No.F.35 -12/2013- TS.

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Government of India
Ministry of Human Resource Development .
Department of Higher Education
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Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi,
Dated, the 24th February, 2015
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Re-constitution of Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) for the
Joint Entrance Examination [JEE] (Main)- 2015- regarding.
In continuation of this Ministry Office Memorandum of even number dated
5th May, 2013 and in pursuance to the decision taken in the 4th Meeting of the
Council of NITs held on 04.07.2012, and decision of the JEE Apex Board on JEE
(Main) and (Advanced), the admissions to Undergraduate Engineering Programs
at NITs, lilTs, other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTis), Institutions
under several participating State Governments, and several other Institutions are
being made on the basis of performance in the JEE (Main) since 2013.
2.
The Council of the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) in its 8th
meeting held on 25th September, 2014 after detailed deliberations on the Agenda
Item No.8.8 resolved that the process for allotment of seats through Central Seat
Allocation Board (CSAB) to the JEE (Main) meritorious students for the academic
year 2015- 2016 shall be facilitated by the National Institute of Technology (NIT)
- Patna (Bihar) on rotational basis. Accordingly, NIT- Patna has been entrusted
the responsibility of CSAB - 2015 vide letter dated 20th October, 2014 (copy
enclosed).
3.
For admission to NITs, lilTs and other CFTis etc. and other participating
Institutions, the merit I rank list shall be prepared based on 40% weightage to
school Boards marks in class 12th or equivalent examination and 60% weightage
to JEE (Main). The weightage to school Board I Equivalent examination marks
shall be considered only after normalization.
4.
In order to facilitate allocation of seats to students, the Central Seat
Allocation Board (CSAB)- 2015 is hereby constituted with immediate effect with
Dr. Asok De, Director, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Patna (Bihar) as
the Chairman of the CSAB- 2015 and the Directors of all the remaining 29 NITs,
12 lilTs and other CFTis as the Members of the CSAB- 2015.
5.
In addition, the following shall also the members of CSAB - 2015 as per
previous practices:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)

Director (NITs), Dlo Higher Education, MHRD.

Director (IITs), Dlo Higher Education, MHRD.
Nominee of the National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.

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Nominee of the Central Board of Secondary Education

(CBSE), New Delhi.
Nominee of the All India Council for Technical Education
(AICTE), New Delhi.

Member
Member

6.
Allocation of seats in the participating Institutions is the responsibility of
CSAB - 2015. The seats will be filled up as per the merit list prepared on the
basis of JEE (Main) Examination - 2015 and qualifying examination scores
(normalized). For this purpose, the CSAB - 2015 shall ensure compilation and
wide dissemination of information relating to the participating Institutions,
highlighting specifics in case of each of the Institutes, wherever necessary.
CSAB - 2015 will take all necessary steps as already enunciated vide this
Ministry's letter No.F.35-612011-TS.III dated 1ih January, 2012 and ensure
proper scheduling and transparency of the admission process including
coordinating with NIC for the desired support. CSAB- 2015 would be especially
responsible for:(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)

Finalilsation of procedure and schedule for seat allocation;

Finalisation of resource centres and help centres and making
necessary arrangements at those centres;
Printing of brochure designing on-line choice filling forms;
Maintenance of website;
Distribution and collection of seat choices on-line;
Laying down of procedure for verification of certificates and
credentials;
Coordinating with concerned agencies for seat allotment against
State I UT- quota seats;
Any other task(s) related to counseling and allocation of seats
against AII-I ndia quota.

