JoSAA 2020 – Schedule (Out), Registration, Cut off, Choice Filling

JoSAA 2020 – The schedule of JoSAA 2020 is out. The registration process will start from October 6, 2020 at josaa.nic.in. Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA), conducts this centralised counselling, called JoSAA. While IIT offers admission on the basis of JEE Advanced score, the NIT / IIT / GIFT grant admission on the basis of JEE Main. Candidates first need to register and do the choice filling as per their preference, next the seat allotment is done and at last, these candidates are called for document verification and fee payment. Scroll below to check out the important dates, eligibility criteria, steps for registration, and seat allotment process for JoSAA 2020.

Latest: JoSAA 2020 schedule is out now, check from the table below.

JoSAA 2020

The Central Seat Allocation Board frames all policies for seat allocation. First of all, candidates are partitioned on the basis of nationality and absence of disability. Thereafter, category is assigned to each candidate for seat allocation purpose. Shown below are the important dates for JoSAA 2020.

JosAA 2020	Dates
Declaration of JEE MAIN Result	11 Sep 2020
Declaration of JEE Advanced Result	5 Oct 2020
Registration and Choice filling	6 Oct 2020
Display of Mock Seat Allocation-1	12 Oct 2020
Display of Mock Seat Allocation-2	14 Oct 2020
Last date of Registration and Choice filling	15 Oct 2020
Reconciliation of data, Seat Allocation, verification and validation	16 Oct 2020
Seat Allocation (Round 1)	17 Oct 2020
Online reporting: fee payment / document upload / response by candidate to query for Round 1	17 – 19 Oct 2020
Last day to respond to query (Round 1)	20 Oct 2020
Seat Allocation (Round 2)	21 Oct 2020
Online reporting: fee payment / document upload / response by candidate to query for Round	22 – 23 Oct 2020
Last day to respond to query (Round 2)	24 Oct 2020
Withdrawal of seat / Exit from seat allocation process (Round 2)	22 – 24 Oct 2020
Seat Allocation (Round 3)	26 Oct 2020
Online reporting: fee payment / document upload / response by candidate to query (if required) (Round 3)	27 -28 Oct 2020
Last day to respond to query (Round 3)	29 Oct 2020
Withdrawal of seat / Exit from seat allocation process (Round 3)	27 – 29 Oct 2020
Seat Allocation (Round 4)	30 Oct 2020
Online reporting: fee payment / document upload / response by candidate to query (if required) (Round 4)	31 Oct – 1 Nov 2020
Last day to respond to query (Round 4)	2 Nov 2020
Withdrawal of seat / Exit from seat allocation process (Round 4)	31 Oct – 2 Nov 2020
Seat Allocation (Round 5)	3 Nov 2020
Online reporting: fee payment / document upload / response by candidate to query (if required) (Round 5)	4 – 5 Nov 2020
Last day to respond to query (Round 5) and Notification of the decision on seat confirmation for Round 5	6 Nov 2020
Withdrawal of seat / Exit from seat allocation process. LAST ROUND FOR SEAT WITHDRAWAL / EXIT OPTION (Round 5)	4 – 6 Nov 2020
Seat Allocation (Round 6: FINAL ROUND for IITs)	7 Nov 2020
Online reporting: fee payment / document upload / response by candidate to query (if required) (Round 6) (For IITs only: Reporting may also be done at admitting IIT). FINAL ROUND for IITs	8 Nov 2020
Last day to respond to query (Round 6) (FINAL ROUND for IITs)	9 Nov 2020
Admission Process: Document verification for acceptance of seat or withdrawal of seat by physical mode at Admitting/Allotted Institutes ONLY (Round 6) (For NIT+ system). In case, the situation does not permit the physical presence of candidate at admitting Institute the above process will be done online	9 – 13 Nov 2020

• Click here to download JoSAA 2020 schedule.
• Click here to check list of participating institutes

Who is what | Entities

The following entities conduct the following examinations.

Who	Examination
Joint Admission Board	JEE Advanced
JEE Apex Board	JEE Main

JoSAA 2020 Eligibility Criteria

The official body has prescribed the following eligibility criteria to participate in the JoSAA 2020 counselling. It is as follows.

Criterion 1:

• The candidate should have qualified JEE (Advanced) 2020 for academic programs excluding the preparatory courses at IIT.
• They should have passed Class 12 or equivalent as per the norms set by JoSAA

Criterion 2:

• The candidate should have qualified in JEE (Advanced) 2020 for preparatory courses at IITs.
• They should have passed Class 12 or equivalent as per the norms set by JoSAA

Criterion 3:

• The candidate should have secured a rank in JEE (Main) 2020 Paper-1 for B.E./B.Tech programs at NITs, IIEST, IIITs and Other-GFTIs.
• They must have passed Class 12 with PCM subjects with any of these vocational subjects i.e Chemistry/Biotechnology/Biology/Technical.

