Tier 1 — Elite IITs (Closing Rank Below 784)
These elite IITs — IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee, and IIT Hyderabad and others — offer AI & Data Science (Female-only (including Supernumerary)) accessible only to candidates with JEE Advanced Category Ranks at or below 784. Competition here is among the most intense in Indian engineering admissions. IIT Madras and IIT Roorkee and others are showing tightening competition year-over-year — meaning these seats are becoming progressively harder to secure.