NIT Rourkela Invites Applications from Students for CSAB 2022 and JoSAA 2022

NIT Rourkela has revealed that the  online registration for JoSAA rounds of seat allocation will commence on 12 September 2022

NIT Rourkela is conducting the centralized seat allocation process for the year 2022 for admission to various undergraduate programs at NITs, IIEST, IIITs, SPAs (School of planning and architecture) and some GFTI (Government funded technical institutes), all collectively called the ‘NIT+ System.’ The eligibility requirement of 75% marks in the 12th Class or 20 percentiles in the 12th Class exam conducted by the respective board has been exempted as a one-time measure for the academic year 2022-23.

The Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) 2022 has been constituted by the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, with the Director, NIT Rourkela, as its Chairperson. Similarly, the Joint Admission Board (JAB) takes the responsibility of allocating seats in IITs with the Director, IIT Bombay as its Chairperson.

The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA), consisting of CSAB and JAB, will conduct six rounds of seat allocation. Two CSAB special rounds will be conducted thereafter to fill the vacant seats in the NIT+ system, if any.

The registration for JoSAA rounds of seat allocation will commence on 12 September 2022. The CSAB-special rounds will begin on 24 October 2022 after the completion of JoSAA rounds. The whole counseling process is expected to be completed by 06 November 2022.

It is estimated that approximately 2.2 lakhs applicants will participate in JoSAA and CSAB special rounds. There will be a total of 54477 seats for JoSAA. All 23 IITs, 31 NITs, 26 IIITs, 30 GFTIs, 3 SPAs and one IIEST will select applicants through JoSAA counselling.

 The key changes in JoSAA and CSAB 2022 According to NIT Rourkela

The requirement of NATA for BArch courses has been waived off for all Participating Institutes admitting students based on JEE paper 2 through CSAB-2022 for the Academic Year 2022-23.

Change of category tag from PwD to non-PwD may be permitted only if the candidate has not availed the benefit of Compensatory time and/or the Services of Scribe in JEE (Main) 2022. If the candidate had availed the benefit of Compensatory time and/or the Services of Scribe in JEE (Main) 2022, then the candidature shall be canceled.

Physical reporting at the end of JoSAA rounds at participating institutes has been done away with, for the candidates opting for participation in CSAB special round.

A multi-lingual helpdesk in English, Hindi, Odia, Bangla, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Marathi has been established at the CSAB Headquarter, NIT Rourkela. Help Centres at each of the Reporting Centres will also help the candidates and their parents in English and local languages.

After the completion of the 6th round of JoSAA-2022 counselling, vacant seats of the NIT+ system, if any, will be filled through CSAB-Special Rounds.

With 44 help centres, Multilingual FAQs, Helpdesk, Immersive PDF for Visually Challenged candidates and dedicated helpdesk for PwD applicants, CSAB 2022 has developed a user-friendly online portal to facilitate all aspirants. CSAB 2022 will admit candidates in the first year of Engineering/Technology and Architecture/Planning Programs based on their rank in JEE 2022 as well as other factors as per the Business Rules for the academic session 2022-23.

How to Participate in JoSAA 2022

• Step 1: Visit the JoSAA official website https://josaa.nic.in. Alternately, visit CSAB official website https://csab.nic.in to log on to JoSAA.
• Step 2: On the homepage, login using JEE (Main) Application Number and password.
• Step 3: Complete the choice filling section
• Step 4: Review and lock the choices filled in.

Important dates:

• Registration process for JoSAA starts on 12 September 2022.
• Six Rounds of JoSAA will be conducted from 23 September to 16 October 2022
• Vacancies after JoSAA rounds will be displayed on 24 October 2022.
• Registration for the filling of vacant seats through CSAB Special Rounds starts on  24 October 2022.
• Expected date for commencement of first year classes in 7 November 2022.