Delhi boy tops VITEEE for admission to B.Tech courses

Kalash Gupta, a student from Delhi has secured the first rank in the VIT Engineering Entrance Examination (VITEEE)-2018 which was held from April 4th to 16th in 124 selected cities across India, as well as Dubai, Kuwait, Muscat and Qatar. The entrance exam was held for admission to the various B.Tech programmes offered by VIT at its Vellore, Chennai, Bhopal & Amaravati(AP).

Releasing the results on Friday, VIT a record of 2,12,000 candidates had registered for the VITEEE-2018. The other rank holders among the top 10 are 2nd rank: Sarikonda Ananda Ramarao, Telangana state, 3rd rank: Anirudh Panigrahi, Odhisha state, 4th rank: Sai Anirudh M, Karnataka state, 5th rank : Shubham Kar, Jharkhand state, 6th rank : Shubham Agarwal, West Bengal state, 7th rank : Pranav Goyal, Chandigarh state, 8th rank : Sanchit Agrawal, Delhi state, 9th rank : S Vishal, Tamil Nadu state and 10th rank : Anmol Gupta, Uttar Pradesh.

“VITEEE results have been released through www.vit.ac.in and admissions would be only on merit, based on the marks obtained by the candidates in the VITEEE”, according to VIT press release.

Counselling for candidates, who obtained ranks upto 8,000 would be held on May 9th ( Wednesday ) and counseling for ranks 8001 to 14,000 would be held on May 10th ( Thursday ) while for those who secured ranks from 14001 to 20000 will be held on May 11th ( Friday ). The counselling would be held simultaneously in Vellore, Chennai, Bhopal and Amaravati (AP).

Under the G V School Development Programme central and State board toppers would be given 100 percent fee waiver for all the four years. Candidates with ranks upto 50 would be given 75 per cent tuition fee waiver, Rank 51 to 100 would be given 50 per cent tuition fee waiver and Rank 101 to 1000 would be given 25 per cent tuition fee waiver.