Engineering

Kindly visit this link:
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It's not possible for you to get admission in any of the NITs with 73 percentile. I would suggest you check out the college predictor tool:
https://www.shiksha.com/b-tech/resources/jee-mains-college-predictor

Dear Shailesh , Lateral Entry admission into Engineering is based on your Diploma Program , Whichever the Diploma you did in your Diploma . You will get the admission in Engineering Program through Lateral Entry entrance test which will be conducted by the university, once if you qualify in the entrance test, you will get admission in the university. Wish you all the best.

It's not possible with that percentile to get admission in any of the NITs. I would suggest you go with private institutes.

Yes, you can easily get admission in M.Tech integrated programme in VIT Vellore.

AMIE is a course equivalent to a degree in engineering. A Diploma holder is eligible for admission.

Hello Madhava,
You have good chances of getting a seat at SASTRA University. However, the branch which you can get is difficult to say since, the competition is very high. Hence, you may try your best at the counseling to get the branch you wish for.

There is no chance of getting a seat in NIT with this percentile even for an OBC category candidate.

Well, it is not necessary to have knowledge of C/C+ if you are pursuing CS but you need to learn this in your 1st year as CS students, these are the basic languages and you should know these.