JoSAA 2020: Registration, Dates, Counselling, Seat Allotment, Opening and Closing Ranks, Results

JoSAA has started seat allotment for the year 2020 on the basis of JEE Main 2020 and JEE Advanced 2020. Check all the information related to JoSAA 2020. 

• What is JoSAA 2020?
• JoSAA 2020 Important Dates
• Who can apply for JoSAA?
• JoSAA Participating Institutes
• How to apply for JoSAA?
• JoSAA Mock Seat Allotment
• JoSAA Seat Allotment Results

What is JoSAA 2020?

Full form of JoSAA is Joint Seat Allocation Authority. JoSAA was constituted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development to manage the seat allocation for 107 institutions for the year 2020-21. It is responsible for seat allocation to candidates who qualify JEE Main 2020 and JEE Advanced 2020.

Choice of College

After enrollment, the candidates will have to submit their choices for colleges and course/programs. The institutions and courses must be chosen by the candidates according to their liking as it will be considered in the seat assignment session.

Dual Reporting in JoSAA Counseling

This means the candidate will have to report to the centre twice under JoSAA 2020. It will only be applicable if the allotment had been upgraded at some round of counselling. If the candidates were first allocated a seat at the NITs and it got upgraded to IITs or any other institute then the candidates will have to report for IITs as well.

In simple words, if the seat of a candidate is changed from IIT to NIT+system and vice versa, then he/she has to report at both of the reporting centres one after the other to make sure that his/her admission is confirmed. Failure to do so will result in the cancellation of the candidature of the applicant.

JoSAA 2020 Opening and Closing Rank

The opening and closing rank will be announced after seat allotment result. Candidates can check the previous year JoSAA opening and closing rank to attain idea about how the rank this year will be.

Documents Verification

After the result for seat distribution is declared, candidates should report to their nearest reporting centre for document verification. Only after verification and payment of seat acceptance fees, the applicants will have the capacity to visit their assigned college for confirmation of admission.

Participating Institutions

Candidates who are qualified for JEE Main 2020 and JEE Advanced 2020 will be eligible for admissions into 97 JoSAA 2020 participating institutes. More than 34,000 undergraduate engineering seats from the participating IITs, NITs, IIITs and GFTIs will be open for all JEE Main and JEE Advanced exam qualified candidates.

Following documents are required for the registration for JoSAA 2020

• 3 Passport size photographs
• Provisional Seat Allotment Letter
• Class XII Performance Check
• Proof of Fee Payment
• Admit Card of JEE
• ScoreCard of JEE
• Class X Marks Sheet
• Class XII Marks Sheet
• Medical Certificate
• Category Certificate if applicable
• Registration cum locked choices for the seat allotment
• DS certificate if applicable
• Passport of the students and parents if applicable

JoSAA 2020 Important Dates

JoSAA 202 registration process for seat allocation starts after the result for JEE Advanced is declared.

There will be seven rounds of seat allocation in total. Important Dates are provided below:

JoSAA 2020 Dates

Event	Date (Tentative)
Declaration of JEE Mains ranks by National Testing Agency (NTA)	To be announced later
Announcement of JEE Advanced 2020 Results
Commencement of candidate registration and choice filling for academic programs
Display of Mock Seat Allocation-1 based on the choices filled-in by candidates
Display of Mock Seat Allocation-2 based on the choices filled-in by candidates
Last date for candidate registration and choice filling for academic programs
Reconciliation of data, Seat Allocation, verification and validation
Round 1 Seat Allocation result declaration
Document Verification and Acceptance of Seat by reporting at Reporting Centres (Round 1)
Display of seats filled / availability status
Round 2 Seat Allocation result declaration
Document Verification and Acceptance/withdrawal of Seat by reporting at Reporting Centres (Round 2)
Display of seats filled / availability status
Round 3 Seat Allocation result declaration
Document Verification and Acceptance/withdrawal of Seat by reporting at Reporting Centres (Round 3)
Display of seats filled / availability status
Round 4 Seat Allocation result declaration
Document Verification and Acceptance/withdrawal of Seat by reporting at Reporting Centres (Round 4)
Display of seats filled / availability status
Seat Allocation (Round 5)
Document Verification and Acceptance/withdrawal of Seat by reporting at Reporting Centres (Round 5)
Display of seats filled / availability status
Round 6 Seat Allocation result declaration
Document Verification and Acceptance/withdrawal of Seat by reporting at Reporting Centres (Round 6) LAST ROUND FOR SEAT WITHDRAWAL (only for IITs)
Display of seats filled / availability status
Final Round Seat Allocation result declaration (Round 7)
Document Verification and Acceptance of Seat by reporting at Reporting Centres/Admitting Institutes (Round 7)
Document Verification and Acceptance of Seat by reporting at Reporting Centres/Admitting Institutes (Round 7) WITHDRAWAL OF SEAT at participating Institutes

