi |
| Ladakh | NIT Srinagar |
Supernumerary seats for selected UTs
- Supernumerary seats for the Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, and Lakshadweep islands will be in the NITs.
UT NIT Andaman and Nicobar Islands NIT Durgapur Lakshadweep NIT Calicut Daman and Diu NIT Surat Dadra and Nagar Haveli NIT Surat - Supernumerary seat allocation for these Union Territories will be done after the joint seat allocation of JoSAA.
- The business rules and schedule for allocating these supernumerary seats will be announced by CSAB in November 2021.
Supernumerary seats for Same Rank Candidates
- If there are less number of seats available under a particular category in an academic program than the number of candidates with the same category-wise rank seeking admission to the program, then all those candidates will be offered seats by creating a requisite number of supernumerary seats.
De-Reservation of Unfilled Seats
- Unfilled GEN-EWS and OBC-NCL category seats will be de-reserved and treated as OPEN category seats for allocation in every round of seat allocation.
- Unfilled SC and ST category seats will NOT be dereserved.
- Unfilled PwD seats under each category will be de-reserved and treated as respective category seats. For example, unfilled OPEN-PwD category seats for an academic program will be de-reserved and treated as OPEN category seats.
Supernumerary seats for Female Candidates
- Supernumerary seats will be added in such a manner that Undergraduate programs altogether in every IIT will have at least 20% females. Also each academic program will have at least 20% females in NITs, IIEST Shibpur and some of the IIITs.
- Female candidates will be eligible for a seat from the Female-Only pool as well as the Gender-Neutral pool of a program but a female candidate will compete for a seat in the Gender-Neutral pool only after she fails to get a seat from the Female-Only pool.
- Thus it’s different from “reservation” since every female candidate first competes for a seat in the Female-Only pool and then only competes for a seat in the Gender-Neutral pool.
- Also, it will be made sure that there’s no reduction in the number of available seats for non-females compared to the non-females admitted in 2020.
- Admission in the Gender-Neutral pool will be done on pure merit basis without any gender bias/preference.
- Any seat left vacant in the Female-Only pool will not be allocated to any non-female candidate since Female-Only seats are meant for females only and include supernumerary seats that are specifically created for improving gender ratio beyond the actual intake/capacity.
Filling-in of Choices
- Candidates need to visit the JoSAA portal and login using their JEE (Main) 2021 Application Number and Password.
- Filling-in of choices on the online portal is free of cost, i.e., candidates are NOT required to pay any fee.
- A candidate may be eligible for seat allocation based on one, two, three, or all four examinations viz., JEE (Advanced) 2019, JEE (Main) 2021 B.E./B.Tech. Paper, JEE (Main) 2021 B.Arch. Paper, and JEE (Main) 2021 B.Planning Paper.
- Even for candidates who are eligible to participate in Joint Seat Allocation based on any two, three, or all four of the above examinations, only ONE seat from among the choices filled-in is made available.
- It is important for candidates to carefully prioritise the academic programs while filling-in the choices. Use our College Predictor for help in choice filling.
- Candidates should take advantage of the mock seat allocations and choose as many academic programs as possible in the order of preference.
- Candidates MUST “lock” their choices on/before the last day of choice filling. If the candidates do NOT lock their choices, last saved choices will be locked automatically in the last minute of the last date of choice filling. Candidates will NOT be able to change their choices/ preferences order after deadline for choice filling.
Seat Acceptance
- A candidate who has been allocated a seat needs to download the “Provisional Seat Allocation Letter” from the JoSAA portal. The candidate needs to accept the seat allocated to her/him and opt for any one of the Seat Acceptance options.
- Candidates must remit the seat acceptance fee and then upload the required documents on the JoSAA portal for verification and final confirmation of the seat by the reporting authorities. Failure to report online for seat acceptance will be considered as if the candidate has rejected the offer.
- Seat Acceptance Fee is ₹35,000 (₹15,000 for SC, ST, GEN-PwD, GEN-EWS-PwD, OBC-NCL-PwD, SC-PwD, and ST-PwD candidates) which includes the JoSAA processing charge of ₹2,000. It can be paid using Net Banking / Debit card / Credit card or through SBI e-challan.
- The seat acceptance fee excluding the JoSAA processing charge will be adjusted against the admission fee by the admitting institute.
