Tier 1 — Elite NITs (Closing Rank Below 7,855)
These elite NITs — National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Motilal Nehru NIT Allahabad, Malaviya NIT Jaipur, and NIT Delhi and others — offer Electrical Engineering (Gender-Neutral) accessible only to candidates with JEE Main Category Ranks at or below 7,855. Competition here is among the most intense in Indian engineering admissions. NIT Delhi and NIT Durgapur and others are showing tightening competition year-over-year — meaning these seats are becoming progressively harder to secure.