Calcutta University to hold second counselling to fill vacant BTech seats

Sixty-six out of the total 237 engineering seats are still vacant at Calcutta University. The university will now hold the second phase of independent counselling on December 29. 

Calcutta University will conduct counselling to fill vacant engineering seats for the second time in a month. As per a report published in The Telegraph, more first-year BTech seats have fallen vacant with students leaving for Jadavpur University following a new round of admissions there. 

The university held its own counselling on December 8 to fill 48 seats that had remained vacant after the centralised counselling by the JEE board. It will now hold the second phase of independent counselling on December 29 as 66 of the 237 BTech seats are now vacant. 

Jadavpur University (JU) held its independent counselling from December 14 to 17 and then on December 22 to fill vacant BTech seats. The university has a total of 1,253 BTech seats. 

An official of Calcutta University said in the first four days of JU’s counselling, 66 seats fell vacant. The official said the maximum number of BTech seats was vacant in computer science and engineering and electronics and telecommunication engineering, the two subjects that usually attracted top rankers in entrance exams. The university had sent a withdrawal form to the enrolled students so that the candidates who were intended to withdraw their admission could walk out.   

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