The second phase of counseling for admission in different branches of BTech in Uttarakhand Technical University will be held on July 26. In the first phase of counseling, the college-wise allotment of seats for different BTech branches was allocated and out of 5453 seats, 4630 students got allotment in different colleges, said UTU deputy registrar Ashish Uniyal on Monday. It may be mentioned here that around 13, 000 seats are available in different BTech branches in the colleges affiliated with UTU.
Uniyal said that the first counseling for different branches of BTech was recently concluded and around 4630 students got allotment in different colleges. 388 seats were allocated in GB Pant Engineering College, Ghurdauri, Pauri Garhwal; 301 in THDC Institute of Hydro Power Engineering and Technology, Tehri Garhwal; 288 in SIT Pithoragarh; 109 in Roorkee Institute of Technology; 236 in Quantum School of Technology, Roorkee; 287 in Institute of Technology, Gopeshwar; 165 in Dev Bhoomi Institute of Technology, Manduwala Dehradun; 146 in Dev Bhoomi Institute of Technology and Engineering, Manduwala Dehradun; 502 in College of Technology, Pantnagar University; 627 in College of Engineering Roorkee; 119 in Birla Institute of Applied Science, Bhimtal, Nainital; 401 in Bipin Tripathi Kumaon Institute of Technology, Dwarahat; 144 in Beehive College of Engineering and Technology, Selaqui Dehradun; 231 in Amrapali Institute of Technology & Sciences, Haldwani and others.
The University has decided to conduct second counseling for BTech branches on July 26 as some students belonging to disaster affected districts might have found it difficult to attend the first counseling.
It should be mentioned here that last year, large number of seats in different BTech branches remained vacant in many colleges affiliated with the university. Due to this, several colleges had closed down some BTech branches.