Important Dates
Important Dates for Candidates
Schedule of Main Rounds of offers
Table 1
Actions (Options) available to candidates
| Round No | Time window for candidates to view offers and take a decision |
Accept & Freeze | Retain & Wait | Reject & Wait |
| Round 1 | May 13 (10:00 AM) to May 15 (09:00 AM) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Round 2 | May 20 (10:00 AM) to May 22 (09:00 AM) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Round 3 | May 27 (10:00 AM) to May 29 (09:00 AM) | Yes | Yes/ No* | Yes |
| Round 4 | June 02 (10:00 AM) to June 04 (09:00 AM) | Yes | Yes/ No* | Yes |
| Round 5 | June 08 (10:00 AM) to June 10 (09:00 AM) | Yes | No | Yes |
- * No, if you have already used Retain & Wait on the same offer twice. Same offer refers to the program “XYZ” of a particular Institute “ABC”.
- Round 1-4 of main rounds, Candidates have all the three options to select. The working flow chart of options can be seen in the following link. However, candidates will not be able to choose Retain & Wait more than twice on a specific offer.
- Candidates should note that "Retain and wait" needs to be selected in each eligible round. If no action is taken in a round, then all current offers are considered to be "REJECTED".
- No, if you have already used Retain & Wait on the same offer twice. Same offer refers to the program "XYZ" of a particular Institute "ABC". Round 5 is a Decisive Round, therefore the candidates will have only 'Accept and Freeze' and 'Reject' options to select.
- The working flowchart of the options can be seen in the following link. Schedule of Additional Rounds
- *No Retain & Wait available for the 3rd time if candidate selected Retain & Wait on the same (same Institute & Same Program) offer twice in two previous rounds
Table 2
Actions (Options) available to candidates
| Round No | Time window for candidates to view offers and take a decision |
Accept & Freeze | Retain & Wait | Reject |
| Round - 6 | June 15 (10:00 AM) to June 17 (09:00 AM) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Round - 7 | June 21 (10:00 AM) to June 23 (09:00 AM) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Round - 8 | June 27 (10:00 AM) to June 29 (09:00 AM) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Round - 9 | July 03 (10:00 AM) to July 05 (09:00 AM) | Yes | No | Yes |
| **Round - 10 | July 09 (10:00 AM) to July 11 (09:00 AM) | Yes | No | Yes* |
- **Only for those IITs which would like to continue beyond Round 9.
- Additional Rounds 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are independent rounds and each one is treated like a Decisive Round. That is, the candidates will have only 'Accept and Freeze' and 'Reject' options in these rounds.
- The working flowchart of the options can be seen in the following link.