Can I get into ECE at IIIT Delhi with a 97 percentile (outside Delhi candidate)?

97 percentile outside Delhi for IIIT Delhi ECE — your chances are possible but it's tight. here's the full picture:

important thing first — IIIT Delhi is NOT part of JoSAA. it has its own separate admission through JAC Delhi counseling along with DTU, NSUT, NIT Delhi etc. a lot of outside-Delhi students miss this and only apply through JoSAA. make sure you register for JAC Delhi separately.

97 percentile = roughly rank 30,000-35,000 range. ECE at IIIT Delhi for outside Delhi candidates (non-Delhi quota) typically closes around rank 25,000-40,000 depending on the year. so you're in the marginal zone — might get it in later rounds, might not.

• keep DTU ECE, NSUT ECE as backup options through JAC Delhi (lower cutoff)
• apply for all JAC Delhi rounds since cutoffs drop round by round
• IIIT Delhi CSE outside Delhi closes much earlier (~15,000-20,000 rank), so ECE is the realistic option at 97 percentile outside Delhi

the good news — IIIT Delhi ECE students get great placement in software (the institute has a strong CS culture that ECE benefits from too). if you get it, it's worth it over most other options at this rank.