Hello naman,

Getting such marks is a very good score,

and yes you can get mechanical or chemical branch in any descent nits. But not in the premier class institutes like nit trichy or nit warangal. 

Getting a college depends on several factors,

Like the difficulty of paper,

Number of students appeared

And your category also.

so it's hard to predict which college you will get. 

Congratulations and best of luck.

Hello,
Well Yes!! You can get a NIT college but any NIT, any branch, It depends on various factor like:-
(i) Your caste :- Yeah, Getting a good NIT in 170-85 marks is highly depends on your caste whether you are SC ST OBC or General category. SC and ST students can easily get a good NIT and may be Top NIT. OBC students also can get a good/moderate NIT but it is difficult for General category students.
(ii) Your state quota:- It is also a barrier to get a good NIT. You know, there are 50% reservation for home state students in any NIT so lucky student (who residing in that state in which having a good NIT college) will get more chance to admit in their home state NIT.
(iii) Exam paper difficulty level:- As anyone can guess with a score of 170, your rank should be 18k -25k. But the exact rank will vary on the paper difficultly level. Therefore as much as good rank will create highly chance to admit in Top NIT.


Hope it helps.

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