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JoSAA 2017 - The result of the seventh round of seat allocation for JoSAA 2017 has been announced. Candidates can check the result by entering their JEE Main roll number and password. The last date for the acceptance of seat by reporting at the reporting centre is July 22, 2017. The results of the JoSAA Seat Allocation 2017 round 6 was announced on July 18, 2017. The fifth round of JoSAA 2017 was announced on July 16, 2017. The fourth round of JoSAA 2017 seat allotment was announced on July 13, 2017. The third round of JoSAA 2017 was announced on July 10, 2017. The second round of JoSAA 2017 seat allotment was declared on July 4, 2017 and first was announced on June 28, 2017. The second list of JoSAA 2017 mock seat allotment had been earlier been announced. The first mock seat allotment of JoSAA 2017 was announced on June 20, 2017. The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) 2017 announced the JoSAA 2017 schedule on June 7. JoSAA is responsible for counselling and seat allocation of candidates who have qualified in JEE Main 2017 and JEE Advanced 2017. The online registration of JoSAA and choice filling commenced from June 15 and ended on June 27, 2017 (at 11:00 a.m). Candidates can take a print out of the locked choices by entering their JEE Main 2017 roll number, password and security pin. If the candidates have registered for JEE Advanced, then they will have to use their JEE Advanced password. JoSAA 2017 is the joint counselling for admissions to JEE Main 2017 & JEE Advanced 2017 qualifying candidates. Admissions to the NITs, IIITs and other-GFTIs will be on the basis of the JEE Main 2017 ranks while admissions to the IITs will be on the basis of JEE Advanced 2017 ranks. A total of 97 participating institutes of JoSAA 2017 has been announced for JoSAA 2017. There will be seven rounds of JoSAA counselling and seat allotment. Withdrawal options will be given to candidates in all rounds except for the seventh round of JoSAA 2017. Candidates will have the benefit of two mock rounds to understand the process of choice filling and seat allotment in a better manner. All candidates can read the article that is given below to know the complete details about JoSAA Counselling.
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JoSAA 2017 Counselling & Seat Allotment (Round I) in Numbers:
The second round of seat allotment and acceptance for admission into IITs, NITs, IITs and other GFTIs conducted through Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) began from July 4. As per Prof. Prem B. Bisht, Organizing Chairman, JEE Advanced 2017, about 1,50,000 successful candidates filled their choices through JoSAA 2017 for their preferred programmes and the total number of choices came around 1.7 crores. Out of these, 36,114 candidates got seats in the first round across 97 institutes and 11,000 candidates were offered seats in IITs. Further, about 18,000 candidates got seats in NITs, nearly 3,000 in IIITs and approximately 4,000 in other GFTIs.
Out of 11,000 candidates who were offered seats at IITs, 994 female candidates were shortlisted in the first round for admission. Besides 5 qualified candidates who were offered seats in various IITs through DS category, 46 candidates were offered Preparatory Courses in the first round for admission to IITs. Apart from this, 2 foreign candidates were also in IITs.
JoSAA 2017 is conducting seat allotment process for admissions to over 34,000 undergraduate engineering seats across IITs, NITs, IIITs and GFTIs. Successful candidates who qualify the JEE Main 2017 and JEE Advanced 2017 are allotted seats depending upon the category that they fall into and they need to fulfil JoSAA eligibility criteria as well. Candidates can go through this article to know more about different aspects of JoSAA 2017.
What's news in JoSAA 2017?
There are 2 mock allotments for 2017-18 whereas last year there was only 1.
The number of participating institutes of JoSAA has been increased from 93 to 97 this year. 3 IIITs and 1 GFTI have been added for 2017-18 admission year.
There are 7 rounds of counselling this year while last year there were 6 rounds of counselling and seat allotment.
JoSAA Eligibility Criteria 2017
Candidates seeking admission to various IITs, ISM and NITS, were required to fulfil JoSAA 2017 eligibility criteria to be able to seek admission in these institutes. Candidates can have a look at the table given below to know the eligibility criteria.
