JoSAA Counselling 2025 Begins: The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) has announced the category-wise top 20 percentile cut-off marks for Class 12 students for the academic session 2025–26. These percentile-based cut-offs are crucial for candidates seeking admission to BTech programmes in prestigious institutions like IITs, NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs.

For IIT admissions, candidates must either score 75% aggregate (65% for SC/ST/PwD) or be in the top 20 percentile of their respective board exams. The percentile benchmark differs for each education board. The top 20 percentile data for 2023, 2024, and 2025 has been made available on the official JoSAA website — josaa.nic.in.

JoSAA will be allocating seats across 127 institutes, including 23 IITs, 31 NITs, 26 IIITs, and 46 GFTIs. Round 1 counselling registration and choice filling started on June 3, 2025.

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JoSAA Counselling 2025 Explained: Eligibility, Process, and Seat Allocation

To participate in JoSAA counselling, candidates must have qualified JEE Advanced (for IITs) or JEE Main (for NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs). Eligible students must register online, fill their preferences, and undergo multiple rounds of seat allotment based on ranks, preferences, and category-specific eligibility.

Candidates are advised to check the cut-off percentile for their respective boards to confirm eligibility. Those from boards that have not declared top 20 percentile cut-offs must obtain a certificate from their board. If unavailable, CBSE cut-off values will be considered as default.

JoSAA 2025: Category-wise Top 20 Percentile Cut-off (Board-wise Table)

Council/Board Gen Gen-EWS OBC-NCL SC ST PwD
Andhra Pradesh 475 464 464 446.5 437 437
Assam 303 303 317 300 277 277
Bihar 345 359 334 314 317 314
CBSE 419 411 411 388 375 375
CGBSE 387 381 381 370 356 356
CISCE 449 438 438 426 384 384
MP Board 409 400 400 391 372 372
Maharashtra 361 361 368 344 346 344
RBSE 436 436 439 425 417 417
UP Board 461 461 464 450 408

Candidates must check their board-wise cut-offs on josaa.nic.in and ensure they meet the percentile or percentage criteria. Timely registration and documentation are crucial to secure a BTech seat in India's top engineering institutes through JoSAA 2025 counselling.

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