7.
The matters pending with relating to CCB-2008 (MNNIT - Allahabad),
CCB-2009 (NIT - Warangal), CCB-201 0 (VNIT - Nagpur), CCB-2011 (NITK Surathkal) and CCB-2012 & CSAB-2013 (NIT - Rourkela) and CSAB-2014
(MNIT - Jaipur) would be handled by the respective Coordinating NITs. The
unutilized funds, if any, are to be transferred to the corpus fund of the Institute
concerned. The Institutes shall remain responsible for any residual liability of
their respective CCB I CSAB including court cases.
8.
To meet the expenses of CSAB - 2015, CBSE will transfer 10% of
application fee collected for conduct of JEE (Main)- 2015. The total amount shall
be paid in a single installment to CSAB- 2015 before the seat allocation process
starts. On completion of the seat allocation process, CSAB - 2015 shall submit
the audited Utilization Certificates (UCs) to CBSE for settlement of outstanding
UCs and a copy to the Ministry for records. The respective CCB I CSAB shall
closes its accounts as soon as possible and submit audited UCs to CBSE with
copies to this Ministry for records. Without further intervention of the Ministry,
CBSE shall release any unpaid dues, if any, to the respective Boards
immediately, so that the Institutes can complete their transactions and submit the

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audited UCs. Any unutilized funds as well as liabilities will be transferred to the
respective Institutes as stated in para 7 above. The Directors of Institutes, which
coordinated previous CCB I CSAB shall be responsible for submitting the audited
UCs to CBSE preferably before closure of the current financial year.
9.
The Scholarship scheme for meritorious students with JEE (Main) All India
Rank (AIR) less than 2000 in engineering stream will continue in 2015 and will be
administered by CSAB- 2015 for academic session 2015-2016.
10.
For the above purposes, CSAB - 2015 shall meet as often as required.
The Board shall hold general meetings with all or create Sub-Committees I
Groups of some of the participating Institutions to facilitate better coordination. All
participating institutions shall provide to the Board necessary assistance as may
be required by it. On matters of policy, Board shall abide by the directions of the
Central Government, issued from time to time.
11.
Any Court Case arising out of the seat allocation process of CSAB- 2015
will come under the jurisdiction of High Court of Bihar at Patna.
12.
The CSAB will follow the reservation policies of the Government of India
issued from time to time and shall submit its closure report to the Council of NITs.
The reservation in respect of OBCs shall be as per NCBC's list applicable to the
respective place of residence of candidates.
13.
In order to bring transparency in allocation of seats during the academic
year 2015 - 2016, it is has been decided that the filling up of seats under the
Scheme of "Reservation of Seats in Degree Level Technical Courses for States I
UTs lacking in such facilities in the AICTE approved Institutions shall be made
through CSAB. The seat matrix for the same would be provided by the Director
(TC), MHRD to CSAB-2015.
14.

This issues with the approval of competent authority in tbis Ministry.

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[Sanjeev K Sharma]
Director (NITs)
Tel: 23070186
Copy forwarded to:(i)
(ii)
(iii)

(iv)

Dr. Asok De, Chairman, Central Seat Allocation Board-2015.

Members, Central Seat Allocation Board- 2015.
The Chairman, AICTE, Chandra Lok Building, Janpath, New Delhi11 0001, with a request to nominate a representative of AICTE on the
CSAB-2015.
The Chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, with a
request to comply with the recommendations of the Technical Committee
and financial provisions of this order and also nominate a representative of
CBSE on the CSAB- 2015.

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The Director General, National Informatics Centre (NIC), with a request to

nominate a representative of NIC on the CSAB- 2015.
The Director (TC), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human
Resource Development, with a request to kindly share the seat matrix with
the CSAB - 2015 and inform all the nominating agencies viz. the States I
UT Administrations for sharing their data on reservation in these seats, if
any, with CSAB- 2015.

(vi)

CC to:
(i)
(ii)

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Secretary, Department of Higher Education, MHRD.

Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy, MHRD.
Webmaster, Ministry of HRD for placing the O.M. on the website of the
MHRD.
The webmaster, MNIT- Jaipur for placing the O.M. on the website of the
Council of N!Ts.

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Government of India
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Department of Higher Education
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Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi,

dated, the 20 1 ~ October, 2014
To
The Director,
National institute of Technology,
Patna, Bihar-Boooos.
Actionable points; arising out of the minutes of the sh meeting of the
Council of the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) held on 25"'
September, :!014 at India Habitat Centre, lodhi Road, New Delhi.

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As you are aware, the gth meeting of the Council of National Institutes of
Technology was held under the Chairpersonship of Hon'ble Minister of Human
Resource Development on 25'" September, 2014 at india Habijat Centre, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi. The minutes of the meeting have already been circulilted and also
uploaded on the website of the Council of NITs .

