Engineering

You can apply for the admission in distance mode, so you have to only give the exam.

Yes presently the job opportunities are maximum for the CS engineers. Whereas students from other branches have to work harder and prepare for exams that will fetch them a government job.

Predict the college according to your rank/percentile. https://www.shiksha.com/college-predictor

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CSE branch the placement is better as compared to others. But then I would suggest it to be an option only if there is no other NIT in your score range as exposure level is low here as compared to other colleges. But it is still good to go for if you don't have option to go to other NIT's.

You can check the link for college predictor. Also, if you are thinking about NIT Srinagar, then you've good chances to get in there with your rank for both EE and ECE. So, try your luck. You have fair chances.

Link below that will help you to predict colleges that you might get into with your rank or score:
https://www.shiksha.com/b-tech/resources/upsee-college-predictor