What is the best option for my 17,115 JEE Mains rank, IIIT Lucknow CS/IT or ECE NIT Kurukshetra (Haryana is my home estate)?

While discussing NIT Kurukshetra and IIIT Lucknow I would suggest you go for NIT Kurukshetra. IIIT Lucknow is newly established and requires more experience.

With a rank of 17115 in JEE Main, I would like to suggest you go for NIT Kurukshetra. It has a better NIRF ranking than that of IIIT Lucknow.

As your interest leans towards CSE/IT, you can easily explore your coding knowledge or software skills beyond your opted branch. There is a good coding culture in NITs, you can learn coding from any branch depending on your interest and dedication.

You can approach any software company without any restriction of the branch at the time of placements. Moreover, NITs assist you with a remission policy which you won’t get in IIITs based on your family income.

There will be a NITian tag with you. Also, NIT provides you so much exposure regarding many activities such as cultural, sports or technical, these all will be beneficial.

At last, you have so many choices on the basis of your rank, choose your college and branch wisely and carefully. All the best!