A total of 74 teams from the following colleges were shortlisted to participate in the Finals:
| Acharya Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Amrita School of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Amrita Vishwa Vidya Peetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
| B V Bhoomraddi College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli, Karnataka |
| B.V.V. Sangh's Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot, Karnataka |
| Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology, Davangere, Karnataka |
| Bengal Engineering and Science University, Howrah, West Bengal |
| Bldea's Vachana Pitamaha Dr P G Halakatti College of Engineering and Technology, Bijapur, Karnataka |
| BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka |
| College of Engineering Trivandrum, Thiruvanathapuram, Tamil Nadu |
| College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra |
| Dayanandasagar College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Faridabad, Haryana |
| GM Institute of Technology, Davangere, Karnataka |
| Goa University, Goa, Goa |
| IIIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh |
| Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauzkhas, Delhi |
| Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| JSS Academy of Technical Education, Bangalore, Karnataka |
| K. K. Wagh College of Engineering and Research, Nashik, Maharashtra |
| K.L.E. Society's B.V.Bhoomraddi College of Engineering & Technology, Hubli, Karnataka |
| KLE Society's College of Engineering & Technology, Belgaum, Karnataka |
| M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka |
| N.M.A.M.I.T Nitte, Udipi, Karnataka |
| National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana, Haryana |
| Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka |
| P.A College of Engineering, Mangalore, Karnataka |
| PES Institute of Technology and Management, Shivamogga, Karnataka |
| PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka |
| PESIT, Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Proudadevaraya Institute of Technology, Hosapete, Karnataka |
| PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
| PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu |
| Rao Bahadur Y Mahabaleswarappa Engineering College, Bellary, Karnataka |
| Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Reva Institute of Technology and Management, Bangalore, Karnataka |
| S.J.M.Institute of Technology, Chitradurga, Karnataka |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology, Vasad, Gujarat |
| SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad, Karnataka |
| Shridevi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka |
| Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka |
| Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Smt Kamala Sri Venkappa M Agadi College of Engineering & Technology, Gadag, Karnataka |
| Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka |
| SRM University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| SRM University, Kattankulathur , Tamil Nadu |
| St.Peter's Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| V.V.P. Engineering College, Rajkot, Gujarat |
| Vidya Vardhaka College of Engineering, Mysore, Karnataka |
| Vivekananda College of Engineering & Technology, Puttur, Karnataka |