Hello,

The CSAB special round is quite similar to JOSSA Counseling. The only difference is that CSAB is responsible for filling open seats. You have less reporting time in CSAB. In both JOSSA and CSAB, the counselling process is the same.

Your category ranking will be taken into account. If there are seats available in your category. After JOSSA, if only open category seats are unfilled, your CRL will be considered. CSAB can be really beneficial if your rank is between 20,000 to 80, 000 .

For more information about the same do visit

CSAB Special Round for NITs, IIITs and GFTIs 2021 - Seat Allotment, Process (careers360.com)

Hope this helps.