CSAB 2020 – Schedule, Seat Allotment, Special Round Process

CSAB 2020 – Through the Centralized seat allocation procedure, candidates are selected for admission in the first year of Engineering/Technology and Architecture/Planning Programs on supernumerary seats in NITs for Union Territories, and in some AICTE approved Institutes for North East and Union Territories (NEUT). The candidates of such category have to register for CSAB 2020 Counselling. Check more details on CSAB 2020 from this page.

CSAB 2020 Admission Process

The candidates are offered admission in all the participating institutes of CSAB 2020 through the following channels:

• CSAB NEUT (for North-Eastern States and Union Territories)

• CSAB SFTI (Self Financed Technical Institutes)

• CSAB UT (Supernumerary Seats for Union Territories)

CSAB 2020 Special Phase Schedule

Candidates must note that the counselling process of CSAB 2020 is being conducted in the online mode only. Check the schedule for CSAB 2020 Special Phase from the table below:

CSAB 2020	Dates
Display of Vacancies after JoSAA rounds	3rd week of Jul 2020
Registration, Payment of Participation Fee and Choice Filling starts from	3rd week of Jul 2020
Last date for registration and choice filling	3rd week of Jul 2020
Display of Seat Allotment Result – Special Round-	3rd week of Jul 2020
Exercising options following the outcome of Special Round-I   Seat Acceptance (FREEZE/SLIDE/FLOAT) & Institute Reporting (OR) Surrender Allotted Seat and Participating in Next Round (OR) Surrender Allotted Seat and NOT Participating in Next Round (OR) Not allotted any seat at the end of special round-I, and not willing to participate in the special round – II	4th week of Jul 2020
Display of Seat Allotment Result – Special Round-II	1st week of Aug 2020
Reporting at Allotted Institute (In-Person)	1st week of Aug 2020

CSAB NEUT 2020 Schedule

CSAB NEUT
Online provisional Registration for Engg. & Arch. starts from	4th week of Jun 2020
Online provisional Registration [Pharmacy] Checking of domicile and category certificates by state centers and finalization of registration [Pharmacy] Filling Up the Choices [Pharmacy]	4th week of Jun -2nd week of Jul 2020
Checking of domicile and category certificates by state centers, Finalization of registration for Engineering & Architecture	4th week of Jun -2nd week of Jul 2020
Filling Up the Choices starts from	2nd week of Jul 2020
1 st Round of Seat Allotment result is published on	2nd week of Jul 2020
Reporting at the Reporting Centers (RCs) against 1st Round of Allotment	3rd week of Jul 2020
2nd Round of Seat Allotment result on	3rd week of Jul 2020
Reporting at the Reporting Centers Against 2nd Round of Allotment	4th week of Jul 2020
Seat Withdrawal	1st week of Aug 2020
Spot Round to be Declared by State Centers	1st week of Aug 2020
Reporting at the admitting Institute	1st week of Aug 2020

CSAB 2020 Seat Allotment

Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) releases the Seat Allotment result for IIITs, NITs, and GFITs on its official website csab.nic.in. Also, CSAB allots the seats based on rankings of candidates in JEE Main. To check the result, candidates need to login by using the JEE Main application no. and password. However, candidates who have been allotted a seat have the following 5 options:

• Freeze
• Slide
• Float
• Surrender & Participate in next round
• Surrender & Not Participate in next round

Note: Once an option is selected, then it is permitted to change only once within the given period of time.

CSAB 2020 Seat Acceptance Fee

After Seat allotment, candidates need to make a choice whether they wanted to accept the seat or not. However, candidates need to pay the fees if they select Freeze/ Slide/ Float. For paying the CSAB Seat Acceptance Fee, candidates must pay using SBI MOPS. Check the Application fee from the table below and pay it accordingly.

Type of Candidates	Fee for GEN/ GEN-EWS/ OBC-NCL	Fee for SC/ ST/ PWD
Candidates who have been allotted a seat first time in Special Round and want to accept the seat.	Rs 35,000/-	Rs 15,000/-
Candidates who got admission through JoSAA rounds and has been allotted a seat in Special Round-I wants to accept the seat. (Such candidates have already deposited seat acceptance fee).	–	–

Note: Candidates are required to report the Documentation verification online in order to confirm their seats otherwise, the seat will be canceled.

