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Monday, Jun 29, 2009
First phase of counselling for admissions to UG courses of TNAU comes to an end
The next step: Vice-Chancellor of TNAU P. Murugesa Boopathy (right) presenting the admission card to G. Giridharalakshmi for B.Sc (Agriculture) course at the counselling for UG admissions.
Coimbatore: The first phase of counselling for admissions to undergraduate courses of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University that began on June 23 came to an end on Sunday. Those with very high cut-off marks (199.00) also opted for the agriculture-based programmes of the university.
“Nearly 7,000 candidates applied for any of the 12 disciplines this year. This was against the 3,600 that had applied last year. Those with cut-off marks from 199.00 to 157.00 were called for counselling in these six days, which is a very indicator that even those with very high profile have chosen agriculture,” K. Vanangamudi, Dean (Agriculture), told The Hindu.
The first three toppers in the cut-off list were girls. The topper G. Giridharalakshmi (198.00) opted for the B. Sc. Agriculture course. The second topper Priyadarshini Ravindran (197.75) chose the B. Tech. (Bio-technology) course, while R. Divyabharathi (196.75) selected the B. Tech. (Energy and Environmental Engineering) course.
The most favoured course, like last time, was B. Sc. Agriculture. The end of the first phase saw 416 out of 450 seats filled.
The rest would be filled during the second phase of counselling and at the counselling to be held for special categories. According to Mr. Vanangamudi, the rural-urban ratio among students was 50:50. “The awareness is more and those from the urban areas are opting for courses like biotechnology, food processing and energy and environmental engineering”. He said the reasons for the demand for agricultural courses were the good placement record of the university, the number of Government openings available for agricultural graduates, dual-degree options in some of the engineering programmes, options for branching out into specialisations and also the Civil Services.
Nearly 150 candidates were on the waiting list and they would be admitted against the drop-outs.
The second phase counselling would be held on July 7.
Toppers too prefer agriculture courses
First phase of counselling for admissions to UG courses of TNAU comes to an end
The next step: Vice-Chancellor of TNAU P. Murugesa Boopathy (right) presenting the admission card to G. Giridharalakshmi for B.Sc (Agriculture) course at the counselling for UG admissions.
Coimbatore: The first phase of counselling for admissions to undergraduate courses of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University that began on June 23 came to an end on Sunday. Those with very high cut-off marks (199.00) also opted for the agriculture-based programmes of the university.
The first three toppers in the cut-off list were girls. The topper G. Giridharalakshmi (198.00) opted for the B. Sc. Agriculture course. The second topper Priyadarshini Ravindran (197.75) chose the B. Tech. (Bio-technology) course, while R. Divyabharathi (196.75) selected the B. Tech. (Energy and Environmental Engineering) course.
The most favoured course, like last time, was B. Sc. Agriculture. The end of the first phase saw 416 out of 450 seats filled.
The rest would be filled during the second phase of counselling and at the counselling to be held for special categories. According to Mr. Vanangamudi, the rural-urban ratio among students was 50:50. “The awareness is more and those from the urban areas are opting for courses like biotechnology, food processing and energy and environmental engineering”. He said the reasons for the demand for agricultural courses were the good placement record of the university, the number of Government openings available for agricultural graduates, dual-degree options in some of the engineering programmes, options for branching out into specialisations and also the Civil Services.
Nearly 150 candidates were on the waiting list and they would be admitted against the drop-outs.
The second phase counselling would be held on July 7.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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