25-05-2025
Private PU college students from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi shine in CET
Many students of the private pre-university (PU) colleges from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts fared well in the Common Entrance Test 2025 to qualify for admission to seven streams of professional courses in the State.
Akshay M. Hegde, the top student in the agriculture stream at Alvas PU College of Moodbidri, was among the two students who figured in the top 10.
A release by Alvas PU College said that while there were 12 students in the top 50 and 24 in the top 100, 52 students ranked within the top 200, 172 ranked within 500, and 506 ranked within 1000.
Saish Shravan Pandit, who was ranked in the top 2 in the agriculture stream, was among the 15 students of the Expert PU College, Mangaluru, who were ranked within the top 10. There were 84 students ranked within 50 and 163 students ranked within 100, said a release by Expert PU College.
The Excellent PU College Moodbidri's Shishir H. Shetty was ranked 4th in the engineering stream. The college stated in a press release that Mr. Shetty was among the 13 students who were ranked within the top 100. As many as 38 students were ranked within 500, the college stated.
Sumanth Gowda, who was ranked fourth in the agriculture stream, topped among the 14 students of Creative PU College, Karkala, Udupi district, who were ranked within 100.
Anurag R. Naik, who was ranked 236 in the veterinary science stream, topped among the 25 students of Shakthi PU College, Mangaluru, who were ranked within 8,900. There were 25 students ranked within 20,000, the college stated in a press release.
In Vivekananda PU College, Puttur, K.L. Sahan, who was ranked 542 in the engineering stream, topped among the 21 students who were featured in the top 1,000 ranks.