- The seat will be confirmed by the Reporting authority after verification of the uploaded documents and ensuring that the candidate meets all the eligibility norms. Once the allocated seat is confirmed, the candidate will be notified on the online portal.
- In case of any discrepancies in the uploaded documents, a query may be raised and will be notified to the candidate on the online portal. The candidate must respond to the query within the last date specified for the given round. Failure to reply to the query raised would lead to seat cancellation and the candidate will be out of the counselling.
- Candidates who reject the allocated seat cannot participate any more in Joint Seat Allocation for the ensuing academic year 2021-22.
Notes on Seat Acceptance Fee
- For payment of seat acceptance fee, candidates should either Net Banking or use Debit card / Credit card facilities available on JoSAA portal or use SBI e-challan downloaded from the JoSAA portal.
- Candidates have to remit the seat acceptance fee only once. Thus, candidates who are allocated another seat (because they chose the float or slide option) do NOT have to pay the seat acceptance fee again.
- If a candidate’s seat is cancelled due to not meeting the eligibility criteria or discrepancy in the uploaded documents, then the fee will be refunded after deducting the JoSAA processing charge of ₹2,000.
Documents required to be Uploaded
For NITs and other GFTIs
- Date of birth proof (Class X Mark Sheet/ Certificate)
- Class XII (or equivalent) Mark Sheet and Certificate
- Category certificate – SC/ST/OBC-NCL/GEN-EWS (if applicable); In case of OBC-NCL/GEN-EWS category, the certificate must be issued on or after April 1, 2021.
- Original Certificate for Persons with Disabilities (if applicable)
- Crossed Bank Cheque copy/ Image of Passbook with bank account details
- Medical certificate
- Passport (if applicable)
- Admit card of JEE (Main) 2021
For IITs
- Date of birth proof (Class X Mark Sheet/ Certificate)
- Class XII (or equivalent) board Mark Sheet
- Category certificate – SC/ST/OBC-NCL/GEN-EWS (if applicable); In case of OBC-NCL/GEN-EWS category, the certificate must be issued on or after April 1, 2021.
- Certificate for Persons with Disabilities (if applicable) : (FORM-PwD II/III/IV / FORM-DYSLEXIC 1 and 2)
- Crossed Bank Cheque copy/ Image of Passbook with bank account details
- Medical certificate
- OCI certificate or PIO card (if applicable)
- Passport/ Citizenship certificate (if applicable)
Acceptance Options
Freeze
Candidates accept the offered seat and indicate that they are content with the allocated academic program and that they do not want to participate in further rounds of seat allocation. Such candidates will NOT be considered in subsequent rounds of admission.
Float
Candidates accept the offered seat and indicate that, if admission to an academic program of better/ higher preference in any Institute is offered, they will accept it. Else, they will continue with the currently accepted academic program. Such candidates will be considered in subsequent rounds of admission.
Slide
Candidates accept the offered seat and indicate that, if admission to an academic program of better/ higher preference is offered within the same Institute, they will accept it. Such candidates will be considered in subsequent rounds of admission.
Withdraw
- A candidate, who has already accepted a seat allotted by JoSAA 2021, can withdraw the seat by reporting online before the last round of seat allocation.
- Candidates who have exercised the withdraw option will not be considered for subsequent rounds of seat allotment.
- Seat acceptance fee will be refunded to these candidates after deducting the processing charges of ₹2,000.
- Such candidates are required to fill-in the Bank Account details to which the seat acceptance fee shall be refunded and upload an image of cancelled cheque/passbook of the same account.
- There is no option to withdraw an accepted/allotted seat after the announcement of the last round of seat allocation (for IITs only).
Dual Verification
- When a candidate chooses float option, if the candidate is allocated a seat in an IIT in one round and in a NIT/ IIEST/ IIIT/ GFTI in a subsequent round, then the documents and the eligibility criteria of such candidates will be verified again by the NIT+ system.
- If a candidate is allocated a seat in a NIT/ IIEST/ IIIT/ GFTI in one round and in an IIT in a subsequent round, then the documents and the eligibility criteria of such candidates will be verified again by the IITs.
