IIST 2023 Counselling (Started), Schedule, Allotment – Get Here

IIST UG Admission 2023 4th Round Seat Allotment has been Released on 9th July 2023. Online Choice Preference has been Started on 18th June 2023. IIST stands for Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology; IIST offers undergraduate (B.Tech), master’s (M.Tech), and PhD programs in space science and technology.

There are three different courses in BTech: BTech in Aerospace, Avionics, and Physical Science. The admission will be based on national examinations such as JEE Main, JEE Advanced, GATE, JEST, etc.

The eligible registered candidates desirous of admission to IIST must be physically present during the counselling at any of the centres, with all the original documents/certificates. They must be accompanied by one of the parents. Candidates can check the complete information about IIST 2023 counselling in this article.

IIST 2023 Counseling – Started

IIST 2023 Counseling Schedule

For UG Courses

Only candidates who have applied online through the online application portal admission.iist.ac.in for undergraduate admission to IIST and made the payment in the Bank and uploaded the payment details and scanned image of challan [DD for NRI candidates] before the specified dates will be considered for admission to IIST.

IIST will rank these candidates for all categories. The IIST admission rank list and the date/venues for the admission counselling will be published on the official website of IIST.

It is tentatively planned to conduct IIST Admission Counseling in four cities [Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, New Delhi]. During the counselling, the candidates will have to give their preference/choice [s] of the branch of study in their order of preference in writing, which CANNOT be changed later.

IIST 2023 Admission Procedure

During the counselling, [confirmed Seat] will be allotted to the eligible candidates in the order of their JEE Main All India Rank. Those who accept a [confirmed seat] offered to them should surrender their original certificates at the counselling centre. If the confirmed seat is not his/their first preference/choice, he will also be given a wait-list number for his higher preferred branch.

After filling all the available seats, the remaining candidates who reported at the counselling venue will find their names on the ‘Wait List’ in their respective categories and choice of branch. This Wait-List will be published online on the IIST admissions website within two days after the counselling.

The vacancies arising subsequently due to any forfeiture of the allotted confirmed seats will be filled by operating the above Wait-List at regular intervals and notifying the same on the IIST Admission website. More dates/details of this process of wait-list movement will be announced at the time of publication of the IIST Admission rank list on 29th June of the current year.

During the wait-list movement, if a candidate does not accept [within the specified time interval] any confirmed seat offered to him/her in a branch of his / her any preference/choice made at the time of counselling, he/she will NOT be considered further for admission to any branch/seat.

IIST 2023 Cut-Off will be released in June 2023. The cut-off will be published online mode. There are two types of cut-off, i.e. eligibility cut-off and admission cut-off.

IIST Counselling Procedure 2023

Completed options cannot be changed later. Candidates are invited to attend their counsel according to the prescribed schedule. After the last council, no candidate will be admitted.

Reservation Seats

As per the reservation policy of the Government of India applicable to Central Educational Institutions [CEI], Applicants belonging to specific categories are admitted to seats reserved for them based on relaxed criteria. These categories and the corresponding percentage of reservation are as follow:-

• Scheduled Castes [SC]: 15%
• Scheduled Tribes [ST]: 7.5%
• Other Backward Classes [OBC] belonging to Non-Creamy Layer [NCL]: 27%
• Persons with Disabilities [PD] : 3% [Horizontal Reservation

The benefit of reservation under SC/ST/OBC shall be given only to those castes/tribes recognized by the Government of India and included in the respective central list published by the Department of Personnel and Training.

Scheduled Castes [SC]/Schedule Tribes [ST] Candidates

Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes [SC] / Schedule Tribes [ST] categories will be required to produce the original Scheduled caste/Tribe certificate issued by a competent authority in the prescribed format. Certificates in any other format will not be accepted. The documents [in original] must be produced at the time of Counseling, failing which their candidature will not be considered for admission. Seats remaining vacant in SC/ST categories shall be left vacant and NOT be filled by candidates belonging to any other category.

OBC-NCL Candidates

For admission to seats under the OBC-NCL category, a candidate will be considered as OBC-NCL only if he/she belongs to a caste mentioned in the Central list of OBCs and satisfies the condition of the non-creamy layer defined by the Government of India.

Suppose any reserved seats in this category are not filled for want of sufficient candidates meeting the qualifying standards set by the Institute. In that case, such seats can be allotted to General candidates.

The OBC-NCL candidates seeking the benefits of the reservation will be required to produce the original caste certificate by a competent authority in the prescribed format. Certificates in any other format will not be accepted. The certificate must be produced at the time of Counseling, failing which they will NOT be considered for admission in the OBC-NCL reserved category.

Persons with Disabilities [PD] Candidates

3% of seats are reserved for PD candidates. The benefit of reservation would be given only to those with at least 40% physical impairment who are required to produce original certificates issued by a district medical board/competent authority at the time of counselling.

Documents required at the time of Counselling/Admission Candidates have to bring these given below documents in original along with one set of the photocopy on the day of counselling.

• JEE Main 2023/JEE Advanced 2023/GATE 2023 Admit Card
• JEE Main 2023/JEE Advanced 2023/GATE 2023 Rank Card
• 10+2 or Equivalent Mark sheets
• 10+2 or Equivalent Passing Certificate
• Birth Certificate
• Category Certificate
• Counselling Letter
• Income Certificate

IIST B.Tech Counselling Center

There are 5 centres where the candidates have to reach on the given schedule.

You can ask in the comments section below if you have any queries related to IIST Counseling 2023.