Delhi boy Kalash Gupta has secured the first rank in the VIT Engineering Entrance Examination (VITEEE)-2018 which was held from April 4 to 16 in 124 selected cities across India, as well as Dubai, Kuwait, Muscat and Qatar. The entrance exam was held for admission to the various BTech programmes offered by VIT at its Vellore, Chennai, Bhopal and Amaravati (AP).
A record 2,12,000 candidates had registered for the VITEEE-2018. Sarikonda Ananda Ramarao from Telangana ranked second along with Anirudh Panigrahi from Odhisha as third, Sai Anirudh M from Karnataka as fourth, Shubham Kar from Jharkhand as fifth, Shubham Agarwal from West Bengal as sixth, Pranav Goyal from Chandigarh as seventh, Sanchit Agrawal from Delhi as eighth, S Vishal from Tamil Nadu as ninth and Anmol Gupta from Uttar Pradesh as tenth.
The admissions would be based on the marks obtained by the candidates in the VITEEE. Counselling for candidates will be held on May 9
For candidates who have been ranked up to 8,000, it will be May 10 for ranked holders between 8001 to 14,000 and May 11 for rank holders between 14001 to 20000. The counselling will be simultaneously held in Vellore, Chennai, Bhopal and Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh).
Under the GV School Development Programme, Central and State Board toppers are given 100 per cent fee waiver for all the four years. Candidates with ranks up to 50 would get a 75 per cent tuition fee waiver, rank 51 to 100, 50 per cent tuition fee waiver and rank 101 to 1000, 25 per cent tuition fee waiver.
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