JoSAA 2020 Eligibility

The qualification criteria of JoSAA 2020 must be met and fulfilled by the candidates for admissions into the participating institutes. Although, JoSAA 2020 have not set any particular qualification criteria. In any case, the candidates should have qualified the JEE Main 2020 and JEE Advanced 2020 for registering and participating in the seat allotment.

Candidates also need to have correct documents. Because the same will be verified by the conducting authorities. Hence, it becomes very important for the students to satisfy the JoSAA 2020 Eligibility in every way.

Note: If the candidate won't have any of the necessary documents unavailable with him/her, then he/she will not be considered for the seat allocation and admission.

JoSAA 2020 Participating Institutes

JoSAA 2020 comprises a total of 107 participating institutes or colleges. These institutes comprise of Indian Institute of Technology (IITs), National Insitute of Technology (NITs), Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs) and Government-Funded Technological Institutes (GFTIs).

After JoSAA announces the seat allotment results, the candidates will have to report to the selected/allotted reporting centres mentioned below to confirm their allotted seats.

JoSAA 2020 will have separate reporting centres for IIT's, NIT's and other institutes.

List of JoSAA 2020 Participating Institutes

The number of participating institutes in JoSAA 2020 are given below:

Participating Instituts in JoSAA 2020

Name of the Institutes	Number of Institutes
Government Funded Technical Institutes (Other GFTIs)	28
Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs)	25
Indian Institute of Technology (IITs)	23
National Institute of Technology (NITs)	31
Total	107

The participating institutes for JoSSA 2020 are the same as the reporting centres. These are provided below.

Reporting Centres for IITs

Following table contains the reporting for admissions in IITs.

JoSAA Reporting Centres for IITs

Institute Code	Name of the Institute	Address
101	Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar	IIT Bhubaneswar, Argul, Jatni, Khurda, PIN: 752050
102	Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay	IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400076, India
103	Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi	IIT Mandi, Parashar Road, Tehsil Sadar, Near Kataula, Kamand, Himachal Pradesh – 175005, India
104	Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi	IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016, India
105	Indian Institute of Technology, Indore	Khandwa Road, Simrol, Indore, Madhya Pradesh – 453552, India
106	Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur	IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal – 721302, India
107	Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad	Kandi, Sangareddy, Telangana – 502285, India
108	Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur	IIT Jodhpur, NH 65 Nagaur Road, Karwar 342037, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan
109	Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur	IIT Kanpur, Kalyanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh – 208016, India
110	Indian Institute of Technology, Madras	IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 600036, India
111	Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar	IIT Gandhinagar, Palaj, Gujarat – 382355, India
112	Indian Institute of Technology, Patna	Bihta, Patna, Bihar – 801103, India
113	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee	IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand – 247667, India
114	Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad	Mai Campus, IIT (ISM), Dhanbad, Jharkhand - 826004, India
115	Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar	Nangal Road, Rupnagar, Punjab – 140001, India
116	Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi	BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh - 221005, India
117	Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati	IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam - 781039, India
118	Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai	IIT Bhilai, GEC Campus, Sejbahar, Raipur - 492015, Chhattisgarh, India

Reporting-cum-Help Centres for NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs

The table below consists of reporting centres for NITS, IIITs and GFTIs. These centres will also act as the help centres for the before-mentioned institutions.

