II                  MULTIPLE STUDENT – SAME RANK RULE

1. In the event that there is less number of seats available under a particular category in an academic program than the number of candidates with the same category-wise rank seeking admission to the same program, then all those candidates will be offered seats by creating requisite number of supernumerary

III               [ONLY FOR IITs] SEAT ALLOCATION FOR DS CANDIDATES

2. Two (2) supernumerary seats are preferentially allocated in every Institute for candidates who qualify under the DS

A DS candidate must be in the CRL to be eligible for preferential allocation under the DS category.

Candidates who are eligible for seat allocation under the DS category will also be considered under their category [viz., GEN, GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, GEN-PwD, GEN-EWS-PwD, OBC-NCL-PwD, SC-PwD and ST-PwD].

For example, if a candidate belongs to the OBC-NCL category and is also eligible for admission under the DS category, then the candidate will be considered for seat allocation in an academic program of an IIT in the following order: first for OPEN seats, followed by OBC-NCL category seats, and then for seats under DS category.

IV            [ONLY FOR IITs] SEAT ALLOCATION FOR THE CANDIDATES WITH FOREIGN TAG

3. For consideration for seat allocation, foreign tag candidates should be in the CRL and satisfy all the eligibility requirements meant for a GEN category Seat allocation to foreign tag candidates is carried out after the seat allocation of all Indian national candidates is completed. A seat in an academic program will be allotted to a foreign tag candidate if the candidate’s rank is the same or better than the closing rank of the GEN category candidate in that academic program.

4. Seats to be allocated to foreign tag candidates will be supernumerary

5. The total number of supernumerary seats allotted in each IIT for foreign tag candidates, is limited to 10% of the total number of seats of the respective

V             [Only for NITs, IIEST, IIITs (Triple-I-Ts) and Other-GFTIs]

Admission of foreign tag candidates to NITs, IIEST, IIITs, and Other-GFTIs is not in the purview of CSAB and hence is not in the purview of JoSAA-2021.

VI          [ONLY   FOR   IITs]   SEAT   ALLOCATION   TO               PREPARATORY COURSES

6. The following business rules for seat allocation to preparatory courses will be applicable for every round of seat

1. Unfilled OPEN-PwD seats will be allocated to candidates in the CRL-PwD preparatory rank list provided no more candidates in the CRL-PwD rank list have opted for it.
2. Unfilled GEN-EWS-PwD seats will be allocated to candidates in the GEN- EWS-PwD preparatory rank list provided no more candidates in the GEN- EWS-PwD rank list have opted for it.
3. Unfilled OBC-NCL-PwD seats will be allocated to candidates in the OBC- NCL-PwD preparatory rank list provided no more candidates in the OBC- NCL-PwD rank list have opted for it.
4. Unfilled SC-PwD seats will be allocated to candidates in the SC-PwD preparatory rank list provided no more candidates in the SC-PwD rank list have opted for it.
5. Unfilled ST-PwD seats will be allocated to candidates in the ST-PwD preparatory rank list provided no more candidates in the ST-PwD rank list have opted for it.
6. Unfilled SC seats will be allocated to candidates in the SC preparatory rank list provided no more candidates in the SC rank list have opted for it.

7. Unfilled ST seats will be allocated to candidates in the ST preparatory rank list provided no more candidates in the ST rank list have opted for

VII            DE-RESERVATION OF UNFILLED SEATS FOR AN ACADEMIC PROGRAM

7. Unfilled GEN-EWS and OBC-NCL category seats will be de-reserved and treated as OPEN category seats for allocation in every round of seat However, unfilled SC and ST category seats will NOT be de- reserved.

8. The following rules for de-reservation of seats will be applicable for every round of seat allocation. In the case of academic programs offered by IITs, these are applicable AFTER seat allocation for preparatory courses in every round of seat

• Unfilled OPEN-PwD category seats for an academic program will be de-reserved and treated as OPEN category seats for
• Unfilled GEN-EWS-PwD category seats for an academic program will be de-reserved and treated as GEN-EWS category seats for
• Unfilled OBC-NCL-PwD category seats for an academic program will be de-reserved and treated as OBC-NCL category seats for
• Unfilled SC-PwD category seats for an academic program will be de- reserved and treated as SC category seats for
• Unfilled ST-PwD category seats for an academic program will be de- reserved and treated as ST category seats for allocation.

VIII         CHANGE OF PERSONAL AND OTHER DETAILS

9. At the time of registration in JoSAA website, candidates will NOT be allowed to change their personal details such as name, father’s / mother’s / guardian’s name, date of birth, Class XII (or equivalent) examination board and (birth) category. But candidates can change their state of eligibility, nationality place of passing class XII and gender (subject to conditions specified below in 66).

