CENTAC 2023 - Dates, Registration (Started), Merit List (Released), Cutoff, Counselling, Eligibility Criteria

CENTAC 2023- Centralised Admission Committee, Puducherry has released the CENTAC 2023 seat allotment round 1 on July 20. Candidates can check the CENTAC seat allotment 2023 at the official website, centacpuducherry.in. Moreover, candidates can check the CENTAC B.TEch final merit list 2023 online. Candidates having their name on the CENTAC merit list had to submit the course preference before the last date. The authority concluded the CENTAC application process on June 13. The application form was available online on the official website. The authorities conduct the CENTAC 2023 admission process for admitting students in B.Tech courses offered by the participating institutes.

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1. CENTAC 2023 Highlights
2. CENTAC 2023 Dates
3. CENTAC Eligibility Criteria 2023
4. CENTAC 2023 Admission Process
5. CENTAC Application Form 2023
6. CENTAC Merit List 2023
7. Previous Year CENTAC Merit List
8. CENTAC Cutoff 2023
9. CENTAC Normalisation Procedure 2023
10. CENTAC Counselling 2023
11. CENTAC Participating Institutes 2023
12. CENTAC Reservation Criteria 2023

Candidates are advised to check the eligibility criteria of CENTAC 2023 before applying for admissions. It should be noted that no entrance exam will be conducted for CENTAC 2023 admission and students will be admitted on the basis of their marks in the qualifying examination. Shortlisted candidates are eligible for the CENTAC counselling process. Read the full article to know more about CENTAC 2023.

CENTAC 2023 Highlights

CENTAC 2023 Dates

The authorities have released the CENTAC dates 2023 along with the official brochure. Candidates are advised to check all the important dates of CENTAC 2023 beforehand to keep track of all events of the admission process. The following table can be referred to check CENTAC 2023 dates.

CENTAC Dates 2023

CENTAC Eligibility Criteria 2023

Candidates applying for CENTAC admission 2023 are advised to check the eligibility criteria before filling out the application form. CENTAC 2023 eligibility criteria include all the necessary conditions that are to be fulfilled by a candidate to be eligible for final admission. The following table can be referred to check the eligibility criteria of CENTAC 2023.

CENTAC 2023 Eligibility Criteria

CENTAC 2023 Admission Process

Admission to B.Tech courses in Puducherry is done by the Centralised Admission Committee (CENTAC) Government Engineering College, Puducherry on the basis of a merit list formulated from marks of class 12. The admission committee will formulate 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 on the basis of the merit list.

CENTAC Application Form 2023

The authorities closed the window for the application form of CENTAC 2023. The application form was available on the official website. Candidates had to fill out the CENTAC 2023 application form and submit it online before the last date in order to be considered for the admission process. The process of CENTAC application 2023 includes registration, fee payment, filling of the application form, uploading documents, and final submission of the application form.

Steps to fill CENTAC 2023 Application Form

The following steps can be referred to fill out the application form of CENTAC 2023-

Step 1- CENTAC Registration: In the first step, candidates have to complete the registration of CENTAC 2023. 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 login related to completing application form, downloading of admit card, checking merit list 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 login to the candidate portal and fill all the required details of the application form like personal, educational and communication details.

Step 3- Uploading Documents and Images: Next, candidates have to upload scanned images of their recent passport size coloured photograph 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 2023 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 2023

The centralised admission committee (CENTAC) prepares a merit list of the candidates on the basis of their qualifying scores. The authorities released the CENTAC 2023 merit list in online mode. The authority will release a separate merit list for candidates of Puducherry and Other State candidates (outside Puducherry). CENTAC 2023 merit list has a list of all candidates who are considered for admission in 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 2023 merit list. The authorities will then release the final merit list after considering objections, if any.

Previous Year CENTAC Merit List

Students are provided below the CENTAC merit list of previous years to check the cutoff marks.

CENTAC Merit List 2021

CENTAC Merit List 2018

CENTAC Cutoff 2023

The exam conducting authority will release the CENTAC 2023 cutoff within the merit list. CENTAC cutoff is the minimum normalised marks required by the candidates to be considered for admission. The normalised marks are calculated from Physics, Mathematics and one optional subject in which candidate has appeared which may include Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Computer Science, Technical Vocational Subjects etc. Students who secure more than or equal to CENTAC cutoff 2023 are included in the merit list.

CENTAC Normalisation Procedure 2023

In order to evolve a common base for equating the marks obtained by the candidates from various Boards of Examination, “normalization procedure” is followed. The marks obtained by the students in the relevant subjects in the qualifying examination conducted by the various boards will be equated with the marks obtained by the students in the same subjects in the qualifying examination, 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 marks 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 bellow: (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 list

CENTAC Counselling 2023

The authorities will conduct online CENTAC counselling for all candidates who will be eligible for seat allotment on the basis of merit list. Students whose name will appear in the merit list will be required to fill choices of their college and branch and pay the CENTAC counselling fees in online mode. The authorities will conduct CENTAC 2023 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 2023

Students are provided below the list of all participating institutes of CENTAC 2023 to get an idea about the courses available and all institutes which take admission on the basis of score of CENATC.

Government Colleges

Self Financing Colleges and Deemed Universities

CENTAC Reservation Criteria 2023

The authorities reserve a certain number of seats for various categories of students for admission under CENTAC 2023. This CENTAC reservation criteria is as per the rules set by the government. The following table can be referred to check the reservation criteria of CENTAC 2023.

CENTAC 2023 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