Hi Jatin,

The preferences that you should follow are as follows:-

1. IIIT Allahabad (Established by MHRD)

2. IIITDM Kanchipuram (As it was once run and being mentored by IIT Madras)

3. IIITM Gwalior

4. IIITDM, Jabalpur

5. IIIT Srirangam (Trichy) (As, it is being mentored and is running in NIT Trichy, the best of all NITs)

6. IIIT Kurnool (As it is being mentored and is running in IIIT Kanchipuram)

7. IIIT Kota (As it is being mentored and is running at NIT Jaipur)

8. IIIT Sonepat (As it is being mentored and is running in NIT Kurukshetra)

9. IIIT Lucknow (As it is being mentored and is running at IIIT Allahabad)

10. RGIIT Amethi (As it is being mentored and is running at IIIT Allahabad and is very soon to be shifted to it’s own campus)

11. IIIT Una (As it is being mentored and is running at NIT Hamirpur.

12. IIIT Sri City (As it is being mentored by IIIT Hyderabad)

13. IIIT Kottayam (As it is being mentored by IIIT Hyderabad)

14. IIIT Dharwad (As it is being mentored by NIT Surathkal)

15. IIIT Guwahati (As it is being mentored by IIT Guwahati)

16. IIIT Manipur (As it is being mentored by IIT Guwahati)

17. IIIT Vadodara and IIIT Kalyani (As it is being mentored by DAIICT Gandhinagar and IIEST Shibpur respectively)

18. IIIT Nagpur, Pune, Bhopal, Ranchi are even more newer IIITs and its possible that one joining might be the first in the college)

Hope it helps,

All the best!