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CENTAC Counselling 2026 - The Centralised Admission Committee, Puducherry, has released the draft CENTA 2026 merit list on June 17, 2026. The CENTAC merit list 2026 link has been updated on the official website, centacpuducherry.in. Candidates can download the merit list for CENTAC 2026 link without using any login credentials. Students who wish to raise objections, if any, may do so through their dashboard login under the Objections link before June 20, 2026. The CENTAC counselling process will begin in June 2026. During CENTAC counselling registration 2026, candidates have to fill in the choice of course and college and pay the participation fee. Students who seek B.Tech seats in the engineering colleges in Puducherry must check the seat matrix and make their preference for CENTAC seat allotment before the deadline.
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Students who are allotted seats have to report to the allotted institutes in person along with the required documents. Candidates having their names on the CENTAC merit list have to complete the choice filling before the last date. Students seeking CENTAC admission 2026 to B.Tech courses are advised to keep checking the page for the latest news and updates on CENTAC counselling 2026.
The Centralised Admission Committee will announce the schedule for counselling of CENTAC 2026 at the official website. Candidates can find CENTAC counselling dates 2026 from the table below for the upcoming session.
| Event | Dates |
|---|---|
CENTAC 2026 registration dates | May 14 to June 11, 2026 |
Draft merit list release date | June 17 to 20, 2026 |
Seat Matrix | June 2026 |
Choosing course preferences for Round 1 | June 2026 |
Round 1 of CENTAC seat allotment 2026 | July 2026 |
CENTAC round 1 last date | July 2026 |
Round 2 CENTAC 2026 seat allotment | July 2026 |
Last date for selecting course preferences for Round 2 | July 2026 |
List of CENTAC seat allotment Round 2 release | July 2026 |
CNETAL 2026 round 2 (last date) | August 2026 |
Round 3 of CENTAC 2026 choice preference | August 2026 |
Mop-up Counselling dates | to be notified |
Stray Counselling Dates |
The Centralised Admission Committee will conduct the CENTAC 2026 counselling registration on the official website. Candidates who are shortlisted through the CENTAC merit list 2026 are eligible for the seat allotment process. Candidates have to fill in the choice of B.Tech courses and colleges during the choice-filling process. Eligible candidates are communicated the details on CENTAC admission 2026 accordingly. Candidates will have to visit the CENTAC counselling 2026 venue in person for verification of documents and other formalities.
Office of the CENTAC
Chemical Building Block
Pondicherry Engineering College (PEC)
Pillaichavady, Puducherry - 605 014 2020 Counselling Venue:
Various institutes in Puducherry offer admission through CENTAC 2026 counselling. Given below are the government and private colleges participating in CENTAC counselling 2026:
The authorities shall conduct CENTAC counselling for candidates who appeared in the entrance examination and have their names on the official merit list for CENTAC admission 2026.
Candidates will have to do the choice filling and also pay the CENTAC counselling 2026 participation fee.
They will be required to visit the CENTAC 2026 counselling venue in person as prescribed by the authorities
Verification of documents will be done to decide the eligibility of candidates for CENTAC admission 2026.
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Sl. No. | Government Colleges | Number of Seats |
1 | Puducherry Technological University (PTU) / Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry (PEC) | 438 |
2 | Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Institute of Engg. & Tech., Karaikal. (PKIET) | 180 |
3 | Women’s Engineering College, Puducherry (WEC) | 300 |
S.No. | Self Financing Colleges and Deemed Universities | Seat Intake |
1 | 240 | |
2 | 180 | |
5 | 420 | |
6 | 300 | |
7 | 420 | |
9 | 150 | |
10 | Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering & Technology, Puducherry | 300 |
14 | 720 | |
15 | Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering & Technology, Puducherry | 135 |
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Hi Shiva.
With a category of ST and a CRL Rank of 385,000 in JEE Main, you have high chances of getting a seat at Mechanical branch of PEC (Pondicherry Engineering College). You may also get Mechatronics branch there. Here are other colleges that you may seek admission into:
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The college has a good infrastructure . Placements: Almost 90% of the students from our course got placed. The highest salary offered is 15 lacs per @nnum and the lowest salary offered is Rs..rs 4 lakh per annum .
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Hello Aspirant,
As we go through the latest cut-offs of JEE-Main 2021 of JOSAA 6th round then it shows that the closing ST rank for Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry in 2021 was around 5.4k for Mechanical branch so with the mentioned ST rank you have very less or almost no
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Puducherry Technological University, Puducherry was established in the year 1984 and is a government college. The college is approved by the AICTE (All India Council of Technical Education). The admissions for B.Tech courses are based on JEE Main score. On applying for the JoSAA counselling, the student must fill
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