JoSAA Counselling 2021: Business Rules for Counselling and Seat Allotment Process Explained Here

JoSAA Business Rules 2021 Explained: With the launch of the JoSAA Official Website today, the counselling process for admission to IITs, NITs, IIEST, IIITs (Triple-I-Ts) and Other-GFTIs is formally underway. As part of the process, the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) has released the Official Notification sharing the Business Rules and Guidelines that will be followed for JoSAA Counselling and Seat Allotment Process. These business rules will be used to manage and regulate the joint seat allocation for admissions to 114 institutes for the academic year 2021-22. To help candidates decode JoSAA Business Rules, we have explained a few important points and FAQs Below:

Download JoSAA Business Rules 2021 Notification – Direct Link (Available Now)

Qualifying Exams and Admitting Institutes

The JoSAA Business Rules 2021 Document mentions the qualifying exams for various institutes that admit students on the basis of the qualifying marks secured by the candidates in them. For JoSAA Counselling 2021, admission to IITs will be granted on the basis of JEE Advanced 2021 All India Rank of the Candidate. On the other hand, Other institutes i.e. NIT+ (NITs, IIEST, IIITs (Triple-I-Ts) and Other-GFTIs) will consider JEE Main 2021 All India Rank for the admission process. 

Also, after qualifying in respective exams, candidates are required to register for JoSAA Counselling 2021 process through the official portal and choose the institutes and courses in which they seek seats. The document says that “The academic programs, along with the category-wise intake capacity, will be announced on the online portal https://josaa.nic.in.”

20% Seats to be Filled by Female Candidates

To ensure gender-neutral campuses as far as premier technology institutes are concerned, the JoSAA Business Rules state that a minimum of 20% of seats for undergraduate programmes are to be filled by female candidates. This rule will be applicable equally to both IITs as well as NIT+ institutes for academic session 2021-22. 

IIT Admission Eligibility Criteria

JoSAA will release a common rank list for IIT Admission 2021 based on the counselling process and the institute and course preferences shared by the candidates. However, in order to make it to the Common Rank list of IITs, candidates need to qualify in the admission eligibility criteria of the institutes as well. For IITs, the eligibility criteria for admission to the undergraduate programme is a minimum of 35% of aggregate marks and a minimum of 10% of marks in each subject. Similarly, for the general-EWS rank list and OBC-NCL rank list, the minimum subject-wise percentage required and the minimum percentage in aggregate marks required are 9% and 31.5%, respectively. For all other categories including SC, ST and others, the minimum percentage of marks in each subject is 5% and the minimum percentage of aggregate marks is 17.5%.

What is Freeze, Float and Slide Options for JoSAA Counselling

As part of JoSAA Counselling Process 2021, candidates who have been allocated a seat needs to accept the seat allocated and opt for any one of the options - ‘freeze’, ‘slide’ or ‘float’ for the choice of the academic program for the subsequent rounds if any. Before opting for any of the above-mentioned options, they must understand these terms. 

• Freeze: This option means that the candidate accepts the offered seat for the academic program. Further, they do not want to participate in other rounds of seat allocation while keeping the same seat. Such candidates will not be considered in subsequent rounds of JoSAA 2021 (if any) while their chosen seat remains allocated to them.
• Float: Those option for this option indicates that the candidate accepts the offered seat but in case, they get a better preference in any Institute then 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.
• Slide: This means that the candidate accepts the offered seat. However, if they get admission to an academic program of higher preference within the same Institute, the candidate will accept it. Such candidates will be considered in subsequent rounds of JoSAA (if any). 

Also, for those who choose the float or slide option, allocation of a seat in an academic program of the candidate’s higher preference will automatically result in the forfeiture of the seat accepted by the candidate in the earlier round. Slide and float options will be available to only those candidates who are not offered admission to their first preference.  Except in the last round of seat allocation, a candidate can change from float to slide/freeze and slide to freeze on the online portal. 

Reporting at the Institute 

At the end of joint seat allocation and seat acceptance, candidates will have to report at their respective allotted institute, complete all the admission formalities and get the admission confirmed. At the time of the reporting, all the certificates will be verified by the admitting Institute and the admission will be cancelled if these fail to meet the desired certificate formats. Such candidates will not be eligible for appearing in JEE (Advanced) 2022.