Another Blunder of CSAB:Special Round Allotment Put on Hold

LATEST NOTICE

Result published on 18th August 2015 stands cancelled. The revised allotment for special round of counselling will be published on 20th August 2015 (12:00 Noon),
 thereafter candidates may report to allotted Institute with new allotment letter.

The special round for admissions to NITs, IIITs and other government-funded technical institutes (GFTIs) was a disaster as the Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) was forced to withdraw the allotment results on Tuesday, a day after they were released. The revised allotments will be displayed by noon on August 20. On Monday, the board allotted seats to over 5,000 students. By midnight, it got over 1,000 mails from aggrieved students who had already been admitted to institutes but ended up with seats lower on their preferences` list due to a "technical problem". The number of affected students could be way higher as close to 1.5 lakh aspirants had registered for the round. 
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As per the notice put on the website
A new result will be published on 20th August for all.CSAB 2015 has analysed the queries raised by large number of candidates who had taken admission in different NITs, IIITs, GFTIs through JoSAA counselling and again participated in Special round of CSAB-2015. It was found that such candidates have selected SLIDE and then selected the option namely, ”MODIFY YOUR CHOICES” without understanding the implications of the same. As a result willingness option changed to FLOAT mode automatically with the modified choices. This has resulted in migration to other institutes. 
All the candidates who had taken admission in different NITs, IIITs, GFTIs through JoSAA counselling and again participated in Special round of CSAB-2015, are advised to reconfirm their willingness (SLIDE/FLOAT/FREEZE) onCSAB 2015 by 8:00 AM on 20th August 2015.

Special Round : Detailed Statistics

At the end of the special round that concluded on Tuesday, only 195 seats are vacant in NITs, IIITs and other government-funded technical institutions. The Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) filled over 95% of the 5,550 vacant seats in these central institutes after receiving 1.5 lakh applications. Officials claimed that it was probably the least seats ever vacant in NITs and other institutes covered under the CSAB. 

For the first time, IITs and NITs held a joint seat allocation process this year for admissions. While IITs filled most seats by the end of the third round, NITs and other central institutes had around 5,550 vacant seats after four rounds. To fill the vacancies, the ministry of human resources & development decided to conduct a special round. After a preliminary analysis by NITs, officials felt that having a withdrawal option after every round in the joint process would have probably helped reduce the vacancies. 

Asok De, director of NIT-Patna and chairman of CSAB, said, "This year, since the withdrawal option was not available, many students allotted seats (not first choices) still took admission and blocked it till the fourth round. Later, when they got admission elsewhere, in state institutes or other leading ones, they left it." De added that if students were allowed to withdraw, these seats would have been available for students in subsequent rounds. But, he added, this is a preliminary observation and the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) will have to study the repercussions of providing the withdrawal option before recommending it in its report. 

Of the 1.5 lakh students registered for the special round, only 2,300 were new; the others were also part of the four rounds of JoSAA and did not take seats for many reasons. Two of the 67 institutes which were part of CSAB refused to participate in the special round. "The 195 seats are vacant only because no student applied for them. The first joint seat allocation process was successful this year," said De. 

After the four rounds of JoSAA, NITs and other central technical institutes had filled 17,793 seats. Of these, 14,072 students did not opt for a change in seat after allocation, while 3,621 opted for a better option. Around 1,400 students chose to opt for other programmes in the institute allotted, while over 2,200 opted for other programmes in other institutes. 

Source: TOI

Special Round: CSAB modifies rules

 In a move to fill up 5,550 vacant seats in NITs, IITs and other government-funded technical institutions (GFTIs), and to give a 'fair' chance to meritorious students, the Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) on Wednesday extended the deadline for an additional special round till August 17. 

While earlier only students not allotted a seat in the joint allocation process were allowed to register, the CSAB is now allowing all who have JEE (Main) ranks and are without seats to apply. Many parents and students alleged that allowing students who have already been given a chance is unfair to the others. 

The CSAB on August 7 announced the conduct of an additional special round to fill vacant seats in the central institutes, of the 23,919 seats. Of the 5,550 seats vacant, around 3,100 are in NITs alone; some are in sought-after institutes, such as in Surathkal, Warangal and Patna. While most seats are vacant in unpopular courses, many in popular ones, such as computer science and engineering, mechanical, electrical and civil are also empty, which is the bone of contention for many aspirants. The August 11 deadline for admissions through the additional round has been extended to August 17. 

NIT-Patna director and CSAB chairman Asok De said the board had received nearly 10,000 applications in the three-day window for the special round initially. "We have been getting requests from groups of students. Some claimed that they have missed out on a seat as they were unaware of business rules in the first-time joint process," he said. Since there are requests from students, De said the centre decided to open the additional round for all. "There is no harm if admissions are done on the basis of merit and all students get a chance," he added. 

But parents are up in arms against the board for allowing students who have got one chance to secure their seats. CSAB's Facebook page was flooded with students crying foul over the revised rules updated on Tuesday night. "They cannot change rules so many times. When in the beginning they said that students who have not locked their seats will not get another chance, what is the point in opening the admission process to all now?" asked a parent. Another said, "Students who may have willingly not taken the seat before will block the seat again for students who were genuinely not allotted one in the joint admission rounds. It is unfair and unethical." 

Source: TOI

CSAB: Making a mess of Admission Process

With the revised criterion now all students are eligible to participate in the special round and as per the schedule the academic calendar of all institutes will get a one month setback.
The two important worries I have are listed below:
1.Mental and Emotional: Due to various biases most of the students are almost not happy for not getting the desired bets branch and it takes a toll on  them and their parents. After joining they get normal within a week or two by settling in new college and hostel. For such students again they have to scratch their heads to again put up a list of choices and again the vicious cycle starts involving sleepless nights for them and parents.
If many seats still remain vacant then again we are going to have this one month extension???
Can CSAB officials are sure that no vacancies will be left?
Even if it is what impact it will have on other govt and private colleges who will see there students flown to some NIT/IIIT. What they will do?
The cascading effects are too much to be ignored.
2.Financial Loss: The revised information brochure says
In case Candidates are moving from one Institute to another Institute, CSAB is not responsible for Hostel fees or any other fees paid at the present Institute.

If you are not who will bear the responsibility? The student !!!