Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering and Food Technology, Tavanur
Tavanur, Kerala- University department
- Affiliated to KAU
- Established
- –
- Seats 2026
- 104
- Fees / year
- ₹36,000+
- Food Technology closing rank, KEAM 2026
- 21,744
- Programmes
- 2
- Median package
- Not published
About KCAEFT
Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering and Food Technology is an university dept. in Tavanur, Kerala. It is affiliated to Kerala Agricultural University. It admits B.Tech students on the KEAM engineering rank (KEAM entrance score and Class 12 marks, 50:50) through the centralised allotment of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Kerala, into 2 programmes with 104 seats.
- Admission through KEAM
- 104 seats in 2 programmes
How to get in
- Entrance exam
- KEAM
- Counselling and seat allotment
- KEAM counselling
B.Tech seats are filled through the centralised allotment process (CAP) of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE), Kerala, on the KEAM engineering rank, which gives equal weight to the normalised KEAM engineering entrance score and the normalised Class 12 marks in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (5:3:2), in phases (first, second and third phase, then stray vacancy rounds for the remaining seats). Seats follow Kerala's reservation: 50% state merit, 10% EWS, 30% for the SEBC communities (Ezhava, Muslim, Other Backward Hindu, Latin Catholic and Anglo-Indian, Dheevara, Viswakarma, Kusavan, Other Backward Christian, Kudumbi) and 10% for SC and ST, with special reservation seats (persons with disabilities, ex-servicemen and defence personnel's wards, NCC, sports, CAPF) and supernumerary AICTE tuition fee waiver seats. Some seats are reserved for children of farm labourers and permanent labourers of the Kerala Agricultural University.
Official counselling sites: KEAM counselling (CEE Kerala) .
Fees
Academic year 2026-27- B.Tech fee for one year
- ₹36,000
- Tuition and compulsory institute fees for a general-category student. Hostel and mess are extra.
Annual fee for KEAM seats in 2026-27 approved by the university (notified per semester: Rs 18,000 for Agricultural Engineering, Rs 29,215 for Food Technology), as notified by the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Kerala. Fees differ by branch: Rs 36,000 to Rs 58,430 a year.
From the official fee notice of KCAEFT. Fees can change each year, so confirm the amount before you pay.
Courses and seats
Seats: intake 2026 · Closing rank: KEAM 2026, general merit| Programme | Seats | Closing rank |
|---|---|---|
| Food Technology | 40 | 21,744 |
| Agricultural Engineering | 64 | 34,043 |
Closing rank = general merit seats, the highest closing rank of the year (each counselling round lists only its own allotments). Other categories, rounds and years are in the cut-offs section below.
Cut-offs: closing ranks
KEAM · KEAM| Programme | Closing rank |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Engineering | 16,617 |
| Food Technology | 16,757 |
Closing rank is the KEAM rank of the last candidate who got a seat in that category in that KEAM round. Your rank has to be the same as or smaller than the closing rank to have a chance. Each round lists only the seats allotted in that round, so later rounds can show fewer programmes.
About this data
Collected and checked by Insight Mentors from official sources (Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Kerala and the institute). Last updated 31 October 2026.