A.P. students' distinction in IIT exam

By R. Ravikanth Reddy

HYDERABAD, MAY. 30. More than 500 students from Andhra Pradesh are in the top 3,000 ranks of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) conducted by the Indian Institutes of Technology this year.

The number is unusual because students from the State normally preferred engineering colleges within Andhra Pradesh or in Karnataka and Maharashtra.

There are nearly 20,000 seats in the 104 engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh.

While two students have figured in the top 10, more than 20 students have bagged ranks below 100.

This includes the 3rd rank bagged by Ms. Mythili Ranganath and Mr. K.K.S. Bhasker, who has bagged the 9th rank.

He is the State topper in the engineering stream of Engineering, Medical and Agricultural Common Entrance Test (EAMCET). Mythili stood second in the engineering stream of the EAMCET.

According to some academics, this is the first time the State could bag so many ranks.

The State has a number of ``residential colleges'' and ``coaching centres'' offering special coaching for IIT entrance examination.

The elated professors in many such institutions have urged the State Government to bear the college fee of successful students or at least provide financial assistance to the toppers.

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