CSAB 2020 Eligibility Criteria

Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) has predefined criteria by which they shortlist the candidates for the Seat Allotment in IIITs, NITs, and GFITs. Therefore, All candidates who were eligible for JoSAA as per JEE (Main) 2020 Ranks are eligible for participating in the special rounds as per JoSAA 2020 / CSAB 2020 rules.

CSAB 2020 Registration

The CSAB 2020 Registration process is followed online at the CSAB portal. Candidates who were eligible for the seat allotment applied online at csab.nic.in. candidates updated their state of eligibility, Nationality, Gender, and category/PWD. Also, they uploaded the basic Qualification details and contact details. Applicants had to provide the marks out of 500 in class XII, as per the eligibility standards. At the time of registration, Candidates also provided their back details like Account Holder Name, Account Number, IFSC Code, Bank Name. The candidates who meet the requirements were allowed to process further in the Special Round.

Payment For Special Round Participation:

After that, all the candidates must pay the Special Round Participation Fee using SBI MOPS. Check the table below for the information regarding the fees:

Type of Candidate	Fee for GEN/GEN-EWS/OBC-NCL	Fee for SC/ST/PwD
A candidate who didn’t Register on JoSAA portal (OR) Registered in JoSAA portal but didn’t get a seat (OR) Allotted a seat by JoSAA but didn’t pay Seat acceptance Fee	Rs 36,500/-	Rs 16,500/-
A candidate whose last seat allotted till 7th JoSAA round was in IIT	Rs 36,500/-	Rs 16,500/-
Participate in Special Round holding the currently allotted seat of JoSAA.	Rs 36,500/-	Rs 16,500/-
If the candidate’s seat was canceled OR withdrawn OR the candidate did not report at RC/AI and Candidate’s category was converted to GENat RC	Rs 21,500/-	Not applicable
If the candidate changed his/her category to GEN/ GEN-EWS/ OBC-NCL during Special Round Registration.	Rs 21,500/-	Not applicable
Candidates reported at AI/RC successfully but Candidate’s category was converted to GEN at RC	Rs 56,500/	Not applicable
If the candidate’s seat was canceled OR withdrawn OR the candidate did not report at AI AND Candidate’s category was converted to SC /ST at RC.	Not applicable	Rs. 1500/-
A candidate who got a seat allotted in JoSAA rounds and paid the Seat Acceptance Fee but didn’t REPORT at RC/AI OR Seat got canceled at RC/AI or WITHDREW / SURRENDERED the allotted seat.	Rs. 1500/-	Rs. 1500/-

What is the Process After Seat Allotment?

After the allotment of the seat, Candidates need to go through some certain process. However, Candidates can read the following steps for better understanding:

Step 1. After the seat allotment, candidates must choose any of the following options regarding seat acceptance. i.e Freeze, Slide, Float, Surrender & Participate and Surrender & Not Participate in the next round.

Step 2. After that, Pay the Seat Acceptance fee.

Step 3. Then, candidates need to verify their documents by submitting them online.

Step 4. The officials of the allotted instituted verify the uploaded documents and Update the Status at the candidates’ login.

Step 5. Candidates need to keep on checking the status at their login. Whether it is Confirmation or Seat Cancellation

Step 6. If candidates withdraw from the allotted seat, then they shall receive the fee refund with a deduction of processing fees.

Refund of Participation and Seat Acceptance Fee

Check the amount of fee refund and the deduction of the Acceptance fee from the below table:

Options	Deduction
Withdraw from the seat after joSAA	1500/-
If no seat is allotted to the candidate	1500/-
Withdraw from the Special Round-II	1500/-
Surrender & Participate in Round-II	5,000/-
Surrender & Not Participate in Round-II	5,000/-

CSAB 2020 Opening and Closing Ranks

After the seat allotment result is declared, CSAB releases the opening and closing rank at its official website. Candidates can check the same on this page as per the schedule.

Check the opening and closing ranks from the previous year – here

About CSAB

A Central Counselling Board (CCB) is constituted by the Govt. of India. It basically coordinated admissions to UG degree programs in engineering, technology, and architecture in regard to chosen institutes till 2012. From 2013 onwards, CCB and AIEEE have been renamed as Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) and JEE (Main) individually.

CENTRALIZED COUNSELLING JEE MAIN