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    CENTAC Counselling 2026 - Choice Filling (Started), Seat Allotment, Documents Required

    Team Careers360Updated on 13 Aug 2026, 10:22 PM IST

    CENTAC Counselling 2026 - The Centralised Admission Committee (CENTAC), Puducherry, announced the CENTAC 2026 draft seat allotment result on August 13, 2026. The authority has activated the CENTAC draft seat allotment 2026 link on its official website, centacpuducherry.in. Candidates who have been allotted seats in Round 1 must join their respective institutions by 5:00 PM on August 19, 2026. A total of 7,590 seats have been allotted in Round 1 based on the course preferences submitted by candidates. Of these, 3,112 candidates have been allotted seats in Engineering (B.Tech.) courses. The provisional CENTAC 2026 seat allotment result will be available online.
    Direct link to download the draft CENTAC 2026 seat allotment

    This Story also Contains

    1. CENTAC 2026 Merit List Direct Link
    2. CENTAC Counselling Important Dates 2026
    3. CENTAC Counselling 2026
    4. CENTAC Participating Institutes 2026
    CENTAC Counselling 2026 - Choice Filling (Started), Seat Allotment, Documents Required
    CENTAC Counselling 2026

    The CENTAC 2026 choice filling process was concluded online. 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. Candidates having their names on the CENTAC merit list have to complete the choice filling before the last date. Students who do not submit any course preferences will not be considered for seat allotment. The authority will announce the CENTAC 2026 seat allotment in August 2026.

    The CENTAC 2026 objection last date was June 29. Students who wish to raise objections must log in via the link under the dashboard. The authority has released the revised draft CENTA 2026 merit list on June 23, 2026. Candidates can download the CENTAC 2026 merit list using the link without any login credentials. The CENTAC counselling process is an online process. During the 2026 CENTAC counselling registration, candidates must select their course and college and pay the participation fee. Students who are allotted seats have to report to the allotted institutes in person along with the required documents. 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.

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    CENTAC Counselling Important Dates 2026

    The Centralised Admission Committee has announced complete 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.

    CENTAC Counselling 2026 Dates for UG Non-NEET courses

    EventDates

    CENTAC 2026 registration dates

    May 14 to June 11, 2026

    Draft merit list release date

    June 17 to 20, 2026


    Revised Draft merit list release date and raising objection date

    June 23, 2026
    Last date to submit an objectionJune 27 June 29

    Seat Matrix

    August 10, 2026

    Choosing course preferences for Round 1

    August 10 to 12, 2026

    Round 1 of CENTAC seat allotment 2026 draft

    August 13, 2026

    CENTAC round 1 last date of joining

    August 19, 2026

    Provisional seat allotment for roundAugust 2026

    Round 2 CENTAC 2026 seat allotment

    August 2026

    Last date for selecting course preferences for Round 2

    August 2026

    List of CENTAC seat allotment Round 2 release

    August 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

    CENTAC Counselling 2026

    The Centralised Admission Committee conducts 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.

    Venue for CENTAC Counselling 2026:

    Office of the CENTAC

    Chemical Building Block

    Pondicherry Engineering College (PEC)

    Pillaichavady, Puducherry - 605 014 2020 Counselling Venue:

    CENTAC Participating Institutes 2026

    Various institutes in Puducherry offer admission through CENTAC 2026 counselling. Given below are the government and private colleges participating in CENTAC counselling 2026:

    Highlights on CENTAC 2026 Counselling

    • The authorities conducts 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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    CENTAC 2026 Participating Institutes

    Government Colleges

    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

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    Questions related to PEC Puducherry

    On Question asked by student community

    Have a question related to PEC Puducherry ?

    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:

    • NIT

    Dear aspirant !

    Hope you are doing great !

    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 .

    The college

    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

    Hello,

    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

    Dear aspirant !

    Hope you are doing great ! It is a financial stable college don't think of it ,it is really good in everything ,from teaching staff to infrastructure , academics are all best ,and the main thing placement are outstanding because In the year 2020 . There were