The second round allotment for admissions to 119 institutions including IITs, NITs and IIITs for BTech and other programmes starting this year will be announced on Thursday. JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority) had published the results of the first round allotment on June 30.
A total of 57,152 seats are available this year in various categories. The number of seats for allotment in open category: IITs 6689; NITs 9169; IIITs 3062; other government-funded institutions 3409. (Total open seats 22,349).
Of the total 57,152 seats, the remaining seats are in various other categories such as Open PWD, General EWS, General EWS PWD, SC, SC PWD, ST, ST PWD, OBC non-creamy layer and OBC non-creamy layer PWD.
Closing ranks
Here is a glance at the closing ranks of the allotment during the first round this year at IIT Palakkad, NIT Calicut and IIIT Pala, three major institutions in Kerala.
• IIT, Palakkad: Computer Science – Open 4,531; Women 8,432 / Data Science – Open 6,486; Women 9,783 / Electrical - Open 8,986; Women 12,903 / Mechanical – Open 11,767; Women 21,004.
• NIT, Calicut: Computer Science – Open 8657; Women 10,145 / Electronics and Communication – Open 14,668; Women 13,697 / Electrical & Electronics – Open 19,346; Women 16,570 / Engineering Physics – Open 25,540; Women 19,162 / Mechanical - Open 23,751; Women 26,499 / Biotechnology – Open 33,833; Women 25,091 / Chemical – Open 30,971; Women 26,342 / Civil – Open 39,971; Women – 31,731 / Production – Open 34,512; Women 36,557 / Material Sciences – Open 35,962; Women 29,552 / Architecture – Open 163; Women 86.
• IIIT, Pala: Computer Science – Open 27,801; Women 30,004 / Computer Science (AI & Data) – Open 26,610; Women 29,684 / Computer Science (Cyber Security) – Open 29,121; Women 32,378 / Electronics & Communication – Open 32,170; Women 33,616.