Government of Telangana

Telangana State Council of Higher Education

Degree Online Services, Telangana (DOST-2023)

DOST-2023 Admission Schedule, released in the TSCHE Office, MasabTank, Hyderabad.

The following members were present:

1. Prof.R.Limbadri, Convener, DOST & Chairman, TSCHE

2. Sri. Navin Mittal IAS, Commissioner of Collegiate Education and SPD-RUSA
3. Prof. V. Venkat Ramana Vice Chairman, TSCHE
4. Prof. N.Srinivas Rao, Secretary, TSCHE
5. Prof. G.Yadagiri, JD,CCETS
6. Prof. DSR Rajender Singh, JD,CCETS
7. Dr. D.Thiruvengala Chary, Academic Guidance Officer, CCETS
8. Smt. S. Yamuna Rani, ICT officer, CCETS
9. Dr. D. Vasundhara, Research Officer, TSCHE
10. Mr. M. Vijaya Reddy, Help Desk Coordinator, TSCHE
11. Sri.Ch.Kishor Kumar, DOST Technical support, TSCHE
12. Sri.P.Hemanth, Senior Project Manager, CGG
13. Matheen Baig Md, Senior Business Analyst, CGG
14. M.Madhukar, Project lead, CGG

Congratulations to all the students who have successfully passed the Intermediate Public
Examination, 2023. Degree is the next step in your academic pursuit. We welcome you to the
online platform, DOST (Degree Online Services, Telangana) for the academic year 2023-24.
DOST facilitates you to join in UG courses like (B.A., B.Com, B.Sc., BBA, BCA, BBM,
BSW & D-Pharmacy etc.).

DOST offers single window (DOST website https://dost.cgg.gov.in) for seeking admission
into any of the Undergraduate Programmes in any of the State Universities (Osmania,
Kakatiya, Telangana, Palamuru, Mahatma Gandhi, Sathavahana, and Mahila Vishwa
Vidyalayam, JNTU and TSBTET). The process of admission is simple. It is student friendly
and one can do it by himself/herself. Candidate must register himself/herself by visiting the
website and logging in by the Intermediate Hall-ticket number.

One must follow the following steps:

 DOST-2023 Admission Process for the students

Step-I Registration/DOST ID Generation
Method-I:If a student has already linked Aadhaar number with the mobile number,
he/she can directly register in DOST Website with mobile OTP authentication.
In case, his/her Aadhaar number is not seeded with mobile number, the student shall
link his/her or his/her parent‟s mobile number with the student‟s Aadhaar at Aadhaar
Update Centres.

Method-II:DOST office is introducing a new “DOST App” you need to download

this App on your Android smart phone. It takes your Aadhar enabled facial reading
 to register in DOST. Unlike, the other Apps this is specifically designed to facilitate
the students for quick registrations.

Method-III:The student may visit MeeSeva Centre for Biometric Authentication

(Finger print/Iris/Face Auth) and registration in DOST.

Method-IV:The TSBIE students can register in DOST through T-App Folio

Mobile App based on photo authentication.
o The students may install Mobile based T-App Folio which contains DOST ID
generation service.
o Students shall enter Hall ticket Number of TSBIE, Date of Birth, Aadhaar
Number and Mobile Number.
o On verification of Hall Ticket, Date of Birth, Uniqueness of Aadhaar and
Uniqueness of Mobile, the details of the data (Candidate‟s Name, Father‟s
Name, Mother‟s Name, Gender, Candidate‟s Photograph) would be referred to
T-App Folio application.
o On successful authentication of live photograph (selfie) with the photograph
available in TSBIE service, DOST Reference ID is generated.
o Students get DOST Reference ID over SMS and on App.
o By using reference ID the student can generate DOST ID in the DOST web
portal and the students can go for further process of registration and exercise
web options. (https://dost.cgg.gov.in).
 Registration on DOST is by paying registration fee of Rs 200/-
o After the registration students will get DOST ID and PIN. The students are
advised to keep their DOST ID and PIN carefully and confidentially till
the end of the admission process.
o The students shall log in using DOST ID and PIN/password to open the
Application Form.
o They must fill in the application form with all the correct details that are
required (once the data is submitted it cannot be edited).
o Then, they must exercise web options by choosing the course and college of
their preference by giving the priority numbers. (One must be careful while
giving college and course priorities as the seats will be allotted according to
the priorities specified in the options.)
o The students are advised not to share DOST ID/PIN/Password with anybody
as they have to keep their options confidential.
o Seat allotment will be given to the students who have exercised web options.
o Seats will be allotted based on the merit and reservations in force.
o If the students are satisfied with the seat allotted, they must confirm the seat
by online self-reporting and pay the required confirmation fee online as per the
payment mentioned below.
o The students who confirm their seat (in any phase) by online self-reporting
must visit the allotted college in person from 10.07.2023 to 15.07.2023 and
submit the required certificates and pay fee, it is only then that their seat
is confirmed.
 o If the student is not satisfied with the seat secured, he can pay fee (online
payment) for the reservation of the seat and then, go for web options once
again in the second and third phases for betterment.

 Seat Reservation Process and fee reimbursement

o Entering of MeeSeva Caste/EWS Certificate Number (with CND number and
sub-caste), issued by Government of Telangana is mandatory for seat
allotment under reservation.
o Income Certificate taken on or after 01.04.2022 (valid only for DOST
Admissions 2023-24).
o N.C.C. Certificate, Extra Curricular Activities Certificate, Physically
Challenged Certificate, CAP (Children of Armed Personnel) Certificate should
be uploaded.

