how special round is carried out in jee main

Hey,

The special round is carried out by CSAB. The major purpose of the special round is to fill up the vacancy in colleges that occur after JOSAA councelling. After JOSAA councelling a tentative vacancy list of different courses in different colleges is given in the official website of JOSAA and the portal for CSAB of that year is lauches its registration page( Remember that each person has to register again for CSAB Specail Round Councelling, None will be forwarded by JOSAA) . Unlike JOSAA it is conducted in 2 Rounds only.

The students eligible for this round are:-

1. All candidates who were eligible for JoSAA as per JEE (Main) Ranks will be eligible for participating in the SPECIAL ROUNDS as per JoSAA  / CSAB  rules.

a. Candidates who have not registered in JoSAA till now but are eligible as per their JEE(Main)  Ranks will also be eligible for participating in the Special Rounds for NITs/IIITs/ other GFTIs (except IITs) as per JoSAA/ CSAB rules.

b. Candidates who have participated in JoSAA and got allotted a seat will also be eligible for participating in the Special Rounds for NITs/IIITs/ other GFTIs (except IITs).

c. Candidates who have participated in JoSAA but did not get any seat will also be eligible for participating in the Special Rounds for NITs/IIITs/ other GFTIs (except IITs).

d. Candidates who have participated in JoSAA and got seat in IIT will also be eligible for participating in the Special Rounds for NITs/IIITs/ other GFTIs (except IITs).

2. If a candidate fails to register for the Special Rounds during deadlin e He/she will not be entertained in any of the Special Rounds.

3. Candidates, who have OPTED “Not to Participate in Special Round” at the time of REPORTING at the Allotted Institute during JOSAA are NOT ELIGIBLE to Register in Special Round.