Hello Sir, My son secured 99.18344 percentile in JEE Mains 2026 with AIR of 13,177. His HSC board score in 86.5 %. We are from Mumbai, Maharashtra. Can he get admission to a good reputed NIT college in either CSE/AIML/AI&DS? Alternately, if not, he is also ready to go for Electrical Engg or ECE or EEE. Also please advice if it is better to do BTech 4 yrs & then MTech 2 yrs or whether to do an integrated 5 yrs MTech. Which option will carry more value / weight from recruiters point of view?
Ans: Sadanand Sir, as far as the 2nd part of your question is concerned, it is better to prefer BTech, gain 2-3 practical exposure/work experiences, and then think about further studies. At AIR 13,177, top NIT CSE/AI/DS is difficult; VNIT Nagpur home-state CSE closed much earlier, around 6–7k in recent trends. But he has strong chances for ECE/EE/EEE in good NITs such as VNIT Nagpur, NIT Bhopal, Rourkela, Calicut, Jamshedpur, Durgapur, Kurukshetra depending on rounds/category. Also target IIITs for CSE/IT/ECE: IIIT Nagpur, Pune, Sri City, Guwahati, Vadodara, Una. Before filling in the choices, advise your son to go through last year's JoSAA opening and closing ranks data (to get a rough idea) so that he can confidently fill in his choices, beginning with preferred institutes and branches. All the Best for Your Son's Prosperous Future!
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