JoSAA 2017: Check out the first round of seat allocation at josaa.nic.in

The choice filling process of counseling will end on July 18, 2017 at 1:00 PM

The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA), set up by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), displayed first round of seat allocation on June 28, 2017 for JEE main and advanced aspirants. Candidates have till July 3, 2017 to accept the seats allocated. The allocation is based on the choices filled in by registered candidates as on June 27, 2017.

The Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main results were announced on April 27, 2017. The result of the JEE Advanced 2017 was declared on June 11, 2017.

According to media reports, about 1,50,000 successful candidates filled their choices through JoSAA for their preferred programs. In the first round of seat allotment, 36,114 candidates got seats in the first round across 97 institutes and 11,000 candidates were offered seats in IITs.

Schedule for IIT JEE JoSAA 2017

JoSAA 2017 has been set up by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) to manage and regulate the joint seat allocation for admissions to 97 institutes for the academic year 2017-18. This includes 23 IITs, 31 NITs, 23 IIITs and 20 other government-funded technical institutes (other-GFTIs). Admission to all the academic programs offered by these institutes will be made through a single platform.

JoSAA will conduct seven rounds of seat allocation for academic programs offered by Institutes under JoSAA 2017.

Schedule of events

  Event Date Time First round Seat allocation announcement June 28, 2017 At 10:00 AM Seat acceptance at reporting centre (RC) begins June 29, 2017 From 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Seat acceptance at RC ends July 3, 2016 Till 5:00 PM Second round Display of seats filled /availability status July 4, 2016 From 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Seat allocation Acceptance/ Withdrawal of seat July 5, 2017 - July 6, 2017 Third round Display of seats filled /availability status July 7, 2017 From 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Seat allocation Acceptance/ Withdrawal of seat July 8, 2017 - July 9, 2017 Till 5:00 PM Fourth round Display of seats filled /availability status July 10, 2017 From 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Seat allocation Acceptance of seat July 11, 2017 - July 12, 2017 Till 5:00 PM Fifth round Display of seats filled /availability status July 13, 2016 From 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Seat allocation Acceptance/ Withdrawal of seat July 14, 2017 Till 5:00 PM Sixth round Display of seats filled /availability status July 15, 2017 From 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Seat allocation Acceptance/ Withdrawal of seat (Last round for withdrawal) July 16, 2017 – July 17, 2017 Till 5:00 PM Seventh round Display of seats filled /availability status July 18, 2017 From 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Seat allocation

  Acceptance of seat July 19, 2017 Till 5:00 PM

Allotment results

Candidates allotted a seat must pay the seat acceptance fee (through e-challan/SBI netbanking) and get the documents verified at any reporting center (josaa.nic.in) for provisional seat acceptance. Step by step guide on how to register and choice fill:

1. Log on to the official website josaa.nic.in
2. Click on View Allotment Result and Pay Seat Acceptance Fee tab
3. Enter roll number, password and security pin
4. Save and download the result displayed
5. Take a print out

Admission process

Candidates will be required to generate print out of their rank cards, which would not be dispatched by CBSE. The downloaded rank card will be considered valid for participating in counselling and seat allocation process.

To accept allotted seats, candidates must pay seat acceptance fee through e-challan or SBI net banking, and report at the respective reporting centre (RC) for document verification. The RCs would be opened from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

JoSAA 2017

All candidates who have appeared in JEE (Main) 2017 are eligible to register for seat allocation in NIT+ system (except IITs). All candidates who have declared qualified in JEE (Adv) 2017 are eligible to register for seat allocation in all participating Institutes. The details are available on www.josaa.nic.in for registered candidates.

Candidates may fill-in their choices of institutes and branches in decreasing order of their preference. Candidates are strongly urged to fill-in as many choices as possible. They must lock their choices. For candidates who do not lock their choices, their last saved choices will be locked automatically when the time-window for filling-in of choices closes.

A candidate is required to fill option for ‘freeze’, ‘slide’ or ‘float’ the choice of academic program. If in a subsequent round, a candidate’s allotment from NIT+ system changes to an IIT, the candidate must report once again at an IIT reporting centre, similarly if a candidate’s allotment from IIT changes to an NIT+ system, the candidate must report once again at any NIT+ reporting centre, failure to do so will result in forfeiture of seats allocated in both NIT+ system and IIT.

Candidate, who has already accepted a seat, can withdraw the seat by reporting at a reporting center before the sixth round of seat allocation.