The purpose of COAP is to fill all the M.Tech. seats in the participating institutes and also to provide a common platform for all the participating PSU's to upload their Job offers to the GATE Qualified candidates. The objective is to enable fair chances to all participating institutes as well as M.Tech. admission seekers/ PSU Job seekers.
1. Participating
Institutes/PSU's upload their offers (seats/ jobs) during some prefixed dates (See Important dates tab, Table 1 & 2) and the registered candidates can
choose any one of the available offers, during each round of offers. A
candidate can select a maximum of one offer out of all available offers in each
round. Candidates will have the following THREE options in each main round.
1.1 Option 1- 'Accept and Freeze':
This option should be
selected if a candidate is willing to accept one of the available offers and
does not like to be considered for upgrading to higher preferences, if any, in
the subsequent round(s) of admission. Candidates selecting this option WILL NOT
be considered in the subsequent round(s) of admission in any of the
participating academic Institutes and PSUs.
After clicking the 'Accept and
Freeze' option, the candidate should click the submit button to
confirm the submission of his/her decision. Subsequently, the candidate should
visit the respective Academic Institute's Admission Portal or PSU's Job Portal
and follow the procedure as per the instructions on the respective website.
1.2 Option 2- 'Retain and Wait' :
This option should be selected if a candidate indicates
his/her partial acceptance to any one of the available offers and also would
like to be considered for upgrading to the candidate's higher preferences, if
any, in the subsequent round(s) of offers. Candidates selecting this option
WILL NOT be considered for the other rejected offers in the current round.
However, if any higher preferred offer is made in the next round, then the
existing 'Retain and Wait' offer will be released. However, a candidate can
choose “Retain and Wait” on the same
offer (same institute and same program) only
twice. Nevertheless, the candidate will be considered for other higher
preferences, if any, in the subsequent round(s) of admission offered in the
participating academic Institutes and PSUs. After clicking the 'Retain and Wait' option, the candidate
should click submit to confirm the submission of the decision.
1.3 Option 3- 'Reject and Wait':
This option should be
selected if the candidate is not willing to accept any of the offer(s) of
admission / job in the current round. Nevertheless, the candidate will be
considered for other higher preferences, if any, in the subsequent round(s) of
admission offered in any participating academic Institutes and PSUs. Please
note, the same offer will not appear in the subsequent rounds as you have
rejected this offer. After clicking the 'Reject
and Wait' option, the candidate should click submit to confirm the
submission of the decision.
2. After making the final choice, candidates have to complete the submission
procedure by clicking the 'submit' button. Without completing the submission
procedure, it will be treated as if the candidate has not accessed the COAP
(vide 5).
3. After selecting an offer of joining / admission with "Accept and Freeze" option, the candidate should
visit the concerned organization's Web Page / Institute's M.Tech. Admission
portal for the subsequent admission / joining procedure. The admission /
joining procedure should be completed by the candidate within the due date
specified by the admitting institute / PSU.
4. Once a candidate declines / rejects offer(s) in a particular round, the
candidate will not be considered for the same offer(s) thereafter. However, the
candidate (either with option 'Retain
and Wait' or with option 'Reject
and Wait’) will be considered for the higher preferences, if any, in the
subsequent round(s) of offers.
5. Candidates should visit COAP Portal during each round of offers till the
decision of "Accept and
Freeze" is made by the candidate. If a candidate does not access
the COAP or does not make a decision during a particular round of offers, then
all offers made during that round will be considered as “Rejected” by the
candidate. Nevertheless, in case, the candidate has given higher preferences,
then the candidate will be considered for higher preferences, if any, in the
subsequent round(s) of offers.
6. In the Decisive Round of offers (last round of main rounds and all additional
rounds), registered candidates will be provided with only in two options
of "Accept and
Freeze" or "Reject".
6.1
Candidates should select
the option "Accept and Freeze" if the candidate is willing to accept
one of the offers. After clicking the 'Accept
and Freeze' option, the candidate should click submit to confirm the
submission of the decision. Subsequently, the candidate should visit the
respective Academic Institute's Admission Portal or PSU's Joining Portal and
follow the procedure as per the instructions on the respective website. The
admission / joining procedure should be completed within the due date.
6.2
Candidate selects the
option "Reject", if
the candidate is not willing to accept any of the offers in the current round.
Then all offers made during that round will be considered as Rejected. The
candidate should click submit to confirm the submission of the decision. If a
candidate does not access COAP or does not make a decision during the final
round of offers, then all offers made during that round, will be considered as
“Rejected” by the candidate.
7. It should be noted that during the operation time window of COAP, offers from
participating institutes and PSUs will be available at COAP only. Candidates
are required to make a decision on acceptance or upgrade or reject at COAP
only.
8. Please refer to Action Flow Charts I and II for
COAP Rounds of Offers.
For any queries, kindly write us on coap2022@iitb.ac.in alongwith your GATE and COAP registration number
For calling: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM and 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM (Monday-Friday)
(Note: Candidates are requested to call us on Government working days only)
After a successful registration and while doing your first login, you must add all other valid Gate scores. This option will not be available during the later stages.
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