CENTAC 2020: Application Form (Extended), Eligibility and Merit list

Latest Updates

• The last date for downloading of Application Form along with Option Form and Prospectus and the last date for receipt of filled applications are extended until 12 September 2020 upto 5.00 P.M and until  15 September 2020 upto 5.30 P.M. respectively for admission into B.N.Y.S Medical degree course.

CENTAC 2020 Important Dates

Candidates can check the important dates and events related to CENTAC 2020 in the table given below.

CENTAC 2020 Application Form

• All the details asked for in Registration/Application form are Mandatory.
• E-mail ID and mobile number should remain the same till the admission process is completed otherwise students might not get all the important details.
• An Email ID once used for Registration online cannot be used again.
• Once the application form is submitted online, request for any change in the data entered in the application form will NOT be entertained.
• Incomplete/incorrect applications are liable to be rejected at any stage without prior information to the candidate.
• Multiple application forms from the same candidate will result in confusion leading to the disqualification of the candidate.

• 10^th Mark sheet ( for age proof)
• 12^th Mark sheet
• Residence Certificate
• Nationality Certificate
• Permanent Integrated Certificate
• Special Category Certificate (if required)
• Community Certificate
• Nativity Certificate
• Sports Certificate
• Payment receipt
• NEET Rank card (Xerox copy)

CENTAC 2020 Application Fee

CENTAC 2020 Application Fee is mentioned in the table given below category wise:

CENTAC 2020 Eligibility Criteria

CENTAC 2020 Eligibility is mentioned below for all the courses and streams which must be checked by respective candidates to know their eligibility:

• The candidate or whose parent or Guardian has been residing continuously in this Union
  Territory for at least five years preceding the date of application.
• Children of natives of U.T. of Puducherry who has declared any place in U.T. of
  Puducherry as their home town and so certified by their respective Heads of Office. Nativity
  A certificate in the prescribed format has to be enclosed.
• Children of Defence Personnel who were killed or disabled in action and children of Central
  Government Servants/ Pondicherry UT Government Servants/Defence Personnel/
  Employees of Public Sector Undertaking wholly or substantially run either by the Central
  Government or by the Puducherry UT Administration who died while in the service in the
  Puducherry UT.
• Those who have passed the SSLC / HSC or any other public examination and for that
  purpose had undergone academic studies continuously for 5 successive classes
  immediately preceding the qualifying examination in a recognized educational institution located in Pondicherry UT and having their residence in Pondicherry UT for 5 years continuously during that period. Mere stay in places such as residential hostel would not amount to the residence.

Download CENTAC UG Non-NEET 2020 (General Information) Prospectus Pdf

Download CENTAC UG Non-NEET 2020 (Professional) Prospectus Pdf

Download CENTAC UG Non-NEET 2020 (Arts, Sc. & Performing & Fine Arts) Prospectus Pdf

CENTAC 2020 Merit List

CENTAC 2020 Merit List will be as it is given below:

• The criteria for preparing the Merit List vary from course to course.
• CENTAC MERIT LIST will be prepared based on the marks scored in the qualifying exams like NEET, JEE, or based on the marks obtained in the qualifying exam. Centac Pondicherry may publish the MERIT LIST as Draft giving the candidates one or two days to raise objections if any. The Final Merit List will be published after considering the objections if any.
• Separate CENTAC Merit List will be prepared for Government Quota Seats & Management Quota Seats. The students should refer to the CENTAC website www.centacpuducherry.in for the merit list of all the courses.
• In case the CENTAC ONLINE application is reopened for any Course, then the Merit List will be updated with all the new applications received in the due course. This may alter the existing Merit List as well.

CENTAC 2020 Counselling

After the declaration of the CENTAC 2020 merit list all the selected candidates of CENTAC 2020 are required to appear for the online counseling round.

• CENTAC 2020 counseling process can be done in one or more rounds as per the necessity of the course selected by the candidates.
• Counselling will be done through computer module based on the preferences entered by the Candidates.
• Generally, the CENTAC 2020 counseling consists of round 1, round 2, and mop-up round. CENTAC has the right to conduct as many counseling rounds as per the necessity or requirement of seats for any concerned course.
• Mock allotments shall be done only for the courses for which the selected candidate have been notified separately.

CENTAC 2020 Seat Matrix

CENTAC 2020 Seat Matrix is given below:

• Open General 50 %
• Other Backward Classes (OBC) 11 %
• Backward Classes Muslims (BCM) 2 %
• Most Backward Classes (MBC) 18 %
• Extreme Backward Classes (EBC) 2 %
• Backward Tribes (BT) 0.5 %
• Scheduled Caste (SC) 16 %
• Scheduled Tribe (ST) 0.5 %

• Children/Grand Children of Freedom (Fighter) (FF) 4 %
• A person with Disabilities (PwD) 5 %
• Wards of Ex-Servicemen (ESM) 1 % and 3 % **
• The candidate who are Meritorious in Sports (MSP) 1 %

** It is 1% for MBBS and 3% for all the other courses.

Number of Seats for Different Courses offered by CENTAC 2020

CENTAC 2020 Highlights

About CENTAC

Centralized Admission Committee (CENTAC) works under the Govt. of Puducherry. It is a common admission platform for all the colleges of Union Territory of Puducherry. It offers various undergraduate, postgraduate and diploma courses. CENTAC provides both government and private colleges to the candidates. Candidates will get the colleges as per their rank in the merit list released by the CENTAC. It conducts various counselling rounds for the allotment of seats to the candidates.