Hello student,

With a JEE Mains rank of 264,089 and an 82 percentile in the general category, you might find it challenging to get into top government engineering colleges, but there are still several options for both government and private institutions. Here are some recommendations:

Government Colleges:

1. State Engineering Colleges:
   
   a) Government Engineering College, Jabalpur (for branches like Civil, Mechanical)
   
   b) Government College of Engineering, Nagpur (might have options in branches like Civil, Mechanical)
   
   c) Government Polytechnic Colleges in various states could have diploma courses or lateral entry options.
   
   

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2. Newer NITs and IIITs:
   
   a) NIT Nagaland
   b) NIT Sikkim
   c) IIIT Kancheepuram (might offer some options depending on the specific branch and availability)
   
   Private Colleges:
   
   

3. Top Private Engineering Colleges:
   
   a) Shri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati
   b) VIT University, Vellore (lower branches or management quota might be an option)
   
   c) BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus (management quota or less competitive branches)
   
   

4. Established Private Engineering Colleges:
   
   a) Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS), Indore
   
   b) Aditya Engineering College, Surampalem
   
   c) Narayana Engineering College, Nellore
   
   

   I would recommend you to use JEE college predictor tool by Careers360 to get the list of possible colleges you can get with your rank.

   Here is the link to the tool:

   https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?utm_source=qna&utm_medium=jee_cp

   Click on the above link, fill the required details and you will get the list of possible colleges at your rank.

   
   

   I hope this answer helps you. If you have more queries then feel free to share your questions with us we will be happy to assist you.

   Thank you and wishing you all the best for your bright future.