There is no such eligibility criteria set by JoSAA 2017 for admission to participating institutes, however, for admissions to IITs, eligibility criteria of JEE Advanced 2017 will be applicable, while for admissions to NITs+System, the eligibility criteria of JEE Main 2017 will be applicable.
Name of Qualifying Examination | Name of admitting Institutes |
JEE Advanced 2017 | IITs and ISM |
JEE Main 2017 Paper 1 (B.E. / B.Tech.) | NITs, IIITs and other-GFTIs |
JEE Main 2017 Paper-2 (B.Arch. / B. Planning) | NITs, IIITs and other-GFTIs |
However, it is not mandatory that qualification in the above mentioned exams will guarantee admission to any of the institutes. Candidates need to fulfil the eligibility criteria of every institute as well.
JoSAA 2017 Important Dates
S. No. | Event | Date |
1 | Declaration of JEE Main 2017 AIRs by Joint Apex Board | April 27, 2017 |
2 | Commencement of online registration and filling in of choice of academic programme by candidates | June 15, 2017 |
3 | Display of mock seat allocation 1- based on the choices filled in by the candidates till June 20 | June 20, 2017 |
4. | Display of Mock seat Allocation 2-based on the choices filled in by the candidates till June 23 | June 23, 2017 |
5 | End of registration of candidates registration and fill-in of their choices of academic programmes | June 27, 2017 (11 AM) |
6 | Reconciliation of data, allocation of seats, verification and validation | June 27, 2017 |
7. | 1st Round of Seat Allotment | June 28, 2017 |
8. | 2nd Round of Seat Allotment | July 4, 2017 |
9. | 3rd Round of Seat Allotment | July 10, 2017 |
10 | 4th Round of Seat Allotment | July 13, 2017 |
11. | 5th Round of Seat Allotment | July 16, 2017 |
12. | 6th Round of Seat Allotment | July 18, 2017 |
13. | 7th Round of Seat Allotment | July 21, 2017 |
JoSAA Participating Institutes 2017
Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) 2017 Participating Institutes is a list of 97 institutes, which comprises of 23 IITs, 31 NITs, 23 IIITs and 20 GFTIs. Based on their performance in JEE Main 2017 and JEE Advanced 2017, candidates will be offered admission to the undergraduate engineering programmes at various participating institutes of JoSAA.
JoSAA Participating Institutes 2017
S . NO | Name of the Institutes | Number of Institutes |
1. | Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) | 23 |
2. | Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) | 23 |
3. | National Institutes of Technology (NITs) | 31 |
4. | Government funded Technical Institutes (other GFTI-s) | 20 |
JoSAA Seat Matrix 2017
Institute | Open | Open-PwD | SC | SC-PwD | ST | ST-PwD | OBC | OBC-PwD | Total |
IITs | 5394 | 159 | 1594 | 50 | 800 | 32 | 2870 | 89 | 10988 |
NITs | 8640 | 263 | 2565 | 74 | 1631 | 56 | 4496 | 143 | 17868 |
IIITs | 1672 | 47 | 506 | 15 | 258 | 7 | 897 | 31 | 3433 |
GFTIs | 2179 | 74 | 551 | 14 | 363 | 13 | 763 | 22 | 3979 |
Total | 17885 | 543 | 5216 | 153 | 3052 | 108 | 9026 | 285 | 36268 |
JoSAA Reporting Centres 2017
Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) 2017 has announced the names and addresses of reporting centres of JoSAA 2017 on June 7. Candidates will have to report to these reporting centres to get their seats confirmed after the seat allotment is announced. Candidates mus report to these centres for admission to various undergraduate engineering programmes that are offered by various participating institutes for the academic year 2017-18.
Points to Remember
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JoSAA Rank List 2017
The common rank list has been prepared after the declaration of the JEE Advanced 2017 and JEE Main 2017 result. The rank lists are prepared according to categories and institutes.
