The Central Seat Allocation Board has announced a special round of counselling to fill the 13,500 vacant seats in the NIT+ System, starting from July 31. Despite five rounds of counselling by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA 2024), these seats remain unfilled across 31 NITs, IIEST Shibpur, 26 IIITs, 3 Schools of Planning and Architecture (SPAs), and 37 GFTIs