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CSAB 2026 Other State Quota Vacant Seats: Real Data

2,683 vacant seats confirmed under Other State (OS) quota across NITs and GFTIs going into CSAB 2026 Special Rounds — extracted directly from CSAB's official tentative seat vacancy document, broken down by institute type.

CSAB 2026 Other State Quota Vacant Seats — The Real Numbers

CSAB's official "Tentative Seat Vacancy" document lists every institute-program-quota-category row with at least one unfilled seat. Summing every row tagged Other State (OS) quota gives a headline figure of 2,683 vacant seats across NITs and GFTIs going into CSAB 2026 Special Rounds.

Other State quota reserves a share of seats — mainly at NITs — for candidates who are NOT domiciled in the state where that institute is located. It's effectively the complement of Home State (HS) quota: while HS quota protects local representation, OS quota keeps the NIT system open to candidates from every other state, ensuring national access rather than purely local intake.

Of the 2,683 vacant OS-quota seats, NITs account for 2,481 (92%) and GFTIs account for just 202 (8%). This overwhelming NIT concentration mirrors what we see with Home State quota — the HS/OS split is a defining, uniformly applied structural feature of the NIT seat matrix, while most GFTIs don't organize their seats the same way.

Vacant Seats by Institute Type

Institute TypeVacant SeatsShare of Total
NIT2,48192%
GFTI2028%
Total2,683100%

IIITs do not appear here since every IIIT seat is allotted under All India quota, with no Other State split.

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How Other State Quota Works in CSAB 2026

Other State quota is what makes NITs genuinely national institutes rather than state-restricted ones — it guarantees that candidates from any state in India can compete for a meaningful share of seats at every NIT, regardless of where that NIT is physically located. A candidate from Kerala can target OS-quota seats at NIT Rourkela in Odisha just as easily as a candidate from Odisha can target OS-quota seats at NIT Calicut in Kerala.

OS quota vacancies open up in CSAB Special Rounds the same way any quota vacancy does — candidates allotted an OS seat in JoSAA's earlier rounds may float to a preferred option, withdraw, or fail to report, freeing the seat back into the pool. Unlike HS quota vacancies, OS quota vacancies can be filled by any eligible candidate nationally (excluding only candidates from that specific NIT's own home state, who must use HS quota instead), so competition for OS vacancies is drawn from a much larger geographic pool.

If you're applying to an NIT outside your home state in CSAB Special Rounds, OS quota vacancy data is the number that matters most — check it alongside branch-specific cutoffs via the College Predictor before finalizing your choice 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.
  • OS quota is for candidates outside that NIT's home state — home-state candidates should check HS quota vacancies instead.
  • Use vacancy to calibrate expectations, not as a guaranteed cutoff predictor — 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 Other State Quota Vacant Seats – FAQs

Common questions about OS quota vacant seat data in CSAB 2026 Special Rounds

1
How many Other State quota vacant seats are there in CSAB 2026?
The official CSAB 2026 tentative seat vacancy list shows 2,683 vacant seats under the Other State (OS) quota going into the Special Rounds. Of these, NITs account for 2,481 (92%) and GFTIs account for just 202 (8%). Almost the entire OS-quota vacancy pool sits at NITs, since Other State quota is a defining feature of the NIT seat matrix.
2
What is the Other State quota in CSAB counselling?
Other State (OS) quota reserves a share of NIT seats — typically the complement of Home State quota, roughly half of each NIT's total intake — for candidates who are NOT domiciled in that NIT's home state. For example, OS quota seats at NIT Trichy go to candidates domiciled outside Tamil Nadu. Together, HS and OS quota (plus AI quota at GFTIs and IIITs) make up the full seat matrix at most institutes.
3
Why do NITs account for 92% of Other State quota vacant seats?
NITs hold 2,481 of the 2,683 vacant OS-quota seats because the Home State/Other State split is a defining, uniformly applied structural feature of the NIT seat matrix across all 31 NITs. GFTIs, by contrast, mostly don't organize their seats around a strict 50/50 HS/OS split — many use All India quota more broadly instead — so their OS-quota vacancy pool (202 seats) is comparatively small.
4
Who is eligible for Other State quota vacant seats in CSAB 2026?
Any candidate NOT domiciled in the NIT's home state is eligible for that NIT's OS quota seats. For instance, a candidate domiciled in Maharashtra can apply for NIT Trichy's Other State quota (since Trichy's home state is Tamil Nadu), but not for its Home State quota. Domicile is typically established via the state of your Class 11/12 schooling per the institute's specific rules — candidates domiciled in the institute's own state should instead check Home State (HS) quota vacancies.
5
Are Other State quota cutoffs tougher than Home State quota cutoffs?
Generally, yes, at NITs in states with fewer strong local candidates — OS quota draws from the rest of the country and tends to close at a tighter rank than HS quota for the same branch. However, this flips at NITs located in highly competitive states, where the local (HS) candidate pool can be just as strong or stronger. Compare both HS and OS cutoffs for your specific target NIT rather than assuming OS is always harder.
6
Is this Other State quota vacancy data official and current?
Yes — these numbers are extracted directly from CSAB's official "Tentative Seat Vacancy for CSAB Special Rounds 2026" document, filtered and summed for every row tagged OS (Other State) quota across NITs and GFTIs. CSAB explicitly labels this data tentative, and the list updates as SR1 and SR2 progress. Always cross-check the live figure on csab.nic.in before finalizing your choice list.

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Total OS quota vacant seats2,683
NIT vacant seats2,481
GFTI vacant seats202
EligibilityNon-domiciled candidates

CSAB 2026 Round Dates (Concluded)

Registration openedJuly 28, 2026
Choice locking closedAugust 5, 2026
SR1 reporting (concluded)August 6–11, 2026
SR2 reporting (concluded)August 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.