There are no such specific prerequisites. You can develop an interest in coding within one year if you are interested.

The programming courses in the first year entail the comprehensive usage of C. It definitely is an extensive course and will take up time. You will learn the basics of it in the first year. The course includes parts like Functions, Pointers, Linked Lists, Data Structures, Object-Oriented Programming, etc.

Although, having knowledge of Python helps. If, however, you've arrived with no knowledge at all of what that is, then it is fine too. Classroom teaching does not help that much for learning to code. Mostly, you will need to learn the aspects of this language with your own efforts.

If you have any spare time, learning basic front-end web development will assist in the long run as well, like HTML, CSS, JQuery, and Javascript (If possible). This will help explore a variety of other opportunities outside your curriculum.

LNCT is one of the best private colleges in Madhya Pradesh yet, pursuing civil engineering is futile. Following are the reasons for the same: 

• The placement scenario for core branches is very bad. Hardly, any core company visits for recruitment. Even if they do, only 2-3 students are recruited. 
• You have to look for a job on your own. Not many opportunities are provided for civil engineering. 
• The department offers less practical knowledge and more theoretical knowledge.
• The faculty members are not good at the college and the labs are not fully equipped. 
• LNCT Bhopal has a rule for 75% attendance which will only waste your time. You won't be able to prepare for competitive exams like GATE till the 3rd year.
• Preparing for these exams will be very hectic. Less attendance means fewer sessional marks which will degrade your CGPA.

LNCT Bhopal is not a good option if you are looking for a career in engineering. You will have to manage your studies on your own. 

Both NIT Bhopal and PEC Chandigarh are very good for CSE and provide many facilities to its students. Out of both of them, I would recommend you to choose NIT Bhopal over PEC Chandigarh due to the following reasons.

• Placements are much better at NIT Bhopal. The average package being offered is around 12.51 LPA which is comparatively better than the packages offered to PEC Chandigarh students. 
• CSE department witnessed 100% placement offers at NIT Bhopal.
• While studying at an NIT, you get the 'NITian' tag which is very valuable and a matter of pride for every student out there. 
• As a city, Bhopal is more beautiful than Chandigarh.
• You can enjoy your 4 years of B.Tech at NIT Bhopal while pursuing your graduation. As there is not much load of studies and assignments on students. 

Hence, NIT Bhopal is a better institute than PEC Chandigarh and provides all the facilities and the proper environment to students without much load of studies. So, it is better to choose NIT Bhopal over PEC Chandigarh.

I have a few friends from MMMUT. According to them, in this situation, the chances of getting a seat are very unlikely. Computer science and electronics communication branches are the most preferred ones. Since you are from the general category the chances are low but you should attend the counseling sessions to check in which branch you can get admission. In the third to the fourth round of counseling, you can get branches like Chemical Engineering. 

If you are an OBC aspirant and want to fetch a seat in CSE MNNIT Allahabad, you need to score above 205 marks in your JEE Mains. If you score anywhere near 170 marks or above, there is a possibility that you will get a seat in the spot round of the counseling. 

According to the recent trend, the required cutoff for OBC quota students for CSE at MNNIT Allahabad is as follows.

Category	Cutoff
	HS	OS
OBC	679-1164	807-1468
OBCPwD	27	49

However, it completely depends on the basis of vacant seats available and the number of aspirants claiming for the seat.