ROURKELA: 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, 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.
Ø The requirement of NATA for B. Arch 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.
Ø 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.
Ø 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.
Ø 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.
