Tier 1 — Elite IITs (Closing Rank Below 1,596)
These elite IITs — IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, and IIT Kanpur and others — offer Electrical Engineering (Gender-Neutral) accessible only to candidates with JEE Advanced Category Ranks at or below 1,596. Competition here is among the most intense in Indian engineering admissions. IIT Kharagpur is showing tightening competition year-over-year — meaning these seats are becoming progressively harder to secure.