IX                SUPERNUMERARY SEATS FOR FEMALE CANDIDATES

10. The Ministry of Education (erstwhile Ministry of Human Resources) Government of India, has taken a decision to, inter alia, improve the gender balance in the undergraduate programs at IITs, NITs, IIEST Shibpur and some of the IIITs to at least 20% by 2020-21 by creating supernumerary seats specifically for females. In accordance with the directions of the Ministry of Education, Government of India, supernumerary seats will thus be created and offered to female candidates of Indian nationality only, for improving the gender balance in the undergraduate programs of all IITs and NITs, IIEST and some of the IIITs in Joint Seat Allocation process for 2021-22. The following rules will be followed while allocating supernumerary seats for females.
11. Cut-off[for I I Ts o n l y ]: The qualifying cut-off marks for each program of every IIT will be computed in a gender-oblivious
12. Creation of seat matrices for 2021: Consider any program P (For example, IIT Delhi Electrical Engineering or MNIT Jaipur Electronics and Communication Engineering). There will be two seat pools for P, namely, Gender-Neutral (P) and Female-Only (P). The Female-Only (P) pool includes supernumerary seats, if

• Every IIT must have at least 20% females altogether in its UG program: Non-female candidates will be eligible only for seats from Gender-Neutral (P) pool. Female candidates are eligible for both the However, a female candidate, desirous of P, first competes for a seat from Female-Only (P) pool. Only after she fails to get a seat from this pool, she will compete for a seat from Gender-Neutral (P) pool.

The reservation policy: The reservation policy as per Government of India norms as existing at present will be applicable to the two pools of seats as well

– Seats in Female-Only(P) pool of a program will be further split into various Program-Sections based on the categories (GEN, GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, GEN-PwD, GEN-EWS- PwD, OBC-NCL-PwD, SC-PwD, ST-PwD) and state quotas (All India / Home State / Other State, as and where applicable). In a similar manner, Gender-Neutral (P) pool will be split into Program- Sections based on the categories and state quotas (as and where applicable). Once the

numbers of seats for Female-Only (P) and Gender-Neutral (P) have been computed for an academic program P as described above, they are distributed among their Program- Sections according to the prevailing business rules as follows.

1. For IITs which have only All India quota, there are ten Program-Sections according to respective categories – GEN, GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, and their PwD counterparts.
2. For NIT+ System Institutes, there are either two types of state quotas

i.e. Home State and Other State (or All India and Home State) or only one type of quota i.e. All India quota. So there are maximum 20 Program- Sections defined by the state quota and candidate’s categories for these institutes.

IV.         The seat allocation algorithm guarantees the following properties:

2020. No reduction in the number of available seats for non- female candidates compared to the number of available seats for non-female candidates in 2020: It follows from point (ii) above (Creation of seat matrices for 2021) that the number of seats in Gender-Neutral pool of an institute (e.g. IIT Kharagpur) in 2021 will not be less than the number of seats in the Gender-Neutral pool in that Institute in
2021. No-adverse effect due to a separate seat pool for female candidates: Note that female candidates are eligible for a seat from Female-Only pool as well as Gender-Neutral pool of a So it may appear that female candidates can reduce the chances of non-female candidates who are eligible for only Gender-Neutral pool. But the key point to be noted is that a female candidate will compete for a seat in Gender-Neutral pool only after she fails to get a seat from Female-Only pool. As a result, it is guaranteed that at least one of the following properties will hold.
      1. All seats of a Program-Section of Gender-Neutral pool are occupied by non-female candidates only.
      2. The allocation of all the seats of a Program-Section of Gender-Neutral pool and its Female-Only counterpart combined is done purely based on merit without any gender bias/preference.

The following example illustrates the property stated above. Consider any program, say, IIT Kharagpur Civil Engineering. Suppose the number of its seats for SC category belonging to the Gender-Neutral pool and

the Female-Only pool are 8 and 2 respectively. The allocation produced by the algorithm will guarantee that if less than 8 seats from Gender- Neutral pool are occupied by non-female candidates, then all the 10 seats of IIT Kharagpur Civil Engineering for SC category are allocated on pure merit basis without any gender bias/preference among all the SC category candidates who competed for these seats.

22. For IITs, Undergraduate programs altogether in an institute will have at least 20% females for academic session 2021-22.

22. For NITs, IIEST Shibpur and some of IIITs, individual undergraduate program will have at least 20% females for academic session 2021-22.
23. Under no circumstance a female candidate will be denied a seat in an academic program while allocating that seat to a non-female candidate with (a) worse rank than her, and, (b) satisfying the same eligibility

1. Order of category and gender: While allocating a seat, we first consider the category and then the gender. For example, consider an OBC-NCL female candidate with a valid GEN Suppose she is aspirant of a seat in an academic program P. She will be first considered for a seat from the Female-Only pool of OPEN seats for program P followed by Gender- Neutral pool of OPEN seats for program P. Thereafter, she will be considered for a seat from Female-Only pool of OBC-NCL seats for program P followed by Gender-Neutral pool of OBC-NCL seats for program P. The justification for the above order is the following: The candidate is eligible for OPEN seats. So attempts must be made to allocate her a OPEN seat before her own category.

Important Note: Creation and allocation of supernumerary seats for female candidates is fundamentally different from reservation of seats for female candidates AND should NOT be mistaken for any kind of reservation for females. The following example illustrates this point:

Suppose a program has 80 Gender-Neutral seats and 20 Female-Only seats. Further, let us assume that the top 20 rankers opting for the program are

females and the next 80-rankers opting for the program are non-females. In the current allocation scheme, the top ranking 20 females will first be allocated the 20 Female-Only seats. The non- females will be allocated the 80 Gender-Neutral seats.

On the contrary, if the Female-Only seats were following allocation similar or equivalent to “reservations” then the top ranking 20 females would first be allocated the top 20 Gender-Neutral seats first and therefore the remaining 80-

20 = 60 Gender-Neutral seats would be allocated to non-females. The remaining 20 Female-Only seats would be then allocated to lower ranked females, thereby not allowing allocation of the program to the remaining (80- 60 = 20) higher ranked non-females.

