With TNEA cutoff 170 (MBC category, no 7.5% quota, not first graduate) :

• You can get government engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu in lower-demand branches like Civil, Mechanical, EEE.
• Fees will be around 20,000 per year (within 50K budget).
  Colleges you can try:

• Govt. College of Engineering, Srirangam

• Govt. College of Engineering, Theni

• Govt. College of Engineering, Dharmapuri

• Govt. College of Engineering, Bargur

Note: No "free seat" fully, but low-fee government colleges available.

Careers360 Links:

• TNEA Cutoff MBC 2024 (Expected 2025): https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/tnea-cutoff