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    CSAB NIT Vacant Seats 2026: 4850 NIT Seats Available for Choice Filling

    CSAB NIT Vacant Seats 2026: 4850 NIT Seats Available for Choice Filling

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    Maniprabha SinghUpdated on 30 Jul 2026, 12:59 PM IST

    CSAB NIT Vacant Seats 2026 list has been issued online. A total of 15,423 seats are vacant, which will be filled through CSAB counselling, out of which 4,850 seats are vacant across all 31 NITs. It is must for all candidates to carefully analyse the CSAB vacant seats and make a proper list of choice filling with dream, best and safe colleges. Below analysis of CSAB NITs' vacant seat data contains quota-wise distribution, category-wise and institute-wise distribution of CSAB NIT vacant seats. A well-planned choice-filling strategy helps in improving the chances of getting admission into a top engineering college through CSAB counselling. The Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) Special Round offers a good opportunity for students who could not get a seat during JoSAA counselling or are looking for a better branch or institute. Below is the CSAB NIT vacant seats 2026 for all categories and colleges.

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    1. CSAB 2026 Vacant Seats
    2. CSAB NIT Vacant Seats 2026: Home State vs Outside State Quota
    3. CSAB NIT Vacant Seats 2026: Institute-wise
    CSAB NIT Vacant Seats 2026: 4850 NIT Seats Available for Choice Filling
    CSAB NIT Vacant Seats 2026

    CSAB 2026 Vacant Seats

    The data shows that more than 15423 engineering seats are available through the CSAB counselling. Out of these, 4,850 seats belong to NITs. The CSAB Special Round will fill vacant seats available in NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs. The maximum number of vacant seats are available in GFTIs followed by NITs and IIITs.

    CSAB 2026 Vacant Seats Overview

    Institute Type

    CSAB Vacant Seats

    NITs

    4850

    IIITs

    3628

    GFTIs

    6945

    Total

    15423

    CSAB 2026 NITs Vacant Seat Analysis


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    CSAB NIT Vacant Seats 2026: Home State vs Outside State Quota

    CSAB NIT 2026 vacant seats are distributed under home-state and outside-state quota. The CSAB NIT vacant seats shows that the maximum number of seats are available under home-state quota. Students should consider both Home State and Outside State options while filling choices. Keeping more choices can improve the chances of getting a seat.

    Quota

    Female-only (including

    Supernumerary)

    Gender-Neutral

    Grand Total

    Outside State

    625

    1856

    2481

    Home State

    519

    1692

    2211

    Goa

    5

    16

    21

    Jammu & Kashmir

    34

    94

    128

    Ladakh

    -

    9

    9

    NIT Total Seats

    1183

    3667

    4850

    CSAB NIT Vacant Seats 2026- Category-wise Seats in Home State Quota

    Among Home State seats, the highest vacancies are available in the Open category. Several seats are also available under PwD categories. This gives eligible candidates additional admission opportunities.

    Category

    Female-only (including

    Supernumerary)

    Gender-Neutral

    Grand Total

    OPEN

    220

    712

    932

    OBC-NCL

    89

    279

    368

    ST

    71

    206

    277

    SC

    61

    159

    220

    GEN-EWS

    34

    112

    146

    OPEN (PwD)

    14

    46

    60

    OBC-NCL(PwD)

    13

    45

    58

    ST (PwD)

    5

    50

    55

    SC (PwD)

    5

    47

    52

    GEN-EWS(PwD)

    7

    36

    43

    HS Total

    519

    1692

    2211

    CSAB NIT Vacant Seats 2026- Category-wise Seats in Outside State Quota

    The Outside State quota also has a large number of vacant seats. PwD category seats are also available under the Outside State quota.

    Category

    Female-only (including

    Supernumerary)

    Gender-Neutral

    Grand Total

    OPEN

    337

    1014

    1351

    OBC-NCL

    133

    310

    443

    SC

    69

    192

    261

    GEN-EWS

    37

    129

    166

    ST

    22

    83

    105

    SC (PwD)

    8

    43

    51

    OPEN (PwD)

    8

    38

    46

    OBC-NCL(PwD)

    4

    27

    31

    ST (PwD)

    1

    14

    15

    GEN-EWS(PwD)

    6

    6

    12

    OS Total

    625

    1856

    2481

    CSAB NIT Vacant Seats 2026: Institute-wise

    Institute Name

    HS

    OS

    JK

    LA

    GO

    Grand Total

    NIT Agartala

    141

    164

    -

    -

    -

    305

    SVNIT Surat

    165

    129

    -

    -

    -

    294

    NIT Calicut

    154

    129

    -

    -

    -

    283

    NIT Srinagar

    -

    118

    128

    9

    -

    255

    NIT Raipur

    109

    133

    -

    -

    -

    242

    IIEST Shibpur

    130

    109

    -

    -

    -

    239

    NIT Kurukshetra

    120

    117

    -

    -

    -

    237

    NIT Durgapur

    135

    84

    -

    -

    -

    219

    VNIT Nagpur

    123

    84

    -

    -

    -

    207

    NIT Rourkela

    90

    98

    -

    -

    -

    188

    NIT Karnataka, Surathkal

    106

    58

    -

    -

    -

    164

    NIT Jalandhar

    69

    86

    -

    -

    -

    155

    NIT Silchar

    65

    88

    -

    -

    -

    153

    NIT Warangal

    59

    92

    -

    -

    -

    151

    Maulana Azad NIT Bhopal

    58

    90

    -

    -

    -

    148

    NIT Tiruchirappalli

    81

    57

    -

    -

    -

    138

    NIT Patna

    40

    93

    -

    -

    -

    133

    NIT Hamirpur

    45

    85

    -

    -

    -

    130

    NIT Delhi

    88

    38

    -

    -

    -

    126

    MNNIT Allahabad

    34

    82

    -

    -

    -

    116

    NIT Andhra Pradesh

    33

    77

    -

    -

    -

    110

    NIT Arunachal Pradesh

    55

    54

    -

    -

    -

    109

    NIT Mizoram

    63

    42

    -

    -

    -

    105

    NIT Puducherry

    51

    53

    -

    -

    -

    104

    NIT Manipur

    44

    60

    -

    -

    -

    104

    Malaviya NIT Jaipur

    43

    54

    -

    -

    -

    97

    NIT Nagaland

    28

    48

    -

    -

    -

    76

    NIT Jamshedpur

    21

    42

    -

    -

    -

    63

    NIT Goa

    1

    36

    -

    -

    21

    58

    NIT Uttarakhand

    27

    25

    -

    -

    -

    52

    NIT Meghalaya

    19

    26

    -

    -

    -

    45

    NIT Sikkim

    14

    30

    -

    -

    -

    44

    Total Seats

    2211

    2481

    128

    9

    21

    4850

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