JoSAA Eligibility Criteria:

• An Aspirant must have passed class 12 or equivalent as per JoSAA norms or 12^th with PCM subjects.
• An Aspirant must have qualified JEE Mains/Advance 2020.

Steps for JoSAA registration 2020:

Step1-        First of all the candidates must register themselves on the official website of JoSAA. The candidate must fill in the general details and were provided with the ID and Password for future correspondence.

Step 2-       Choice filling is the next step in which the list of courses and colleges are available for making the choice. The list shown is as per the eligibility in JEE Mains and JEE Advance. It is advised to choose the college as per the preference of the candidates. Choice Locking is the another part of this section where a time interval is provided to the candidates to lock their choice.

Step 3-       There are two rounds of mock seat allotment before the final choice filling and locking where a candidate can analyse their probability in getting the college they preferred to take admissions in. Candidates can modify their Choice filling and locking before the last date of modification allowed for choice filling and locking by the authorities.

Step 4-       Result announcement of seat allotment by JoSAA is done via online mode where an aspirant can check their seat allotment status of JoSAA Counselling 2020. At this stage there are four options available for the students to opt for i.e. Freeze, Float, Slide and Withdraw.

Step 5-       At this step candidates have to pay JoSAA Counselling fee 2020 which Rs. 35, 000 for Unreserved Category and Rs. 15000 for Reserved category. The JoSAA Counselling fee is to be paid only via online mode through E- Challan.

Step 6-       Candidates have to visit to the reporting centres as mentioned by the JoSAA and have to carry documents for verification process. If the candidate would not be able to reach the reporting centres in stipulated period of time his/her admission would be cancelled by the authorities.

JoSAA Mock Allotment 2020:

There will be the announcement of the result of the JoSAA 2020 mock allotment rounds in which the aspirants would be able to know the chances of getting the college of their preference. The process is online and enough time would be given to candidates for making changes in the order of their preference as it is not the final allotment of seats.

There are total seven rounds conducted for the JoSAA allocation of seats and it is done on the basis of keeping in mind many factors i.e. merit of the candidates, preference made by the candidates, availability of seats for allocation. At the time of allocation of seats candidate would be provided with Provisional seat allotment letter for which the candidate have to pay the pay a fee known as seat allotment fee which is to be paid online via challan. The seat acceptance fee for different categories is mentioned below:

JoSAA Counselling Fee 2020:

JoSAA Seat allocation process:

Seat allocation is a bit complex process for the candidates as now they have four options to opt from i.e.

Freeze: Candidates accept the offered seat and tells that they are

Content with the allocated academic program and that they do not want to play a part in further rounds of seat allocation. Such candidates will NOT be considered in further rounds of admission.

Float: Candidates accept the offered seat and tells that, if admission to an academic program of better or higher first choice 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 later rounds of admission.

Slide: Candidates accept the offered seat and tells 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 taken into consideration for the later rounds of admission.

Withdraw: If initially any candidate had accepted some college as per seat allotment procedure and doesn’t wish to join the college, he/she may report to the college and withdraw their seat before the final round of seat allotment.

Factors Affecting Seat allocation process in JoSAA Counselling 2020:

1.     The category [GEN, GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, GEN-PwD,  

         GENEWS-PwD, OBC-NCL-PwD, SC-PwD, ST-PwD] of the   

         candidate.

2.      The position of the aspirant in respective rank list(s).
3. The order of preference of academic programs opted by the aspirant

     (iv)     The availability of seats in different seat categories or   

                quotas for which the candidate is eligible.

RANK LISTS

The following TYPES of rank lists will be prepared:

(i) Common rank list (CRL): It includes candidates who are assigned the tag GEN, GEN-EWS, GEN-PwD, GEN-EWS-PwD, OBC-NCL, OBC-NCLPwD, SC, SC-PwD, ST or ST-PwD. Foreign tag candidates are also

included in the CRL prepared based on JEE (Advanced) 2019.

(ii) GEN-EWS rank list: It includes candidates who are assigned the tag GEN-EWS or GEN-EWS-PwD.

(iii) OBC-NCL rank list: It includes candidates who are assigned the tag OBC-NCL or OBC-NCL-PwD.

(iv) SC rank list: It includes candidates who are assigned the tag SC or SCPwD.

(v) ST rank list: It includes candidates who are assigned the tag ST or STPwD.

(vi) CRL-PwD rank list: It includes candidates who are assigned the tag GEN-PwD, OBC-NCL-PwD, SC-PwD, or ST-PwD.

(vii) GEN-EWS-PwD rank list: It includes candidates who are assigned the tag GEN-EWS-PwD.

(viii)OBC-NCL-PwD rank list: It includes candidates who are assigned the tag OBC-NCL-PwD.

(ix) SC-PwD rank list: It includes candidates who are assigned the tag SCPwD.

(x) ST-PwD rank list: It includes candidates who are assigned the tag

ST-PwD.