11. Clear separation of Gender-Neutral and Female-Only verticals: Any seat left vacant in Female-Only pool will not be allocated to any non-female The justification for this rule is the following: In this case, all seats from Gender-Neutral (P) will be occupied by non-female candidates and hence the property (as given in 31.iv.b.2) above holds for them. Female-Only (P) seats are meant for females only and include supernumerary seats that are specifically created for improving gender ratio beyond the actual intake/capacity in P. Thus, making any Female- Only seats available to non- females is not possible by principle.

X                UPGRADATION OF PROGRAM-SECTION AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF SEAT ALLOCATION

12. As indicated in Business Rules #21, #22 and #23, candidates may become eligible for seat allocation in more than one Program-Section depending upon their category tag and rank lists in which they If the allocated seat is not in the first Program-Section, in subsequent rounds (if any) of seat allocation, candidates will be automatically considered for upgradation of Program-Section.

Meaning of “upgradation of Program-Section”: Suppose a candidate with the category tag SC has been allocated a seat under the Program-Section SC. Also, suppose that this candidate appears in two rank lists: CRL and SC. For

this candidate, in subsequent rounds (if any) of seat allocation, an attempt will be made to offer a seat in the Program-Section OPEN.

13. The academic program / Institute allocated to a candidate will NOT change because of upgradation of Program-Section.

XI                REGISTRATION and FILLING-IN OF CHOICES OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

14. For registration and filling-in of choices of academic programs in various Institutes, candidates should login to the portal https://josaa.nic.in using the one of following credentials:
15. JEE (Main) 2021 Application Number and password for candidates who have appeared in JEE(Main) 2021
16. JEE (Main) 2020 Application Number and password for candidates eligible through “one-time measure” and did not appear in JEE (Main) 2021

• JEE (Advanced) 2021 login-id and password for foreign nationals who did not appear in JEE (Main) 2021

The detailed instructions will be provided on JoSAA-2021 portal.

15. Filling-in of choices on the online portal is free of cost, i.e., candidates are NOT required to pay any

16. A candidate may be eligible for seat allocation based on one, two, three or all four examinations, viz., JEE (Advanced) 2021, JEE (Main) 2021 B.E. / B. Tech. Paper, JEE (Main) 2021 B.Arch. Paper and JEE (Main) 2021 B. Planning Paper. Even for candidates who are eligible to participate in Joint Seat Allocation based on any two, any three or all four of the above examinations, only ONE seat from among the choices filled-in is made Hence, it is important for candidates to carefully prioritize the academic programs while filling-in the choices.

17. Candidates are given a 10-days window to fill-in their choices [see the

timeline in Annexure 3] which includes 2 mock seat allocations on the 7^th and 9 days. This 10-days window will NOT be extended. During this period, each candidate must fill choices carefully – the candidate must select only those academic programs in the choices which the candidate is willing to join.

Candidates are advised to visit the Institute website for fee structure and fee waiver related rules applicable for Individual Institutes. JoSAA-2021 and CSAB- 2021 shall not be responsible for fee structure and fee waiver related rules applicable for Individual Institutions.

Candidates should take advantage of the mock seat allocations and choose as many academic programs as possible that they are willing to join in the order of preference.

18. Candidates MUST “lock” their choices on/before the last day of choice If candidates do NOT lock their choices, last saved choices will be locked automatically upon reaching the deadline for choice filling. Once locked, the choices filled by a candidate cannot be edited. If a candidate wishes to edit their choices after locking but before the choice filling deadline, they can do so by first submitting a request to unlock in the online JoSAA portal. An OTP will be sent to the registered mobile and email, which can be used to validate the unlock request. Once validated, candidate’s choices will be unlocked. Candidates will NOT be allowed to edit their choice list after the deadline for choice filling, i.e., candidates CANNOT change the order of their choices OR add any more course in OR delete any course from their choice list after the deadline for choice filling. Candidates are strongly discouraged from sharing their login information with others.

XVIII PROVISIONAL OFFER OF SEAT AND ITS CONFIRMATION

19. It is the candidate’s responsibility to login to JoSAA portal and check if a seat is allocated in a given round of seat allocation. Schedule of JoSAA activities is available in Annexure 3 of this document. If the candidate is allocated a seat, following steps of “Online Reporting” are required to be carried out, in order to accept the allocated seat before the last date/time specified for the given

round, i.e., the round in which seat is allocated. Please refer to Annexure 3 for the timeline. The allocated seat will be either confirmed / cancelled on completion of document verification.

Step 1: Accept the Seat

A candidate who has been allocated a seat needs to download the “Provisional Seat Allocation Letter”. The candidate needs to accept the seat allocated and opt for any one of the options ‘freeze’, ‘slide’ or  ‘float’ for the choice of academic program for subsequent round(s), if any, of joint seat allocation (see section XX).

Step 2: Upload the documents

The candidate must upload the required documents (as per Annexure 3) on the JoSAA portal.

Step 3: Pay the seat Acceptance Fee

The candidate MUST pay the seat acceptance fee for continuing with the JoSAA process till the end to avail the seat in IITs or NIT+ system. Admission fee varies across the Institutes/category of candidates. At the time of seat acceptance, candidates have to remit only the seat acceptance fee in the same round in which the seat is allotted.

