Rank Below 2 Lakh In JEE Main? List Of NITs Where You Could Get A Seat

Rank Below 2 Lakh In JEE Main? List Of NITs Where You Could Get A Seat

Nidhi AgarwalUpdated on 08 Apr 2024, 05:53 PM IST

The Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main), conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission in undergraduate engineering programmes does not have any qualifying marks. The cut-off marks announced by the NTA with the JEE Main result are for screening students who will be allowed to appear for JEE Advanced for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). Therefore, every student who appears for JEE Main, including the ones who have got negative marks in any or all three subjects, is assigned a JEE Main rank. Plus, all students assigned ranks are eligible to participate in the seat allocation process of Joint Seat Allocation Authority, or JoSAA counselling . Screening for admissions is based on the Class 12 qualifying status and the JEE Main rank.

Rank Below 2 Lakh In JEE Main? List Of NITs Where You Could Get A Seat
NIT Puducherry admit BTech students at ranks lower than 2 lakh for one course (Image: Official website)

This means that a student who has passed Class 12 with the minimum specified marks and who has appeared for JEE Main and secured a rank will be eligible for admissions in the order of their merit, or position on the rank list. This has allowed students with relatively low ranks, such as between two lakh and eight lakh and even below, to secure admission in some of the National Institutes of Technology (NIT). This unique situation is restricted to the NITs where each institute has 50 percent seats reserved for students from the same state in which the NIT is located. This is the home state quota. Here’s a look at the NITs where students with JEE ranks from two lakh to eight lakh and below have secured admissions.

For this analysis, Careers360 has considered only open category seats in the home state quota.

NIT Agartala: JEE Main Ranks Below 2 Lakh

Given below are the ranks at which general category candidates secured admission in NIT Agartala in 2023.

Counselling Course Name

Opening Rank

Closing Rank

Production Engineering

198832

326262

Chemistry (5 Years BSc-MSc Dual Degree))

250740

316556

Engineering Physics (5 Years BTech-MTech Dual Degree)

233128

295549

Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering

85416

287950

Chemical Engineering

109154

280589

Civil Engineering

94302

245373

Mathematics & Computing (5 Years BSc-MSc Dual Degree))

154516

242884

Physics (5 Years BSc-MSc Dual Degree))

45913

237897

The above table shows that at NIT Agartala, branches like Production Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering (CE) and Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering are not as popular as other branches like Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), Computer Science Engineering (CSE) or Electrical Engineering(EE).

The dual degree courses like Engineering Physics and Chemistry also are not as popular as the core branches.

NIT Meghalaya: JEE Main Ranks Below 2 Lakh

NIT Meghalaya has seen allotments to JEE Main ranks below 2 lakh but only for home state quota for three out of five branches, including Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE), ECE and CE.

Counselling Course Name

Opening Rank

Closing Rank

Civil Engineering

142261

257202

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

138346

237583

Electronics and Communication Engineering

121773

220988

CSE and ME are the branches where students under two lakh rank opt for in NIT Meghalaya.

NIT Sikkim: JEE Main Ranks Below 2 Lakh

NIT Sikkim admitted students with below two lakhs to all its programmes. In one case, the closing ranking in JoSAA seat allotment dropped to below 10 lakh.

Counselling Course Name

Opening Rank

Closing Rank

Civil Engineering

527505

1005918

Mechanical Engineering

311356

817562

Electronics and Communication Engineering

174848

713531

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

251666

639272

Computer Science and Engineering

78672

405836

While NIT Sikkim has seen the last seat in Computer Science Engineering, one of the most popular branches, allotted to students with JEE Main ranks around four lakh, other core branches like ME, CE, ECE and EEE have seen allotments to JEE Main ranks below six lakh.

NIT Mizoram: JEE Main Ranks Below 2 lakh

The table below shows that the closing rank was below six lakh to 10 lakh for several courses.

Counselling Course Name

Opening Rank

Closing Rank

Mechanical Engineering

636017

1014892

Mathematics and Computing

834722

834722

Electronics and Communication Engineering

589620

809789

Civil Engineering

234729

678406

Electrical Engineering

560594

661107

Computer Science and Engineering

284473

516872


Seats under the home state quota in NIT Mizoram for all branches including core branches have been allotted to students with JEE Main ranks below 2 lakh. All these courses had their cut-offs dropping to below 2 lakh, even in the first round of JoSAA counselling.

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NIT Puducherry: JEE Main Ranks Below 2 Lakh

Just one programme admitted at ranks lower than 2 lakh in NIT Puducherry.