Criterion 4:

• The candidate should have secured a rank in JEE (Main) 2020 Paper-2 for B.Arch./ B. Planning programs at NITs, IIEST, IIITs and Other-GFTIs
• They must have passed Class 12 with Mathematics as a subject.

Partition of Candidates for JoSAA 2020 Counselling

The following category tags are assigned to different candidates.

Category tag GEN	OCI/PIO or Indian nationals of general category or candidates with no disability
Category tag GEN-EWS	Indian nationals of General category belonging to Economically Weaker Section
Category tag GEN-PwD	OCI/PIO or Indian nationals who do NOT belong to GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC or ST category and are PWD candidates
Category tag GEN-EWS-PwD	Indian nationals of GEN-PwD category belonging Economically Weaker Section
Category tag OBC-NCL	Indian nationals who belong to the Non-Creamy Layer of Other Backward Classes
Category tag OBC-NCL-PwD	Indian nationals who belong to the Non-Creamy Layer of Other Backward Classes who have disability
Category tag SC	Indian nationals who belong to Scheduled Castes and are NOT Persons with Disabilities
Category tag SC-PwD	Indian nationals who belong to Scheduled Castes and are Persons with Disabilities
Category tag ST	Indian nationals who belong to Scheduled Tribes and are NOT Persons with Disabilities.
Category tag ST-PwD	Indian nationals who belong to Scheduled Tribes and are Persons with Disabilities.
Category tag Foreign	Candidates who are NOT Indian nationals or OCI/PIO.

State Code of Eligibility for JoSAA 2020 Counselling

Candidates are also assigned state code of eligibility for purpose of allocating seats for NITs, IIEST and Other-GFTIs.

• This code simply means the state of code from where the student has done Class 12. ‘
• This code does not depend on the nativity of candidate
• If stuent has done Class 12 from outside India, the code is decided based on permanent address of the candidate

Division of Seats into Programme Sections

The official body divides the number of seats into the different programme sections. Based on their category tags, candidates are eligible for the following programme section.

Apart from the above division, there are some seats which are divided on the basis of home state quota and other state quota.

Name of Institution	Quota
NITs, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra and Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur PEC Chandigarh and Ghani Khan Choudhary Institute of Engineering and Technology, Malda, West Bengal	Other States Quota and Home State quota
Assam University, Silchar and Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry	Home State quota and All India quota.
NIT Warangal	Home State Quota, Other State Quota and Andhra Pradesh quota
NIT Goa	Home state quota – 40% residents of Goa Home State seats – 10% shared by students of Union Territories of Daman & Diu, Dadar & Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep Free seats – 10% for Goa

Allocation of Supernumerary Seats: The supernumary seats are allocated to Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, and Lakshadweep islands. This is done after the JoSAA counselling is completed. Candidates can check the schedule for the same at csab.nic.in.

JoSAA 2020 Rank Lists

The official authority releases the rank lists for JoSAA 2020 on the official website itself. It is displayed in accordance to the category tag assigned to the candidates. It is as follows.

Common rank list (CRL)	GEN, GEN-EWS, GEN-PwD, GEN-EWS-PwD, OBC-NCL, OBC-NCLPwD, SC, SC-PwD, ST or ST-PwD
GEN-EWS rank list	GEN-EWS or GEN-EWS-PwD.
OBC-NCL rank list	OBC-NCL or OBC-NCL-PwD
SC rank list	SC or SC PwD
ST rank list	ST or ST PwD
CRL-PwD rank list	GEN-PwD, OBC-NCL-PwD, SC-PwD, or ST-PwD.
GEN-EWS-PwD rank list	OBC-NCL-PwD
SC-PwD rank list	SC PwD.
ST-PwD rank list	ST-PwD.

Rank Lists for JoSAA 2020 Counselling

The official body prepares some lists for candidates for admission specially in IIT’s. It includes names of who have secured at least 2.5% marks in each of the three subjects and atleast 8.75% aggregate marks in JEE (Advanced) 2019. These candidates should not be in any other list prepared by JEE Advanced. The following are the lists.

SC preparatory course rank list	SC or SC-PwD tag
ST preparatory course rank list	ST or ST-PwD tag
CRL-PwD preparatory course rank list	GEN-PwD, GEN-EWS-PwD, OBC-NCL-PwD, SC-PwD, or ST-PwD tag.
GEN-EWS-PwD preparatory course rank list	GEN-EWS-PwD tag.
OBC-NCL-PwD preparatory course rank list	OBC-NCL-PwD tag.
SC-PwD preparatory course rank list	SC-PwD tag
ST-PwD preparatory course rank list	ST-PwD tag.

The rank list for admission into IIT’s are prepared on the basis of marks secured in JEE Advanced 2019. Candidates can check out the minimum percentage and minimum aggregate marks needed for admission in IIT’s.

