IIITDM Jabalpur Admission Through GATE: M.Tech AI and Data Science via CCMT, PhD

Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing Jabalpur describes itself as an Institute of National Importance established by an Act of Parliament. Its contact page gives the campus address as Dumna Airport Road, P.O. Khamaria, Jabalpur 482 005, Madhya Pradesh. This is a single residential campus in Jabalpur itself, and it does not run from a temporary or mentor campus.

For a GATE DA or GATE CSE aspirant the interest lies in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, which runs two M.Tech specialisations: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and Data Science. The other departments (Electronics and Communication, Mechanical, Mechatronics) also accept GATE DA for several of their M.Tech programmes, which is unusual and worth knowing if your score falls short of the CSE cut-offs.

If you are coming from South India, note that Jabalpur is a long way from home. It is also a GATE 2027 exam city in the IIT Kanpur zone on the official city list, and the nearest city page on this site is Bhopal.

The institute's programmes page lists 110 M.Tech seats. The CSE share is:

Discipline	Specialisation	Seats
Computer Science & Engineering	AI and ML	25
Computer Science & Engineering	Data Science	15

The same page says all M.Tech admissions are through CCMT, and that students choose the specialisation at admission and are allotted it by GATE rank.

In the CCMT 2026 seat mapping both CSE programmes sit under the Department of Computer Science & Engineering with a single Group 1:

• GATE DA: mapped for "Any of the disciplines in B.E./B.Tech. degree", so any B.E./B.Tech. graduate with a DA score could apply.
• GATE CS: mapped for a long list of computing, IT, AI and data science degrees, and also for the "any discipline" B.E./B.Tech. entry.

No M.Sc. or MCA degrees appear in the 2026 mapping for these two programmes. GATE DA is also mapped (for any B.E./B.Tech.) to Nanoelectronics and VLSI Design, Communication & Signal Processing, Power & Control, Mechatronics, CAD-CAM and Manufacturing & Automation. GATE CS is mapped to Mechatronics and CAD-CAM as well. Only the M.Tech in Design took neither paper.

The CCMT 2026 report prints the maximum and minimum GATE score of candidates allotted in each round and category. These rows are Round 1 and the last round in which each category had a row, exactly as printed, out of 1000. The report shows the group as "G1" in Round 1 and "Group 1" later, and it does not split DA from CS.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Category	Round 1 max	Round 1 min	Last round with a row	Max	Min
OPEN	561	541	National Spot Round	499	498
EWS	528	520	National Spot Round	479	472
OBC-NCL	518	493	National Spot Round	458	452
SC	443	399	National Spot Round	389	389
ST	314	302	Special Round 2	263	263

Data Science

Category	Round 1 max	Round 1 min	Last round with a row	Max	Min
OPEN	548	533	National Spot Round	496	490
EWS	522	514	Special Round 2	464	464
OBC-NCL	514	485	National Spot Round	452	447
SC	387	383	National Spot Round	350	338
ST	297	297	Special Round 2	274	274

For OPEN candidates the AI and ML minimum fell from 541 in Round 1 to 498 in the National Spot Round, and Data Science fell from 533 to 490. Treat these as one year's numbers, not a promise for 2027.

If your degree fits, these six programmes are also on the table through CCMT. The figures below are from the same CCMT 2026 report; the full Round 1 and last-round rows for every category are in the cut-off data on this page.

CCMT programme	Round 1 OPEN max	Round 1 OPEN min	Last OPEN row	Lowest min in these rows
Nanoelectronics and VLSI Design	491	471	Special Round 2: 423	327 (SC, Round 1)
Communication & Signal Processing	458	430	National Spot Round: 365	321 (OBC-NCL, National Spot Round)
Power & Control	389	357	no later OPEN row	246 (SC, Special Round 2)
Mechatronics	514	434	Special Round 1: 361	257 (SC, Round 3)
CAD-CAM	411	373	Round 2: 354	236 (SC, Round 3)
Manufacturing & Automation	365	357	no later OPEN row	211 (SC, Special Round 1)

These programmes also take GATE EC, EE, IN, ME, PI or XE, so DA and CS takers compete with core-branch candidates. Read the seat mapping for the exact degree list before you lock choices.

The PG Admission page set physical reporting and document verification for CCMT 2026 admits on 10 August 2026, with classes from 11 August 2026. Candidates had to bring the allotment or offer letter, mark sheets, degree certificate, the GATE score card, category certificates (OBC and EWS certificates issued on or after 1 April 2026 in the Central Government format), the CCMT fee receipt and a medical fitness certificate.

The same page lists the institute as an online help centre for CCMT 2026, with helpline addresses pgacademic@iiitdmj.ac.in and admissions@iiitdmj.ac.in and phone numbers 0761-2794035 and 2794036. No M.Tech spot round run by the institute appears for 2026; the only institute-level spot round posted was for the M.Des. programme, which takes 10 GATE and 20 CEED candidates through institute counselling.

PhD admission is run by the institute itself. The Winter Session advertisement dated 12 October 2026 covers CSE, ECE, Mechanical Engineering, Smart Manufacturing, Design, Physics and Mathematics. For CSE it asks for an M.E./M.Tech. with a B.E./B.Tech., MCA or M.Sc. in any discipline, and 60 percent or a CPI of 6.0 at the master's level.

For the full-time category with Institute Assistantship, the CSE requirement is a qualified GATE in Computer Science and Information Technology (CS) or CSIR/UGC JRF/NET in computer science. GATE DA is not named. GATE is not compulsory overall: GATE or NET holders go straight to interview, while others sit a three-hour written test on the GATE pattern (aptitude plus a technical part) before shortlisting. Final-year B.E./B.Tech. students at a CFTI with a CPI of at least 8.0 may apply for direct PhD.

The CSE vacancy table lists 12 seats for GATE/NET-qualified candidates and 12 for others. The PhD admission page extended the deadline to 3 November 2026 and the shortlist date to 11 November 2026. The written test is on 1 December 2026, interviews on 2 December and results on 9 December. The application fee is Rs. 500 (Rs. 300 for SC/ST/PwD).

Three checks will save you trouble. First, confirm on the CCMT 2027 seat mapping that DA is still open to any B.E./B.Tech. for the two CSE programmes, since this is the rule that makes Jabalpur attractive to DA takers from non-CS branches. Second, register on CCMT and fill both AI and ML and Data Science, plus any other mapped programme you would accept. Third, if research is your aim, note that the CSE PhD assistantship route names GATE CS, not DA.

For preparation, start with the GATE DA 2027 guide or the GATE CSE 2027 guide, then work through previous year questions and practice sets. The sister institutes are covered at IIITDM Kancheepuram and IIITDM Kurnool.