Overall, computer science engineering remains the most popular branch with 50,38,460 choices, followed by electronics and communication engineering with 35,39,687 applications across all IITs, NITs and IIITs.

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The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) on Friday released the first six allotment list, setting off the joint counselling process for IITs, NITs and IIITs.

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“There is a hierarchy of engineering colleges in India like we have IITs, then NITs, and then IIITs (for which this criterion makes sense),” Jain said.

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