Summary
There will be three rounds of counselling — allotment, choice upgrade and mop-up. Registration will be allowed at the beginning of the allotment and mop-up rounds
The state JEE board has announced the guidelines for e-counselling and seat allotment for admission to the BTech programme.
The schedule for the counselling is likely to be announced on Monday, said a board official.
The guidelines say there will be a combined counselling for the students whose names figure on the merit lists of the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations (WBJEE) and the JEE (Main).
There will be three rounds of counselling — allotment, choice upgrade and mop-up. Registration will be allowed at the beginning of the allotment and mop-up rounds, JEE board chairman Malayendu Saha said.
Till last year, registration was only allowed at the beginning of the allotment round.
"We have changed the system to attract more students and ensure fewer seats remained vacant compared with previous years," Saha said.
“Some candidates may not register at the beginning of round-1 for some reasons. During the mop-up round, they will get the opportunity to register. If we can involve more engineering aspirants (in the counselling process), chances are fewer seats will remain vacant.”
Last year, the two most coveted engineering departments at Jadavpur University — computer science and engineering, and electronics and telecommunication — together had accounted for 70 of the 261 BTech seats that remained vacant after the end of the counselling by the JEE board.
Thousands of seats remained vacant at private engineering colleges last year.
Candidates who will be allotted seats and will pay seat acceptance fees in round 1 or 2 but will not enrol will get a chance to take part in the mop-up or the third round, the notification says.
Also, candidates who will not be allotted seats in round 1 or 2 will be allowed to participate in the third round.
“A new candidate having valid rank either in WBJEE-2023 and/or JEE(Main)-2023 is required to pay a fee of Rs 1,000 for registration,” the notification says, referring to the candidates who will only register for the mop-up round.
The guidelines have been announced before the schedule to make the BTech aspirants conversant with the details of the registration and choice-filling process, said board president Saha.
Another salient feature of the counselling is mock seat allotment, said a board official.
"This is a practice round," the official said.
Dibyendu Kar, registrar of the JEE board, said: “There are candidates who opt for streams which they cannot get given their ranks. So the mock allotment is a kind of reality check."
“It should be kept in mind that the mock seat allotment is exemplary and not conclusive," he said.
Candidates are advised to select the maximum number of institutes or branches.
Last updated on 15 Jul 2023
