JEE Main 2020 Counselling-

Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) 2020 notified the counselling schedule, as per the notification released, the counselling will be done in 6 rounds.

JoSAA Seat Allotment Round 4 result has been released on October 30, 2020.

JoSAA 2020 Cutoff for Round 1 – 4 is available on the official portal, students can check institute-wise opening and closing ranks.

There are three counselling processes for 15% JEE Main All India Seats:

JoSAA Counselling is done for seat allotment of all IITs, IIITs, NITs and Other Government Funded Technical Institutes.

CSAB NEUT manages counselling for seats of AICTE approved institutes in India which are not covered under CSAB for the North Eastern States & Union Territories (NEUT).

CSAB SFTI takes care of counselling for Self-Funded Technical Institutes.

JEE Main Eligibility for Admission to NITs, IITs and CFTIs-

Admission to B.Tech / B. Arch / B.E. / B. Planning courses in these institutes will be based on All India Rank with the requirement that the candidate should have attained at least 75% in 12th examination or should have been in the top 20 percentile in 12th.

For SC / ST candidates the requirement is 65% in 12th.

JoSAA 2020: List of Documents to be Uploaded for IITs

Here is the list of documents to be uploaded for admission in IITs -

Class X Mark Sheet/Certificate or Birth Certificate (for Date-of-Birth)

Class XII Mark Sheet (Qualifying Examination)

Crossed Bank Cheque copy / Image of Passbook with bank account details

Medical Certificate

Certificate of category (SC/ST/OBC-NCL/GEN-EWS), if applicable

In case of OBC-NCL/GEN-EWS category, the certificate must be issued on or after April 01, 2020.

. Original Certificate for Persons with Disabilities (PwD),

OCI/PIO card

Passport / Citizenship certificate, if applicable

Category Certificate (SC/ ST/ OBC-NCL/ Gen-EWS)

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The documents list mentioned above are mandatory, and the candidates will have to make sure that he/ she attends the certificate verification with all the required documents.

JoSAA 2020 Registration and Choice Filling Procedure

The process of JoSAA registration included login through JEE Main registration number and Main/Advanced password and further completing the choice filling and allotment. Students can find below the detailed step by step procedure of JoSAA 2020 registration and choice filling-

Step 1- Registration: Students had to register on the official website of JoSAA 2020 in order to be considered for seat allotment. Candidates had to use their JEE Main application number and Main/Advanced password to login on the candidate portal of JoSAA. All the information about candidates was fetched from the database of JEE Main registration. Students must check and verify all the details on the registration form and modify the details (whichever is allowed).

Students were also required to change their password during JoSAA registration 2020. Candidates must choose a strong password and remember it or note it down as it will be required for all future login regarding choice filling, locking and checking of seat allotment.

Step 2- Choice Filling: After the completion of registration, students were required to fill choices of institutes and courses in which admission is desired. Students were advised to be very careful while filling the order of institutes and courses as seats are allotted in the order of choices filled. Students were advised to fill as many choices available to them as per their ranks so as to increase their chances of getting a seat in any institute. JoSAA choice filling 2002 was to be done within the specified dates.

Step 3- Choice Locking: Students had to lock the choices filled by them before the last date. Choices filled and not locked before the last date were automatically locked after the completion of time for choice locking. It was thus advised that students complete JoSAA choice filling and locking within the specified dates.

JoSAA Seat Allotment 2020

The authorities have released the Josaa seat allotment results for Round 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Seats are allotted through a centralised online counselling conducted by Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). JoSAA counselling is conducted in online mode in seven rounds. The allotment of seats are done on the basis of ranks in JEE Main/ Advanced on the basis of choices filled by candidates by considering the reservation and seat allotment policies. Students have to check the seat allotment status by login to their candidate portal using their registration number and password.

Important Guidelines for JoSAA 2020 Registration and Choice Filling

Candidates are advised to adhere the following below mentioned guidelines regarding JoSAA 2020 registration and choice filling

Students must fill all the details correctly while filling the details in JoSAA registration as incorrect information can lead to cancellation/rejection of admission

JoSAA choice filling and locking should be done within the specified dates failing which students will not be able to participate in JoSAA seat allotment

Students have to login to their candidates portal for checking the allotment status as per the schedule for announcement of seat allotment

Students who are allotted a seat have to confirm the seat by login.