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| parent_department = [[Ministry of Education (India)]], New Delhi.
| formed          = 2018
| jurisdiction    = [[Government of India]]
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| chief1_name     = [[Abhay Karandikar]]
| chief1_position = Chairman [[JOSAA 2018]]
| chief2_name     = Gautam Biswas
| chief2_position = Co-Chairman
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| chief3_position = JOSAA Partner
| chief4_name     = [[Central Seat Allocation Board]]
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| website         = {{url|https://josaa.nic.in}}
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The '''Joint Seat Allocation Authority''' also known as JoSAA, is an agency established by the [[Ministry of Education]] formerly knows as HRD Ministry to manage and regulate the admission to 110 tertiary institutes administered by the national government of [[India]].<ref name="Joint Seat Allocation Authority Official web page">{{cite web|url=http://josaa.nic.in|publisher="Josaa"|title="Information on Josaa"|access-date=31 August 2016}}</ref>

==History==
The agency was established by the ministry in 2018 to manage the allocation of seats for admission to 100 [[Indian Institutes of Technology]] (IIT),  [[National Institutes of Technology]] (NIT), [[Indian Institutes of Information Technology]] (IIIT) and [[Government Funded Technical Institutes]], starting with the 2018-19 academic year. It is made up of representatives from the ministry's Joint Admission Board and Central Seat Allocation Board, which are responsible for the allocation of seats to IITs and the other institutes respectively.<ref name=faq>{{cite web|url=http://josaa.nic.in/webinfo/Handler/FileHandler.ashx?i=File&ii=99&iii=Y |title=JoSAA 2016 - Recent Queries and FAQs |pages=4, 9 |access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170621/jsp/frontpage/story_157994.jsp|title=More seats in new IITs 387 additional BTech berths on offer this year}}</ref> In 2018, the agency announced 100 institutes and two special spot vacant seats by CSAB. Admission to the [[Institute of Chemical Technology]] Mumbai-IndianOil Odisha Campus is also carried out by JoSAA since 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai-IndianOil Odisha Campus Bhubaneswar admissions through JoSAA|url=https://www.ictmumbai.edu.in/AdmissionFile/Integrated%20M%20Tech%20at%20Bhubaneshwar%20campus%20notice%202021-2022.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=View|url=https://josaa.nic.in/webinfo/File/ViewFile?FileId=1&LangId=|access-date=2021-10-24|website=josaa.nic.in}}</ref>

==Spot round controversy==
According to industry reports, between 3,000<ref name="Careers360">{{cite web|url=http://www.engineering.careers360.com/articles/3000-seats-vacant-in-nits-iiits-gftis-join-careers360-campaign-demand-spot-round|title=3000 seats vacant in NITs, IIITs, GFTIs; Join Careers360 campaign to demand spot round|publisher=Careers360|accessdate=1 September 2016}}</ref> and 5,000<ref name="Times of India">{{cite news|title=Aspirants future at stake as MHRD delay up filling up thousands of vacant seats|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/Aspirants-future-at-stake-as-MHRD-dilly-dallying-on-filling-up-thousands-of-vacant-seats-in-IIT/NITs/articleshow/54035420.cms|access-date=7 September 2016}}</ref> seats in the institutes have been left vacant following the 2016 counseling process. Despite calls for a spot round of allocations to fill the vacancies, the agency has announced that a spot round will not be conducted.<ref name=faq/>

==See also==

* [[Public service commissions in India|List of Public service commissions in India]]

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