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Our preference is CSE Sir, but is IIT worth in terms of faculties, campus, internship and placements?

Ans: Please note, (1) IIT-Tirupati is not a Tier 1 IIT Category. (2) Success of your career does NOT depend only upon where you join, but also depends upon your self-motivation | dedication | upgrading your skills | extra-co-curricular activities | your professional Linkedin Profile | Your aptitude-attitude-personality traits. If you have these qualities, you can easily got job even off-campus (3) No College (including Top IITs) can be 100% perfect as far as Faculties, Campus. Internship & Placements are concerned except some very few colleges. Keeping in view these factors, you can confidently join IIT-T which also has good placement records. Hope I have clarified your doubt. All The BEST.
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For JEE, securing a seat for Computer Science Engineering (CSE) or Electronics at NITs and IIITs will be challenging based on your rank. Nevertheless, you have strong opportunities for less competitive branches in newer or North Eastern NITs, newer IIITs, and Government Funded Technical Institutions (GFTIs).

Here are some possibilities for you:

1. NITs:
- NIT Agartala: Production Engineering, Bio-Technology, or Chemical Engineering.
- NIT Mizoram/NIT Nagaland/NIT Arunachal Pradesh: Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
- NIT Srinagar: Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering.
- NIT Raipur/NIT Jalandhar: Bio-Technology or Industrial & Production Engineering (possible in CSAB special rounds).

2. Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs):
- Target newer public-private partnership (PPP) model IIITs, particularly for Smart Manufacturing or specialized tech branches.
- IIITDM Jabalpur: Smart Manufacturing.
- IIIT Bhagalpur: Mechatronics Engineering.
- IIIT Manipur: Computer Science Engineering or Electronics & Communication Engineering (highly likely in CSAB special rounds).
- IIIT Kurnool: Mechanical Engineering (with specialization in Design and Manufacturing).

3. Government Funded Technical Institutions (GFTIs):
- Securing a seat in GFTIs is the safest route, with the highest probability for competitive branches like Computer Science (CSE) or Information Technology (IT).
- Assam University, Silchar: Agricultural Engineering or Computer Science Engineering.
- Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar: Computer Science Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
- Mizoram University, Aizawl: Information Technology or Computer Engineering.
- Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi Institute (SLIET), Longowal: Chemical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
- Central University of Jammu/Central University of Rajasthan: Biomedical Engineering or computer-related fields in later spot rounds.

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