CSAB or Central Seat Allocation Board conducts special counselling rounds for admissions to IIITs, NITs and GFTIs after the JoSAA counselling. In other words, the CSAB coordinates admissions to various undergraduate degree programs of engineering, technology, and architecture in NITs, IIEST, IIITs and CFTIs (called as, the NIT+ system) based on Joint Entrance Examination – Main (JEE- Main) rank.
Important Things to Note About JEE Main Counselling and CSAB 2022
*This information is taken from the CSAB website - https://csab.nic.in.
CSAB counselling will be conducted through three pathways:
#1 CSAB Special Round Counselling
#2 CSAB NEUT Counselling (North-Eastern States and Union Territories)
#3 CSAB Supernumerary Counselling
The final dates for CSAB are not released yet. But, students must stay prepared to register for CSAB counselling too in case they could not make it through JoSAA.
Until the exact dates are announced, students must take note of the CSAB 2022 counselling events.
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CSAB 2022 Events |
CSAB 2022 Dates (Tentative) |
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Display of Vacancies after JoSAA rounds |
To be announced |
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Registration, Payment of Participation/Processing Fee and Choice Filling STARTS |
To be announced |
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Registration, Payment of Participation/Processing Fee and Choice Filling ENDS |
To be announced |
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Display of Seat Allotment Result – Special Round-I |
To be announced |
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A) Exercising any one of the following options based on the outcome of Special Round-I ● FREEZE/SLIDE/FLOAT (OR) ● Surrender Allotted Seat and Participating in Next Round (OR) ● Surrender Allotted Seat and NOT Participating in Next Round (OR) ● Not allotted any seat at the end of special round-I, and NOT WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SPECIAL ROUND – II B) Online reporting: Seat Acceptance Fee payment /Document upload/Response by the candidate to query (if required) |
To be announced |
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Last day to respond to a query (Special Round I) |
To be announced |
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Display of Seat Allotment Result – Special Round-II |
To be announced |
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Online reporting: Seat Acceptance Fee payment /Document upload / Response by the candidate to query (if required) |
To be announced |
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Last day to respond to a query (Special Round II) |
To be announced |
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Reporting at the Allotted Institute for all candidates of CSAB Special Round I & II who have confirmed their seats. Candidates who have secured their seat by paying a partial admission fee during the JoSAA 6th Round are also required to report at the allotted institute during this period. Balance fee payable by the candidates at the allotted institute. Visit the respective Institute website for more details. |
To be announced |
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CSAB 2022 Events |
CSAB 2022 Dates (Tentative) |
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Online provisional Registration and uploading of documents (Engg & Architecture) |
To be announced |
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Online provisional Registration, uploading of documents, checking of documents including domicile and category certificates and entering the choices (Pharmacy) |
To be announced |
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Checking of documents including domicile and category certificates (Engg & Arch) |
To be announced |
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Filling up choices starts (Engg & Architecture) |
To be announced |
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Filling up of choices ends (Engg & Architecture only) |
To be announced |
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Reconciliation of data, verification and validation of allocated seats |
To be announced |
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First Round of Seat Allotment |
To be announced |
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Online payment of counselling and seat allotment/acceptance fee of Rs. 3,000/- and exercising options (Float/Slide/Freeze) by candidates |
To be announced |
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Reconciliation of data, verification and validation of allocated seats |
To be announced |
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Second Round of Seat Allotment |
To be announced |
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Online payment of counselling and seat allotment/acceptance fee of Rs. 3,000/- and exercising options (Float/Slide/Freeze) by candidates |
To be announced |
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Seat Withdrawal |
To be announced |
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Spot Round (if any) to be Declared by the States/UTs/NERIST |
To be announced |
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Reporting at the admitting Institute |
To be announced |
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Participating Institute to report admission data to CSAB |
To be announced |
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CSAB 2022 Events |
CSAB 2022 Dates (Tentative) |
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Availability of application form |
To be announced |
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Domicile & category certificate verification by state centres |
To be announced |
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Choice filling |
To be announced |
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Round 1 - Seat Allotment |
To be announced |
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Reporting for Round 1 allotment |
To be announced |
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Round 2 - Seat Allotment |
To be announced |
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Reporting for Round 2 allotment |
To be announced |
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Seat withdrawal |
To be announced |
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Spot round by state centres |
To be announced |
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Reporting at admitted institutes |
To be announced |
Students who fulfil any of the four rules are eligible for CSAB 2022. These rules are:
Rule 1: Candidates should not have registered for JoSAA counselling but should be eligible for admissions as per their JEE Main ranks. Rule 2: Candidates who have registered for JoSAA and were allocated a seat in any of Round 1 to 6 are eligible to participate in the special round of CSAB.
Rule 3: Candidates who have registered for JoSAA and were not allocated a seat in any of the Round 1 to 6 are eligible for the CSAB special round.
Rule 4: Candidates who have accepted the seat and paid the partial admission fee through JoSAA can also participate in CSAB.
Rule 5: Candidates who have opted for “Not to Participate in Special Round” at the time of reporting are not eligible for CSAB.
There will be 2 CSAB-Special Rounds, 1 CSAB-Supernumerary round, and some CSAB-NEUT rounds in 2022.
The fee structure of the CSAB 2022 is given below:
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Candidate Type |
Fee for General/ EWS/ OBC-NCL |
Fee for SC/ ST/ PwD |
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Candidates who did not register for JoSAA/ registered for JoSAA and did not get a seat/ got a seat in JoSAA and did not pay the seat acceptance fee |
Rs 37,000 |
Rs 17,000 |
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Fee for candidates whose last allocated seat in JoSAA was an IIT |
Rs 37,000 |
Rs 17,000 |
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Fee for candidates who were allocated a seat in NIT/ IIIT/ GFTI in JoSAA paid the seat acceptance fee and opted to participate in a special round |
Rs 2,000 |
Rs 2,000 |
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Fee for candidates who were allocated a seat in NIT/ IIIT/ GFTI under SC/ ST category paid the seat acceptance fee but withdrawn/ cancelled the seat |
Rs 2,000 |
Rs 2,000 |
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Fee for candidates who were allocated a seat in NITs/ IIITs/ GFTIs in JoSAA and paid the seat acceptance fee but did not accept the seat/ cancelled/ surrender/ withdrawn (Seat acceptance paid by candidates in JoSAA shall be adjusted in the special round |
Rs 2,000 |
Rs 2,000 |