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CSAB 2026 Information Technology Vacant Seats: Real Data by NIT/IIIT/GFTI

328 Information Technology vacant seats confirmed across NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs going into CSAB 2026 Special Rounds — extracted directly from CSAB's official tentative seat vacancy document.

IT Vacant Seats — The Real Numbers

CSAB publishes a "Tentative Seat Vacancy" document ahead of each Special Round, listing every institute-program-quota-category combination that has at least one unfilled seat. We filtered and aggregated every Information Technology row from the official 2026 document — summed by institute type and by institute — to give a genuine, numbers-first picture of where IT seats are actually going unfilled.

The headline number is 328 vacant seats across every quota, category, and seat pool combined. IIITs account for the largest share at 147 seats (45%), followed by GFTIs at 105 (32%) and NITs at 76 (23%). IIITs leading makes sense structurally — Information Technology is a flagship, high-intake branch at almost every IIIT, so even modest per-institute vacancy adds up across the roughly 25 IIITs that offer it, whereas IT is a smaller secondary program at most NITs and GFTIs.

Remember: this is a tentative snapshot, exactly as CSAB itself labels it. The document explicitly notes that "candidates may also fill those choices which are not listed in this table" — meaning zero-vacancy rows aren't necessarily permanently closed, and the list updates as SR1 and SR2 progress. Use it to calibrate realistic expectations, then verify the live figure on csab.nic.in before locking your final choice list.

Vacant Seats by Institute Type

Institute TypeVacant SeatsShare of Total
IIIT14745%
GFTI10532%
NIT7623%
Total328100%
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Top Colleges by IT Vacant Seats

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1Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, BilaspurGFTI54
2IIIT AllahabadIIIT43
3IIIT BhopalIIIT42
4IIIT Sonepat, HaryanaIIIT28
5NIT SrinagarNIT22
6IIIT VadodaraIIIT22

Counts sum every category, quota, and seat-pool row for IT at that institute in the official tentative vacancy list.

How to Use This Data

  • This is a tentative snapshot, not a live feed — CSAB updates the vacancy list as SR1 and SR2 progress.
  • Absence from the list doesn't mean zero vacancy — CSAB's own document says candidates may still fill choices not listed.
  • Use vacancy to calibrate expectations, not as a guaranteed cutoff predictor — always run your rank through the CSAB college predictor for a personalized estimate.
  • Cross-check the live number on csab.nic.in before finalizing your choice list — figures shift as candidates report, float, or withdraw.

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CSAB 2026 IT Vacant Seats – FAQs

Common questions about Information Technology vacant seat data in CSAB 2026 Special Rounds

1
How many IT vacant seats are there in CSAB 2026?
The official CSAB 2026 tentative seat vacancy list shows 328 Information Technology vacant seats going into the Special Rounds. IIITs account for the largest share at 147 seats (45%), followed by GFTIs at 105 (32%) and NITs at 76 (23%). This is a tentative, point-in-time snapshot published by CSAB — the actual number shifts slightly as SR1 and SR2 progress and candidates report, float, or withdraw.
2
Which institute type has the most IT vacant seats?
IIITs dominate the IT vacant pool with 147 seats (45% of the total) — the highest share of any institute type for this branch. That makes sense given IIITs are IT-focused by design, running Information Technology as one of their core, high-intake branches, so even a modest per-institute vacancy adds up across the ~25 IIITs offering it. GFTIs (105 seats, 32%) and NITs (76 seats, 23%) trail behind, since IT is a smaller, secondary offering at most of those institutes.
3
Which institute has the most IT vacant seats?
Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur tops the list with 54 vacant IT seats, followed by IIIT Allahabad (43), IIIT Bhopal (42), IIIT Sonepat (28), and a tie between NIT Srinagar and IIIT Vadodara at 22 each. Notably, even IIIT Allahabad — one of India's most reputed IIITs — shows 43 vacant IT seats, a reminder that CSAB Special Round vacancies can appear even at strong institutes once the full quota and category matrix is accounted for.
4
Is IT easier to get into through CSAB Special Rounds than CSE?
With 328 vacant seats against CSE's much larger 3,189, IT has a smaller absolute vacant pool, but that mostly reflects IT's smaller sanctioned intake overall — not necessarily an easier or harder cutoff. IT is generally the second most sought-after branch after CSE at most institutes that offer both, so a vacant IT seat can still represent a meaningful opportunity. Use vacancy figures to calibrate expectations, not as a direct cutoff predictor.
5
Is this IT vacant seats data official and current?
Yes — this page is built directly from CSAB's own official "Tentative Seat Vacancy for CSAB Special Rounds 2026" document, filtered specifically to Information Technology program rows. CSAB explicitly states vacant seats listed are tentative and candidates may also fill choices not listed in that table. Because CSAB updates this list as the Special Rounds progress (SR1 vs SR2 vacancy differs), always cross-check the live figure on csab.nic.in before finalizing your choice list.
6
Why do IIITs show more IT vacant seats than NITs?
IIITs contribute 147 of the 328 total IT vacant seats (45%) versus just 76 at NITs (23%) largely because Information Technology is a flagship branch at almost every IIIT — often one of only two or three branches offered — while at NITs it's a smaller, secondary program alongside CSE, ECE, and the core engineering branches. With a much larger sanctioned IT intake spread across roughly 25 IIITs, even a modest per-institute vacancy rate produces a larger absolute number than the comparatively few IT seats NITs offer.

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Total vacant seats328
IIIT vacant seats147
GFTI vacant seats105
NIT vacant seats76
Top instituteGGV Bilaspur (54)

CSAB 2026 Round Dates

Registration opensJuly 28, 2026
Choice lockingAugust 5, 2026
SR1 reportingAugust 6–11, 2026
SR2 reportingAugust 12–17, 2026
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Data Source & Disclaimer

Figures on this page are aggregated from CSAB's official "Tentative Seat Vacancy for CSAB Special Rounds 2026" document. CSAB explicitly labels these numbers tentative — candidates may fill choices not listed, and the list updates as rounds progress. Always verify the live figure on csab.nic.in before finalizing your choices.