For the first time the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) is conducting a Common Entrance Exams (CET) for diploma holders seeking admissions to the second year of professional degree courses in engineering and pharmacy.

This is in keeping with the recent directions from the All India Council for Technical Education, said a highly placed official from the DTE.

In the past, such admissions were being executed based on the diploma results obtained by the students
This year too a total of 74 seats in the second year degree courses in engineering and 6 seats in the second year degree course in pharmacy have been reserved. This accounts for ten per cent each of the total number of seats available in the first year degree courses in engineering and pharmacy, said the official.

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