National Institute of Technology Rourkela (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.
The registration for JoSAA rounds of seat allocation will commence on 12 September. The CSAB-special rounds will begin on 24 October after the completion of JoSAA rounds. The whole counseling process is expected to be completed by 6 November. 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.
Important features of the admission procedure, fee payment and refund rules, admission schedule, list of Verifying Centre/Help Centres, list of Participating Institutes with the total number of seats, fee structure, and contact addresses, seat distribution in the Institutes, etc., are available on JoSAA-2022 / CSAB-2022 websites.
