Summary:
Close to 23% of engineering seats in various government and grant-in-aid colleges in the state remained vacant even after the final round of admission. Of this, the highest vacancies in terms of numbers (absolute vacant seats) is in electronic and communications while the highest in terms of percentage is in metallurgy. However, what has academicians worried is the vacancies in core engineering branches like civil, electrical, electronics and communication and mechanical. The fee in government engineering and grant in aid colleges are much less than private colleges. A veteran closely associated with engineering admissions said that lack of interest in core engineering departments is more often a reflection of misinformation..