Non-payment of the fee will be treated as a rejection of the offered / allocated seat and the candidate will no longer be able to participate in the seat allocation process.

Seat Acceptance Fee

Rs. 15,000 for candidates with the category tag SC, ST, GEN-PwD, GEN- EWS- PwD, OBC-NCL-PwD, SC-PwD or ST-PwD and Rs. 35,000 for all other candidates (the fee includes Rs. 2000 JoSAA processing charges). The seat acceptance fee excluding JoSAA processing charges will be adjusted against the admission fee. Candidates should remit seat acceptance fee using Net Banking / Debit card

/ Credit card or State Bank of India e-challan.

Step 4: Respond to queries (if any)

At the time of document verification, if the document verification officer raises

any query then the candidate must respond in online mode (through candidate portal) within the stipulated time. Failure to respond to the query(ies) may lead to cancellation of the allotted seat and the candidate may be out of JoSAA 2021 process. It is responsibility of the candidate to check the online portal at regular intervals of time and respond to queries (if any) without fail within the stipulated time.

The candidates MUST complete all the above steps before their details are forwarded to the reporting authorities for verification and final confirmation of the seat.

Failure to complete all the steps of “Online Reporting” for seat acceptance will be considered as if the candidate has rejected the offer and forfeited the eligibility for admissions to any of the institutes through JoSAA 2021.

20. Seat will be confirmed by IITs / NIT+ System Institutes after verification of the uploaded documents and ensuring that the candidate meets all the eligibility If all the documents are found to be valid and the eligibility criteria are met by the candidate, the allocated seat will be provisionally confirmed and the candidate will be notified on the online JoSAA 2021 portal.

If all the documents are found to be valid and the eligibility criteria are met by the candidate, a “Provisional offer and seat acceptance letter” will be available for download on the online portal. Provisional Acceptance is a conditional acceptance which means that the candidate has accepted the offer but certificates need to be verified on joining the institute and payment of institute fee.

In case of any discrepancies in the uploaded documents, query(ies) may be raised and will be notified to the candidate on the online portal. Candidate must respond to the query(ies) (by uploading new/modified document(s), if required) within the last date/time specified for the given round [see Annexure 3 for the timeline]. The candidates are advised to check the online portal regularly for the queries, if any. Additional query(ies) may be raised in case discrepancy(ies) still persist(s). In such cases, the candidate must respond to the additional query(ies) within the last date/time specified for the given round [see Annexure 3 for the timeline]. The allocated seat will be confirmed or cancelled based on the validity of the document(s) uploaded in response to the query(ies)

and candidate meeting the eligibility criteria.

Failure to reply to the query(ies) raised would lead to seat cancellation and the candidate will be out of JoSAA 2021 process forfeiting the eligibility for admissions to any of the institutes through JoSAA 2021.

21. Seat will be cancelled if, at any time, any of the documents / certificates is found to be invalid / fraudulent and/or the candidate does not meet all the eligibility

22. Option to reject (or not accept) the allocated seat: Candidates who want to reject the allocated seat can do so by NOT completing the steps for “Online Reporting” (clause 41) including not remitting the seat acceptance

23. Candidates who reject allocated seat cannot participate any more in Joint Seat Allocation for the ensuing academic year 2021-22.

If a candidate rejects a seat by not completing all the steps of “Online Reporting” given in clause 40, the allotted seat will be cancelled AND the candidate shall be excluded from the JoSAA process, which means the candidate shall not be considered for subsequent rounds (if any) of seat allocation. Thus the candidate will forfeit the eligibility for admissions to any of the institutes through JoSAA 2021.

XIX         VERIFICATION

4 5 . A . Requirement of Dual Verification

If a candidate, who accepts a seat in NIT+ system by “Online Reporting” in a particular round of seat allocation, is subsequently allocated a seat in an IIT for the first time in further rounds of seat allocation (if any), then the documents and the eligibility criteria of such candidates will be verified again by the IITs. In such cases, candidate is advised to login on the online JoSAA portal to check if any query(ies) has(ve) been raised. Candidate is required to respond online against the queries raised within the last date/time specified for the given round [see Annexure 3 for the timeline]. The candidate would be notified of the final decision regarding seat confirmation after verification of the uploaded documents and confirmation of the payment status for seat acceptance fee.

Similarly, if a candidate, who accepts a seat in IITs by “Online Reporting” in a particular round of seat allocation, is subsequently allocated a seat in the NIT+ system for the first time in further rounds of seat allocation (if any) then the documents and the eligibility criteria of such candidates will be verified again by the NIT+ system. In such cases, candidate is advised to login on the online JoSAA portal to check if any query(ies) has(ve) been raised. Candidate is required to respond online against the queries raised within the last date/time specified for the given round [see Annexure 3 for the timeline]. The candidate would be notified of the final decision regarding seat confirmation after verification of the uploaded documents and confirmation of the payment status for seat acceptance fee.

Candidate is required to respond online against the queries raised within the last date/time specified for the given round [see Annexure 3 for the timeline]. Failure to meaningfully and successfully respond to the query(ies) raised will be treated as rejection of the allocated seat and would lead to seat cancellation and the candidate will be out of JoSAA-2021 process. Thus the candidate will forfeit the eligibility for admissions to any of the institutes through JoSAA 2021. No further/extra seat acceptance fee has to be paid in case of dual verification.

