KCET: Bengaluru, Mangaluru colleges produce 3 toppers each

Bengaluru, 

The Karnataka Common Entrance Test results were announced on Saturday by the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) with Medical Education and Skill Development Minister Dr. Sharan Prakash Patil presenting the highlights. In a press conference, Dr. Patil presented the results and read out the names of the toppers before taking questions.

According to KEA, the total candidates for the exams were 3,30,646 with 3,09,014 appearing. KEA also stated that the exams were conducted by making much use of Artificial Intelligence and facial recognition and webcasting. On counselling, Dr. Patil stated that it will start from June 10 and the mock results will be announced in four days.

He also stated that since the NEET exam has been delayed, counselling will only be done for courses other than Medical, Dental and AYUSH courses. R.V. College in Bengaluru and The Learning Centre in Mangaluru each had three toppers in the engineering exam. Tanisha Karthik ranked first, Srajan B.S. ranked second and Ninaad Visisht ranked third in the exam.

“I attended KCET coaching for the past two years, that being my only goal, I could achieve the first rank. It was a really competitive atmosphere in the college, everybody wanted to get this first rank. I’m planning to do computer science engineering because I’ve always been interested in coding and computers,” said Tanisha Karthik.

Ira Jain from The Learning Centre in Mangaluru also credited her peers in pushing each other to achieve good results together, “My college peer group was also really good. There are three in the top ten, that really helped me work hard and stay motivated and the faculty is also really good.” Visisht credited his coaching and dedication to achieving his goal. He said, “I would suggest to other students that they put their heart and soul ."