Reporting Centres for NIITs, BFTIs and IIITs

Institute Code	Name of the Institution	Address of Correspondence	Phone/Fax/Website
201	Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar	N.I.T. Post Office, Jalandhar - 144011, India	Phone: +91-181-2690301,3082000 Fax: +91-181-2690320 Website: www.nitj.ac.in
202	Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur	Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Malviya Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan – 302 017, India	Phone: +91-141-2529087,2715031 Fax: +91-141-2529029 Website: www.mnit.ac.in
203	Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal	Near Mata Mandir, Bhopal, Madya Pradesh – 462 003 India	Phone: 0755-4051255 Fax: 91-755 2670562 Website: www.manit.ac.in
204	Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad	Allahabad – 211 004, India	Phone: +91-532-2271046,2271044 Fax: +91-532-2545341 Website: www.mnnit.ac.in
205	National Institute of Technology, Agartala	P.O.: National Institute of Technology, Agartala Barjala, Jirania, Tripura (W) – 799 046, India	Phone: +91-381-2546630, 2548537, 2548510 Fax: +91-381-2346360 Website: www.nita.ac.in
206	National Institute of Technology, Calicut	NITC Campus P.O., Calicut, Kerala– 673 601, India	Phone: +91-495-2286110, 2286118 Fax: +91-495-2287250 Website: www.nitc.ac.in
207	National Institute of Technology, Delhi	A-7, Institutional Area, Near Satyawadi Raja Harish Chandra Hospital, Narela, New Delhi, - 110 040, India	Phone: +91-11-33861186 Fax: +91-11-27787503 Website: www.nitdelhi.ac.in
208	National Institute of Technology, Durgapur	Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, Durgapur, West Bengal – 713 209, India	Phone: +91-343-2754680 Fax: +91-343-2547375 Website: www.nitdgp.ac.in
209	National Institute of Technology, Goa	Farmagudi, Ponda, Goa - 403 401, India	Phone: +91-832-2404205 Fax: +91-832-2404202 Website: www.nitgoa.ac.in
210	National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur	Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh - 177005, India	Phone: +91-1972-254540 Fax: +91-1972-223834 Website: www.nith.ac.in
211	National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal	P.O: Srinivasnagar, Mangalore - 575 025, Karnataka, India	Phone: +91-824-2473003, 2474040 Fax: +91-824-2473033 Website: www.nitk.ac.in
212	National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya	Bijni Complex, Laitumkhrah, Shillong- 793003, Meghalaya, India	Phone: +91-364-2501294 Fax: +91-364-2501113 Website: www.nitmeghalaya.in
213	National Institute of Technology, Nagaland	Chumukedima, Dimapur, Nagaland - 797 103, India	Phone: +91-3862-241806 Fax: +91-3862-240343 Website: www.nitnagaland.ac.in
214	National Institute of Technology, Patna	Ashok Rajpath, Patna- 800 005, India	Phone: +91-612-2370419 Fax: +91-612-2670631 Website: www.nitp.ac.in
215	National Institute of Technology, Puducherry	Thiruvettakudy, Karaikal, Puducherry-609 609, India	Phone No.: +91-4368-265235, 265229 Tele-Fax No.: +91-4368-265230 Website: www.nitpy.ac.in
216	National Institute of Technology, Raipur	G.E. Road, Raipur, Chhatisgarh-492010, India	Phone: +91-771-2253155 Fax: +91-771-2253155 Website: www.nitrr.ac.in
217	National Institute of Technology, Sikkim	NIT Sikkim, Barfung Block, Ravangla Sub-Division South, Sikkim-737 139, India	Phone: +91-3595-260042 Fax: +91-3595-260018 Website: www.nitsikkim.ac.in
		Additional Reporting Center of NIT Sikkim. Hotel Swastik residency, Near Tenzing Norgay Central bus terminus, Pradhan Nagar, Siliguri - 734003.	Dr. Ranjan Basak, Dean, Academic Affairs You may choose to report either at NIT Sikkim or Hotel Swastik Residency. +91 9166467836 E-mail: [email protected]

Registration process

• Important Dates: Eligible candidates should check JoSAA Seat Allotment Schedule before registering themselves.
• Registration Date: JoSAA 2020 Application Process has been started from 16th June 2020. The last date to register is 25th June 2020.
• Participation: All qualifying candidates in the entrance exams- JEE Main 2020 and JEE Advanced 2020 will be deemed eligible to participate in the process of JoSAA 2020.

