With an overall rank of 139,000 and an EWS (Economically Weaker Section) rank of 29,000 in JEE Mains, most branches at IITs, NITs, and IIITs will not be open. However, you may have some chances of admission to different NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs (Government Funded Technical Institutes) through JoSAA in branches that are comparatively less in demand.
Here are a few things you can do:
1. National Institutes of Technology (NITs):
The top branches like Computer Science and Engineering or Electrical Engineering will be tough, but you can hope for a few from the following:
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Metallurgical Engineering
Some NITs which you can opt for are:
NIT Jamshedpur
NIT Patna
NIT Srinagar
NIT Raipur
NIT Hamirpur
NIT Agartala
2. Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs)
The popular branches, most likely Computer Science, have stiff competition but you might go for the following possible branches:
Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) Information Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Some of the IIITs you may look for are:
IIITDM Jabalpur
IIIT Allahabad (may be a bit tough with competition)
IIIT Kalyani
IIIT Pune
3. Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs)
There are GFTIs as well places with lesser competition. You can think of going through branches like:
Civil Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Some of the GFTIs you may think of are:
Assam University, Silchar
Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU), Shibpur
Indraprastha Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
Sikkim University.
4. Additional Influences
Flexibility of Branch: It is more probable for you to gain admission if you branch into a less choice engineering branch.
Round-wise Cut-off: Keep in mind that JOSAA does not fix cutoffs for rounds; the cutoffs fall in later rounds. So, not getting into the first round can be worth checking in later rounds.
State Quota: If you are availing the state quota, then having a state quota could bring more chances in an NIT or GFTIs even at a lower cutoff for such a candidate's home state.
Thus, your chances of admission to NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs get brighter with an EWS rank of 29,000 in branches like Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, or other not-so-popular ones. Check the counselling rounds going on at JoSAA to see how you can grab it.
