CSAB

With your OBC-NCL rank of 38,613 and CRL rank of 1,16,715 with Odisha Home State quota, you can target lower or core/dual-degree and Science branches in mid-to-lower tier NITs, newer IIITs, and system-aligned GFTIs during the CSAB Special Round.

With your rank, you have chances in:

• IET Lucknow or BIET Jhansi
• Lower-tier NITs/IIITs or newer GFTIs in CSAB
• Good core/circuital branches in Amrita University's counselling

With your rank, you have chances in:

• IET Lucknow or BIET Jhansi
• Lower-tier NITs/IIITs or newer GFTIs in CSAB
• Good core/circuital branches in Amrita University's counselling

With rank under 50,000, you can target CSE/ECE in newer IIITs (Kalyani, Dharwad), core branches in top NITs (Jalandhar, Bhopal), and tech branches in GFTIs (JNU, BIT Mesra).

You can verify and analyse the previous year CSAB opening and closing ranks at csab.nic.in.

Yes. CSAB retains the Home State (50% quota) and Other State (50% quota) categorisations for NITs, just like in JoSAA.

CSAB cutoffs are usually lower or higher in rank (i.e., less competitive) than JoSAA cutoffs.

CSAB cutoffs are usually lower or higher in rank (i.e., less competitive) than JoSAA cutoffs.

Getting a Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) seat in a centrally funded government college (like NITs or IIITs) through CSAB counseling with a 3 Lacs CRL (and 1.1 Lacs OBC-NCL Rank) is highly unlikely.

Yes, CSAB counselling has started for NIT Andhra Pradesh BTech admission. The last date to register for the BTech course via CSAB was August 3, 2026.