Tier 1 — Elite IITs (Closing Rank Below 1,240)
These elite IITs — IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Guwahati, and IIT Kanpur and others — offer Mathematics & Computing (Gender-Neutral) accessible only to candidates with JEE Advanced Category Ranks at or below 1,240. Competition here is among the most intense in Indian engineering admissions. IIT Hyderabad and IIT Guwahati and others are showing tightening competition year-over-year — meaning these seats are becoming progressively harder to secure.