One of the Agenda Items of the aforesaid meeting was to entrust the
responsibility of the Centfili Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) to one of the NITs. The
Council of the NITs after detailed deliberations on the Agenda Item No.S.S resolved
that the process for allotment of seats through Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB)
for admission to B.Tech. I B.Arch. /S.Pian. programmes in NiTs I other participating
Institutions for the academic year 2015-2016 shall be made by the Nation'!! Institute
ofTechnology (NrD-Patna {Bihar).
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continue to handle tlie Court Cases, if any, pertaining to CSAB- 2014 and any Court
Case arising out of the seat allocation process of CSAB ~ 2015 will come under the
jurisdiction of Hon'ble High Court of .I udicature at Patna (Bihar).
4.
NiT-Patna shall maintain separate accounts for activities related to CSAB-2015
and also submit its accounts to CBSE tmmediately after conclusion of the process.
The CSAB-2015 will strictly follow the reservation policies of the Government of India
and relevant instructions issued by MHRD from time to time.
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The other terms and conditions shall be as per Office Memorandum No.F.35
12/2013TS.III dated 12.03.2014 (copy enclosed). However, the composition of the
CSAB-2015 would be communicated in due course based on the recommendations of
the Technical Committee, which has been constituted to look into the issue of
common counseling in CFTis.
6.

This issues with the approval of the competent authority in the Ministry.
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Under Secretary (NITs)
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The Chairman, CSAB-2014 and Director, MNIT, Jaipur-with a r~quest to kindly

transfer all records (including accounts) pertaining to CSAB- 2014 and to
Chairman, CSAB-2015 and Director, NIT-Patna.
The Executive Director, JEE (Main) Unit, CBSE, New Delhi-fat information and
further necessary actions.
The Directors of National Institutes of Technology (NITs)-for information.

[Rajesh Singh Solanki]

Under Secretary (NITs)
Tel: 23385935

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F .No26-3/201 O"TS.III
Government of India
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Department of Higher E;ducation.
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Dated: oGt<-August, 2012.

To
Prof. S.K. Sarangi,
Chairman, CCB 2012-13,
National Institute of Technology,
Rourkela.

Subject: Allotment of supernumerary .seats in the National Institute of

Technology (NITs)during 2011-2012- regarding.
Sir,
lhis ministry has received several representations in. connection with
reduction of seats by CCB in respect of in UTs of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar
Haveli and A&N Islands.
2.
A considered view on th~ matter has been taken in this ministry and it has
been decided to restore the total number of seat& for these UTs as per 2007
allocations. Following recommendations made by the Chairman CCB-201 are hereby
accepted:a. 25% sbpernumerary seats be allotted to Computer Science and
E;ngineering, E;lectronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical
EngineerinQ and Mechanical Engineering for the UTs w~ch do not
have NITs. The remaining 75'/o.supernumerary seats may be filled by
other disciplines.Tbis may be announced upfront
b. No supernumerary seats henceforth be provided for the domicile from
Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Sikkim 'and Arunachal
Pradesh as they already have NITs there.
c. Home state Quota for NIT Delhi would be taken <;~s combined for Delhi
and Ch;:mdigarn together sin.ce no cocio-economic difference between
them exists.

d. The supernumerary quota at 2007 level for Andaman and Nicobar

Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep and
Kandvi be kept as it is and shall be in addition to the seats already filled
up in NITs other than NITs where supernumerary seats are allocated.
e. The domicile seats for these UTs will be a part of the NIT without any
inter-se distribution between hosting NIT and other UTs it is catering to.
3..
In view of above, you are requested to take necessary action immediately for
implementation of the above decisions so that the grievances of the affected

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Islands etc. are resolved at an early.
4.
May also kindly inform this Ministry the deficit from the these UTs where the
supernumerary seats are requested, based on filling up of seats upto 41h round, from
these States &.UTs.
An garly action on the matter would highly be appreciated.

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(Rajesh Singh)
Director (NITs)

Tel.:23073687

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