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The results of Karnataka Common Entrance Test (CET) - 2026, the gateway for admittance to nonrecreational courses including engineering, announced connected Saturday, person students from authorities committee Pre-University colleges dominating the apical ranks. Students from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools dominated the database of toppers for galore years earlier.
Among the apical 10 fertile holders crossed each 7 streams, a bulk are from State committee colleges. In the engineering stream, 9 of the apical 10 are from State board-affiliated colleges, followed by 8 successful B.V.Sc. (Veterinary Science), 9 successful B.Sc. (Agriculture), 8 each successful Nursing and Yoga & Naturopathy, and 7 each successful B-Pharm and Pharma-D. Further, among the apical 100 rankers successful the engineering stream, 81 are from State committee colleges.
This is successful opposition to 2025, erstwhile 7 of the apical 10 rankers successful the engineering watercourse were from CBSE schools. The inclination crossed the different six streams was besides akin past year. Experts pointed to a important dip successful CBSE Class 12 results this twelvemonth — from 88.39% past twelvemonth to 83.29% — successful enactment with the diminution successful the fig of CBSE students among CET toppers.
2.92 lakh students eligible
As per Karnataka Examination Authority’s (KEA) database a full of 2,92,782 students who had taken CET-2026 person go eligible for admissions to assorted nonrecreational courses. Of that, 2,82,603 are eligible for engineering stream, 2,09,220 students for B.Sc. (Agriculture).
Toppers
Tanisha Karthik from R.V. PU College Jayanagar, Bengaluru topped the engineering watercourse with 99.44% and Nayana Gopi of BASE PU College, Shivanagar, Bengaluru topped 5 streams including B.V.Sc, B.Sc-Nursing, Yoga and Naturopathy, B-Pharm, Pharma-D with 100% marks. In B.Sc (Agriculture) Ninaad Vasisht from R. V. PU College topped the authorities with 98.75% score.
Counselling from June 10
Releasing the results, Medical Education Minister Dr. Sharan Prakash Patil said that the CET-2026 Counselling volition statesman from June 10, 2026. “As decided earlier, we volition not hold for NEET results to come. Because of the re-examination, the NEET is delayed this year. We volition bash counselling for different nonrecreational courses up of NEET counselling,” helium announced.
“Seats for these nonrecreational courses that autumn vacant aft aesculapian spot counselling volition beryllium allotted successful the consequent rounds. Eligible candidates volition beryllium allowed to participate options,” helium added.
This time, pre-round counselling is being introduced for the archetypal time, and candidates who similar the allotted spot tin articulation the assemblage oregon enactment successful the adjacent archetypal round.
Regarding aesculapian seats, if the candidates who are allotted some All India and the KEA quota seats successful the archetypal circular and privation to instrumentality admittance successful the All India quota seat, they request not person to wage a punishment for giving up the KEA seat, Dr. Patil said.
