Ministry Of Education Reconstitutes Joint Seat Allocation Authority For Admissions To CFTIs
The joint counseling is conducted by JoSAA every year for allocation of seats to the UG programmes of Centrally Funded Technical Institutions
NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Education has released a notification regarding the reconstitution of the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) to look into the process of joint seat allocation for admissions to the Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs).
The Ministry has decided to re-constitute JoSAA-2025 to conduct joint/common counseling for the academic year 2025-2026.
The JoSAA- 2025 has been re-constituted with the following members.
- Professor Manindra Agarwal, Director, IIT Kanpur as the co-chairman and convener of Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) 2025
- Professor K Umamaheshwar Rao, Director, NIT, Rourkela as the co-chairman.
- Professor V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, as the member of the chairman, Joint Admission Board (IITs)
- Professor B Ravi, Director, NITK, Surathkal, chairman, Central Seat Allocation Board- 2024 as the member of the JoSAA.
Professor Amit Mishra, Professor, IIT Kanpur, chairman of Joint Implementation Committee (IITs) 2025as the member of the board.
A technical committee was constituted under the chairmanship of the former director of IIT-Kharagpur to look into the process flow differences between the counselling of Indian Institutes of Technology (ITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs). The technical committee had recommended joint seat allocation process from the academic year 2015 – 2016.
The common / joint counseling is conducted by JoSAA every year for allocation of seats to the undergraduate programmes of Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (LITs, NITs, IIITs, SPAs and other GFTIs) whose admissions are based on Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), said a notification issued by the Union Ministry of Education.
For the purpose of common / joint counseling, the CSAB (NITs) and JAB (IITs) should enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
To view the full notification, click here.
CSAB 2025 reconstituted
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education has also reconstituted the Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) for the 2025-2026 academic year.
The CSAB is responsible for centralised counseling of all Engineering/Technology and Architecture/Planning undergraduate seats in NITs/ IIEST/ IIITs/ SPAs/ and a few other Technical Institutes funded fully or partially by the Central or State Government (Other-GFTIs), together called the NIT+ System.
The responsibility of CSAB for 2025-26 has been entrusted to National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, Odisha.
NIT Rourkela Director K Umamaheshwar Rao has been appointed Chairperson of CSAB 2025, while Directors of all remaining 30 NITs, five IIITs, IIEST-Shibpur and other CFTIs will be its members, says a notification issued by the Ministry of Education.
To view the notification, click here.