Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE) was the choice of the toppers at the engineering admissions, with 17 of the top 20 choosing the stream on the first day of counselling on Monday.

By the end of the day, 192 candidates had chosen ECE, but other branches including Computer Science and Engineering (85) and Mechanical Engineering (79) also caught up. “It is too early to see any trends in these choices,” clarified V. Rhymend Uthariaraj, Secretary, Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions 2010.

Of the 578 candidates called on the first day, only 428 attended and five of them skipped choosing any seat. A number of the 150 absentees and the five who skipped may have done so because they also had medical seats, Dr. Uthariaraj suggested. Of the 29 who scored 200 out of 200 in the engineering cut-off, only 20 turned up........Click for more

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