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- Karnataka's admissions authority KEA and private engineering colleges have asked the AICTE to extend the engineering admission deadline to September 15, as the state's counselling rounds have been delayed.
- The first round of CET counselling was completed on July 24 with over 90,700 engineering seats allotted, but two more rounds remain and cannot be finished by the current deadline of August 14.
- Delays in NEET re-examination results, pending medical seat data, and an unannounced medical seat matrix have pushed the state to run CET and NEET counselling rounds simultaneously.
- AICTE's current calendar sets August 1 as the start of classes and August 14 as the last admission date for technical courses.
What to watch next
- Whether AICTE grants the extension to September 15
- Start of the second round of CET counselling, to run alongside the first NEET counselling round
- Release of the pending medical seat matrix by the Department of Medical Education and seat data from MCC
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- Karnataka medical and engineering aspirants admission process delay· weeks
- Karnataka Examination Authority operational backlog· days
- Private engineering colleges in Karnataka enrollment uncertainty· weeks
- AICTE policy decision pressure· days
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Named India · Medical Counselling Committee · All India Council for Technical Education · B.L. Sujatha Rathod · Central Board of Secondary Education · H. Prasanna · Karnataka Department of Medical Education · Karnataka Examinations Authority · Karnataka State Government · Karnataka Unaided Private Engineering Colleges Association · National Medical Commission · Supreme Court
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