JEE Main BTech CSE cut-offs for students of northeast, UTs drop in 2 years; over 2,000 seats reserved in NITs
Anu Parthiban | February 21, 2025 | 04:37 PM IST | 4 mins read
CSAB-NEUT scheme reserved seats for students of 8 north-eastern states, 5 UTs, which do not have engineering colleges or lack facilities for education in specific fields of technical education.
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Try NowNEW DELHI: Attention engineering aspirants from the north-east region! The Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) will be conducting a separate counselling round through the CSAB-North Eastern States and Some of Union Territories (NEUT) scheme for candidates from the region. The board said that approximately 2,000 seats are expected to be reserved under state quota for the NIT system in the north-east states, in addition to 740 seats under the CSAB-NEUT category.
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The government scheme reserves seats for students of UTs, north-east region in engineering, architecture, pharmacy, technology courses offered at AICTE recognised institutions and Universities for North-Eastern and UTs.
Students belonging to 8 north east states - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura - and 5 Union Territories - Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and Ladakh, “which do not have engineering colleges or lack facilities for education in specific fields of technical education”, will be allocated seats through the CSAB-NEUT scheme, the board said.
The CSAB-NEUT counselling process , which includes registration, choice filling, choice locking, seat allotment, is different from that of JoSAA and CSAB counselling held for admission to IITs, NITs, IIITs. The board is yet to publish the CSAB-NEUT information bulletin for 2025 admission, however, the registration is expected to begin in June, as per previous year’s schedule.
CSAB-NEUT: JEE Main CSE cut-offs for students of NE, UTs
The board clarified that the National Testing Agency (NTA) and CSAB are two independent boards. The former conducts the exam for JEE Main and declares the Common Rank List (JEE Main CRL), based on which, the latter, CSAB, will allocate seats for engineering and architecture.
Last two-year’s category-wise CSAB-NEUT opening and closing ranks for students of north-eastern states and UTs for computer science and engineering (BTech CSE).
|
Institute name |
Quota |
Category |
JEE Main Opening Rank 2023 |
JEE Main Closing Rank 2023 |
|
Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
Mizoram |
Category-1 |
256449 |
298902 |
|
Bansilal Ramnath Agarwal Charitable Trust's Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Bibwewadi, Pune |
Mizoram |
Category-1 |
226595 |
483135 |
|
Government College Of Engineering, Tirunellveli |
Mizoram |
Category-1 |
659763 |
844341 |
|
University Visheswaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-3 A |
155377 |
183830 |
|
University Visheswaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-4 |
172982 |
172982 |
|
University Visheswaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Cat - III (A+B) |
460812 |
460812 |
|
M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka |
Ladakh |
Open |
294832 |
294832 |
|
Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, Chandigarh UT |
Ladakh |
Open |
209869 |
209869 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
Arunachal Pradesh |
Category-1 |
261155 |
385741 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
Assam |
UR |
162669 |
178816 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
Assam |
OBC-NCL |
180993 |
180993 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
Manipur |
UR |
293371 |
503588 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
Meghalaya |
ST (Garo) |
606743 |
606743 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
Meghalaya |
ST (Khasi & Jaintia) |
619024 |
676474 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
Mizoram |
Category-1 |
459816 |
713005 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
Nagaland |
CATEGORY-1 (ST) |
400175 |
498714 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
Sikkim |
BHUTIA AND LEPCHA |
854382 |
854382 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
Sikkim |
OBC STATE |
438414 |
438414 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
Tripura |
UR |
160998 |
213082 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
North East |
UR (PRC) |
119497 |
149167 |
|
College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-3 B |
227279 |
227279 |
|
College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-4 |
159539 |
159539 |
|
Government Engineering College, Thrissur, Kerala |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-2 |
284718 |
284718 |
|
Government Engineering College, Thrissur, Kerala |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-3 B |
398028 |
398028 |
|
Malnad College of Engg., Hassan, Karnataka |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-2 |
359953 |
359953 |
|
PES College Of Engineering, Mandya, 571 401, Karnataka |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-4 |
151492 |
151492 |
|
AU College of Engineering, Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-3 A |
404687 |
404687 |
|
AU College of Engineering, Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Cat - III (A+B) |
520620 |
520620 |
|
University College of Engineering (Autonomous), Osmania University, Hyderabad |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-3 B |
221915 |
221915 |
|
University College of Engineering (Autonomous), Osmania University, Hyderabad |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Cat - III (A+B) |
295611 |
295611 |
|
Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat |
Mizoram |
Category-1 |
540538 |
669888 |
JEE Main cut-offs for CSE
Compared to CSAB-NEUT 2022, the JEE Main cut-offs dropped for the computer science engineering course for the 2023 admission.
|
College name |
Quota |
Category |
JEE Main Opening rank 2022 |
JEE Main Closing rank 2022 |
|
College of Engineering, Andhra University, Walter, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-4 |
88926 |
88926 |
|
Osmania University College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-4 |
92926 |
92926 |
|
College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-4 |
94649 |
94649 |
|
University Visheswaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-3 B |
159703 |
159703 |
|
University Visheswaraya College of Enginering, Bangalore, Karnataka |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-4 |
162378 |
162378 |
|
University Visheswaraya College of Enginering, Bangalore, Karnataka |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-3 A |
179377 |
179377 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
North East |
UR (PRC) |
213967 |
227696 |
|
College of Engineering, Andhra University, Walter, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-3 A |
229571 |
229571 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
Tripura |
UR |
244998 |
244998 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
Assam |
UR |
245010 |
245010 |
|
College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapurm, Kerala |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-3 A |
260995 |
260995 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
Assam |
OBC-NCL |
178315 |
287064 |
|
PES College of Engineering, Mandya, Karnataka |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-2 |
310856 |
310856 |
|
Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, Karnataka |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category - III (A+B) |
320271 |
320271 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
Meghalaya |
ST (Khasi & Jaintia) |
370492 |
370492 |
|
Government College of Engineering, Tirunellevli |
Mizoram |
Category-1 |
299248 |
435824 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
Arunachal Pradesh |
Category-1 |
395411 |
437188 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
Nagaland |
CATEGORY-1 (ST) |
144584 |
452777 |
|
Bansilal Ramnath Agarwal Charitable Trust's Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Bibwewadi, Pune. |
Mizoram |
Category-1 |
416241 |
463135 |
|
Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
Mizoram |
Category-1 |
411019 |
546350 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
Manipur |
UR |
294145 |
550333 |
|
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology |
Mizoram |
Category-1 |
507849 |
570368 |
|
Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat |
Mizoram |
Category-1 |
715979 |
715979 |
|
Osmania University College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category - III (A+B) |
737045 |
737045 |
|
TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category - III (A+B) |
744572 |
744572 |
|
TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
Category-3 B |
804808 |
804808 |
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