NIT

There is no concept of free seats in NITs. However, you can get a 100 percent fee waiver under the ST category as per regulations. You will need to submit an income Certificate an affidavit, and other supporting documents to get the fee waiver. Additionally, at some NITs, such as NIT Trichy, you may get scholarships. With your ST rank of 9607, you can get NIT for branches such as mechanical. Also, you may get a seat allocated in the CSAB special round. For example, the mechanical branch's closing rank for the ST category in the National Institute of Technology Calicut is 116012 in the first round of allotment CSAB 2022). For the Chemical Engineering branch, the ST closing rank is 141639 at the National Institute of Technology, Warangal. I hope you have registered for CSAB counseling.

According to the NIRF ranking, the top 3 NITs are NIT Trichy, NITK Surathkal, and NIT Warangal. To get into the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) branch of B.Tech at these NITs, you need to have a very good JEE Main rank. The JoSSA will then allocate seats on the basis of your JEE Main Category rank. For this year, the closing rank is as follows for the OBC category:
1. NIT Trichy: The JEE The main closing rank is 367 for the OBC category.
2. NITK Surathkal: The closing rank is 444 for the latest round.
3. NIT Warangal: The OBC's closing rank is 662, according to the latest data. Therefore, your estimated percentile should be around 95 and your rank should be under 600 in your category to get an allocated seat in the CSE branch of top NITs.