B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering 

at NIT Meghalaya, Shillong

NIT Meghalaya offers a four year duration programme in Bachelor of Technology. It is regular programme for class 12 passed out students. NIT Meghalaya admission to the BTech programme is based on JEE Main scores followed by JoSAA counselling. NIT Meghalaya provides five specialisations for the BTech programme, which include Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering. Admission to the BTech programme is only possible when candidates pass the eligibility criteria.

Eligibilility criteria: Class 12 in PCM stream from a recognised University with minimum 75 %

Selectio criteria: A valid score from the JEE Main + JoSAA Counselling.

Admission to NIT Meghalaya BTech programme is entirely based on JEE Main exam. Based on the JEE Main exams score candidates are provided admission to BTech programme in NIT Meghalaya. Also candidates have to eligible for the BTech course  with twelve years of school education with PCM/ PBM with minimum of 75 % aggregate and ofcourse a valid score in JEE Main exam.

Find below the comparison between two prestigious NITs located at North eastern region of India with components like fees, ranking, etc.

NIT Meghalaya is among the newly established NITs of Northeast whereas NIT Agartala is the oldest.

Compare NIT Meghalaya with other NITs.

NIT Meghalaya BTech programme isn’t ranked internationally. However the BTech programmehas been ranked under National Institutional Ranking Framework, NIRF. NIRF is an approved by the MHRD and was launched by Honourable Minister of Human Resource Development on 29^th of September 2015. The NIRF has ranked NIT Meghalaya BTech programme 72 among top engineering colleges in India.

NIT Meghalya offers a pretty decent placement for the offered courses. NIT Meghalaya concluded the 2023 placement session with 199 job offers. The NIT Meghalaya average package and the highest package stood at INR 11.10 LPA and INR 32 LPA, respectively. Additionally, the the lowest package offered was INR 3.6 LPA. Over 60 companies participated in NIT Meghalaya placements 2023, including well-known companies such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Deloitte, etc.

For admission in B.Tech mechanical engineering you have to clear JEE. The cuttoff varies as per the year in the year 22 batch they got at 95 even (general) if you are from categories like OBC/sc/st  it vary even up to 90/87/85. As in the same pattern, the cuttoff for female candidate is different.

Admission requirements can vary from year to year and depend on various factors like students appering inJEEand no of seats avilable in collages. Few other factors like candidates droping from the college.

The right approach and a preparation plan for admission to BTech at NIT Meghalaya is all that is needed to ace JEE Main. While students who are serious about getting into an IIT start preparing from Class 11, a prep strategy for the exam is mentioned below:

• Choose the reference books wisely
• Solve as many Mock Tests as possible. Shiksha.com is providing FREE NCERT JEE Main Mock Test Paper (with  Solutions).
•  Revise as much as possible
• Cross-check section-wise weightage & syllabus for all subjects covered in JEE Main
• Solve previous year’s JEE question papers there are high chances of getting questions from there

To secure admission into prestigious institutions such as the IITs, NITs and IIITs, it is essential for the aspirants to have a strong command on the material taught in their class 11 and class 12. Shiksha is offering free NCERT questions and solutions to aid JEE candidates in excelling in these classes. To access the NCERT solutions, click on the below links:

For NIT Meghalaya, the admission criteria and cutoff marks may vary depending on the year and the category of the candidate.

In the General category, you typically need to score a high percentile in entrance exams . To have a competitive chance, a percentile of around 98 or above may be required. However, please note that this is a rough estimate and the actual cutoff may vary.

if you belong from other categories then as per sc it can be around 92-93 percentile in recent years 21 -22 this got little decrement as you can get in CSE even at 97 or 96 from general.

NIT Meghalaya offers BTech programmes with a duration of four years. BTech programme at NIT Meghalaya is offered in provides five specialisations for the BTech programme, which include Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering. The eligibility criteria for the BTech specialisations includes tweleve years of shcool education with 75% aggregate. National entrance exams is the source of admission for the BTech programme.

NIT Meghalaya JEE Main Round 6 cutoff for Computer Science Engineering is 19175 which is very close to this range. This was for general category under All India quota. Unless the candidate belongs to some other category or domicile, one can not afford to score less than this. With this rank, there is a probability of getting admission however since, the cut offs keep changing from round to round, better ranks definitely increases your chances of getting admission in NIT Meghalaya.