Seat allocation in an IIT in subsequent round(s) (if any) automatically cancels the earlier accepted seat in an NIT+ system. Similarly, Seat allocation in NIT+ system in subsequent round(s) (if any) automatically cancels the earlier accepted seat in an IIT.

No dual verification is required for candidates who are allocated seats ONLY in IITs in all rounds of seat allocation. Similarly, no dual verification is required for candidates who are allocated seats ONLY in NIT+ system in all rounds of seat allocation.

B. Physical Verification for PwD Candidates (only for IITs)

All JEE (Advanced) 2021 qualified PwD candidates, willing to get a seat in IITs through JoSAA, are required to visit any of the IITs for physical verification along

with a copy of the PwD certificate(s). Following procedures will be adopted for physical verification of JEE (Advanced) 2021 qualified PwD candidates:

1. Physical verification process starts from the first day of JoSAA 2021 choice filling, e., October 16^th, 2021, and continue through the counseling rounds of JoSAA 2021.
2. Each JEE (Advanced) 2021 qualified PwD candidate is required to complete this process latest by the end of the counseling round in which they are allocated a seat (if any), failing which the allocated seat shall be
3. Before candidates come for physical verification they are required to register on the JoSAA 2021
4. Candidates are required to choose any one IIT (for physical verification), date, as well as time (FN/AN) using the link available on the JoSAA 2021 portal before coming for physical
5. The verification can be done in one of the following two intervals:
   1. Interval 1: During the first 10 days of Choice filling, (October 16^th to October 25^th, 2021).
   2. Interval 2: During the actual counseling rounds: Each candidate seeking to get the benefit of the PwD category is required to complete this process latest by the end of the counseling round in which they are allocated a seat (if any).
6. It is candidate’s responsibility to plan their travel such that the physical verification is completed by the last day of the counseling round in which they are allocated a seat (if any) [Please see Annexure 3 for JoSAA 2021 Timeline]. No exceptions shall be made in this

C. Physical Verification for PwD Candidates (only for NIT+ System)

All those PwD candidates who did not qualify JEE (Advanced) 2021, but have JEE (Main) 2021 ranks and are willing to get a seat in NIT+ System through JoSAA, are required to visit one of the reporting centers of their choice for physical verification along with a copy of the PwD certificate(s). Following procedures will be adopted for physical verification of these PwD candidates:

1. Physical verification process starts from the first day of JoSAA 2021 choice filling, e., October 16^th, 2021, and continue through the counseling rounds of JoSAA 2021.
2. Each JEE (Main) 2021 qualified PwD candidate is required to complete this process latest by the end of the counseling round in which they are allocated a seat (if any), failing which the allocated seat shall be
3. Before candidates come for physical verification they are required to register on the JoSAA 2021
4. Candidates are required to choose one reporting center in NIT+ System (for physical verification), date, as well as time (FN/AN) using the link available on the JoSAA 2021 portal before coming for physical
5. The verification can be done in one of the following two intervals:
   1. Interval 1: During the first 10 days of Choice filling, (October 16^th to October 25^th, 2021).
   2. Interval 2: During the actual counseling rounds: Each candidate seeking to get the benefit of the PwD category is required to complete this process latest by the end of the counseling round in which they are allocated a seat (if any).
6. It is candidate’s responsibility to plan their travel such that the physical verification is completed by the last day of the counseling round in which they are allocated a seat (if any) [Please see Annexure 3 for JoSAA 2021 Timeline]. No exceptions shall be made in this

• FREEZE, FLOAT AND SLIDE OPTIONS

46. At the time of accepting the seat online, a candidate has to opt for any one of the options i.e., ‘freeze’, ‘float’ or ‘slide’ for the choice of academic program for subsequent round(s), if any, of joint seat allocation (in case if the candidate has been allocated seat as per the candidate’s first choice, above option will not be available).

(A)  Freeze:

Choosing the option “Freeze” means that the candidate accepts the offered seat and indicates that the candidate is content with the allocated

academic program and that the candidate does not want to participate in further rounds of seat allocation while keeping the same seat. Such candidate will NOT be considered in subsequent rounds of JoSAA 2021 (if any) while their chosen seat remains allocated to them.

(B)      Float:

Choosing the option “Float” means that the candidate accepts the offered seat and indicates that, if admission to an academic program of higher preference in any Institute is offered, the candidate will accept it. Else, the candidate will continue with the currently accepted academic program. Such candidates will be considered in subsequent rounds of JoSAA 2021 (if any).

(C)      Slide:

Choosing the option “Slide” means that the candidate accepts the offered seat and indicates that, if admission to an academic program of higher preference is offered within the same Institute, the candidate will accept it. Such candidates will be considered in subsequent rounds of JoSAA 2021 (if any).

For candidates who choose the float or slide option, allocation of a seat in an academic program of the candidate’s higher preference would automatically result in the forfeiture of the seat accepted by the candidate in the earlier round.

(Candidates are advised to keep their log-in credential, i.e., login Id and password, strictly confidential to avoid any misuse).

