‘Pursue engineering from government colleges’

Calling upon students to prosecute engineering courses astatine authorities colleges, Principal of Karnataka Polytechnic, Mangaluru, Harisha Shetty, said that the authorities colleges were providing prime method acquisition astatine affordable outgo to students.

He was speaking astatine The Hindu EducationPlus Career Counselling Fair 2026 held astatine the Sri Sudhindra Auditorium of Canara High School, Dongarkery, successful Mangaluru connected Saturday.

Speaking astir spot enactment process conducted by Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA), Mr. Shetty said spot allocation for medicine courses is done by the KEA based connected ranking provided by NEET. “Seats successful Medicine are offered lone connected ground of NEET ranking. Do not autumn to agents who question wealth by offering medicine seats of antithetic institutes,” helium said.

There were capable engineering seats connected offer. Aspirants tin get seats by taking portion successful the spot enactment process conducted by KEA, aft announcement of ranks by taking into information 50% of marks each successful the 2nd twelvemonth Pre University and the Common Entrance Test. Aspirants tin get seats successful the courses they privation to pursue. Over 13,000 engineering seats remained unfilled aft completion of spot enactment process successful 2025.

On the question of parents booking seats for their wards by paying beforehand magnitude successful antithetic backstage engineering colleges earlier the commencement of spot enactment process, Mr. Shetty said parents were doing this seeing the prospects of companies coming to assemblage to connection jobs for students.

“The companies present look for idiosyncratic accomplishment of candidates, which tin beryllium gained by students by studying successful immoderate of the engineering colleges. Students from the coastal portion tin see pursuing engineering from Government Engineering College successful Kushalnagar of Madikeri territory and successful Government Polytechnic successful Karwar of Uttara Kannada district, which supply prime acquisition astatine affordable cost,” helium said.

Career successful medicine

Medical Superintendent of Government Lady Goschen Hospital,Mangaluru, M.R. Durgraprasad, said students should prosecute vocation successful medicine lone if they person bosom to recognize the symptom of patients. Dr. Durgaprasad spoke astir assorted facilities provided astatine the Lady Goschen Hospital for lactating mothers, caller calved babies and their attraction givers.

R.G.Dsouza, Dean, Faculty of Engineeing and Technology, Yenepoya (Deemed to beryllium University), Mangaluru, spoke astir engineering courses.

Chartered Accountants Ramya Rao and Vinayaka Pai spoke astir vocation prospects of chartered accountants. Career counsellor Syed Sadath Pasha, spoke connected antithetic grade courses and astir enactment exams conducted by KPSC, UPSC and Defense Services.

The pursuing are sponsors of the event

Platinum Sponsors: The Institute Chartered Accountants of India, Presidency University, Reva University.

Gold Sponsor: CMR University, Chanakya University, East Point Group of Institutions, Hindustan Group of Institutions, Chennai, Ramaiah College of Law.

Silver Sponsorship: ACS College of Engineering, Alliance University, Adichunchanagiri University, B.G. Nagar, BLDE Association, Vijayapura, Bheemanna Khandre Institute of Technology (BKIT), Balki, Bidar, Credila, IIBS, IDP, JSS Science & Technology University, Mysuru, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru, Karnataka State Open University, Mysuru, Khaja Bandanawaz University, Kammavaari Sangham Group of Institutions, Karnataka Bank, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, Nitte (Deemed to beryllium University), Rajarajeswari College of Engineering, Shri Madhava Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Soundarya Institute of Management & Science, SDM Educational Society (R), Ujire, Shanthivana Trust, Dharmasthala, Sharn Basva University, Kalaburagi, Shaheen Group of Institutions, Bidar, Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering, Mysuru, Navkis College of Engineering, Hassan.

Associate Sponsors: Hyderabad Karnataka Education Society, Kalaburagi, Azim Premji University, ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Mahindra University, MS College of Engineering, VTU Visveswaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Canara Engineering College, Mangaluru.

Regional Sponsors: Kristu Jayanti (Deemed to beryllium University), Royal College of Management Studies.