The categories are for all the campuses of VIT. The ones who get higher ranks get category 1 and have to pay least fees. Gradually as the rank increases, the category increases and so does the fees.

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VIT has made categories based on the ranks scored by the students in the respective entrance examination. It actually determines the number of fees a candidate needs to pay for the course. Candidates having higher ranks will probably have to pay fewer fees compared to other students.

So, category 1 probably falls up to the first 20,000 ranks, and category 1 means they will have to pay the least fee as compared to other students. However, these ranks of students are not fixed and can vary according to the number of students taking admission.