- In such cases, the candidate is advised to login on the JoSAA portal and check if any query has been raised. The candidate is required to reply online against the query raised within the last date specified for the given round. Failure to reply to the query raised would lead to seat cancellation and the candidate will be out of the counselling.
- Candidates must note that no further/extra seat acceptance fee has to be paid in case of dual verification.
- If the candidate fails to reply to queries and seat is not confirmed, the candidate will neither have the seat accepted in the first time nor the seat allocated in the subsequent round. These candidates will not be allowed to participate in joint seat allocation in any of the subsequent rounds if any.
Physical Verification for PwD Candidates
- All JEE (Advanced) 2021 qualified PwD candidates, willing to get a seat in IITs through JoSAA, are required to visit any of the IITs for physical verification along with a copy of the PwD certificate(s).
- All those PwD candidates who did not qualify JEE (Advanced) 2021, but have JEE (Main) 2021 ranks and are willing to get a seat in NIT+ System through JoSAA, are required to visit one of the reporting centers of their choice for physical verification along with a copy of the PwD certificate(s).
- Physical verification process will start from October 20, 2021.
- Candidates are required to register on JoSAA website and book a slot (choose date, time, and location) before coming for physical verification.
- Candidates must plan their travel such that the physical verification is completed by the last day of the counseling round in which they are allocated a seat (if any).
Refund Policy
- A candidate who remits the seat acceptance fee but fails to upload documents or reply to the queries raised will be treated as rejecting the offer and the seat acceptance fee will be refunded to them after deducting the processing charges of Rs.2,000.
- Candidates who have already accepted a seat allotted by JoSAA and withdraw the seat before the last round of seat allocation will be refunded the seat acceptance fee after deducting the processing charges of Rs.2,000.
Participating Institutes
Schedule
| Activity | Date |
| NTA declares JEE (Main) Ranks | September 15, 2021 |
| Announcement of JEE (Advanced) Result | October 15, 2021 |
| Registration and choice-filling starts | October 16, 2021 (10 AM) |
| Display of mock seat allocation-1 as per choices filled till October 21, 2021, 5 PM | October 22, 2021 (10 AM) |
| Display of mock seat allocation-2 as per choices filled till October 23, 2021, 5 PM | October 24, 2021 (10 AM) |
| Registration and choice-filling ends | October 25, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Seat allocation (1st round) | October 27, 2021 (10 AM) |
| Online Reporting: Fee Payment/ Document Upload/ Query Response (1st round) | October 27 – October 30, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Last day to respond to query (1st round) | October 31, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Seat allocation (2nd round) | November 1, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Online Reporting: Fee Payment/ Document Upload/ Query Response (2nd round) | November 2 – November 3, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Last day to respond to query (2nd round) | November 5, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Withdrawal of seat / Exit from seat allocation process (2nd round) | November 2 – November 5, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Seat allocation (3rd round) | November 6, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Online Reporting: Fee Payment/ Document Upload/ Query Response (3rd round) | November 7 – November 8, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Last day to respond to query (3rd round) | November 9, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Withdrawal of seat / Exit from seat allocation process (3rd round) | November 7 – November 9, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Seat allocation (4th round) | November 10, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Online Reporting: Fee Payment/ Document Upload/ Query Response (4th round) | November 11 – November 12, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Last day to respond to query (4th round) | November 13, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Withdrawal of seat / Exit from seat allocation process (4th round) | November 11 – November 13, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Seat allocation (5th round) | November 14, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Online Reporting: Fee Payment/ Document Upload/ Query Response (5th round) | November 15 – November 16, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Last day to respond to query (5th round) | November 17, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Withdrawal of seat / Exit from seat allocation process (5th round) | November 15 – November 17, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Notification of the decision on seat confirmation (5th round) | November 17, 2021 (8 PM) |
| Last round for Seat Withdrawal / Exit from seat allocation process | November 17 – November 18, 2021 (2 PM) |
| Seat allocation (6th round) | November 18, 2021 (8 PM) |
| Online Reporting: Fee Payment/ Document Upload/ Query Response (6th round) | November 19, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Last day to respond to query (6th round) | November 20, 2021 (5 PM) |
| Document Verification and Acceptance of seat by reporting at Admitting Institute for NITs + System (May be done Online) | November 20 – November 24, 2021 (5 PM) |
