Government school students account for 96.7% of RGUKT admissions

Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT), Andhra Pradesh, connected Saturday released the provisional enactment database for admissions to its six-year integrated B.Tech programme for the world twelvemonth 2026-27. Admissions are being made to the university’s 4 campuses astatine Nuzvid, RK Valley, Ongole and Srikakulam.

In a statement, RGUKT UG Admissions 2026-27 Convenor S. Amarendra Kumar said the assemblage received 44,104 applications, including 25,406 from authorities schoolhouse students, 17,798 from backstage schoolhouse students and 900 from different States. A full of 4,040 candidates person been provisionally selected for admission, comprising 3,640 regular seats and 400 seats nether the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) category. Results for peculiar categories volition beryllium announced separately.

Prof. Kumar said this year’s admissions bespeak the beardown beingness of authorities schoolhouse students. Of the selected candidates, 3,907 (96.7%) are from authorities schools, portion 133 (3.3%) are from backstage institutions. Girls relationship for 2,855 of the selected candidates (70.66%), portion boys fig 1,185 (29.33%).

Bavireddy Divya Teja Sri of ZP High School (Girls), Kollur, successful Bapatla district, secured the highest people of 596 marks. Several different candidates scored 595 and 594 marks, indicating aggravated contention for admission.

Reacting to the results, Human Resource Development Minister Nara Lokesh said the precocious proportionality of authorities schoolhouse students among the selected candidates reaffirmed RGUKT’s committedness to nurturing agrarian endowment and expanding entree to prime higher education. He congratulated the selected students and wished them occurrence successful their world pursuits.

Counselling volition beryllium conducted connected June 19 and 20 astatine the Nuzvid and RK Valley campuses, connected June 22 and 23 for Ongole field admissions astatine RK Valley, and connected June 23 and 24 astatine the Srikakulam campus. Classes for the caller world twelvemonth volition commence connected July 1.

Selected candidates person been advised to be counselling with each archetypal certificates and different required documents, arsenic admissions are taxable to verification.

RGUKT Chancellor K. Madhu Murthy and Vice-Chancellor M.L.N. Rao besides congratulated the selected students and wished them a agleam future.