Hello student,

I am not getting exactly what you are trying to ask, are you asking that can you get seat from Open category or not if you are OBC caste?

If this is not your question then do let me know in the comment section.

See, being an OBC, you can apply in General or Open category and there is no problem at all, however if you want vice versa then it cannot be done at any cost.

If you do not want to take benefits of reservation then simply fill Unreserved category in your Category section while filling the application form for JEE Main.

But you should note that once you filled your category in your application, you have to be on that only and do not not think to change it further.

In one other case also you can get seat from OPEN category and that is let us suppose you failed to provide your OBC certificate during counseling then too, you cannot avail reservation and you will be considered as General category student.

I hope this answer helps you.

All the very best!!

Hello Aspirant,

Yes of course you can take admission in NITs under Open/Unreserved category though JEE-Main but note that if you do so then you won't be able to get the reservation benefits of OBC category like :

>> 27% reserved seats

>> lower cut-off as compared to unreserved/open category

>> Some other fee related schemes.

As per your profile you are an engineering aspirant so you have to appear for JOSAA counselling for admission to any of the NIT and the seat will be allotted to you on the basis of your JEE-Main score and category by JOSAA.

To make you more clear, complete process for registration for JOSAA Counselling is mentioned below, this process you can follow after the declaration of result of JEE-Main when the JOSAA will open it's portal for applications and choice filling :-

• Registration for the counselling on josaa.nic.in
• Choice Filling and Locking of Choices.
• Mock Seat Allotment
• Seat Allotment Result
• Payment of Seat Acceptance Fees and Download of Provisional Seat Allotment Letter
• Reporting to the Reporting Centres
• Confirmation of Admission

Documents which you have to carry to the reporting centre for NITs/IIITs/GFTIs :-

• Three Passport Size Photographs identical to the one Uploaded in JEE Main 2021 Registration
• Provisional Seat Allotment Letter
• Candidate Undertaking
• Proof of Fee Payment by e-challan or Internet Banking of SBI for Seat Acceptance (Rs. 15, 000 for SC/ST/PwD candidates and Rs. 35,000 for others)
• JEE Main 2021 Score Card
• JEE Main 2021 Admit Card
• 10th Standard Mark Sheet or Date of Birth Proof
• 12th Standard (or equivalent) Mark Sheet and Pass Certificate
• Photo Identity Card
• Medical Certificate
• Category Certificate (if applicable)
• PwD Certificate (if applicable)
• OCI Certificate or PIO Card (if applicable)
• Print out of Filled Choices for Seat Allotment

For complete details about JOSSA Counselling process kindly check out the link given below :-

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/josaa-counselling

If you are preparing to appear in further JEE-Main 2021 attempt then very less time of around 1 month is left only so to bind-up your preparation of JEE-Main 2021 kindly check out the link given below :-

https://learn.careers360.com/jee-main-rank-booster/?icn=jee-rank-booster&ici=c360-Exam-View-WEB-Sticky

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!