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DASA, CSAB Special Round Counselling 2025: The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, the host institute for DASA and CSAB 2025, has called applications from students for the Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) and Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB)-Special round starting from July 30.
The Institute has set up a common registration process for eligible candidates seeking admission to undergraduate programmes at NITs, IIITs, IIEST, SPAs, other technical institutions funded by central or state governments and some other institutes for the academic year 2025-26. The link for the same is: csab.nic.in.
Eligible students will be able to log in to the portal using their JEE (Main/ Advanced/ JoSAA 2025) credentials.
Registration link: csab.nic.in
Registration open date: July 30
Last date for payment and document upload: August 3 by 5 pm
Last date to respond to queries raised during DASA document verification: August 6
Final deadline for locking seat choices: August 7, by 8 PM
–Round 1 – August 9 at 5 PM
–Round 2 – August 14 at 5 PM
–Round 3 – August 19 at 5 PM
Candidates who have confirmed their seats have to report physically at their allotted institutes between August 20 and August 23. It is important to note that the physical reporting dates are tentative; candidates have to contact the respective institute for the actual dates of physical reporting.
DASA 2025 will facilitate direct admissions for eligible students having JEE Main 2025 ranks to institutes through a merit-based system. Eligible students from various countries, including NRIs and OCI/PIOs, can apply for undergraduate engineering, architecture, and planning programmes in India.
A student applying under DASA must be born on or after 1st October 2000. Non-Resident Indian (NRI) applicants must have completed at least 2 years of education abroad (Classes 11 and 12 or equivalent) in the past 8 years.
–30 National Institutes of Technology (NITs)
–IIEST Shibpur
–13 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs)
–3 School of Planning and Architecture (SPAs)
–30 Technical Institutes funded fully or partially by the central or a state government (Other-GFTIs) and a few other institutes
1. DASA (Non-SAARC)
– Students from all countries except SAARC nations
– NRIs are also included in this category
2. DASA (SAARC)
– Students from SAARC countries, excluding India
– Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
3. CIWG Category (Children of Indian Workers in the Gulf)
– NRIs whose parents work in any of the following Gulf countries: United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia. Details are available on the website. The CIWG seats are approximately one-third of the total seats allocated in DASA 2025.
CSAB-Special round is for Indian citizens (including those from all reservation categories such as GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, and PwD) and OCI/PIO(I) candidates. The candidates who could not get a seat via JoSAA, or withdrew, or want to upgrade after JoSAA, can apply for the CSAB Special round.
Through CSAB-Special 2025, the eligible candidates will be able to access these technical institutes, including:
–31 National Institutes of Technology (NITs)
–IIEST Shibpur
–26 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs)
–3 School of Planning and Architecture (SPAs)
–44 Technical Institutes funded fully or partially by the central or a state government (Other-GFTIs)
1. Open and Gen -Economically Weaker Section (EWS), Other Backward Classes – Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL), Scheduled Cast (SC) & Scheduled Tribes (ST)
2. Persons with Disabilities (PwD) variants of each category
3. Female supernumerary seats
With a unified registration and choice option, candidates will be able to select any of the following options: combined DASA and CSAB-Special participation. Additionally, reservation benefits are applicable only under CSAB-Special and not in DASA. For more information on DASA and CSAB Special 2025, students can visit: csab.nic.in/csab-special/
