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Very few vacancies likely this year under single window: Vice-Chancellor

Vani Doraisamy

In all, 61,513 candidates are competing for 41,459 seats in 235 engineering colleges

TOP RANKER: Santhosh J. Jude along with his mother, receiving the allotment letter from the Education Minister C.V. Shanmugam at Anna University counselling centre in Chennai on Saturday. D.Viswanathan, Vice-Chancellor, Anna University (second from l eft) looks on. — Photo: S.R. Raghunathan

CHENNAI: Anna University does not expect too many engineering seats to remain vacant after counselling closes under the single window system of admissions this year.

The cordial relations between the varsity and colleges ensured that a lot of students applied for all branches, Vice-Chancellor D. Viswanathan said here on Saturday.

Many companies, including multinationals, were recruiting engineering graduates and all branches had shown good recruitment potential.

As a result, most of the seats available for single window admissions were likely to be filled up, he told reporters at the commencement of counselling for mainstream candidates at the university.

The top three ranks went to J. Santhosh Jude from Chennai (cut-off mark 298.21), Sivesh Selvakumar from Coimbatore (297.19 ) and Sasi Dharani from Virudhunagar (297.08 marks). While the first was allotted an aeronautical engineering seat at MIT, Chrompet, the other two chose mechanical engineering at the College of Engineering, Guindy, and Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) at P.S.G College of Technology, Coimbatore.

The first seven top rankers who got admission to aeronautical engineering at MIT would be offered a monthly scholarship of Rs. 2,400 each for four years by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and, after assessment during the fourth year by the DRDO's Recruitment Assessment Centre, absorbed as scientists by the organisation, Mr. Viswanathan said.

A total of 61,513 candidates are competing for 41,459 seats in 235 engineering colleges across the State.

Of these, 1,565 seats are with Anna University constituent colleges, 2,770 with government and government-aided colleges and the rest, in self-financing institutions. Institutions which had excelled had come forward to surrender a majority of seats to the SWS and more were expected to follow suit. As many as 360 candidates who had applied for 700 seats under the vocational stream and 117 who had applied for the 264 seats under the physically handicapped quota have been allotted seats since July 27.

By the end of counselling on Saturday, 842 seats had been allotted, of which 257 were ECE seats, followed by computer science (163), mechanical engineering (73) and information technology — self-supporting (61).

The vacancy position at the end of each day's counselling would be posted on www.annauniv.edu/tnea2005.

It can also be accessed on the 24-hour interactive call centre (2220 0303). Six touch-screen kiosks and an electronic display board set up at the university would also provide the updates.

The varsity would put in place a faculty development programme with uniform content delivery this year for teachers in self-financing engineering colleges, the Vice-Chancellor said.

Asked for his advice to students while choosing colleges, Dr. Viswanathan said choosing a branch or college was an individual prerogative.

But students could look for past results and infrastructure of a college and proximity from home. "We feel that all colleges are trying to give good quality education."

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