Results of Karnataka Common Entrance Test- 2023, gateway to professional courses including engineering, were announced on Thursday. This year 2,61,610 candidates registered for the test of which 2,44,345 appeared for the exams and of them 2,03,382 students have secured eligibility for admissions to engineering this year.
Bengaluru boy Vignesh Nataraj Kumar of Sri Kumaran Children’s Home, Mallasandra, Bengaluru South has topped the state in the engineering stream. He has also secured eighth rank in B-Pharma and Pharm-D streams as well. Speaking to The Hindu he said, while he expected to bag one of the top 10 ranks, he was pleasantly surprised to secure the first rank. However, he added he was keen to join one of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), and was waiting for his JEE results. He wants to study computer science and contribute to society by creating technological solutions for physically and mentally challenged children.
Arjun Krishnaswamy of R.V. PU College Jayanagar, Bengaluru and Samrudh Shetty of Vidyaniketan Science PU college Hubballi have bagged second and third ranks in the engineering stream, respectively.
