If Not IIT Then What? Alternatives to IIT after JEE Exam
Indian Institute of Technology or IIT has a great name in the field of Engineering in India. And why not, it has produced some renowned Billion Dollar Start-Ups and Companies of IITians. Every Year, millions of Engineer Minds Fill JEE Application Forms to take one of the biggest examinations of India, to get placed in the topmost Engineering Colleges of India. But, Getting into IIT is not a joke. It takes a lot of hard work, dedication, critical strategies and finally a wee bit of luck to secure a place in any of the IITs. The students who miss getting into IITs, their dream of pursuing B.Tech in a quality engineering college should not die out.
There are hundreds of alternative options available over there which they should check out very minutely. Opportunities do not come to a closure when any IIT shuts their door. So, if you failed to get admission in any of the IITs, don’t waste time blaming yourself. Read this Article because opportunities are waiting for you somewhere else.
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If Not IIT College Then What?
There are thirty-one NITs (National Institute of Technology) catering to a whopping nineteen thousand engineering seats in India. BITS Pilani is equally good which is almost at par with IITs and NITs by their standard of teaching and quality of imparting knowledge and producing the finest of engineers in India.
This apart, IISC (Indian Institute of Science), Bangalore has a great reputation throughout India and perhaps all over the world. Another option is IISER (Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research) which is also having an enormous reputation all over India.
So the options are numerous and there are multiple possibilities spread all over here and there and the students need to look out for their supply and demand of these various engineering institutes other than IITs.
Hence, there is no reason to get disheartened if one does not qualify to get into an IIT. This article discusses the other way outs in details which one can explore to get into any other engineering institute, if not finding a chance to get into IITs.
The Cluster of National Institute of Technology (NITs)
NITs are also a prestigious cluster of autonomous institutions which are governed by National Institute of Technologies Act. These are a coveted group of engineering institutes which students can rely on to pursue their B.Tech if they do not secure a place in any IIT.
Ranking wise, NIT Trichy has the topmost rank in the country. This is followed by NIT Surathkal and NIT Warangal respectively. Hence, all the IIT JEE (Mains and Advanced) top rank holders eye for these three coveted NITs first.
Once all the seats of these three top-ranked NITs get filled up, the rest of the students look for getting into rest of the NITs. According to NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework), NIT Trichy is holding 11th rank, NIT Surathkal is holding 12th rank and NIT Warangal is holding 22nd rank in India among all reputed cluster of engineering institutions in the country.
NIT Trichy has total 814 seats out of which 407 seats are reserved for home state quota and rest 407 seats are for all India quota. NIT Surathkal has total 740 seats, out of which 370 seats are reserved for home state quota and rest 370 seats are for all India quota.
NIT Warangal has total 740 seats out of which 370 seats are for home state quota and rest 370 seats are for all India quota. NIT Trichy, NIT Warangal, NIT Surathkal and NIT Calicut – these top four NITs have very reasonable fee structure as well.
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Fees of Topmost NITs
NIT Warangal has fees of INR 53, 800/- per semester, NIT Surathkal has fees of INR 48, 400/- per semester, NIT Calicut has fees of INR 45, 250/- per semester and NIT Trichy has fees of INR 44, 000/- per semester respectively, which are very much affordable when compared to high fee structure of IITs.
There have been 10 newly opened NITs in the recent past. Among these newly opened NITs, Sikkim, Pondicherry, and Goa can be well mentioned. Each one of these newly opened NITs has 90 seats, making a total number of 930 seats altogether. Out of these total 930 seats, 465 seats are pertaining to home state quota and rest 465 seats are pertaining to all India quota respectively.
BITSAT Exam and Procedure of Getting into BITS
BITSAT is one specific entrance exam which is quite similar to IIT JEE by a pattern. This particular exam helps the students to get into BITS (Birla Institute of Technology and Science) engineering institution. Depending on their performance and associated ranks in the BITSAT exam, they can get into Pilani, Goa or Hyderabad campuses.
For the students, of course, Pilani is the best choice considering all the facilities and positive aspects available over there. BITS is loved by the general category students because they do not have any reservation policy for the scheduled caste, scheduled tribe, and other backward caste students. Hence, merit becomes the only parameter to get into BITS. No provision for caste-based reservation is available over here.
The students who do not have good rank in IIT JEE exam, or the students who are not willing to sit for IIT JEE exam, they can try for hitting BITSAT exam which is being held in the month of April every year. Once qualified, they would be starting their engineering journey in BITS successfully.
IISc Bangalore
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is yet another most coveted place for the meritorious students for pursuing their bachelors in Engineering and Mathematics. IISc has their hallmark for Mathematics which is known worldwide.
They do not have their own entrance examination for intake of the students. They consider the admission of the students through their JEE ranks and NEET scores.
For integrated M.Tech degrees, they seek JAM and GATE scores and ranks. The students who love Mathematics and are IISc aspirants, they are advised to have a look at their website in the month of February every year, because their application invitations usually get featured in their site as well as in the newspapers at that time. Usually, 65 score out of 100 is the cutoff score for getting into IISc Bangalore.
IISER
Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) is a premier group of both academic and research related excellence. IISER has its different branches in Berhampur (Orissa), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Mohali, Pune (Maharashtra), Thiruvananthapuram and Tirupati respectively.
They also have an option to get a dual degree of BS and MS being done one after another. There are 200 seats allotted for that dual degree. The eligibility to get into this course has three different criteria. The first way is they can qualify KVPY (Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana). Or, they should be an IITJEE qualifier. Or, they should have scored 1% in their state board examinations. Fulfilling any one of these three criteria will be fine.
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Ex Non-IITians Who Are Successful Today
The CEO and founder of SanDisk Products and Services, Mr. Sanjay Mehrotra have been extremely successful in his technical venture. Another entrepreneur Mr. Phanindra Sama has also been successful in establishing RedBus.
Both of them are the proud alumnus of BITS Pilani. Umeshwar Dayal, who is currently the Director of the HP Labs Information Analytics lab, has been an alumnus of IISc, Bangalore.
Dr. Sunil Kumar is now the respectable Dean of the University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business. He has also been an IISc alumnus. Even the students from much lower ranked privately run engineering colleges have also produced exceptionally brilliant people who have now reached a great height in the society.
Hence, only IITians are not entitled to get success and not getting into IIT does not mean an end to life.
You can Attempt JEE Again too
If joining IIT is as big a dream to you, then you can wait for another year preparing for JEE Exam. In this case, you must point out your shortcomings and work on those die heartedly because you are investing a whole year on the same thing that you missed last year. There is no chance of missing this opportunity once again. For practice, you must Download Previous Years JEE Papers and solve each question.