Counselling for IIT JAM 2022

The dates for counselling will be announced after the declaration of results for the exam. The results were declared on  March 17, 2022 (Thursday). The registration for counselling would open on April 11, 2022 (Monday). Candidates who pass the exam with required cutoff can take part in the counselling process. The date, time and venue for counselling process will be intimated on the official website of the exam. 

Candidates may even receive the communication for counselling on their email ids, they can keep visiting their email id accounts regularly after the declaration of results on the official website. Individuals who pass the exam with required cutoff score becomes eligible to take part in the counselling procedure.

Candidates who are eligible for taking part in the counselling have to register for it. The registration can be done either online or offline depending upon the options provided. Sometimes, either of the one is provided and at certain other times both the options are provided. Registration procedure (online and offline) is provided below for the sake of the students:

Online registration

1. In online registration, candidates have to visit the required website and create an account comprising a username and password. Applicants have to provide details like their exam roll number, application number, date of birth, exam centre during the registration procedure. 

2. Post completion of registration and obtaining username and password, candidates have to login using them and fill the application form indicating the college they wish to study the course of their choice and submit it. The application has to be submitted along with photocopies of required documents if asked.

3. Candidates have to pay the fee (counselling fee) either during the registration process or before the commencement of the registration process. 

Offline registration

1. Applicants would be given application forms in case the offline counselling registration is made available. Candidates have to fill the application forms with details like exam roll number, application number, date of birth, exam centre during the registration and also indicate the choice of college for studying the course of their choice and then submit the form. 

2. The application has to be submitted along with the required documents (in photocopy format). Post submission of the form, candidates have to pay the fee (counselling fee) in cash or in form of Demand Draft (DD). Sometimes fee has to be paid before the submission of the form.

3. Upon submission of form, candidates will be provided with an acknowledgement number which they have to preserve till the counselling process is over.

Post registration

The applications received are sorted out and analyzed and seats are sanctioned based on factors like avaialability of seats, candidate's choice of the course and college, candidate's performance in the written test, demand for the courses and seats, existing reservation norms.

Individuals who are successful in gettting a seat can appear for document verification process and pay the fees as a token of acceptance of the seat offered. Post fee payment, the candidates can join the institution for classes as per the specifications. Counselling will be conducted in one or more rounds as per the existing circumstances. Candidates who do not get a seat in the first round can take part in the subsequent rounds.

Documents required for counselling

Candidates have to take certain documents with them while attending the counselling process. Candidates must have both photocopies and originals of the documents mentioned below as both would be of use during the counselling process:

$ IIT JAM Hallticket

$ IIT JAM Score card/Result card

$ 10th class marksheet

$ 12th class marksheet

$ Undergraduate marksheet/suggested alternative if the marksheet is yet to be obtained

$ Caste certificate (if applicable)

$ PwD certificate (if applicable)

$ Indentification cards like Aadhar Card/Voter Id/Pan Card

$ IIT JAM Counselling call letter