Thiruvananthapuram:

Boys outsmarted girls by winning the first 10 ranks in the engineering entrance exams. A total of 57,081 candidates have been included in the rank list of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, which was published on Sunday. Out of this, 25,551 are girls.

Rithul P. of Malappuram secured the first rank with a total score of 585.84 and Safeel A.K. of Malappuram stood second with 583.5100. Haradev G.S. of Kollam came third with 578.8808. Nitin M.Pai won the fourth rank, Vivek Jacob Mathai the fifth, Farzin .K the sixth, Alan Thelliyil Augustine, the seventh, Muhammed Ahsan K.V. the eighth, Pranav .S the ninth, and Anand U.R., the tenth rank.

In the SC category, Sidharth Ravi and Sarath B. secured the second rank. In the Schedule Tribe category, Raksha S. and Umesh K.U. won the first two ranks. The first two rank holders have been eyeing admissions to the IIT and prefer the mechanical stream.

For first rank holder Rithul P. it was his second attempt. For second rank holder Safeel A.K. too, it was the second time. However, it was the first attempt for third rank holder Haradev G.S. The Kerala Engineering Entrance Examination was conducted at 332 venues, in all the 14 revenue districts of the State, New Delhi, Mumbai, Ranchi and Dubai.

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> Nation> Current Affairs / DC Correspondent / June 16th, 2014