The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) has released the Round 1 seat allotment result for counselling 2026 along with the opening and closing ranks (OR-CR) for programmes offered by participating institutes.The cut-offs show how competitive admission remained at the country’s top Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), with Computer Science and
The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) has released the Round 1 seat allotment result for counselling 2026 along with the opening and closing ranks (OR-CR) for programmes offered by participating institutes.The cut-offs show how competitive admission remained at the country’s top Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), with Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) continuing to attract the highest-ranked candidates.The opening rank represents the highest-ranked candidate who secured a seat in a programme, while the closing rank indicates the last rank at which admission was offered in a particular category during that round.At IIT Bombay, CSE emerged as the most sought-after course. The programme closed at All India Rank (AIR) 65 in the Open gender-neutral category. Other popular branches included Electrical Engineering, which closed at AIR 400, and Mechanical Engineering, which closed at AIR 1,852.Economics
