TNEA 2019 (Round 1): Changes In Mechanical Engineering (ME) Cutoffs

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Updated on Jul 22, 2019 18:04 IST
The latest TNEA cutoff 2019 for round 1 announced on July 18. Check round-wise TNEA Mechanical Engineering (ME) Cutoff Comparison (2018-2019 for general category).
Below is the round-wise TNEA cutoff comparison (2019 vs 2018) for Mechanical Engineering (ME) course:

TNEA 2019 cutoff ranks for round 2 have been declared on July 18. Directorate of Technical Education (DoTE) Tamil Nadu is conducting TNEA 2019 counselling for admission to BTech courses offered by participating institutes of TNEA. The admission authority releases round-wise TNEA cutoff along with the seat allotment list. Candidates are allotted seats based on TNEA rank list published by the conducting authority.

 Through this article, we are providing a round wise comparison of TNEA cutoff ranks for Mechanical Engineering (ME) for some of the popular participating institute/colleges accepting TNEA scores.

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TNEA Round 1 ME Cutoff Comparison: 2019 vs 2018

Institute Name

2019

2018

Kongu Engineering College

9190

19995

V.S.B. Engineering College

9177

51375

K.C.G. College of Technology

3539

66170

Coimbatore Institute of Technology (Autonomous)

4260

NA

P.S.G. College of Technology (Autonomous)

1259

NA

Government College of Engineering - Salem

9768

10207

M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering

9430

64379

Panimalar Engineering College

9646

29795

R.M.K. Engineering College

6565

13308

Thanthai Periyar Govt. Institute of Technology

5089

26910

Institute of Road and Transport Technology

9649

23818

Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering

3061

4431

Vel Tech Multi Tech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College

4143

67992

Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (Autonomous)

8075

8805

Sri Krishna College of Engineering & Technology

7971

14135

Rajalakshmi Engineering College

8254

22290

Government College of Technology, Coimbatore (Autonomous)

7027

5353

St. Joseph's College of Engineering

4894

14704

A.C. College of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous)

9571

14016

Saveetha Engineering College

802

74007

Thiagarajar College of Engineering (Autonomous)

5192

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Sona College of Technology (Autonomous)

7540

46081

Sri Sairam Engineering College

8978

37899

Loyola - ICAM College of Engineering and Technology

8962

14458

Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College

8551

26588

Adhiparasakthi Engineering College

7707

75396

Velalar College of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous)

8703

75234

Chennai Institute of Technology

8279

21118

Agni College of Technology

4598

75989

Sun College of Engineering and Technology

533

58664

PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research

7079

6316

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