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With a JEE Main score of 53.06 and a SC category rank of 55137 in JEE Mains, securing admission in top NITs, IIITs, or GFTIs may be challenging. you better try other universities or private B.Tech colleges.

A JEE Main percentile of 74 is unlikely to secure admission to top tier National Institutes of Technology (NITs) or Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs). 

Your friend is likely referring to the Study Grant offered by Lovely Professional University (LPU). Under this initiative, LPU provides a study grant of 1 Lacs per student to those who qualify the LPUNEST exam and secure admission to prestigious institutions such as IITs, NITs, IIMs, NLUs, IHMs, NIDs, and other government universities and colleges.

The tuition fees for BTech courses at NIT Kurukshetra are INR 5 lakh,  and the tuition fees for BTech at NIT Delhi are INR 5 Lacs too. Hence, the tuition fee is the same for both NITs. So, candidates can compare both of the institutes on different factors, such as cutoff, average placement package, seats, ranking of that particular institute, affiliation, accreditation, etc. Check out the closing rank for the BTech course in both institutes in the academic year 2024 and the average placement package in the table below: