Chennai

Hello Praveen,
You have a good total and cut off marks. But, the admission is based on your caste like BC, MBC etc., so mention your caste as each caste has a specific cut off marks for admission into a college. You are advised to apply for Anna University counselling for admission into Anna Universi

Yes, with decent placement, good campus and a brand name of SRM, you can join it.

SRM-Chennai is the best among all of them for mechanical engineering because it has better placements, infrastructure, faculty members, facilities, hostel and laboratories than that of MIT-Jaipur.

It's a college providing professional training to join merchant navy as an officer.

Madras Christian College-Chennai, Presidency College-Chennai and Stella Maris College-Chennai are the best colleges for arts in Chennai.

You may opt any of the following institutes
University of Madras Institute of Distance Education
Pondicherry University, Directorate of Distance Education
Anna University, Centre fir Distance Education
All 3 are good, cost effective and reputed institutes.