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Hello,

You are rank are very low as compare to previous year cutoffs , the previous year closing rank was around 7.9k for sc category for the lower most branch in NIT, rourkela. Either you can wait for the spot round selection( but chances are very less) or you can apply for some other NITs or you can give the state counseling. In state counseling you have some chances of getting a govt seat in top engineering colleges. Better you can apply for the state counseling and get into some best colleges of state with a good branch like mechanical, electrical or IT.

All the best

Hello,

You cannot get NIT, ROURKELA with this much rank. Your rank are too high in sc category,  as per previous year reports sc category cutoffs are close around 8k for the lower most branch in spot round selection and if you have CRL 1.6lakh then you have no chances of getting into any NIT.  Try other college or take a year drop and prepare well and good. You can also apply for state counseling,  but chances for govt seat are much less.

All the best

Hi Suresh,

Firstly you should have specified the course, however, there seems like there is a low chance of NIT Rourkela for you. If we see the last year's cutoff even in the last round, you can get B.Tech + M.Tech Chemical Engineering if you belong to the home state, otherwise, you cannot because, for other states, the rank closed at around 4k.

The second option is B.Tech + M.Tech Metallurgical & Materials Science, there is a chance here only if you belong to the home state.

The third and last option is B.Tech. Food Process Engineering, that too if you belong to the home state, as for the HS, the rank closed at around 10k.

Hope it helps.

For college predictor, you may use https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?utm_source=qna&utm_medium=jee_cp

All the best.

hello aspirant

With the above mentioned rank in SC category in JEE mains and according to the previous year JEE mains Cutoff data, you have difficult chances to get low branches in NIT rourkela even with the Home state quota. The previous year jee mains Cutoff for Biomedical Engineering (the lowest Branch) in NIT rourkela for SC category students was around 7643, for Home State, and for Other state the cutoff was 4721. So, with the above rank you have difficult chanecs of getting any low branch in NIT rourkela.

But do not worry as you can get admission in other Low ranked NIT's if you have the home state quota for those colleges. Secondly, you can also take admission in many of the good state level engineering colleges in State Counselling because these state colleges are much better than most of the Low-ranked NIT's as well.

To know more about the JEE mains Cutoff, you can follow the below mentioned link : https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff

To know about your chances of admissions in other colleges, you can follow the below mentioned link to know more : https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?utm_source=qna&utm_medium=jee_cp

I hope that this will help.

Hi,


NIT Rourkela has a good track record in terms of placements. In 2021, over 28 placements happened under the M.Sc. program, out of which 13 were recruited from the Life Sciences dept. While, the highest package was bagged by a student from Earth and Atmospheric Sciences dept.


Here is the placement record/salary trend of Bsc+Msc at NIT Rourkela, as per previous year trends -


No. of Job Offers 28
Minimum CTC 3.60 LPA
Maximum CTC 7.95 LPA
Average CTC 5.24 LPA


Hope that was helpful.


You can further check out the salary trends of NIT Rourkela here - https://www.careers360.com/university/national-institute-of-technology-rourkela/placement


Hope that was helpful.

Dear aspirant!

Hope you are doing well !

Mechanical Engineering is the best branch at NIT Rourkela in terms of placements, and Faculty. Computer Science and Engineering can be the second branch in terms of placements though the teaching standards is not so good. But the research facilities are very good.

also ,,,In my point of view civil engineering at NIT rourkela is a better choice . Placements: There is average placement in civil engineering department.

For more information about nit Rourkela ,visit the link ;-

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.careers360.com/university/national-institute-of-technology-rourkela/btech-civil-engineering-course&ved=2ahUKEwjbm5PH28b5AhVzRmwGHZpECWIQFnoECAkQAQ&usg=AOvVaw138NQMPfbR6AmftiqrBeGt .

hope it helps you !

thanking you!

have a great day!

hello aspirant,

You can choose any of the above colleges and their respective branches as they all are one of the prestigious colleges of India.

But if you ask me, I would suggest you to go for NIT rourkela or MNNIT allahabad as they are one of the best and top NIT's in India according to the NIRF ranking. but for that you have to sacrifice your favourite branches because honestly, the placements opportunities in Biotechnology and ceramic is not very good. Similarly if you have to get for good branch like ECE you must take INMIIT as the placements for ECE is considered to be much higher as compared to Biotechnology and Ceramic. So, I think that you must go for Ceramic Engineering in NIT rourkela as the placements are also nice in this college for Biotechnology.

Further, to know more about the Ceramic branch in NIT rourkela, you can follow the below mentioned link to know more : https://www.careers360.com/university/national-institute-of-technology-rourkela/btech-ceramic-engineering-course

I hope that this will help.

Greetings !

So let's evaluate your situation, NIT Rourkela is a better college, and CSE is a better branch, and you already know this. So let's get to the point

In your particular case I would have gone for SVNIT CSE if I would have been at your place, and I would suggest you to do the same if you don't have any affinity for Electrical or any phobia of CSE. It is because SVNIT is a fairly decent NIT and possess decent enough reputation, so you aren't going to feel disappointed by it at any point.

Now the thing you need to note here is, that it just my recommendation, and is subjected to the assumption that you have no particular affinity to any subject, if you have then I would highly recommend you to go with that subject...

To explore further options you can use

https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?utm_source=qna&utm_medium=jee_cp

NIT Rourkela


This is a publicly funded institute which offers courses under engineering, science, Technology, Management and Humanities streams. Institute is located in Rourkela city of Odisha. The University offers a total of 101 programmes which includes undergraduate, postgraduate, Doctoral and dual degree programmes. The Institute is one of the 31 National Institutes of Technology in India and has been recognise as an Institute of national importance by the National institutes of Technology act, 2007. The Institute established in 1961 is now having 1200 acres of urban campus with modern facilities. Recently the Institute has secured 15th rank in National Institute Rankings Framwork (NIRF).


Courses provided under 4 years B. Tech Programme -

Computer science and engineering
Electrical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Civil Engineering
Chemical engineering
Metallurgical and materials engineering
Electronics and communication engineering
Electronics and instrumentation engineering
Ceramic engineering
Biomedical engineering
Biotechnical engender
Food process Engineering
Industrial design
Mining engineering etc.


Courses provided under Msc. Programmes

Chemistry integrated
Life science integrated
Mathematics integrated
Physics integrated etc.


Some of the Courses provided under M.Tech programme -

Biomedical engender
Biotechnology engineering
Chemical engineering
Communication and networks
Computer science
Control and automation
Cryogenic and vacuum technology
Electronics and instrumentation engineering
Electronics systems and communication
Energy and environmental engineering etc.

These are just a few examples of courses provided by the institute, for more details you can visit the official website.

Hope this information helps you :)

Dear Student ,

As per last year cut off details of JEE MAIN 2021 after 6th round of JoSAA counselling , you have good chances to get NIT Rourkela with your AIR in OBC- NCL pwd category :

  • Civil Engineering-272
  • Electrical Engineering-268
  • Mechanical Engineering-330
  • Metallurgical and Materials Engineering  -691

But let me remind you that the above cut off can't predict your admission chances accurately as each year the cut off can change due to some unavoidable factors like :

  • Seat Availability
  • Difficulty level of exams
  • No of students appeared in the exam etc.

You can check previous year OR and CR for JEE MAIN, refer this :

https://josaa.admissions.nic.in/Counseling/seatallotmentresult/currentorcr.aspx


Use this JEE MAIN college predictor for your reference :

https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?utm_source=qna&utm_medium=jee_cp

Hope this helps !

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