Counselling Course Name


Opening Rank


Closing Rank


Civil Engineering

186956

225349

The last seat in Civil Engineering at NIT Puducherry in 2023 was allotted to a home state student with a JEE Main rank below 2 lakh. NIT Puducherry is a relatively new NIT compared to NITs in Agartala, Mizoram or Meghalaya.

NIT Manipur: JEE Main Ranks Below 2 Lakh

All branches of NIT Manipur admitted students with rank below two lakh. Core branches like ME and EE had students with ranks above four lakhs too.

Counselling Course Name



Opening Rank

Closing Rank


Electronics and Communication Engineering

341866

749669

Mechanical Engineering

157954

667509

Electrical Engineering

101231

407152

Computer Science and Engineering

93261

364827

Civil Engineering

97608

229695

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Questions related to JEE Main

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Have a question related to JEE Main ?

Hello,

Yes, you may get a chance to correct it.
NTA usually opens a correction window before each session. In previous years, candidates were allowed to change their photo if it did not follow the guidelines, including background issues.

For JEE Main 2026 also, the correction window is expected. When it opens, you will be able to upload a proper photo with a plain white background.

What you should do now:

  • Keep checking your JEE Main login for any correction option.

  • Keep a correct photo ready (white background, clear image).

  • If NTA flags your photo, you can update it during the correction period.

So yes, you should get a chance to fix it once the correction window opens.

Hope it helps !

Hello,
The JEE main 2027 will include three subjects: Physics, chemistry and Mathematics.
PHYSICS:
Units and Measurements: kinematics, laws of motion, work, energy & power: rotational motion & moment of inertia: gravitation: properties of solids and fluids: thermodynamics: kinetic theory of gases: oscillations & waves: electrostatics: current electricity; magnetism & magnetic effects of current; electromagnetic induction & alternating current; optics; atoms and nuclei; modern physics topics.
CHEMISTRY:
Physical chemistry (basic concepts, mole concept, stoichiometry; atomic structure; chemical bonding; thermodynamics; equilibrium; chemical kinetics; solutions and chemical reactivity), inorganic chemistry (periodic table, classification of elements including p-, d-, f-block, coordination compounds), and organic chemistry including basics of hydrocarbons, organic compounds containing halogens/oxygen/nitrogen etc.
MATHEMATICS
Sets, relations & functions; complex numbers and quadratic equations; matrices and determinants; permutations & combinations; sequences & series; limits, continuity & differentiability; integral and differential calculus; coordinate geometry (lines, circles, conics); 3D geometry; vector algebra; trigonometry; statistics & probability.

Hope this helps you.

That's the most efficient approach to preparation! The entire JEE Main Syllabus is fundamentally based on the topics covered in the NCERT Class 11th and 12th textbooks for Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics.

Here's what you need to know:

  • NCERT is the Core: Approximately 60-70% of the JEE Main syllabus directly comes from the NCERT books. You must consider these textbooks as your foundation and cover every single topic and exercise.

  • Minor Overlaps/Additions: While most of the syllabus aligns, JEE Main sometimes includes a few concepts or deeper applications (especially in complex numbers, differential calculus, and some physics derivations) that extend slightly beyond the direct NCERT text, requiring extra practice.

  • Chemistry Exception: Physical and Inorganic Chemistry are almost 100% covered by NCERT. For Organic Chemistry, mastering the reactions and mechanisms taught in the NCERT is critical before moving to advanced texts.

You can download the PDF containing the complete, topic-wise JEE Main syllabus to cross-reference with your NCERT chapters here: https://engineering.careers360.com/download/ebooks/jee-main-syllabus . This linkage is your best study guide!

start by finishing the scoring topics in physics, chemistry and maths.. and revise them deeply through examples and pyqs.. spend 60% of ur time on topics that frequently appear in exam and the remaining 40% on weak areas.. give one mock test every week, analyze mistakes and create a revision book as well as formula book to keep revising the formulae and the mistakes.. plan ur schedule one week ahead and plan the concepts u want to study.. keep small milestones and reward urself constantly to maintain ur motivation.

‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ In case you want to have access to the handwritten notes made by the JEE toppers, the most convenient manner is certainly by means of proper platforms which share the study material in a legal way. A good number of toppers have their notebooks uploaded on some educational apps or YouTube channels, and a few coaching institutes may offer compilation notes either for free or upon registration. Also, you can visit official JEE preparation forums where students share their handwritten notes for the convenience of others without any charges.

When you are downloading notes, it is always better to check if the source is trustworthy and the files are genuine because if you take the incomplete or incorrect notes, it will have an impact on your preparation. A more secure choice would be to look at the toppers' plans and brief notes that are written in the form of books or PDFs by the known coaching institutes. Never forget to combine such notes with the questions of previous years and mock tests so that your preparation will be complete. ‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