EAMCET 2007

Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) was the hot favourite for students on the first day of the EAMCET counselling that began on Thursday in six centres.While the first five rankers in the EAMCET did not attend, sixth ranker Y. Raghavender got the first opportunity to choose. He opted for ECE in Osmania University College of Engineering (OUCE). Minister for Technical Education R. Chenga Reddy handed over the allotment letter to him.Among the top 100 rankers of which only 38 preferred to attend, 32 students got admitted to ECE while six opted for Computer Science Engineering (CSE). For the top 100, JNTU Hyderabad was the most preferred college with 27 students opting for it and 11 choosing OUCE.Figures provided by counselling authorities indicate a massive hike in seats of CSE, ECE and IT while seats in core engineering subjects got reduced considerably compared to last year. With an increase of 1,390 seats, a total number of seats in ECE stands at 27,360.The CSE stream saw an increase of 2,255 seats taking the total to 26,030. Similarly, seats in Information Technology (IT) stream saw an enhancement of 1,710 taking the total seats to 15,025. The biggest loser was Mechanical Engineering where 720 seats got reduced this year from 9,880 seats last year.Seats in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (EIE) got reduced by 420. Even the supposedly hot stream this year, Civil Engineering saw a reduction of 390 seats with only 2,360 available now.The Chemical Engineering stream was the worst sufferer with 330 seats reduced and only 965 on offer. Seats were also reduced in Bio-Medical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering and Applied Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering.in the first spell of counselling, seats would be allotted up to 40,000 ranks till August 6. Counselling for the physically-challenged students would be conducted on August 3 in the first phase.HINDU


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