Tier 1 — Elite IITs (Closing Rank Below 2,800)
These elite IITs — IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, and IIT Roorkee and others — offer Other Engineering Programs (Gender-Neutral) accessible only to candidates with JEE Advanced Category Ranks at or below 2,800. Competition here is among the most intense in Indian engineering admissions. IIT Madras and IIT Bombay and others are showing tightening competition year-over-year — meaning these seats are becoming progressively harder to secure.