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Topics: Karaikal students Shines in Centac

Though the demand for hike in region­al reservation for Karaikal and Yanam regions is gain­ing ground on the plea that the students in the region are less competent com­pared to Puducherry, the merit lists of exams tell a different story.

For instance, the stu­dents from Karaikal and Yanam regions have se­cured the first three posi­tions in the Centac merit list for Engineering cours­es while a Puducherry stu­dent holds a poor fourth position.

Soundaraiya A, from Karaikal who had topped the medical merit list also topped the engineering merit list with 199.667 marks, followed by Bokka Bindu Kumar and Yerra-millimnash Swaroop, both from Yanam, with 199.556. Though the two got similar marks, Swaroop was placed in third position as he was younger to Bindu Kumar.

Akshaya Varanikha M and Joe Vimal Raj, both from Puducherry, secured 199-333 and were placed at fourth and fifth place. Ak­shaya was given a higher ranking than Vimal Raj because the former se­cured 400 in Maths and Physics, while the latter secured 399.

As per the regional res­ervation based on popula­tion, 25 per cent of the seats were reserved for outlying regions that in­clude, 18 percent seats for Karaikal, four per cent for Mahe and three per cent for Yanam. However, stu­dents from these regions have topped the merit list in both medical and engi­neering entrance examina­tions.

In engineering merit list, as many as five students from Karaikal, including the toppers are within the first 20 (first, sixth, 19th, 12th and 20th). Similarly, the second and third place have been secured by stu­dents from Yanam. A Mahe student has secured 39th rank. Considering the pop­ulation of the outlying re­gions, it is no mean achievement. In medical entrance examination list also 15 students from Yan­am, Mahe and Karaikal are in the top 100 seats.

While growing number of students from outlying regions are securing seats on merit, they also have reservation of 25 per cent of the existing seats.

While in Puducherry, there is a demand for with­drawing the policy, Karai­kal is seeking further res­ervation by extending the policy to self-financing col­leges. The reservation is hitherto confined to gov­ernment colleges in the Union Territory