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Are NITs better than IITs? What about IIITs? What is the difference? What is the eligibility criteria to get into NITs? Can you please share some insights?

Ans: Old NITS are hundreds times better than new IITS.IIIT is a relatively new concept.Prefer good NITs.For NITs you need a decent percentile in JEE MAIN.
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IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology), IIITs (Indian Institutes of Information Technology), and NITs (National Institutes of Technology) differ in focus, reputation, and opportunities:

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