Rajiv Gandhi Government Engineering College, Nagrota Bagwan
Masal, Nagrota Bagwan, District Kangra- State Government
- Affiliated to HPTU
- Established
- –
- Seats 2026
- 330
- Fees / year
- ₹30,000
- Entrance exam
- JEE Main
- Programmes
- 6
- Median package
- Not published
About RGGEC
Rajiv Gandhi Government Engineering College is a government institution in Nagrota Bagwan, 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 6 programmes with 330 seats.
- Admission through JEE Main and HPCET
- 330 seats in 6 programmes
Admission and fees
Admission and fees by degree
B.E./B.Tech
5 programmes- Entrance exams
- JEE MainHPCETClass 12 marks
- Counselling and seat allotment
- HPTU counselling
- Fee for one year (2023-24)
- ₹30,000
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. Its B.Arch seats go through HPTU's B.Arch counselling on NATA or JEE (Main) Paper 2.
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.
From the official B.Tech fee notice of RGGEC.
B.Arch
1 programmeAdmission details for B.Arch at RGGEC are not published yet. Ask our counsellor how it works this year.
Official counselling sites: HPTU B.Tech counselling (Himachal Pradesh) .
Courses and seats
Seats: intake 2026B.Tech (4 years)5 programmes · 300 seats
| Programme | Seats |
|---|---|
| Civil Engineering | 60 |
| Computer Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence and Data Science) | 60 |
| Electrical Engineering | 60 |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering | 60 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 60 |
B.Arch1 programme · 30 seats
| Programme | Seats |
|---|---|
| Architecture | 30 |
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) | 344 |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering | 289 |
| Electrical Engineering | 274 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 235 |
| Civil Engineering | 230 |
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.
