JEE Advanced

You stand a strong chance of getting into one of the top IITs if your prep CRL PWD score in JEE Advanced is 30. In older IITs like IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, etc., your rank qualifies you for branches like Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Civil Engineering. Many IITs offer special seats for PWD (Persons with Disabilities) candidates.

The admissions procedure entails

JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority) is used for JEE Advanced registration and seat distribution.
Multiple rounds of counseling are part of the procedure and there are cutoffs based on category.
The deadlines for document verification and seat acceptance must be met

With a preparatory rank of 43 in the ST category in JEE Advanced, your chances of getting into an IIT in rounds 3 to 5 of JoSAA counseling are possible, but it depends on various factors such as the opening and closing ranks for each IIT and branch. Typically, preparatory rank students are given seats in IITs if there are vacancies, but the branches available might be limited to less popular ones.

You should keep an eye on the JoSAA counseling rounds and the specific cutoffs for your category. If you don't secure a seat in the earlier rounds, there's still a chance in the later rounds as the cutoffs might decrease if seats remain unfilled.

Meeting certain cutoff ranks in both JEE Mains and JEE Advanced is necessary to gain admission to the Computer Science Engineering (CSE) branch at prestigious universities like IITs and NITs.

Cutoff percentile for JEE Mains: General Category in 2024 was 93.23.
OBC-NCL Category: 79.68 was the cutoff percentile.

General Category JEE Advanced Cutoff: 30.34% was the cutoff percentile.
OBC-NCL Category: 27.30% was the cutoff percentile.

Institution-Specific Cutoffs: IITs: The starting and ending ranks for CSE change every year. For example, the CSE cutoff for the General category at IIT Kharagpur in 2024 varied from 1 to 1,000.
NITs: In 2024, the General category cutoff for CSE at prestigious NITs like NIT Trichy was approximately 5,066.

With a JEE Advanced SC category rank of 2,900, getting admission to Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) or Electrical Engineering (EE) programs in the older, more established IITs is doubtful, as their closing ranks for these branches are often significantly lower. However, newer IITs and other National Institutes of Technology (NITs) may give prospects.

Possible IITs:

IIT Bhubaneswar: The CSE closing rank has historically been approximately 2,806.
IIT (BHU) Varanasi: About 1,010 was the ending rank for CSE.
Possible NITs:
NIT Trichy: The closing rank for SC category candidates from various states has been about 2,773 for Electronics and Communication Engineering.
NIT Warangal: The closing rank for CSE has been approximately 2,186 for General category students.

It may be difficult to gain admission to the older, more prestigious IITs with a JEE Advanced rank of 14,000 particularly for in-demand fields like computer Science or electronics. You stand a high chance of being admitted to a newer IIT or to a particular branch of an older IIT though. In 2024 for example the final rankings for Mechanical Engineering at a few IITs were:

9,362 at IIT Bhubaneswar
8,829 at IIT Mandi
8,780 at IIT Jodhpur
Depending on your rank, you may want to look at these or other IITs Civil Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, or Biotechnology departments. Further choices might be found by investigating National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs). Depending on variables like applicant preferences and seat availability admission opportunities may change every year.