47. Slide and float options will be available to only those candidates who are NOT offered admission to their first

48. Slide and float options are NOT available in the last round of JoSAA

49. Except in the last round of seat allocation, a candidate can change from float to slide/freeze and slide to freeze in the online

50. If a candidate opts freeze against a seat, the option cannot be

51. During the seat allotment period of a particular round of seat allocation, if there is a change in the credentials of a candidate due to failure in producing valid certificate of category GEN-EWS/OBC-NCL/PwD/DS/OCI/PIO or state code of eligibility or declaration of gender and the allotted seat gets cancelled then the candidate will be considered for seat allocation in subsequent round(s) (if any) as per the updated credentials. In such cases, the candidate must report again online for accepting the freshly allocated

(For IITs Only): If a foreign candidate fails to produce a valid proof of foreign nationality (i.e., foreign passport or citizenship certificate or OCI/PIO card) any seat allocated to them will be cancelled. However, if they have a valid 10+2 or equivalent passing certificate from India or from abroad, such candidates will be considered for seat allocation in the subsequent round(s) under GEN category of seat allocation (if any) for IITs based on updated credentials, provided they meet the JEE (Main) 2021 cut-off marks for qualifying for JEE (Advanced) 2021.

XXI         REPORTING AT THE ADMITTING INSTITUTE

52. At the conclusion of joint seat allocation and seat acceptance, candidates will have to report at the admitting institute, complete all the admission formalities of the Institute, get the admission confirmed and begin the academic session. At the time of the reporting at the admitting institute, all the certificates will be re-checked by the admitting Institute and the admission will be cancelled if these fail to meet the desired certificate Such candidate would not be eligible for appearing in JEE (Advanced) 2022.

Reporting schedules and the mode of reporting at the admitting Institute will be appropriately announced on the website https://josaa.nic.in.

XXII      REMITTANCE OF SEAT ACCEPTANCE FEE

53. For payment of seat acceptance fee, candidates should either use Net

Banking or use Debit card / Credit card facilities available on JoSAA portal or use e-challan of State Bank of India downloaded from the JoSAA portal.

An e-challan is similar in purpose to a challan used in a bank to deposit money. It will have all the details filled in by the online portal and will have two identical parts (i.e., the challan will be in duplicate). One copy will be retained by the bank. Candidate retains another copy for candidate’s own record. Using e-challan, candidates can pay the seat acceptance fee in any branch of State Bank of India.

54. Candidates have to remit seat acceptance fee only once. Thus, candidates who are allocated another seat in subsequent rounds of JoSAA 2021 (if any) [because they chose the float or slide option] do NOT have to pay seat acceptance fee
55. Seat acceptance fee, once paid, is not However, if a candidate later validly withdraws, then the fee will be refunded after deducting the JoSAA processing charges of Rs. 2000. Similarly, if a candidate’s seat is cancelled due to not meeting the eligibility criteria or discrepancy(ies) in the uploaded document(s), then the fee will be refunded after deducting the JoSAA processing charges of Rs. 2000.

XXIII                WITHDRAW OPTION

56. A candidate, who has already accepted a seat in one of the IITs allotted by JoSAA-2021, can withdraw the seat by reporting online and following the steps contained in clause 59 below. This option is available starting from the 2^nd round and upto the 5^th round of seat allocation, before the last round of seat allocation (i.e., if JoSAA conducts a total of six rounds of seat allocation, candidates can withdraw up until during fifth round of seat acceptance period. Please see Annexure 3 for the timeline) only for IIT seats. For NIT+ system, the candidate can withdraw the seat by reporting online and following the steps contained in clause 59 below upto 6^th and final round of online seat

57. If a candidate withdraws a seat, the candidate’s allotted seat will be cancelled and offered to another candidate in a subsequent round of counselling. The candidate withdrawing shall be excluded from the JoSAA process, which means

the candidate shall not be considered for subsequent rounds of seat allocation (if any). Seat acceptance fee will be refunded to these candidates after deducting the processing charges of Rs. 2000. Thus the candidate will forfeit the eligibility for admissions to any of the institutes through JoSAA 2021.

58. There is no option of withdraw of an accepted/allotted seat after the commencement of last round of seat allocation (for IITs only) and special rounds of admission to NIT+ Systems are not offered through JoSAA

59. The following is the process for withdrawal of an accepted / allotted seat:

Step 1: The candidate must login to the JoSAA portal and submit a request of withdrawal by submitting a filled up declaration form duly signed in (Annexure 9).

Step 2: An OTP will be sent to the candidate’s mobile number and email ID. The candidate shall use this OTP to confirm that the candidate wants to withdraw from seat allocation process. The candidate also confirms that this would result in cancellation of allocated seat and will not be considered for subsequent rounds of seat allocation (if any).

Step 3: The uploaded document in Step 1 will be verified by the reporting officer.

Based on the verification, one of the following scenarios will happen:

1. Reporting officer will accept the The candidate’s withdrawal request is accepted.
2. Reporting officer will reject the request based on the uploaded documentation and/or query response (see below). The candidate’s withdrawal request is
3. Reporting officer raises a query to obtain additional documentation and/or to re-confirm that the candidate is interested to The candidate will be required to respond to the query before the end of the query response period (see Annexure 3). Reporting officer will either accept or reject based on the query response, or raise another query, and the above process will be repeated.

• The candidate can see the approved/rejected status of the withdrawal request on the JoSAA portal and download the approval/rejection If withdrawal application is rejected, the candidate can submit the request

again before the end of the fifth round of counseling with proper documentation.

• The candidate will have the option to cancel a submitted withdrawal request through the online JoSAA portal, if they wish to do so, before the request is accepted by the reporting officer. An OTP will be sent to the candidate’s mobile number and email The candidate shall use this OTP to confirm that the candidate wants to cancel the withdraw request from seat allocation process.

