Tier 1 — Elite IIITs (Closing Rank Below 6,522)
These elite IIITs — Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad and IIIT Lucknow — offer Information Technology (Gender-Neutral) accessible only to candidates with JEE Main Category Ranks at or below 6,522. Competition here is among the most intense in Indian engineering admissions. IIIT Lucknow is showing tightening competition year-over-year — meaning these seats are becoming progressively harder to secure.