B.Tech. (Hons.) in Agricultural and Food Engineering 

at IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur

The answer is both yes and no. It is possible to get admission in any IIT without JEE, but in other courses than BTech. A student can enter into IITs via IIT JAM (Joint Admission Test) for MSc, GATE for MTech, via UCEED and CEED for BDes and MDes and via CAT for MBA. So, if the dream is just to enter into IITs, there are various courses one can pursue except for BTech. However, admission to IIT Kharahpur for the flagship BTech programme is subject to a valid score in JEE Main and JEE Advanced followed by JoSAA Counselling. Additionally, students must have also completed their Class 12 with 75% aggregate (for the General category). For more details on the subject, students can reach out to the admission office.

IIT Kharagpur offers BTech programme across 15 specialisations which include, CSE, Mechanical, Aerospace, Civil, among others. While all BTech branches are popular at IIT KGP, CSE has the most competitive cutoff as per the IIT Kharagpur cutoff 2022. JoSAA Round 6 Seat Allotment for IIT Kharagpur admissions 2022 to BTech course has been released on Oct 16. Candidates can check the JoSAA R6 closing ranks (CRs) on this page and on JoSAA's official website. Tabulated below are the JoSAA R6 closing ranks for IIT Kharagpur cutoff 2022 (for some of the popular specialisations), along with 2021 and 2020 cutoffs for the General category students, to get clarity on past year trends:

IIT Kharagpur offers 15 specialisations under Integrated M.Tech programme and most of these have various sub-specialisations under them. Some of the key specialisations offered by IIT Kharagpur for BTech include Aerospace Engineering, Agricultural & Food Engineering, Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering and Manufacturing Science and Engineering, among others. 

The year 2023 cutoff ranks for B.Tech. (Hons.) in Aerospace Engineering at IIT Kharagpur other than General category are - 2297 for OBC, 1388 for SC, 748 for ST, 1032 for EWS. While the admissions are based on the scores/rank obtained in JEE Advanced, the last cut offs also change a lot depending on All India quota or Home State. It also varies if the applicant is a female.

JEE Main session - II exam has gone LIVE. A correct approach accompanied by a well-built preparation strategy is everything a student needs to ace JEE Main 2023. A last-minute preparation tips for the exam is mentioned below:

• Choose your reference books wisely
• Solve as many Mock Tests as possible. Shiksha.com is providing FREE Downloadble JEE Main Mock Test Paper (with Solutions).
• Revise as much as possible
• Cross-check section-wise weightage & syllabus for all subjects covered in JEE Main
• Solve previous year’s JEE question papers there are high chances of getting questions from there
• Keep your focus on NCERT books at this point

While the short-term objective must be to clear JEE Main, the ultimate goal must be to qualify JEE Advanced exam, check out the preparation strategy for JEE Advanced.

Candidates seeking for admission to IIT Kharagpur BTech course must appear for JEE Main followed by JEE Advanced. It is possible to get IIT Kharagpur admission in BTech with 6000 rank. Although the most popular courses like BTech in Computer Science Engineering, Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering and Electrical Engineering stood closed between range of 261 to 1144 for JoSAA initial round , but there are courses for which ranks have crossed 6000 rank. For more details regarding IIT Kharagpur cutoff check the table below: 

IIT Kharagpur BTech fees is between INR 8 Lacs and INR 10 lakh. However, this fee is been sourced from unofficial sources. Hence, is indicative. For the exact fee, students can reach out to the admission office. Other than this, students are required to pay the JEE Main application fee which is INR 625 (for boys) and INR 325 (for girls). For JEE Advanced, the application fee ranges from INR 1,400 to INR 2,800 for different category students. Read more about IIT-KGP BTech fee and other details here. 

To answer the second question of whether IIT Kharagpur BTech fee is expensive or not, the fee for all IITs is almost similar to each other. However, it is comparatively less than top private BTech colleges such as BITS where the BTech tuition fee goes up till INR 19 lakh. 

As per online media sources, over 160 offers were made during 2023 placements and the IIT Kharagpur the highest package offered was INR 2.68 crore per annum. The key highlights related to IIT Kharagpur placements 2023 are tabulated below:

NOTE: The aforementioned details are collated from multiple media reports, hence, actual data might vary. 

Admission to the course is based on JEE Main and JEE Advanced scores. Students seeking admission must qualify both these entrance exams for admission to IIT Kharagpur. After the application process is over; students have to go through various selection rounds for final admission. For BTech, JEE Advanced scores are considered for the selection of candidates followed by JoSAA Counselling which is conducted for seat allotment to BTech. Candidates shortlisted under it need to pay the admission fee to confirm their admission. Read more here.

To get admission into IIT Kharagpur, the JEE Advanced closing Cutoff rank for the female candidate (General Category) ranged between 1661 and 24653 for different BTech courses. Since BTech (Hons) in CSE was the toughest course to get into, therefore the Cutoff for the same was the lowest cutoff rank i.e. 1661. For the Female Candidates (OBC category), the JEE Advanced Cutoff ranged between 601 and 9222, with the cutoff for BTech (Hons) in CSE being 601. For the SC Female category and the ST Female category, the Cutoff ranks to secure a seat in CSE were 414 and 206, respectively.