 Payment Process
o The students shall pay DOST registration fee and seat reservation fee through
online payment gateways.
o The students who are allotted to Government/University Colleges and are
eligible for ePass fee reimbursement need not pay any amount for online self-
reporting.
o The students who are allotted to Private Colleges and are eligible for ePass fee
reimbursement need to pay an amount of Rs.500/- for online self-reporting.
o The students who are allotted to Government/University Colleges/Private
Colleges and are not eligible for ePass college fee reimbursement need to pay
an amount of Rs.1000/- for online self-reporting.

 Help Line Centres

o In total, 40Help Line Centres are established.
o State HLC – 1
o University HLCs – 6
o District HLCs –33
o Help Line Centres will help the students to register on DOST, rectify any
mismatch with Aadhaar details, rectify any wrong uploading of Certificates.

 Features in DOST-2023
Additional services for the students are planned to ease their burden.
o There are certain professions that are listed on DOST portal. The students may
choose their professions or carrier with a click of mouse the combination of
subjects which he/she has to choose will be listed.
o Aadhar enabled facial recognition smart phone app is newly introduced for
DOST registration/ Id generation ( This is applicable to passed out students of
all boards students)
o To avoid human touch, Real time Digital Face Recognition of TApp Folio is
continued. (This service is applicable only for the students who passed out
from Telangana BIE).
o Online Grievance system to resolve the issues of candidates, if any is available
on DOST web site.
o WhatsApp Chatbot (Auto Responder) integration with DOST.
  Add 7901002200 to your contacts list.
 Open WhatsApp and send „Hi‟ to the above contact.
 You will get our DOST-2023 Menu and you can select any.
 The same account will be used to send Template Messages on request
(i.e. OTPs, Alerts, Campaigning etc.,).
o Social Networking Pages for DOST-2023
 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/dost.telangana
 Twitter: https://twitter.com/dost_telangana
 DOST YouTube Channel for help videos and FAQs
https://www.youtube.com/c/dost_telangana
 NOTIFICATION - DOST 2023

Telangana State Council of Higher Education, Masabtank, Hyderabad

Notification for Admissions into Undergraduate Courses (UG) in Telangana State

Degree Online Services, Telangana (DOST) 2023-24
Online applications are invited for registration and admissions into all Undergraduate Courses, such as
B.A./B.Sc./B.Com./B.Com.(Voc)/ B.Com.(Hons)/BSW/BBA/BBM/BCA etc., offered by all the Colleges affiliated to Osmania
University, Kakatiya University, Telangana University, Mahatma Gandhi University, Palamuru University and Satavahana
University, Mahila Vishwa Vidyalayam (Women‟s University) respectively, JNTU and D-Pharmacy in Polytechnics affiliated
to TSBTET for the Academic Year 2023-2024.

The candidates who have passed Intermediate Examination of Board of Intermediate Education, Telangana State or any
equivalent recognized examination from other boards/states are eligible to apply.
One-time registration fee for all the colleges/courses of one or more Universities is Rs.200/- (two hundred only), which can be
paid through Credit Card/Debit Card/Net Banking/Twallet,/UPI, Billdesk, Atom technologies (NTT Data) and
BharathPe(NPCL) For further details, visit the website, https://dost.cgg.gov.in

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1 Notification 11.05.2023
2 Phase-I Registration (Registration fee Rs. 200/-) 16.05.2023 10.06.2023
3 Web-options 20.05.2023 11.06.2023
4 Verification of Special Category Certificates at UHLCs
1) PH/CAP 08.06.2023
2) NCC/Extra-Curricular Activities 09.06.2023
5 Phase I Seat Allotment 16.06.2023
6 Online Self-reporting by the allotted students 16.06.2023 25.06.2023
7 Phase II Registration (Registration fee Rs. 400/-) 16.06.2023 26.06.2023
8 Phase II Web-options 16.06.2023 27.06.2023
9 Verification of Special Category Certificates at UHLCs
(PH/CAP/NCC/Extra-Curricular Activities) 26.06.2023
10 Phase II Seat Allotment 30.06.2023
11 Online Self-reporting by the allotted students 01.07.2023 05.07.2023
12 Phase III Registration (Registration fee Rs. 400/-) 01.07.2023 05.07.2023
13 Phase III Web-options 01.07.2023 06.07.2023
14 Verification of Special Category Certificates at UHLCs
(PH/CAP/NCC/Extra-Curricular Activities) 05.07.2023
15 Phase III Seat Allotment 10.07.2023
16 Online Self-reporting by the allotted students 10.07.2023 14.07.2023
Reporting to colleges by students who have already
17 confirmed their seats online (self-reporting) in Phase-I, 10.07.2023 15.07.2023
Phase-II & Phase-III
18 Students‟ Orientation in the college 11.07.2023 15.07.2023
19 Commencement of Class work, Semester-I 17.07.2023

Sd/- Sd/-
Sri Navin Mittal IAS Prof. R. Limbadri
Commissioner, Collegiate Education & Convener, DOST &
SPD,RUSA Chairman, TSCHE
Dt:11.05.2023 Hyderabad