Hey Nataraja,
Your second year's grade a is required to apply for SASTRA under intermediate category.
The QS World University Rankings ranked SASTRA 351-400 in Asia in 2018.
SASTRA was ranked 33 among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2018, 36 among universities and 54 overall.
Best of luck.
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