JEE Main 2026: Top NITs still competitive for PwD candidates, show BTech CSE closing ranks
Vagisha Kaushik | October 26, 2025 | 05:15 PM IST | 2 mins read
JEE Main 2026: Top NITs have higher cut-offs reflecting better infrastructure while newer ones show lesser demands with higher closing ranks.
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Try NowThe top National Institutes of Technology (NITs) remain competitive for the Persons with Disabilities (Pwd) candidates, likely due to enhanced infrastructure such as ramps, lifts, and disabled-friendly washrooms. The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main cut-offs 2025 for open-PwD category in BTech computer science and engineering show that females and home-state disabled candidates are at an advantage in several institutions.
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Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) closing rank 2025 for BTech CSE programme in each NIT reveals that institutes are solidifying their gender-inclusive policies as the female-only (supernumerary quota) seats have lower cut-offs than the gender-neutral ones.
The top-ranked NITs including NIT Tiruchirappalli, NIT Warangal, NIT Surathkal continue to lead the competition with JEE Main ranks under 200, especially for gender-neutral PwD aspirants from other states.
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Home-state candidates enjoy the most perks in institutes such as NIT Delhi, NIT Kurukshetra, among others wherein they secured engineering seats at lower cut-offs as compared to outsiders.
Apparently due to their geographical locations, newer NITs like NIT Arunachal Pradesh, NIT Nagaland, and NIT Sikkim keep their JEE Main closing ranks higher, reflecting a need to improve the infrastructure for the disabled students .
JEE Main 2026: BTech CSE cut-offs for PwD at NITs
Last two years’ JoSAA closing ranks for open-PwD category seats in computer science and engineering at NITs are given below.
|
Institute |
Quota |
Gender |
Closing Rank 2025 |
Closing Rank 2024 |
|
Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar |
HS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
2038 |
- |
|
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
- |
657 |
|
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
411 |
360 |
|
|
OS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
- |
271 |
|
|
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
396 |
68 |
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
138 |
179 |
|
|
OS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
130 |
345 |
|
|
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
438 |
692 |
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
253 |
313 |
|
|
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
199 |
117 |
|
HS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
245 |
267 |
|
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
148 |
134 |
|
|
National Institute of Technology Agartala |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
1163 |
2276 |
|
National Institute of Technology Calicut |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
42 |
170 |
|
HS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
135 |
193 |
|
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
134 |
94 |
|
|
National Institute of Technology Delhi |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
241 |
579 |
|
OS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
409 |
403 |
|
|
National Institute of Technology Durgapur |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
151 |
107 |
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
406 |
288 |
|
|
National Institute of Technology Goa |
OS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
747 |
420 |
|
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
733 |
2685 |
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
616 |
456 |
|
|
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
56 |
93 |
|
OS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
86 |
297 |
|
|
National Institute of Technology Nagaland |
OS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
2394 |
1770 |
|
National Institute of Technology Patna |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
490 |
407 |
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
589 |
1865 |
|
|
National Institute of Technology Puducherry |
HS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
3074 |
1161 |
|
OS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
420 |
- |
|
|
National Institute of Technology Raipur |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
867 |
538 |
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
439 |
449 |
|
|
National Institute of Technology Sikkim |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
2253 |
1195 |
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
925 |
- |
|
|
National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh |
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
882 |
- |
|
National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
516 |
1107 |
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
294 |
467 |
|
|
OS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
388 |
- |
|
|
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
60 |
378 |
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
93 |
147 |
|
|
National Institute of Technology, Manipur |
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
1567 |
1542 |
|
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
90 |
91 |
|
HS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
256 |
46 |
|
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
118 |
137 |
|
|
National Institute of Technology, Silchar |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
1222 |
325 |
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
259 |
390 |
|
|
National Institute of Technology, Srinagar |
JK |
Gender-Neutral |
541 |
549 |
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
1171 |
543 |
|
|
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
250 |
331 |
|
HS |
Female-only (including Supernumerary) |
251 |
366 |
|
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
43 |
60 |
|
|
National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
855 |
213 |
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
605 |
726 |
|
|
National Institute of Technology, Warangal |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
98 |
85 |
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
101 |
24 |
|
|
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
223 |
225 |
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
163 |
362 |
|
|
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
207 |
108 |
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
281 |
251 |
|
|
National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
276 |
210 |
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
432 |
347 |
|
|
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur |
HS |
Gender-Neutral |
464 |
124 |
|
OS |
Gender-Neutral |
795 |
206 |
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