Like the previous year, boys have swept the first ten ranks in the 2017 Kerala Engineering Agricultural Medical (KEAM) entrance examination.
The rank list for admission to engineering courses and pharmacy degree courses in Government Pharmacy Colleges for 2017 was released by the Secretary, Higher Education, Usha Titus, in Thiruvananthapuram, on Tuesday.
The first ranker is N. Shafil Maheen of Puthiyara, Kozhikode. Shafil had earlier secured the eighth rank at the all-India JEE-Advanced exam for admission to various engineering colleges, including the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and National Institute of Technology (NIT).
The second rank went to Vedant Prakash Shenoy of Kottayam and the third rank to Abhilash Kar of Vadavathoor, Kottayam.
The top two ranks in the SC category went to C. Indrajith of Malappuram and Aswin Viswanath of Wayanad.
The top two ranks in the ST category went to Gibin George of Kottayam and P. Aswin of Kasargode.
A total of 90,806 candidates had appeared for the KEAM 2017, out of which 72,440 have been declared qualified. A total of 61,716 students, including 32,036 boys and 29,680 girls, have been included in the rank list.
Among the first 5000 ranks in the engineering list, 2535 were from the State higher secondary stream, 2280 from the CBSE stream, 140 from the ICSE and 45 from other streams.
A total of 54,604 seats are available for engineering courses in the State in 159 colleges, including nine Government colleges, 115 private self-financing colleges and other aided/government self-finance and university-regulated institutions.
In the first phase of allotment, which will be held on June 30, admissions will be open for 33,000 seats. The optional registration for engineering courses will begin on June 22.
Pharmacy ranks
In the Pharmacy entrance examination, the first rank went to C.P. Alif Anshil of Malappuram, the second rank to Sudip Maji of Kottayam and the third rank to Naquash Nazar of Kozhikode.
Candidates can check their results at cee-kerala.org and cee.kerala.gov.in.
