Karnataka PGCET MBA 2025 First-Round Seat Allotment Result (Provisional) Announced Today

Karnataka PGCET MBA Counselling 2025

KEA conducts the Karnataka PGCET 2025 counselling for candidates who passed the Karnataka PGCET exam. The Karnataka PGCET MBA counselling process is conducted online, but candidates must make sure that they carry the required documents while reporting to the allotted college. The last date to deny a seat received in the first or second round of Karnataka PGCET MBA counselling 2025 will be announced before the release of the final round result.

KEA released the Karnataka PGCET 2025 first round cutoff for MBA admission on its official website. Candidates appearing for the Karnataka PGCET MBA 2025 counselling process must stay updated with the events pertaining to the KEA counselling procedure. Check the list of schedules for Karnataka PGCET MBA 2025 counselling as provided in the table below.

Karnataka PGCET MBA Counselling Dates 2025

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Karnataka PGCET MBA Counselling 2025: Overview

The counselling for Karnataka PGCET MBA 2025 will be conducted in the following stages:

1. Result declaration and cutoff
2. Document verification
3. Display of seat matrix
4. Invitation to KEA counselling
5. Counselling day

Karnataka PGCET MBA Counselling Process 2025

Result Declaration and Cutoff: The authorities release the Karnataka PGCET MBA results of the candidates who appeared in the Karnataka PGCET MBA 2025 exam. The result will be released in the form of merit list. Candidates who get a rank in the merit list need to attend document verification on or before the last date. Only those who attend the document verification will be called for counselling.

Document Verification: Candidates who qualify for the Karnataka PGCET and get a rank need to visit any of the Karnataka helpline centres to get their documents verified as per their rank.

Display of Seat Matrix: The Authority release the participating institute's list and seat allotment list for MBA and other programmes.

Invitation to Counselling: Candidates who qualify for the Karnataka PGCET MBA cutoff criteria are called for the Karnataka PGCET MBA 2025 counselling. Candidates who are invited to the Karnataka PGCET MBA counselling 2025 have to register for the KEA counselling process.

Counselling Day: Candidates must reach the particular counselling centre allotted to them. Aspirants must bring all the necessary documents required for counselling for the Karnataka PGCET MBA 2025. A list of all the necessary documents is listed in the further sections of this article.

Karnataka PGCET MBA 2025 Counselling Procedure

Karnataka PGCET MBA counselling 2025 will be conducted through the following steps:

• Display of seat matrix and fee structure
• Choice filling by eligible candidates
• Display of mock allotment results
• Seat allotment results
• Choice exercising
• Fee payment

Document Verification: Qualified candidates will be assigned different ranks. Candidates who registered for Karnataka PGCET MBA 2025 counselling will be required to report at the allotted counselling centre as per the schedule. Candidates must carry the documents and get them verified at the helpline centre to proceed to the next step of the option entry process. Aspirants must confirm the schedule before coming to the helpline centres. Once the documents are verified, candidates will get the original documents, and an acknowledgement card and slip will be issued. Students must carry the following documents:

• Academic Record: Class 10th and 12th Marksheets
• Qualifying Examination Marksheet
• Income certificate of the candidate's family
• Category certificate of the candidate (if any)
• Karnataka PGCET Admit Card
• PGCET MBA 2025 Scorecard
• Any other relevant documents

After the verification of the documents, candidates will be assigned the secret key. The secret key has to be entered at the online entry option portal.

Registration: To appear for the Karnataka PGCET MBA counselling 2025, candidates must register for the counselling process on the official website soon after the declaration of the result. Candidates will be required to report to the counselling centre / register their counselling number.

Option Entry: After entering the PGCET number on the online portal, candidates have to choose the college/course as per their preference from the seats available. Candidates will have the option to choose according to college, course, seat, and discipline wise. There is no limit to entering the options. Candidates must set their options in order of their preference in which they desire to take admission. Candidates are advised to choose a maximum number of options available.

Seat Allotment: As per the choices filled by the candidates, colleges will be allotted to the candidates. As per the rank of the candidates and the choices entered, seats will be offered. The candidate’s allotment process will not proceed until the candidates have completely searched for the availability of the seats. Candidates will have an option to change their choices until the last date of the option entry.

