CENTAC 2026 - Registration (Started), Date, Eligibility, Merit List, Cutoff, Counselling

CENTAC 2026 Highlights

CENTAC 2026 Important Date

The authorities have announced the CENTAC dates 2026 online. Candidates must check the important dates of CENTAC 2026 beforehand to keep track of all events of the admission process. The following table can be referred to check CENTAC 2026 dates.

CENTAC Dates 2026

CENTAC Eligibility Criteria 2026

The authority has released the CENTAC 2026 eligibility criteria on the official website. Candidates have to check the information brochure for the eligibility criteria of CENTAC. Aspirants who fulfil the eligibility conditions can apply for the CENTAC 2026 online. The following table can be referred to check the eligibility criteria of CENTAC 2026.

CENTAC 2025 Eligibility Criteria

CENTAC 2026 Admission Process

Admission to B.Tech courses in Puducherry is done by the Centralised Admission Committee (CENTAC) Government Engineering College, Puducherry, based on a merit list formulated from marks of class 12 or JEE Main. The admission committee will prepare two separate merit lists, one for applicants of UT of Puducherry and the other for candidates of outside Puducherry. The allotment of seats in all the participating institutes of CENTAC will be in the order of merit based on the merit list.

CENTAC Application Form 2026

The authorities will conduct the CENTAC 2026 application registration on the website, centacpuducherry.in. Candidates who meet the minimum eligibility conditions can submit the application form of CENTAC 2026 online. The application process includes registration, fee payment, filling of the application form, uploading documents, and final submission of the application form.

Steps to fill CENTAC 2026 Application Form

The following steps can be referred to fill out the application form of CENTAC 2026 –

Step 1 – CENTAC Registration: In the first step, candidates have to complete the CENTAC registration. Applicants are required to provide their basic details like name, email address, and mobile phone number. Students also have to create a password at the time of registration which will be used for all future logins related to completing the application form, admit card download, merit list checking, etc. After entering all the details, click on the register button to complete the registration procedure.

Step 2: Payment of Fee – After registration, candidates have to pay the required application fee in online mode through net banking/credit card/debit card. Candidates must save the payment receipt for future reference.

CENTAC Application Fee

Step 3- Filling CENTAC Application Form: After successful payment, candidates will have to log into the candidate portal and fill in all the required details of the application form including personal, educational and communication details.

Step 3- Uploading Documents and Images: Next, candidates have to upload scanned images of their recent passport-size coloured photographs as per the specifications provided by the authorities.

CENTAC Application- Specification of Image to be uploaded

Step 5 – Final Submission of CENTAC Application Form: In the last step, candidates have to finally submit the CENTAC 2026 application form. Candidates are advised to check all the details entered by them, as the form, once submitted, will not be available for corrections. After verifying all the details, click on the “Submit” button to submit the application form.

Candidates are not required to send a copy of the filled CENTAC application form to the authorities, but they should keep a copy of it till the completion of the admission process.

CENTAC Merit List 2026

The authority papered the draft merit list based on the qualifying marks and JEE Main score. The authority releases a separate merit list for candidates of Puducherry and other state candidates (outside Puducherry). The CENTAC 2026 merit list has a list of all candidates who are considered for admission to B.Tech courses in various participating institutes. The authorities first released a draft merit list of CENTAC. Candidates will be allowed to raise objections to the draft CENTAC 2026 merit list. The authorities will then release the final merit list after considering objections, if any.

CENTAC Cutoff 2026

CENTAC will release the cutoff on the official website. The CENTAC cutoff is the minimum normalised mark required by the candidates to be considered for admission. The normalised marks are calculated from Physics, Mathematics and one optional subject in which the candidate has appeared, which may include Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Computer Science, Technical Vocational Subjects, etc. Students who secure more than or equal to the CENTAC cutoff of 2026 are included in the merit list.

CENTAC Normalisation Procedure 2026

To evolve a common base for equating the marks obtained by the candidates from various Boards of Examination, a “normalization procedure” is followed. The marks obtained by the students in the relevant subjects in the qualifying exam conducted by the various boards will be equated with the marks obtained by the students in the same subjects in the qualifying exam, conducted by the State Board (i.e. state Board of School Examinations, Tamil Nadu), by adopting the method of normalization.

For Example - If the highest mark secured by a student of the State Board, in Physics is 100 and the highest mark secured by a student of any other Board (say “X”), in the same subject is 90, then, both the highest marks will be considered to be equal to 100. If any other student of the other Board (i.e “X”), is 90, then, 60 marks secured by such a student will be considered to be equal to 66.667 marks as arrived at and given below: (100 x 60) / 90 = 66.667% After normalization of marks of the eligible students of different Boards, in the relevant subjects, the “normalized marks” obtained shall be merged into a common merit list3

CENTAC Counselling 2026

The authorities will commence the CENTAC 2026 counselling in online mode. Candidates whose names appear in the CENTAC merit list can participate in the counselling process. The eligible candidates have to complete the choice filling and pay the counselling fees online. The authorities will conduct CENTAC 2026 counselling through a centralised process in which seats will be allotted to candidates in order of merit, considering the various parameters like category, marks in merit list etc. Students who will be allotted seats will be required to report to the allotted institute for completing the remaining admission procedure. Students can check below the last year allotment list to check the cutoff of allotment.

CENTAC Participating Institutes 2026

Students are provided below the list of all participating institutes of CENTAC to get an idea about the courses available and all institutes which take admission based on the score of CENTAC.

Government Colleges

Self-Financing Colleges and Deemed Universities

CENTAC Reservation Criteria 2026

The authorities reserve a certain number of seats for various categories of students for admission under CENTAC 2026. These CENTAC reservation criteria are as per the rules set by the government. The following table can be referred to check the reservation criteria of CENTAC 2026.

CENTAC 2025 Reservation Criteria

Contact Details

The Coordinator

Centralised Admission Committee (CENTAC)

Government of Puducherry

Pondicherry Engineering College Campus

Pillaichavady

Puducherry - 605 014 Phone/Fax:0413-2655571

Email - NON NEET Professional and arts & science: centacug2020@gmail.com