(Candidates are advised to keep their log-in credential, i.e., login Id and password, strictly confidential to avoid any misuse).

XXIV     EXIT OPTION FROM SEAT ALLOCATION PROCESS

60. A candidate, who has NOT been allotted a seat in JoSAA-2021, can EXIT from the seat allocation process by online reporting starting from the 2^nd round and up to the 5^th round of seat allocation before the last round of seat allocation (i.e., since JoSAA-2021 conducts a total of six rounds of seat allocation, candidates can exit until during fifth round of seat acceptance period. Please see Annexure 3 for the timeline). Thus the candidate will forfeit the eligibility for admission to any of the institutes through JoSAA

61. Candidates who have exercised exit option will NOT be considered for subsequent rounds of seat allotment (if any). Thus the candidate will forfeit the eligibility for admissions to any of the institutes through JoSAA

62. There is no option of exit from seat allocation process after the commencement of last round of seat allocation (for IITs only).

63. The following is the process for Exit option from the seat allocation process of JoSAA 2021:

Step 1: The candidate must login to the JoSAA portal and create a request for EXIT

Step 2: An OTP will be sent to the candidate’s mobile number and email ID. The

candidate shall use this OTP to confirm that the candidate wants to EXIT from the seat allocation process. The candidate also confirms once the candidates has used the exit option the candidate will be out of the JoSAA process and will not be considered for subsequent rounds of seat allocation (if any).

(Candidates are advised to keep their log-in credential, i.e., login Id and password, strictly confidential to avoid any misuse).

XXV    CHANGE OF CLASS XII PASSING STATUS

64. It is possible that the Class XII passing status of a candidate is revised [due to re-totaling, re-evaluation, ] by the Class XII examination board AFTER the first round of joint seat allocation begins. The following business rules apply consequent to such a revision of passing status only during the seat allocation/ allotment:

• Due to revision of passing status, if a candidate becomes ineligible because of not satisfying the “Performance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination” requirement [Annexure 2(a) for IITs and Annexure 2(b) for NITs/IIEST/IIITs/Other-GFTIs], then the candidate will be made ineligible at the time of seat acceptance / document verification, or even at a later
• Due to revision of passing status, if a candidate satisfies the “Performance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination” requirement [Annexure 2(a) for IITs and Annexure 2(b) for NITs/IIEST/IIITs/Other- GFTIs] and becomes eligible for admission, then such a candidate has to approach the organizing institute with the revised passing The candidate will be considered for seat allocation in subsequent rounds (if any). The allocated seat (if any) shall be the same as what the candidate would have got on the basis of revised passing status to begin with. To ensure this, a supernumerary seat will be created, if needed.
• If a candidate, who was eligible, continues to be eligible even after revision of Class XII passing status, there will not be any change in seat

XXVI     DOCUMENT VALIDITY / VERIFICATION

65. During the process of document verification, if any mismatch between the document uploaded on the JEE (Advanced) 2021 registration site and the document uploaded by the candidate on the JoSAA portal is found to be due to willful forgery / act of cheating, offer of admission will be withdrawn and the candidate shall be debarred from further rounds of seat allocation. Thus the candidate will forfeit the eligibility for admissions to any of the institutes through JoSAA 2021.

66. For candidates whose category document is found to be invalid OR who do not produce a (valid) category document [as per the format given on JoSAA web portal], the category tag will be changed (for the purpose of seat allocation) as shown below:

* For admissions to IITs: Change of category tag from PwD to Non-PwD may be permitted only if the candidate has not availed benefit of Compensatory time and/or the Services of Scribe in JEE (Advanced) 2021 and/or JEE (Main) 2021. If the candidate had availed the benefit of Compensatory time and/or the Services of Scribe in JEE (Advanced) 2021 and/or JEE (Main) 2021, then the candidature shall be cancelled.

67. If the documents are found to be invalid for reasons other than willful forgery / act of cheating, then the following rules will be applied in addition to the change of category tag or gender or nationality:

• If the GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, PwD or DS certificate is found to be invalid or not produced AND the candidate satisfies all other requirements AND the seat is allocated in the OPEN category, then the offer of admission will be provisionally confirmed.

• If the OBC-NCL certificate is found to be invalid or not produced AND the candidate satisfies all other requirements AND the seat is allocated in OBC-NCL category, then
  • Allocated seat will be
  • The candidate will be considered for seat allocation as a GEN candidate in the subsequent round(s) of seat allocation (if any), provided all other criteria are satisfied [e.g., present in the respective rank list, ].

The rule as stated above in (B) for OBC-NCL will be applied similarly if the GEN- EWS, DS, SC or ST certificate is found to be invalid or not produced.

• If the PwD certificate is found to be invalid or not produced AND the candidate satisfies all other requirements AND the seat is allocated under the PwD category, then
  • Allocated seat will be
  • The candidate will be considered for seat allocation in the subsequent round(s) of seat allocation (if any), in the candidate’s respective (birth) category (viz., GEN, GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC or ST), provided the candidate has not availed Compensatory Time and/or Scribe in JEE (Advanced) 2021 and all other criteria are satisfied [e.g., present in the respective rank list, ].

• If a female candidate wrongly declares the gender as male and is allotted a

seat in an academic program where female candidates are restricted, the allotted seat will be cancelled. Similarly, if a male candidate wrongly declares the gender as female and is allotted a Female-Only seat, the allotted seat will be cancelled. Such candidates will be considered for seat allocation in the subsequent round(s) of seat allocation (if any), by changing the gender.

