Telangana: 98% clear ECET, girls fare better

HYDERABAD: Over 98% of candidates cleared Telangana Engineering Common Entrance Test, results for which were declared on Friday. While a total of 25,448 candidates appeared for the exam on August 31, as many as 24,832 candidates qualified in the test. Girls managed to put up a better show than boys as 98% of them qualified against 63% boys.
While Neelam Divya Sri from Mahabubabad secured the state first rank in computer science engineering stream, Koilakonda Sai Praneeth topped the chemical engineering stream and Kura Vyshnavi from Rangareddy emerged topper in electronics and communication.
Banoth Anjali from Khammam secured top rank in civil engineering, Jadigam Varun Sai from Rangareddy in electrical and electronics engineering, Ramagiri Reshma from Karimnagar in electronics and instrumentation engineering , Soma Sai Kishore from Warangal in mechanical engineering, Gummadavelly Srujana from Hyderabad in metallurgy, and Pydakula Sai Varshan from Komaram Bheem in mining engineering. Bollu Bheemeshwari from Wanaparthy and Sivala Srinivas Rao from Srikakulam declared toppers in pharmacy and BSC mathematics.
Telangana State Council of Higher Education’s chairman, T Papi Reddy, said admission schedule for lateral entry into BE/BTech or pharmacy courses will be released in next few days.
When it comes to streamwise performance, 99% of candidates qualified in the CSE stream, 99% in ECE, 99% in EIE, and 97% in EEE. The pass percentage is over 96% in other streams as well