S. No | Category | Definition |
1. | Common Rank List | This list includes candidates belonging to GEN, GEN-PwD, OBC-NCL, OBC-NCL-PwD, SC, SC-PwD, ST or ST- PwD. Foreign tag candidates are part of the CRL prepared that is based on JEE (Advanced) 2017 |
2. | OBC-NCL | This list includes candidates belonging to OBC-NCL or OBC-NCL-PwD |
3. | SC | This list includes candidates belonging to SC or SC-PwD. |
4. | ST | This list includes candidates belonging to ST or ST-PwD |
5. | CRL-PwD | This will include candidates who fall in the category of GEN-PwD, OBC-NCL-PwD, SC-PwD, or ST-PwD |
6. | OBC-NCL-PwD | This will comprise of candidates belonging to OBC-NCL-PwD |
7. | SC-PwD | This will include candidates belonging to SC-PwD |
8. | ST-PwD | This will include candidates belonging to ST- PwD category |
Important Points - JoSAA Rank List 2017
1. Candidates who appeared for both Paper 1 and Paper 2 of JEE Advanced 2017 will be included in the rank list of JEE Advanced 2017.
2. The marks scored by a candidate in Physics (JEE Advanced 2017) will be equivalent to those scored in Physics part of Paper 1 plus the marks scored in Physics part of Paper 2. Similar practice will be followed for Chemistry and Mathematics.
3. The aggregate marks scored by a candidate in JEE Advanced 2017 is the sum of the marks scored in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics.
4. On the basis of the aggregate marks scored by candidates in JEE Advanced 2017, the rank lists will be prepared.
JoSAA Rank List 2017- Tie-breaking policy
In case two or more candidates have same aggregate marks, then the below given tie-breaker policy will be followed for determining the rank:
(i) Higher rank will be awarded to the candidate who has obtained more marks in Mathematics.
(ii) In case this does not break the tie, higher rank will be given to the candidate who has scored more marks in Physics.
(iii) In case there is a tie even after this, candidates will be awarded the same Rank.
Note: If the candidate fulfils the minimum marks and category criteria, then in that case, the candidate’s name can appear in more than one rank list.
JoSAA Counselling 2017
JoSAA 2017 is conducting counselling for candidates who have cleared JEE Advanced 2017 and JEE Main 2017. Qualifying candidates of these exams have to first register themselves online and fill the programme and institute of their choice in order to participate in JoSAA 2017. Online registration for successful JEE Advanced 2017 and JEE Main 2017 candidates commenced from June 15, 2017. The last date for locking the choices was June 27, 2017 (11:00 a.m). Candidates can see the schedule of JoSAA 2017 below. In order to register themselves for JoSAA 2017 counselling, candidates had to enter their JEE Main Roll Number, password and the security pin that was given. If the candidate had registered for JEE Advanced 2017, then the candidates had to use their JEE Advanced password. They could take a print out of the locked choices by following the same procedure. The result of the last and final round of seat allotment of JoSAA 2017 has been announced. The last date for the acceptance of the seat by reporting at the reporting centre is July 22, 2017. The sixth round of JoSAA 2017 seat allotment has been announced on July 18, 2017. The fifth round of JoSAA 2017 seat allotment was announced on July 16, 2017. The fourth round of JOSAA 2017 seat allotment was announced on July 13, 2017. The third round of seat allotment was announced on July 10, 2017.The second round of seat allotment was announced on July 4, 2017. Candidates can now print the locked choice. The first round of JoSAA 2017 seat allotment was announced on June 28, 2017.
Candidates who clear JEE Main 2017 and JEE Advanced 2017 need to register online for JoSAA Counselling & Seat Allotment. The steps for registration are given below.