How to apply for JoSAA 2020?

The following steps for registering for JoSAA 2020 can be followed.

Step 1 – JoSAA 2020 Registration

• Log into your JoSAA account, candidates will be required to submit their JEE Main 2020 roll number and password. Candidates who have qualified and registered for JEE Advanced 2020 will have to use their JEE Advanced 2020 password. If not, then the JEE Main password can be used.
• Once you have logged in, your personal details will be retrieved from their JEE Main 2020 registration. However, candidates should ensure the auto-generated information is apt and correct. Communicate with the conducting authority in case of any discrepancy.
• It is mandatory for the candidates to change their password. While setting up the new password, the candidates will have to set a security question.
• At this stage, the candidates will be able to modify their contact details.
• Check all the information is correct and click on “Submit Changes”.

Step 2 – Filling of Choices

• Once registered, a list of the various courses and also JoSAA 2020 participating institutes will be displayed on the screen.
• The list of choices will be based on the candidate’s performance in JEE Main/ JEE Advanced (Candidates who have qualified JEE Advanced 2020 examination will be eligible for almost all the choices whereas those candidates who have qualified JEE Main 2020 will be able to select only from available choices of NITs, IIITs and GFTIs).
• Fill in the choice as you prefer. Once done selecting all the preferred choices, the candidates will be able to modify the order by selecting “Arrange Filled Choices”. Candidates will be provided with the options of “Choices Rearrange” and “Choices Interchange”.
• The selected options can also be deleted if required. The new course and college preference list will be updated after the candidate saves all the changes have been made.

Step 3 – Locking of Choices

• Once the candidate has decided and entered his preferred choices, he/she must click on “I agree to lock my choices”.
• If the candidate wishes to make any modifications later then they can click on “I will lock my choices later”.
• Take a print out of the confirmed filled in choices for future reference.
• The print out of the filled choices can be taken only if the candidates enter their JEE Main 2020 roll number and password. If the candidates have qualified JEE Advanced examination, then they will have to enter their JEE Advanced 2020 password.

Step 4 - Payment Of Application Fees

• The candidates have to pay JoSAA 2020 Fees, i.e. e-challan for acceptance of seat and download their "Provisional Allotment Letter".
• Payment of INR 45,000/- by the general candidates and INR 20,000/- by the SC/ST/Gen-PwD/OBC-NCL-PwD/SC-PwD or ST-PwD candidates have to be done through e-Challan or SBI Net Banking.

Sept 5 - Reporting at the Allotted Centre

• The candidates who have been allotted seats in different institutes should report at their respective reporting centre for the verification of the documents.
• All the original documents should be carried by the candidates to their reporting centre.
• If the candidates do not attend or qualify the verification process, then their admission will be cancelled.
• The candidates should remember that those who are allotted into NIT, IIEST, IIIT or other GFTIs will have to report only at the reporting centres of the same.

JoSAA Mock Seat Allotment

JoSAA will release the mock seat allotment process for the students. It will be done to give the students an idea of how actual counselling process will look like. Mock seat allotment for 2020 will be released before the actual seat allotment.

This will help candidates book their choice of seats in the desired participating institute. JoSAA 2020 Counselling will be having two JoSAA 2020 mock seat allotments.

JoSAA Seat Allotment Results

After the deadline to submit the choices, the results will be announced. The seat allotment is done based on the JEE Main/JEE Advanced 2020 rank, the choices entered for the course and college and the number of vacant seats in the institutes.

Candidates can check for seat allotment results on the official website. The candidates will then have the options to:

• Freeze: Can be used when the candidate is satisfied with an allotment and would like to take admission in the allocated institute or college.
• Float: Can be used when the candidate would like to continue with the allotted seat but would also participate in the next round of counselling to get a better seat.
• Slide: It is similar to float except for the candidate wishes to explore better choices in the same institute.
• Withdraw: Can be used when the candidate is dissatisfied with seat allotment and would like to leave the counselling process.

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