List of Abbreviations

AIR : All India Rank 

CBSE  : Central Board of Secondary Education 

CoBSE : Council of Boards of School Education 

CRL : Common Rank List 

CSAB : Central Seat Allocation Board 

DS : Defence Services 

GEN : General (with respect to the category of a candidate) 

GFTI : Government Funded Technical Institutes (these are 

Institutes that are funded either partially or fully by Central / a State Government) 

IIIT : Indian Institute of Information Technology 

IIT : Indian Institute of Technology 

ISM : Indian School of Mines 

JAB : Joint Admission Board 

JEE : Joint Entrance Examination 

JoSAA : Joint Seat Allocation Authority 

NIT : National Institute of Technology 

OBC-NCL : Other Backward Classes – Non-Creamy Layer 

PwD : Person with Disability 

SC : Scheduled Caste 

ST : Scheduled Tribe