Approximately 1.3 lakh candidates have qualified in the Uttar Pradesh State Entrance Examination announced by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) early this week.
Of the total of 1.6 lakh students who appeared, Prakhar Bindal from Meerut ranked first in general category; he also scored highest marks in the AKTU entrance exam. Prakhar, a student of East Delhi, FIIITJEE, scored 556 out of 600 first time in the history of UPSEE, AKTU entrance exam. Rohan Gupta of lucknow was ranked second. Divyansh Chaudhary of Greater Noida ranked third.
The entrance test was conducted for admission to more than 600 engineering and management colleges affiliated to AKTU.