Joint Seat Allocation Authority
{{Short description|Indian education agency}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{more citations needed|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox government agency
| name = Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA)
| seal = Ministry of Education India.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert
| seal_size = 160px
| seal_caption = Organization of Ministry of Education, MHRD, Government of India
| logo = Joint Seat Allocation Authority Logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| logo_caption = Joint Seat Allocation Authority
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| chief7_name = Council of Architecture
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| parent_department = Ministry of Education (India), New Delhi.
| formed = {{Start date and age|2015|paren=yes}}
| jurisdiction = Government of India
| headquarters = Office of Organizing Committee of IIT & NIT
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| chief1_name = Chairman of JoSAA
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| chief2_name = Chairman of IIT Council
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| chief3_name = Council of NITSER
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| chief4_name = CSAB
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| chief5_name = Council of GFTI
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| chief6_name = Engineering Council of India
| website = {{URL|https://josaa.nic.in}}
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The Joint Seat Allocation Authority, also known as JoSAA, is an agency established by the Ministry of Education formerly known as HRD Ministry to manage and regulate the admission to 110 tertiary institutes administered by the Government of India.{{cite web|url=http://josaa.nic.in|work=Josaa|title="Information on Josaa"|access-date=31 August 2016}}
History
The agency was established by the ministry in 2018 to manage the allocation of seats for admission to 100 Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), National Institutes of Technology (NIT), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT) and Government Funded Technical Institutes, starting with the 2018-19 academic year. It is made up of representatives from the ministry's Joint Admission Board and Central Seat Allocation Board, which are responsible for the allocation of seats to IITs and the other institutes respectively.{{cite web|url=http://josaa.nic.in/webinfo/Handler/FileHandler.ashx?i=File&ii=99&iii=Y |title=JoSAA 2016 - Recent Queries and FAQs |pages=4, 9 |access-date=5 September 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170621/jsp/frontpage/story_157994.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731024745/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170621/jsp/frontpage/story_157994.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 July 2017|title=More seats in new IITs 387 additional BTech berths on offer this year}} In 2018, the agency announced 100 institutes and two special spot vacant seats by CSAB. Admission to the Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai-IndianOil Odisha Campus is also carried out by JoSAA since 2021.{{Cite web|title=Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai-IndianOil Odisha Campus Bhubaneswar admissions through JoSAA|url=https://www.ictmumbai.edu.in/AdmissionFile/Integrated%20M%20Tech%20at%20Bhubaneshwar%20campus%20notice%202021-2022.pdf}}{{Cite web|title=View|url=https://josaa.nic.in/webinfo/File/ViewFile?FileId=1&LangId=|access-date=2021-10-24|website=josaa.nic.in}}
Spot round controversy
According to industry reports, between 3,000{{cite web|url=http://www.engineering.careers360.com/articles/3000-seats-vacant-in-nits-iiits-gftis-join-careers360-campaign-demand-spot-round|title=3000 seats vacant in NITs, IIITs, GFTIs; Join Careers360 campaign to demand spot round|publisher=Careers360|accessdate=1 September 2016|archive-date=10 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910055750/http://www.engineering.careers360.com/articles/3000-seats-vacant-in-nits-iiits-gftis-join-careers360-campaign-demand-spot-round|url-status=dead}} and 5,000{{cite news|title=Aspirants future at stake as MHRD delay up filling up thousands of vacant seats|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/Aspirants-future-at-stake-as-MHRD-dilly-dallying-on-filling-up-thousands-of-vacant-seats-in-IIT/NITs/articleshow/54035420.cms|access-date=7 September 2016}} seats in the institutes have been left vacant following the 2016 counseling process. Despite calls for a spot round of allocations to fill the vacancies, the agency has announced that a spot round will not be conducted.
See also
References
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