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Hi
NATA is conducted by the council of architecture and is mandatory for admission into first year B.Arch courses across all the colleges and institutes in India.
Whereas JEE (AAT) is conducted by national testing agency and is mandatory for getting admission into B.Arch program offered by IITs.
https://jeeadv.ac.in/aprogrammes.php
https://jeeadv.ac.in/pinstitutes.php
Various Institutes of architecture across india have eligibility mentioned as NATA/JEE. While IIT has only JEE mentioned in their criteria. Moreover it is mandatory to clear both JEE mains and JEE advanced for getting into IITs for B.Arch.
B.Tech/B.Arch Admissions OPEN
NATA is widely accepted by colleges offering this programmes whereas AAT is an entrance exam for admissions to architecture programmes offered by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
So it depends on where you want to apply or get admission into so choose accordingly.
More on NATA
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/nata#-----NATA-2021-Eligibility-Criteria---
More on JEE
https://engineering.careers360.com/exams/jee-advanced
Hope this helps.
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