• (For IITs Only): If a foreign candidate fails to produce valid proof of foreign nationality (i.e., foreign passport or citizenship certificate or OCI/PIO card), any seat allocated to the candidate will be Such candidate will be considered for seat allocation in the subsequent round(s) of seat allocation (if any) for IITs under OPEN category of seats, provided they meet all other eligibility criteria for Indian Nationals including satisfying the JEE (Main) 2021 cut-off marks for qualifying for JEE (Advanced) 2021 in GEN category. Such candidate MUST submit a proof of Indian Nationality failing which the candidate will be out of the seat allocation process for IITs.
• (For IITs Only): If a foreign candidate who has declared that the candidate has done class XII or equivalent abroad but fails to produce a valid pass certificate of passing class XII or equivalent from abroad, any seat allocated to the candidate will be cancelled. Such candidate will be considered for seat allocation in the subsequent round(s) of seat allocation (if any) provided they can produce a valid certificate of passing class XII or equivalent in India and meet all other eligibility criteria including satisfying the JEE (Main) 2021 cut-off marks for qualifying for JEE (Advanced) 2021 in GEN category failing which the candidate will be out of the seat allocation process for IITs.

68. The following rules will be applied if there is an error in the state code of eligibility:
    • The state code of eligibility will be corrected in the JoSAA-2021
    • Retention / cancellation of seat will be as determined by the following table:

• Candidate will be considered for seat allocation in subsequent round(s) of

seat allocation (if any), provided all other requirements are satisfied.

XXVII      ELIGIBILITY TO APPEAR IN JEE (ADVANCED) IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS

69. Candidates who reject their seat during the first five (5) rounds or withdraw from allocated seat, by completing all formalities specified herein, can appear for JEE (Advanced) 2022 provided they meet all other eligibility requirements for JEE (Advanced)

70. Candidates who have been confirmed a seat in an IIT in any of the first five rounds of JoSAA, and who do not withdraw the confirmed seat by the fifth round of counseling, become ineligible for JEE (Advanced) in subsequent years.
71. Candidates who have been confirmed a seat in an IIT for the first time in sixth (final) round of JoSAA, either after reporting online, or after reporting at the admitting institute, become ineligible for JEE (Advanced) in subsequent years.

71. Candidates whose admission is cancelled after being admitted to the admitting institute, for any reason whatsoever, become ineligible to appear to JEE (Advanced) in subsequent

72. The candidates who paid seat acceptance fee in 2021 but had their seat cancelled (for whatever reason) before the last round of seat allotment for IITs, during the joint seat allocation in 2021, are eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced)- 2022, provided the candidate also fulfills all other eligibility criteria as would be laid down in eligibility conditions for JEE (Advanced) 2022.

73. Candidates who produce forged documents or indulge in acts of cheating are debarred from appearing in JEE (Advanced) next [and subsequent] year(s). These candidates if caught at any stage, would be deregistered from the seat and the degree, if awarded, would be

74. Candidates who are admitted to a preparatory course in any of the IITs in the

academic year 2021-22 for the first time can appear in JEE (Advanced) 2022 provided they meet all the other eligibility requirements.

XXVIII     CHANGE OF NATIONALITY

75.       At the Time of Registration to JoSAA

1. During online registration, if a candidate modifies the nationality from Indian to Foreign (including OCI/PIO card holders) at the time of registration to JoSAA the following business rules
   1. The candidate won’t be able to apply for NIT/IIIT/IIEST/Other-GFTIs.
   2. The candidate will have to produce passport/certificate of nationality at the time of online reporting, on failing which, the allotted seat will be
   3. The candidate won’t get the benefit of birth-category even if the candidate has declared
   4. The candidate will be treated as GEN category The candidate won’t get the benefit given to persons with disability (PwD) even if the candidate’s category was PwD.
   5. The female candidate won’t get the benefit of female supernumerary
   6. If the candidate does not have JEE (Advanced) CRL rank, the candidate will not be able to fill-in choices and participate in the joint seat allocation

1. During online registration, if a candidate modifies the nationality from Foreign (including OCI/PIO card holders) to Indian at the time of registration to JoSAA the following business rules
   1. The candidate will be able to apply for the seats in NIT+ system under GEN category if the candidate has appeared in JEE (Main)
   2. The candidate will be able to apply for seats in IITs if the candidate meets all other eligibility criteria (for admissions) for Indian Nationals under GEN category including satisfying the JEE (Main) 2021 cut-off marks or eligibility for appearing in JEE (Advanced) 2021 under special “one-time measure”.

3. The female candidate will get the benefit of female supernumerary

76.       At the Time of Online Reporting

The following action will be taken if the citizenship of a candidate is changed at the time of online reporting:

For IITs Only:

For NITs, IIITs, IIEST and Other GFTIs:

77. Grievance Redressal:

• In case of any grievance with respect to the joint seat allocation process pertaining IITs, please contact: helpjeeadv2021@iitkgp.ac.in
• In case of any grievance with respect to the joint seat allocation process pertaining to NIT+ System, please contact csab2021help@mnit.ac.in
• The decision(s) by the concerned authorities with regard to such grievances shall be final. The concerned authority for IITs is the Chairman, JAB 2021 and that for NIT+ System is the Chairman, CSAB