1. TENTATIVE FLOW CHART OF ADMISSION PROCEDURE
YesNo
Option III
Option I or II
Option III
Option I or II
No Yes
Register, fill choices, and lock choice, till
July 9, 5 PM
First round of allotment on July 11
Round 1
Is seat allotted?
Look at CSAB website for round II
allotment on July 16
Online Pay Initial Fee(Rs. 40,000) & Report to
the reporting centre, (July 11 to July 14) Give
options I, II or III
Option I, II or III?
Second round of allotment on July 16
Go to the allotted institute for admission (July 21– 24),
Give choices for up gradation(within institute), if
required, Attend Classes.
END
Round 2
Is seat allotted?
Look at CSAB website for
round III allotment on July 21
Freshly allotted candidates: Pay Online Initial Fee (Rs. 40,000) & report to
the reporting centre, (July 16-19) and give options I, II, or III. Choice
upgraded Candidates:, report to reporting centre if required to change
options I to II or III, or II to III.
Option I, II or
III?
Go to the allotted institute for admission (July 21 – 24). Give
choices for up gradation(within institute), if required, Attend
Classes.
END
Third round of allotment on July 21
A
Activity by
Candidate
Activity by
CSAB
Online Registration starts on July 1*,
2014 (Tentative)

2. No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Round III
Is seat allotted?
No
Pay Online Initial Fee (Rs. 40,000), go to the reporting centre, (July 21-23)
Satisfied with the
allotment
Go to the allotted institute for admission (July 21 – 24).
Give choices for up gradation(within institute), if required,
Attend Classes.
END
Surrender the allotted seat at Reporting
centre, give bank details for refund
(July 21-23)
Choices unlocked by CSAB. Tentative number of
candidates reported & admitted details displayed during
July 21-23
Fill fresh choices and lock the choices (July 21-24), Look for
round IV allotment on July 26
Fourth round allotment on July 26
Round IV
Is seat allotted?
YesNo
Satisfied with the
allotment?
Pay Online Initial Fee (Rs. 40,000) & directly go to the allotted
institute for admission (July 26 to 29). Give choices for up
gradation(within institute), if required, Attend Classes.
END
B
A
Candidates who are eligible for central
counseling and have not taken admission
within the fourth round are eligible for the
spot round.
New Registration
(Eligible but missed
to register during
July 1 – 9)

3. GFTIs: Government Funded Technical Institutes: NITs, IIITs, other Central/ State Government
Funded Technical Institutes
SFTIs: Self Financed Technical Institutes
Option-I, if a candidate wishes to be considered in the next round for all of their higher preference choices (i.e.
even across institutes).
Option-II, if a candidate wishes to be considered in the next round for their higher preference choices only
within the institute allotted to them.
Option-III, if a candidate is satisfied with the currently allotted seat; therefore their higher preference choices
will not be considered in the subsequent round(s).
SPOTROUND
CSAB 2014 Admission Closed
SPOTROUND
B
Registration for
spot round
Register for spot round by paying the initial fee (Rs. 40,000) and fill
choices & lock them after saving from vacant seat matrix, from places
convenient to them or in any Help Centre during July 31 to August 2.
Spot round seat allotment, August 4
New Registration (Eligible
but missed to register
during
July 1 -9 and
July 20 – 24)
For all admitted candidates, Institute level sliding based on the
choices given during the admission, July 31
Vacancy announced on CSAB website on July 31
Candidates are required to directly report to the allotted institute during August
4-7, 2014. Admission on allotment is provisional, to be confirmed by the institute
concerned after document verification & payment of balance fee.Class attendance
for GFTIs will be counted from August 8, 2014 onwards. For classes of SFTIs,
follow their respective academic calendar.
GFTI SFTIs
It is unlikely that there will be more spot rounds. However,
incase such situation arises, announcement will be made in
the CSAB website at appropriate time.