Counselling for admission to BTech courses in Bengal’s engineering colleges to start on July 20

The counselling for admission to BTech courses in Bengal’s engineering colleges will start on July 20, close to two months after the state JEE results were announced.

The results were published on May 26.

The three-phased online counselling — allotment, choice upgrade and mop-up — for candidates whose names figure on the Bengal JEE and JEE-Main merit lists starts on July 20, state JEE board chairman Malayendu Saha said on Monday.

Ten per cent of the seats in Bengal’s private engineering colleges are reserved for JEE Main rank-holders.

Candidates can register, pay the registration fee and indicate their choices till July 25. Seat allotments in the first round will be declared on August 1.

In the intervening period, the board will conduct a mock seat allotment based on choices indicated by the candidates. The results of the mock seat allocation will be out on July 27, JEE board registrar Dibyendu Kar said.

Candidates can modify their preferences based on the mock seat allotment and lock their choices by July 28.

Payment of the seat acceptance fee and enrolment will continue from August 1 to 5.

Those who are not happy with the seat allotmentin the first round will be entitled to upgrade their choices. The second round of seat allotment results will be announced on August 8. “Payment of seat acceptance fee (fresh allottees)... and admission will take place from August 8 to 11,” says the JEE board’s notification.

Registered candidates who want to exit the process may “withdraw” during this phase. For the mop-up round,candidates can register, pay the registration fee and indicate their choices from August 14 to 16.