Online registration
Fill choice of programme
Fill choice of institute
Payment of Counselling fees
JoSAA 2017 First Round of Counselling and Seat Allotment
S. No. | Event | Date |
1 | 1st round seat allocation announcement | June 28, 2017 (10:00) |
2 | 1st round seat acceptance at RC begins | June 29, 2017 (10:00 - 17:00 ) |
3 | 1st round seat acceptance at RC ends | July 3, 2017 (10:00 - 17:00) |
JoSAA 2017 Second Round of Counselling and Seat Allotment
S. No. | Event | Date |
1 | Display of seats filled/availability status | July 4, 2017(10 AM ) |
2 | 2nd round seat allocation announcement | July 4, 2017 (5 PM ) |
3 | 2nd round seat acceptance/withdrawal at RC begins | July 5, 2017 (10 AM to 5 PM ) |
4 | 2nd round seat acceptance/withdrawal at RC ends | July 6, 2017 (10 AM to 5 PM) |
JoSAA 2017 Third Round of Counselling and Seat Allotment
S. No. | Event | Date |
1 | Display of seats filled/availability status | July 10, 2017 (5 PM) |
2 | 3rd round seat allocation announcement | July 10, 2017 (5 PM) |
3 | 3rd round seat acceptance/withdrawal at RC begins | July 11-12, 2017 (10 AM to 5 PM) |
4 | 3rd round seat acceptance/withdrawal at RC ends | July 13, 2017 (10 AM to 1 PM) |
JoSAA 2017 Fourth Round of Counselling and Seat Allotment
S. No. | Event | Date |
1 | Display of seats filled/availability status | July 13, 2017 (5 PM) |
2 | 4th round seat allocation announcement | July 13, 2017 (8 PM) |
3 | 4th round seat acceptance/withdrawal at RC begins | July 14, 2017 (10 AM to 5 PM) |
4 | 4th round seat acceptance/withdrawal at RC ends | July 15, 2017 (10 AM to 5 PM) |
JoSAA 2017 Fifth Round of Counselling and Seat Allotment
S. No. | Event | Date |
1 | Display of seats filled/availability status | July 16, 2017 (10 AM) |
2 | 5th round seat allocation announcement | July 16, 2017 (5 PM) |
3 | 5th round seat acceptance/withdrawal at RC | July 17, 2017 (10 AM to 5 PM) |
JoSAA 2017 Sixth Round of Counselling and Seat Allotment
S. No. | Event | Date |
1 | Display of seats filled/availability status | July 18, 2017 (10 AM) |
2 | 6th round seat allocation announcement | July 18, 2017 (5 PM) |
3 | 6th round seat acceptance/withdrawal at RC begins | July 19, 2017 (10 AM to 5 PM) |
4 | 6th round seat acceptance/withdrawal at RC ends | July 20, 2017 (10 AM to 5 PM) |
JoSAA 2017 Seventh Round of Counselling and Seat Allotment
S.No | Event | Date |
1. | Display of seats filled/availability status | July 21, 2017 (10 AM ) |
2. | 7th round seat allocation announcement | July 21, 2017 (5 PM) |
3. | 7th round seat acceptance/withdrawal at RC | July 22, 2017 (10 AM to 5 PM) |
Freeze Float and Slide Options
At the time of JoSAA counselling 2017, candidates have the option to opt for ‘freeze’, ‘slide’ or ‘float’ for the choice of academic programmes in the subsequent round(s).
What does Freeze, Float and Slide option mean?
S.No | Options | Definition |
1. | Freeze | Under the freeze option, the seats are accepted by the candidates and it means that they are content with the allocated academic programme and do not wish to participate in further rounds of seat allocation. These candidates will not be considered for the remaining rounds of counselling and seat allotment. |
2. | Float | Candidates opting for float option means that the offered seats are accepted by the candidates and that in case they get admission to a better/higher preference academic programme is offered in any institute, then in that case, they will accept it or else will continue with the present programme that was offered to them. These candidates will be taken into account in the remaining rounds of admission |
3. | Slide | Under the slide option, candidates who have accepted the offered seat indicate that in case they are offered a better programme in the same institute, then they will accept it. These candidates will be considered for the remaining rounds. |
Points to remember with regard to Freeze Float and Slide Options
1. Candidates who did get admission to their first choice, they will have slide and float options.
2. There will be no slide and float options available in the last round of seat allocation.
3. In case a candidate goes for freeze option, then, in that case, the option cannot be changed.
JoSAA Seat Allotment 2017
Candidates who are eligible for seat allocation need to fulfil certain criterion which is given below.
