not gonna sugarcoat this — 60 percentile in JEE Main is not enough for PEC Chandigarh. not even close unfortunately.
PEC is one of the top govt institutes in Punjab. even the lower branches like Civil and Chemical close around 92–93 percentile. CSE is 98+. at 60 percentile (rough rank ~3,50,000+) you're outside the range for any branch at PEC.
what you CAN realistically target with 60 percentile:
key thing — check your state-specific counseling portal. don't limit yourself to JoSAA only at 60 percentile, that's where most people miss out on decent options. state counseling has way more seats at this rank.
60 percentile in jee main can be roughly translated into rank between 4.7 Lac to 5.2 Lac. According to last year stats the last rank admitted in Punjab Engineering college chandigarh is 173573 for the course Metalurgical and material.
You can check last year cutoff from here – PEC Cutoffs
Candidates with score 80 – 85 percentile have good chance of getting admission in PEC.
| Course | Rank Needed |
| Computer Science | 17000 |
| Artificial Intelligence | 20000 |
| Data Science | 21000 |
| ECE | 30000 |
| VLSI | 31000 |
| Electrical | 50000 |
| Mechcanical | 55000 |
| Civil | 60000 |
*this data is based on past analysis only. This does not guarantee a seat allocation.