The rank lists for admission into NITs, IIEST, IIITs (Triple-I-Ts) and Other-GFTIs are of two types. They are prepared by the JEE Apex Board. It as follows. JoSSA does not apply any changes or tie breaking criteria in the same.

• One set of ten rank lists based on the performance of candidates in JEE (Main) 2019 Paper-1 (B.E. / B.Tech.).
• One set of set of ten rank lists based on the performance of candidates in JEE (Main) 2019 Paper-2 (B.Arch. / B.Plan.

Click Here to check the sequence in which different categories are considered for seat allocation.

JoSSA 2020 Multiple Student Same Rank Rule

In case, there is less number of seats in one category than the number of candidates seeking admission through it then candidates are offered supernumerary seats.

JoSSA 2020 Seat Allocation for DS Candidates

There are 2 supernumerary seats reserved for DS candidates. This candidate must be in common rank list i.e. GEN, GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, GEN-PwD, GEN-EWS-PwD, OBC-NCL-PwD, SC-PwD and ST-PwD. The candidate are considered for seat allocation in an IIT in the following order:

1. Open Seats
2. OBC-NCL category seats
3. DS category.

JoSSA 2020 Seat Allocation for Foreign Tags

These are candidates who are in common rank list and satisfy general requirements. The seat allocation for candidates for foreign tags is done only after Indian nations is complete.

• Candidate who is foreign tag candidate if his/her rank is the same or better than General Category.
• These seats are supernumerary.
• These seats are limited to 10% of the total number of seats of the respective IIT.

JoSSA 2020 Seat Allocation for Preparatory Courses

The official body has levied the following rules for allocation of preparatory courses at IIT’s.

• Unfilled seats of OPEN-PwD are granted to candidates in CRL-PwD preparatory rank list.
• Unfilled GEN-EWS-PwD seats are granted to candidates in OBC-NCL-PwD preparatory rank list.
• Unfilled SC-PwD seats are granted to candidates in SC-PwD preparatory rank list
• Unfilled ST-PwD seats are granted to candidates in ST-PwD seats preparatory rank list.
• Unfilled SC seats are granted to candidates in SC preparatory rank list.
• Unfilled ST seats are granted to candidates in ST preparatory rank list.

JoSAA 2020 De-Reservation of Seats in Academic Programme

Check out the following features regarding the dereservation of seats in different categories.

• The unfilled seats in GEN-EWS and OBC-NCL category are treated as open category after every round.
• Unfilled OPEN-PwD category seats are treated as open category.
• Unfilled GEN-EWS-PwD category seats are treated as GEN-EWS category seats.
• Unfilled OBC-NCL-PwD category seats are treated as OBC-NCL category.
• Unfilled SC-PwD category seats are treated as SC category seats.
• Unfilled ST-PwD category seats are treated as ST category seats.

JoSAA 2020 Supernumerary Seats for Female Candidates

The official body uses the following rules and regulations for granting supernumerary seats to female candidates.

• The cut off for IIT is released in gender oblivious manner.
• There will be two seat pools for P, namely, Gender-Neutral(P) and Female-Only.
• Non-female candidates will be eligible only for seats from GenderNeutral(P) pool. Female candidates are eligible for both the pools.
• The seats are split into various programme section based on categories.

JoSAA 2020 Seat Allocation Algorithm

The seat allocation algorithm adopted by JoSAA guarantees the following properties.

• No reduction in the number of available seats for non-females compared to non-females admitted in 2018.
• There is no unfair means or Gender Bias as the female candidates will only occupy Gender-Neutral pool.
• During the seat allocation, first of all category is considered and then the gender.
• If there is any seat left vacant in Female-Only pool then it will not be allocated to any non-female candidates

JoSAA 2020 Up gradation of Programme Section after Round 1

Candidates become eligible for seat allocation in more than 1 programme section. This depends on category and rank list. If the chosen programme, is not there Round 1, then candidates are considered for subsequent rounds. However, the institute does not change even with the change of programme section.

JoSAA 2020 Registration

Eligible candidates then need to register themselves at josaa.nic.in. They then, need to reconfirm and fill in details like Gender, State Code, Eligibility, Nationality and Contact Details. Thereafter, candidates can login with their JEE MAIN application number and password to start filling their choices.

How to register?

• First, go to the official website.
• Then, click on the candidate registration and choice filling button.
• Next, fill in the relevant details.
• Thereafter, login with JEE MAIN application number and password to start filling their choices to start choice filling.

Details that cannot be changed after registration:

• Name
• Father / Mother / Guardian Name
• Class XII (or equivalent) examination board
• Birth Category
• State of eligibility,
• Nationality
• Gender

Click Here for conditions pertaining to change of nationality at time of registration.

