BENGALURU: The results of the Common Entrance Test (CET) 2016 were announced on Saturday. The number of candidates who are eligibile for admission to undergraduate engineering and medical courses has increased compared to last year.
As per official data available from the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA), the number of candidates eligible for engineering seats is 1,27,576, which is 15,093 more than CET 2015.
Last year, the number of eligible eligible was 1,12,423. The number of candidates getting eligibility to engineering courses is increasing every year.
This year, even the number of candidates getting eligibility for medical and dental courses has also increased. The number of eligible candidates is 41,530, which is more than double last year’s number of 19,275.
The results are available on www.kea.kar.nic.in, www.cet.kar.nic.in, www.karresults.nic.in
No tuition fee for five toppers
Tuition fee of the five toppers in all the streams for the entire course will be paid by Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA). Speaking after releasing the results, Higher Education Minister T B Jayachandra said, “The first five toppers in all courses will get fee reimbursement from the Karnataka Examinations Authority.” To get the benefit, the students must join a course in any college in Karnataka through CET.
Top Rankers
Ananth G from Alva’s College, Moodabidri, who secured the first rank in Medical and Dental, has also bagged the first rank in B.VSc and B.Sc Agri.
The first rank in engineering was bagged by Milind Kumar Vaddiraju from VVS Sardar Patel College in Bengaluru. He also got the first rank in B.Pharma/Pharma D.
The second topper in Medical and Dental streams is Sanjay M Goudar from Seshadripuram PU College, Yelahanka. He also got the second rank in B.VSc and first rank in ISHM. His father M S Goudar is an employee of The New Indian Express in Bengaluru since 35 years.
Document verification from June 3
The document verification process will begin from June 3, with the verification for special categories on the first day. On June 4, the verification will be held for sports quota and from June 5 the verification will be done for General category candidates.
This year, KEA started two more verification centres, one at Tumakuru and another at Bidar.
After verification of documents, the candidates must make sure that they have received acknowledgment card (green card), verification slip with secret key word and guidelines and instructions booklet.
Without the secret key word, it would be impossible for candidates to make their entries (option entry/seat selection) as the seat allotment process is completely online.
Bengalureans shine in all except medicine
Bengaluru-based students have done extremely well in the common entrance test (CET). Among the top ten rank holders in engineering stream, eight students are from Bengaluru. Nine students out of the first ten rank holders in architecture stream are from the city. Seven students from Bengaluru have made it to the top ten BPharm/DPharma streams. But in medical and dental, only two students from the city are in the top ten rankings. Ananth G, a student from Alva’s PU College, Moodbidri, has secured first ranks in three categories - medical and dental, BSc in agriculture and in BSc in veterinary sciences. Milind Kumar Vaddiraju, a student from VVS Sardar Patel PU College, Bengaluru has secured first ranks in two engineering and BPharma /Pharma D
Questioned ministers get angry
When reporters started asking a series of questions, Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil got angry. Both Patil and Higher Education Minister T B Jayachandra failed to respond to questions on what action they have taken against engineering colleges which have been charging excess fee. They also did not repond to questions on what action they have initiated on the complaints filed by students last year. Patil said “If we receive any complaints about such colleges, we will initiate action against them this year as the admission regulatory committee has been formed this year is headed by retired judge.”