45,062 Engineering Seats Vacant

At the end of general counselling for admission into engineering courses on Thursday, 1.04 lakh students were allotted seats in over 500 colleges and exactly 45,062 seats fell vacant. Compared to last year when 1.12 lakh students joined engineering education in the academic stream, the drop of 8,000 this year could check the craze for starting about 50 new engineering colleges in the State every year. Compared to last year, the number of available seats went up from 1.20 lakh to 1.49 lakh this year that explains the increase in vacant seats. Only 1.40 had applied for TNEA 2011