Over 2 lakh students to participate in engineering counselling
The Hindu
Anna University to conduct single window counselling for over 2 lakh engineering seats in Tamil Nadu colleges.
After more than a decade Anna University will have over two lakh aspirants participating in single window counselling for engineering seats in the State.
This academic year the State will have 2,40,091 seats in 433 colleges. For the 1,79,938 seats available under single window counselling to be conducted by Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions committee 2,00,005 candidates will participate, Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy said on Monday.
He launched virtually the counselling for students to be admitted through the 7.5% preferential reservation for government school students.
The Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions committee 2024 officials said 2,09,645 candidates had paid the registration fee to participate in the process.
A total of 1,76,342 candidates will participate in the general counselling while 3,596 candidates will participate in the vocational stream counselling.
Under the 7.5% category 664 seats are allocated for differently abled persons and 111 candidates are participating; 282 candidates are in the fray for 38 seats in sports quota and 11 wards of ex-servicemen will be admitted to 11 seats in the category, the minister said.
Counselling for general counselling for special category students under the 7.5% quota will commence on July 25. For the rest of the students there will be three rounds of counselling starting July 29 and concluding on Sept 3.
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