Government Hydro Engineering College, Bandla
Bandla, District Bilaspur- State Government
- Affiliated to HPTU
- Established
- –
- Seats 2026
- 180
- Fees / year
- ₹30,000
- Entrance exam
- JEE Main
- Programmes
- 3
- Median package
- Not published
About GHEC Bandla
Government Hydro Engineering College is a government institution in Bandla, Himachal Pradesh. It is affiliated to Himachal Pradesh Technical University. It admits B.Tech students through the centralised counselling of Himachal Pradesh Technical University (HPTU), which fills half of the seats on the JEE (Main) merit and half on the merit of HPCET, its own test, and the seats left on Class 12 marks, into 3 programmes with 180 seats.
- Admission through JEE Main and HPCET
- 180 seats in 3 programmes
How to get in
- Entrance exams accepted
- JEE MainHPCETClass 12 marks
- Counselling and seat allotment
- HPTU counselling
Himachal Pradesh Technical University (HPTU, Hamirpur) fills the B.Tech seats through its centralised online counselling: half of the seats on the JEE (Main) merit and half on the merit of the Himachal Pradesh Common Entrance Test (HPCET), HPTU's own test; seats left after both merit lists are filled on Class 12 marks, and a final spot round at HPTU is open to every eligible candidate. In 2026 there were two JEE (Main) rounds, four HPCET rounds and one round on qualifying marks. Seat pools: 15% All India quota seats; Himachal Pradesh state quota seats (80% in government, 65% in private institutions) for bonafide Himachali candidates with the state's reservation (general 45%, SC 22%, OBC 18%, EWS 10%, ST 5%, and within each sub-categories for wards of defence personnel and ex-servicemen, IRDP / BPL / Antyodaya families and orphans, persons with disabilities, rural backward areas, freedom fighters' families and sportspersons; one Beti Hai Anmol seat for a single girl child); 5% NRI seats; supernumerary tuition fee waiver seats (up to 5%) and two Kashmiri migrant seats. Nine seats of each course (15%) are filled by nomination of the industry partners NTPC and NHPC; the counselling fills the other 51.
Official counselling sites: HPTU B.Tech counselling (Himachal Pradesh) .
Fees
Academic year 2023-24- B.Tech fee for one year
- ₹30,000
- Tuition and compulsory institute fees for a general-category student. Hostel and mess are extra.
B.Tech tuition fee of the government engineering colleges affiliated to HPTU as HPTU's fee structure for the government colleges lists it (Rs 30,000 a year). University fee, funds and hostel are extra. The college's own fee notice charges Rs 15,000 tuition a semester to boys, and no tuition to girls, persons with disabilities and tuition fee waiver students; other semester charges about Rs 10,400.
From the official fee notice of GHEC Bandla. Fees can change each year, so confirm the amount before you pay.
Courses and seats
Seats: intake 2026| Programme | Seats |
|---|---|
| Civil Engineering | 60 |
| Computer Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence and Data Science) | 60 |
| Electrical Engineering | 60 |
Cut-offs: closing JEE Main percentile and HPCET marks
HPCET (HPTU counselling) and JEE Main (HPTU counselling)| Programme | Closing HPCET marks |
|---|---|
| Computer Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence and Data Science) | 350 |
| Electrical Engineering | 278 |
| Civil Engineering | 242 |
HPTU (Himachal Pradesh Technical University) fills half of the B.Tech seats on JEE (Main) and half on HPCET, its own test, and publishes no ranks. The figure shown is the HPCET marks of the last candidate who got a seat in that category in that round; yours has to be the same or higher to have a chance. Seats left in one round go to the next, so a later round can close lower. General, SC, ST and OBC seats are for bonafide Himachali candidates; DEF = wards of defence personnel and ex-servicemen, IRDP = IRDP / BPL families, BA = rural backward area, SPT = sports, PH = persons with disabilities, BHA = Beti Hai Anmol (single girl child), TFW = tuition fee waiver, KM = Kashmiri migrant.
About this data
Collected and checked by Insight Mentors from official sources (Himachal Pradesh Technical University and the institute). Last updated 3 November 2026.