Engineering admissions begins

according to the counseling schedule, students applied under sports quota were called for - on the first day. v. rhymend uthariaraj, secretary, tamil nadu engineering admissions 2009, said that in total 3,327 students had applied under the sports quota, around 380 were called for verification of certificates on july 2. after verification of 380 students credentials, 332 students were called on sunday for admission to 100 seats reserved for eminent sportspersons in engineering colleges. among the 100 seats, 12 seats were available in anna university, 88 seats were available in other colleges including government, government-aided and self-financing institutions. p. mannar jawahar, the vice-chancellor, anna university, chennai gave away the admission letteres to the the first 10 rank-holders under the sports quota. those who could not make it through sports quota can participate in the general counselling which starts on july 10.