Once the last day of option entry ends, the choices entered by the candidates will be frozen.

Important Instructions for the Candidates Participating in Karnataka PGCET MBA counselling 2025:

• Candidates must carry the required documents to the helpline centre for successful verification. Candidates must take at least one set of Xerox copies of all the documents that will get submitted to the conducting KEA.
• Candidates, after getting the documents verified, must check the complete list of participating institutes.
• Candidates must know the complete details about the institute they want to apply for.
• The secret key provided to candidates after the document verification should be kept confidential and not shared with anyone.
• Candidates can choose any number of colleges during the option entry process.
• Candidates can change their choice of colleges as many times as before the last date of the option entry.

Necessary information required after the verification process:

1. Verification Slip: Students must carry the verification slip to the help centre and check for the details mentioned on the slip. In case of any error, it should be brought to the notice of the Chief Nodal Officer of the respective helpline centre.

2. Unique Keyword: It is the eight alphanumeric characters printed on the verification slip which are used to access the option entry on the official website. This code must be kept confidential.

How to Fill Karnataka PGCET MBA Option Entry

Candidates who complete the document verification at the helpline centre will be eligible to proceed with the option entry process. Check the steps below to know how to access the option entry in Karnataka PGCET MBA 2025 counselling:

Suitable browser to exercise the option entry:

• Chrome
• Internet explorer
• Firefox

Guiding factors for Karnataka PGCET MBA 2025 option entry:

• Rank
• Choice of stream
• Seat matrix
• Category
• Choice of college

Steps to Choose Opinion Entry

Step 1: Visit the official website: kea.kar.nic.in.

Step 2 - Enter the login credentials:

Karnataka PGCET MBA 2025 hall ticket number.

Click on the tab Submit.

Step 3: Enter the following details prescribed for option entry:

• The application number is mentioned on the Karnataka PGCET MBA application form.
• Secret unique keyword
• New password
• Confirm new password
• Email ID
• Select a secret hint question
• Type hint answer

Click on tab ‘login’ and login credentials will be created.

Step 4: Verify the details entered.

Step 5: Click on the tab ‘Option worksheet’.

Download and take a printout of the option worksheet to know the colleges and number of seats offered. The option worksheet will mention the following details:

• Group
• Type
• College
• Option number
• Course description
• College description

Step 6: Practice option entry.

Candidates must now enter the option as per the priority. The priority number starts from 1 to 999. Giver the ranking of 1, 2, 3, 4. As per the preference.

How to Get the College and Course-Wise List?

• Go to the home page and click on the tab 'candidate's option entry.'
• Enter the details
• The screen will display the course and college lists.
• Click on the tab and the screen will display the complete list.

Step 7: Give option number in sequence as per priority

How to Modify the Order of Options?

In case a candidate wishes to modify his/her order of entry option, it can be done by following the steps mentioned below:

• Step 1 - Click on the tab 'modify selected option.'
• Step 2 - Change the preference by typing the new number in the options tab. (don't mention the same number for two options.)
• Step 3 - Click on the tab 'update.'
• Step 4 - Students can view the modified option entry by clicking on the 'selected view option' tab.

How to Delete the Options?

• Step 1 - Go to the 'modify selected option' window
• Step 2 - Enter the numeric 'o' in the option field. Students can delete more than one option at a time.
• Step 3 - Click on tab 'update.'

Process of Seat Allotment and Admission

The allotment of seats will be conducted in the following rounds:

First-Round

• When the option entry process will end, the computer will begin the allotment of seats in the following manner:
• Allotment with the physically disabled person/ex-defense as per their ranks and options.
• General merit category students will be considered under the general merit quota.
• All reserved category students will be considered first for allotment and then the remaining seats are allotted to other students as per their rank and options.

Second Round (final round)

• Many iterations may take place in the 2nd Phase.
• The computer will stop the allotment only if the last seat is allotted or when it reaches the last rank in each discipline.
• The order of allotment, as shown above, will get repeated

Mode of Payment

• Step 1: Download the challan from the official website
• Step 2: Candidates must check for the following details mentioned on the challan
  • Name
  • PGCET number
  • College/course allotted details
  • The fee to be paid
  • Bank account number
• Step 3: Pay the prescribed fee
• Step 4 - Take the receipt of the payment.