List of Documents required to be presented at reporting centres for JoSAA Counselling 2020:

For NIT’s, GFTI’s, IIT’s and IIIT’s

• Four Passport size photographs
• Provisional Seat Allotment letter
• Admit card of JEE Mains 2020.
• Score card of JEE Mains 2020.
• Class 12^th Passing certificate and Marksheets.
• Undertaking by the candidate.
• Medical Certificate.
• Proof of payment of E-Challan that had been paid by the candidate at the time of application.
• Category Certificate (If Applicable)
• Print out of the list of filled choices for Seat allotment.
•  Class 10^th Mark sheet for the age proof.

Once the students visit the allotted institute and present the above mentioned documents they get confirmed admission but if the candidate failed to report the allotted institute his seat would be allotted to other candidate.

REQUIREMENT of DUAL REPORTING:

If a candidate, who accepts a seat in an NIT, IIEST, IIIT (Triple-I-T) or Other GFTI’s by reporting at any reporting centre of NIT, IIEST, IIIT (Triple-I-T) and Other-GFTI in a particular round of seat distribution, is owed a seat in an IIT in any further round of seat allocation, the candidate must report at a reporting centre of the IITs to accept the seat within the reporting deadline timing of that round of seat allocation. Seat allocation in an IIT in following round(s) automatically cancels the earlier accepted seat in an NIT, IIEST, IIIT (Triple-I-T) or Other-GFTI. Therefore, if a candidate failed to report at the reporting centre of the IITs to accept his or her newly allocated seat would lead to seat cancellation and the candidate will be out of JoSAA process for 2020. The candidate need not to pay any other charges if he accepts the seats at the reporting centre in case of dual reporting.

• There is no need for dual reporting is required if candidates who are owed seats only in IITs in all rounds of seat allocation process. There is requirement of only first time reporting at a reporting centre of IITs is required.

• Likewise, there is no need for dual reporting is required for candidates who are allocated seats only in NIT, IIEST, IIIT (Triple-I-T) or Other-GFTI in all rounds of seat allotment. There is need of first time reporting at a reporting centre of NIT, IIEST, IIIT (Triple-I-T) or Other-GFTI.

List of Abbreviations used in this article:

AIR              All India Rank

CBSE           Central Board of Secondary Education

CoBSE         Council of Boards of School Education

CRL             Common Rank List

CSAB          Central Seat Allocation Board

DS               Defence Services

EWS           Economically Weaker Section

GEN            General (with respect to the category of a candidate)

GFTI            Government Funded Technical Institutes

IIIT              Indian Institute of Information Technology

IIT               Indian Institute of Technology

JAB             Joint Admission Board

JEE              Joint Entrance Examination

JoSAA         Joint Seat Allocation Authority

NIT             National Institute of Technology

OBC-NCL    Other Backward Classes – Non-Creamy Layer

OCI/PIO      Overseas Citizen of India Certificate Holder or Person of

                   Indian Origin Card Holder

PwD           Person with Disability

SC               Scheduled Caste

ST               Scheduled Tribe

State wise Private and Government Colleges with their fee structures that accepts JEE Main Score:

Top Private and Government colleges in Punjab

           Top Private and Government colleges in Rajasthan

                        Top Private and Government colleges in Haryana

               Top Private and Government colleges in Madhya Pradesh

                    Top Private and Government colleges in Uttarakhand

              Top Private and Government colleges in Maharashtra

List of NIT’s Accepting JEE Main Score

List of GFTI’s colleges with fee:

FAQ’s:

Q.      What is the eligibility criteria for JoSAA Counselling 2020?

Ans.  An Aspirant must have passed class 12 or equivalent as per

          JoSAA norms or 12th with PCM subjects.

An Aspirant must have qualified JEE Mains/Advance 2020.

Q.      What is JoSAA Counselling 2020?

Ans.  The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) is the authorized body that comes under the Central Government of India for taking admission in B. Tech courses IITs, NITs, IIITs and GFTIs based on JEE Main and JEE Advanced ranks. The process of JoSAA counselling starts from the authorities on dated October 06, 2020, the whole process is online based.

Q.      What is the counselling fee for JoSAA 2020?

Ans.  The counselling fee for JoSAA 2020 is

Q.      What is Freeze, Float, Slide and withdraw option in JoSAA Counselling?

Ans.  JoSAA Seat allocation process

Seat allocation is a bit complex process for the candidates as now they have four options to opt from i.e.

Freeze: Candidates accept the offered seat and tells that they are

Content with the allocated academic program and that they do not want to play a part in further rounds of seat allocation. Such candidates will NOT be considered in further rounds of admission.

Float: Candidates accept the offered seat and tells that, if admission to an academic program of better or higher first choice 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 later rounds of admission.

Slide: Candidates accept the offered seat and tells 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 taken into consideration for the later rounds of admission.

Withdraw: If initially any candidate had accepted some college as per seat allotment procedure and doesn’t wish to join the college, he/she may report to the college and withdraw their seat before the final round of seat allotment.