Government Engineering College (GEC), Raipur News & Updates 2026: Notifications, Notice, Result

JoSAA choice filling is perhaps the most crucial stage of your engineering admission process. Despite securing a decent rank, many students often miss out on better NIT, IIT, IIIT and GFTI seats only because of poor choice order strategy. Seats in JoSAA are allotted in the order of preferences arranged by the students. So, how you place your top, middle and bottom choices aligned with your rank plays the decisive role. 

DTE MP Polytechnic Merit List 2026: The Directorate of Technical Education, Madhya Pradesh, has released the DTE MP Polytechnic merit list 2026 today, June 3, 2026, at 5 PM on the official website- dte.mponline.gov.in. A total of 14134 candidates secured their names in the DTE MP Polytechnic merit list 2026. 
Candidates do not need any credentials for downloading the merit list PDF, which will consist of the details like name of the candidates, their categories and roll numbers, ranks, and domicile status. The mode of checking the DTE MP Polytechnic merit list 2026 is online only; the authority will not send any notification regarding the release of the merit list. Hence, the candidates are advised to keep refreshing the official website.

A safe rank in DTE MP Polytechnic Merit List 2026 for Government colleges is usually below 8000. However, if you want a seat in a more competitive branch, then the cutoffs will be higher. Securing a government college seat and the safe rank required for that highly vary due to various factors such as the branch that you will choose, the location of the college, and the counselling rounds. Low ranks are not always a closed door to a government college, with strategical approach and a few compromises, you can still secure a government college seat. 

List of NITs offering B.Tech in AI: Complete List & Seat Matrix Details

NIT Surathkal Previous Year’s JoSAA Cutoff Trends of B.Tech AI

• Cutoff Trends for HS Open Category: According to the Round 1 JoSAA 2025 cutoffs, the open category admission closed at 3438 rank for the open category and 7056 rank for the female category, respectively
• HS EWS Category Cutoff Trends: The admission closed at 549 rank in the Round 1 counselling, and the competition level was high
• OBC NCL Cutoff Trends: The admission closed at 2274 rank in the first round and 3171 for the female category
• SC & ST Category Trends Cutoff Trends: The admission closed at 909 rank for the SC category and 474 rank for the ST category, respectively, in the Round 1 counselling

Expected Safe Rank for NIT Surathkal B.Tech AI Admission 2026

NIT Rourkela B.Tech AI Previous Year’s JoSAA Cutoff Trends

• For the HS open category, the admission closed at 9001 rank in the Round 1 counselling, while the same for female supernumerary candidates was 17,226
• For the EWS and OBC categories, the admission closed at 2,198 rank and 4506 rank, respectively, for the gender neutral category
• For the SC and ST categories, the admission closed at 2,169 and 981 ranks, respectively.

Expected Safe Rank for NIT Rourkela B.Tech AI Admission 2026 in JOSAA Round 1

• General category (open category) students must have a rank better than 8500
• EWS category candidates must have a rank better than 2500
• OBC category candidates falling in the rank zone of 3500 – 4000 might get admission in the Round 1 counselling
• SC and ST categories falling in the rank zone between 1000 and 2500 might get admission in Round 1 counselling

SVNIT Surat B.Tech AI Previous Year’s JoSAA Cutoff Trends

• For the open category, in the 2025 Round 1 JoSAA, the admission closed at 10,905 rank, while the same for the female category was 15836
• For the EWS category, the admission closed at 1,795 rank for the gender-neutral category and 2280 rank for the female-only category, respectively
• For the OBC NCL category, the admission closed at 5008 rank for gender neutral and 9169 for the female category
• For the SC and ST categories, the closing rank in Round 1 was 2089 and 833, respectively

SVNIT Surat B.Tech AI Expected JosAA Safe Rank 2026

• For the open category, there is a chance for admission up to 9000 rank in the 2026 JoSAA Round 1
• For the EWS category, any rank better than 3000 might fetch admission in Round 1
• For the OBC category, there is a chance for admission for any rank better than 4500
• For the SC and ST categories, a rank better than 2000 could be the best possibility to get admission

NIT Surathkal B.Tech AI Placement Statistics 2024-25

Alternative College Options other than NITs for B.Tech AI

• Chaitanya Deemed to be University, Hyderabad
• Rayat Bahra University
• Sigma University, Vadodara
• Gandinagar University
• Bahra University, Solan

Outside MP Students can also get Admission Through DTE MP Polytechnic Counselling 2026, however, with a few restrictions. For DTE MP Polytechnic, around 85% seats are reserved for the state quota. The remaining seats are available for students from other states under the unreserved/open category. You can apply for the open seats if you are from outside MP through the official DTE MP Online Portal. If you are from outside MP, then your best bet is to apply for private Polytechnic seats instead of government.