JoSAA 2020 Choice Filling

Register candidates need to do choice filling of programmes as per their preference at josaa.nic.in. Candidates should not that there is no fee for the same. They are often given a 10 day window to fill in choices, which is not increased any further on. On the 7th and 9th day of choice filling, mock rounds are held. Check more details below.

JoSAA 2020 Mock Round

Candidates are given a know how of the programme preference they have selected during the mock rounds. They can get an insight into the seat allotment of first round by doing so. The main aim of the JoSAA mock round is to show candidates that they need to fill their choices correctly in order of priority.

JoSAA 2020 Seat Allotment

The seat allotment is held by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority in 7 rounds. Candidates who have been allotted a seat after the JoSAA choice filling round n download their “Provisional Seat Allocation Letter” and an e-challan for remittance of seat acceptance fee from josaa.nic.in.

How much is seat acceptance fee?

Category	Fee
SC, ST, GEN-PwD GENEWS-PwD, OBC-NCL-PwD, SC-PwD or ST-PwD	Rs. 15000
Other Candidates	Rs. 35000

Mode of Remittance: Candidates should either use the JoSAA portal, echallan of SBI, SBI Net Banking
or use SBI debit card facility

Refunds: If the candidate has paid the fee but does not report at the reporting centre, then fee is refunded after deducting Rs.1500.

What is Freeze, Float and Slide in JoSAA 2020?

Candidates can choose the either options after the seat allotment has been done by JoSAA.

Freeze: The candidate accepts the allotted seat and does not participate in further rounds.

Float: This indicates, that if there is better offer by other institute, then they will accept it or they will continue with seat allotment and further rounds.

Slide: If better seat is offered in same institute, then they will accept it

Note : The Slide and Float options are not available in the last round.

JoSAA 2020 Withdrawal of Seat!

Candidates who have already accepted their JoSAA allotted seats can also opt for withdrawal by reporting to their reporting centre. This can only be done up till the Round 6 of allotment. Candidates who opt for withdrawal are not eligible for further rounds and their fee is refunded after a deduction of Rs.1500.

How to withdraw?

• Go to the official website i.e JoSAA portal.
• Now, fill the bank account details to which the seat acceptance fee shall be refunded
• Next, upload the image of cancelled cheque.
• Now, download the withdrawal request letter.
• Next, both candidate and parent need to sign this letter at the reporting centre.

JoSAA 2020 Reporting and Document Verification

Selected candidates need to report in person at the allocated reporting centre for JoSAA 2020 Counselling. Candidates who are allocated a seat in IIT have to report to the IIT reportintg centre only and qualified candidates for NIT, IIEST, IIIT (Triple-I-T) or Other-GFT need to present at the allocated centre by the same.

What is Dual Reporting?

In case a candidate is allocated a seat in NIT, IIEST, IIIT (Triple-I-T) or Other-GFT in the Round 1 but is allocated a better seat in IIT in the next round then they must report to the IIT for seat acceptance. Doing so, will automatically cancel the seat accepted at the first institution. However, candidates are not required to dual report if they are allotted seat in the same institution.

Candidates do not have to pay seat acceptance fee at the reporting centre in case of dual reporting.

What is Dual Reporting in Document Verification?

In case, the candidate is allocated seat in IIT in round 1 and then in NIT, IIEST, IIIT (Triple-I-T) or Other-GFTI in next round, then they have to appear for document verification again. If that candidate does not appear for the verification, they are considered for JoSSA counselling.

Change of Class 12 Marks after JoSSA 2020 Counselling

In case, there is rectification or revaluation in Class 12 marks of the candidate then the following regulations are kept in mind.

• If candidate becomes ineligible because of less marks in Class 12, then the admission is cancelled.
• If candidate becomes eligible because of revision of Class 12 marks, then such a candidate has to approach a reporting centre with the revised marks sheet / transcript
• If the seat is not available, a supernumerary seat is created for the eligible candidate.

Mismatch in Documents during JoSSA 2020 Counselling

If the candidate is not able to produce a valid document in favor of the category chosen, then the category is changed for purpose of seat allocation.

Candidates can click here to check rules which are applied in addition to the change of category tag or gender or nationality.

What is the eligibility to appear in JEE Advanced in subsequent years?

Candidates who have not accepted any seat in all 6 rounds or have withdrawn their seats after acceptance can appear for JEE Advanced provided they fulfil the below mentioned criterion.

• Candidates who are allocated seat in IIT but withdraw their seat, are not eligible to appear for JEE Advanced.
• Candidates whose admission is cancelled for any reason can also not appear in JEE Advanced.
• Candidates who have paid seat acceptance fee but the seat cancelled, they can appear for JEE Advanced
• Candidates who have been allocated seat in preparatory course in IIT for the first time can appear in JEE (Advanced).

JoSSA 2020 Participating Institutes

Centralized Counselling JEE Main JEE Advanced