From the Desk of Chairman, CSAB-2014

It gives me great pleasure to extend a warm note of greetings to all the successful
candidates of JEE(Main) -2014 and invite all the eligible candidates to participate
in the CSAB-2014 admission process. I am writing this to highlight the important
changes in the admission procedure that have been made in this years counseling
process as compared with that of the previous year.
About 1.3 million students have appeared for JEE(Main) this year and our endeavor has been to
make the counseling and admission process as candidate friendly as possible so as to reduce the
anxiety and inconvenience associated with the admissions. Similar to previous year, this years
counseling also would be online, with certain modifications compared to the 2013 process. It
would involve four rounds of seat allotment instead of three rounds of seat allotment as
compared to last year, followed by a spot admission round. This modification has been
introduced to minimize the gap between the date of completion of counseling process and the
date of starting of classes. There is a provision for fresh registration for candidates before the
fourth and spot round for those who did not register before the first round. Candidates will be
paying their initial fees through electronic fee payment system only, i.e. e-Challan, credit/debit
card, netbanking etc. Candidates have the choice to choose the bank for initial fees payment as
per their convenience. To facilitate counseling process, Reporting/Help Centers have been set
up across the length and breadth of the country. Candidates are advised to choose the
Reporting/Help Centre as per their convenience.
There are different types of participating institutes, viz., NITs, IIITs, other Central/State
Government Funded Technical Institutes and Self Financed Technical Institutes in which
admissions are being done through CSAB-2014. The list of participating institutes is given on
the CSAB-2014 website along with links to individual institutes. Candidates are advised to do a
due diligence regarding the participating institutes with regard to the courses offered, fee
structure and other relevant facts, before filling choices of institutes and courses during
counseling.
All candidates are advised to read the brochure carefully and understand the process clearly
before undertaking registration and choice filling. An attempt is being made to provide an
multilingual online web/power point/youtube based tutorial to explain the online process, so as
to enable all the eligible candidates to make use of the online process effectively. CSAB-2014
wishes that candidates make judicious choices thereby ensuring that the counseling process
concludes smoothly. Candidates after getting an allotment in any one of the institutes are
requested to take timely decision, so that in case they vacate the seat, the same can be offered
to other eligible candidates.
CSAB-2014 would bring out important and relevant information from time to time for smooth
implementation of counseling. All such information that is periodically updated would be
available on the CSAB-2014 website www.csab.nic.in. Candidates should frequently visit this
website, as well as the website of the institute where they are planning to join.
I am sure that the CSAB-2014 admission process will provide a simple and efficient way of
admission. I once again take this opportunity to wish all stakeholders the very best in the
CSAB- 2014 counseling process.
(I.K. Bhat)