S. No | Criterion for Seat allocation |
1. | The candidate must clear JEE Advanced 2017 for the academic programmes at IITs and ISM. |
2. | Candidate must secure a rank in JEE Main 2017, Paper-1 for B.E./B.Tech. programmes at NITs, IIEST, IIITs and Other-GFTIs. Candidates must have passed class 12th or any other equivalent exam with Mathematics and Physics as compulsory subjects along with any of the following subjects like biotechnology, chemistry, biology, technical vocational subject. |
3. | The candidate must have got a rank in JEE Main 2017 in Paper 2 for Bachelor in Architecture and Bachelor of Planning programmes at NITs, IIEST, IIITs and Other-GFTIs. It is mandatory for the candidate to have Mathematics in class XII and should have scored 50 per cent aggregate marks in total of five subjects including Mathematics. |
JoSAA counselling for Supernumerary seats for Union Territories
A separate round of counselling and seat allocation will take place for supernumerary seats at the following Union Territories after the joint seat allocation and seat acceptance under JoSAA 2017.
S.No. | Name of Union Territory | Location of NIT |
1. | Daman and Diu | |
2. | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | NIT Surat |
3. | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | |
4. | Lakshadweep |
Candidates who are from the Union Territories or states where there are no NITs, then, in that case, Home State Quota will be applicable in the nearest NIT.
JEE Main 2017 Home State Quota
S. No. | State/UT | Institute |
1. | Chandigarh | |
2. | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |
3. | Lakshadweep | NIT Goa |
4. | Daman and Diu | NIT Goa |
5. | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
JoSAA 2017 Counselling for northeastern states
There will be another round of seat allocation for the North Eastern States i.e Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura after seats are allocated and accepted under JoSAA 2017. Allotment of such seats will be done by a Centralised Seat Allotment Board for the North Eastern States and Union Territories.
Candidates will be required to report at the designated Reporting Centres for document verification. If the candidates fail the verification process then he/she will not be provided admission into the institute. After successfully verifying their documents, the candidates will be able to report at their allotted institute for confirmation of admission and payment of tuition fees.
List of Documents for Verification
The following original documents along with a set of photocopies have to be submitted for verification at the reporting centres. The photocopies will be retained by the admission committee while the original will be returned to the candidates. The candidates will have to arrange the documents in the given order.
List of Documents
S.No | For IITs and ISM | For NITs, IIESTs, IIITs and Other GFTIs |
1 | Two Passport Size Photographs | Three Passport Size Photographs identical to the one Uploaded in JEE Main 2017 Registration |
2 | Provisional Seat Allotment Letter | Provisional Seat Allotment Letter |
3 | Undertaking by the Candidate | Candidate Undertaking |
4 | Proof of Seat Acceptance Fee Payment by e-challan or net banking of SBI | Proof of Fee Payment by e-challan or Internet Banking of SBI for Seat Acceptance |
5 | Valid Photo Identity Card | Photo Identity Card |
6 | Original Admit Card of JEE Advanced 2017 | JEE Main 2017 Admit Card |
7 | Date of Birth Proof (10th Standard Mark Sheet) | JEE Main 2017 Score Card |
8 | 12th Standard (or equivalent) Mark Sheet and Pass Certificate | 10th Standard Mark Sheet or Date of Birth Proof |
9 | Medical Certificate | 12th Standard (or equivalent) Mark Sheet and Pass Certificate |
10 | Category Certificate (if applicable) | Medical Certificate |
11 | Certificate for PwD (if applicable) | Category Certificate (if applicable) |
12 | Passport (for foreign nationals) or OCI Certificate or PIO Card (if applicable) | PwD Certificate (if applicable) |
13 | DS Certificate (if applicable) | OCI Certificate or PIO Card (if applicable) |
14 | Registration cum Locked Choices for Seat Allotment | Registration and Filled Choices for Seat Allotment |
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