CSAB 2026 NIT Durgapur Cutoff – Branch-wise Ranks in SR1/SR2

National Institute of Technology, Durgapur is one of the well-established mid-tier NITs — founded in 1960 as a Regional Engineering College and carrying decades of academic history in West Bengal. Unlike Tier-1 NITs such as Trichy, Warangal, or Surathkal, where CSAB Special Round seats are scarce and cutoffs barely move from JoSAA's final round, NIT Durgapur presents a genuinely different picture: a meaningfully larger share of its seats, across a wider spread of branches, tend to remain unfilled or become vacant by the time CSAB registration opens.

This isn't a reflection of poor quality — NIT Durgapur has solid infrastructure, a long-standing presence as a central government institute, and reasonable placement outcomes across its engineering programs. What it reflects instead is candidate psychology during JoSAA: many high-ranking candidates prioritize the handful of most-recognized NIT names first, and by the time preferences trickle down to mid-tier NITs like Durgapur, seat-matching in JoSAA itself already leaves some vacancies, which then compound further with withdrawals heading into CSAB.

Why This Is Genuinely Good News for CSAB Candidates

For candidates in the broad mid-range CRL rank band — roughly 20,000 to 60,000, depending on branch and category — NIT Durgapur represents one of the more realistic CSAB targets across the entire NIT system. Unlike the top-tier NITs where even Special Round cutoffs barely budge from JoSAA levels, NIT Durgapur has, in past cycles, shown noticeable movement between JoSAA's final closing rank and what eventually clears in CSAB SR1/SR2, particularly in circuit branches like CSE, ECE, and Electrical Engineering — not just the usual core branches.

That said, "genuine opportunity" doesn't mean guaranteed. Exact vacancy numbers shift every year depending on how many candidates who got NIT Durgapur seats in JoSAA choose to withdraw hoping for a better NIT or IIT elsewhere. Always check the live seat matrix on csab.nic.in once registration opens rather than assuming last year's pattern repeats exactly.

If your CRL rank falls in the mid-range band where Tier-1 NITs are out of reach but you'd still value an NIT degree over a GFTI or private college, NIT Durgapur deserves a prominent spot in your CSAB choice list. Rank your genuinely preferred branches here above weaker alternatives at other institutes — the CSAB matching algorithm always tries your highest-ranked eligible preference first, so there's no downside to placing a realistic, desirable option high on your list.

CSAB registration closed on August 3, 2026, and the SR1 (Special Round 1) result was declared on August 6. The SR2 result was declared on August 12, 2026 — check the current vacancy position for NIT Durgapur under the Seat Matrix section on csab.nic.in — this is one of the more useful checks you can do here, since vacancy figures at Durgapur genuinely shift meaningfully between SR1 and SR2. Pair that with our CSAB college predictor for a rank-based estimate specific to your category and quota.

Home State vs Other State Quota at NIT Durgapur

As with all NITs, Durgapur reserves roughly half its seats for Home State (West Bengal) quota candidates and the rest for Other State quota. HS quota cutoffs at NIT Durgapur tend to be more relaxed than OS quota cutoffs for the same branch, giving West Bengal candidates an additional edge on top of the institute's already comparatively favorable overall CSAB availability.