Thapar is actually sort of in between Tier-1 & 2 – Call it Tier – 1.5
Let me cut this sh**t!!
Tier – 1 : IITs (all except Bhillai, dharwad, Tirupati etc.), IISc., NITs ( Trichy, Surathkal, Warangal, Calicut, Surat), BITS Pilani, BITS Goa, ICT Mumbai, NSIT, DTU, IIITD, IIITH, IIIT Allahabad, Jadavpur University
Tier – 1.5: NIT Rourkela, Nagpur, Durgapur, Kurukshetra, Allahabad, Delhi, Jalandhar & probably rest, DAIICT, Thapar, BIT Mesra, PEC, SSBUICET(PU), LNMIIT, COEP, PSG, BITS hyd., HBTI, IIEST.
Tier – 2 : Manipal Karnataka, VIT Vellore, Shiv Nadar University, KIIT, RVCE, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology Pune, SRM chennai, Jaypee Noida, GGS-IPU, Amrita, SASTRA.
Tier – 3 : Rest.