TS EAMCET in June or July, CETs conveners appointed

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (TS EAMCET) 2022 might be conducted in the last week of June or first week of July with the notification for the same likely to be issued in March. The dates for the entrance test for admissions into engineering, pharmacy, agriculture and other courses […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (TS EAMCET) 2022 might be conducted in the last week of June or first week of July with the notification for the same likely to be issued in March.

The dates for the entrance test for admissions into engineering, pharmacy, agriculture and other courses will be finalized depending on the Covid-19 situation then and considering the intermediate public exams and other national level entrance examinations dates.

Last year, the TS EAMCET was conducted from August 4 to 6, and 9 and 10. A total of 85.70 per cent candidates have qualified out of 2,27,000 candidates who had appeared for the TS EAMCET 2021.

Meanwhile, the Telangana State Council of Higher Education on Friday announced the appointment of conveners for conducting Telangana State Common Entrance Tests (TS CETs) 2022 for admissions into various UG and PG professional courses in the professional colleges in the State for the academic year 2022-23.

According to details from the Council, JNTU-H Rector Prof. A Govardhan has been appointed as the convener of the TS EAMCET and JNTU-H, R&D Director, Prof. K Vijaya Kumar will be convener for the Engineering Common Entrance Test (ECET) conducted for diploma and BSc Mathematics degree holders for lateral entry into second year engineering and pharmacy courses.

Dean, Faculty of Commerce and Business Management, Kakatiya University, Prof. K Raji Reddy is convener for the Integrated Common Entrance Test (ICET), which is held for admissions into MBA and MCA courses.

Similarly, Osmania University (OU) Registrar, Prof. P Laxminarayana and OU Department of Education Prof. A Ramakrishna were appointed as conveners for Post Graduate Engineering Common Entrance Test (PGECET) and Education Common Entrance Test (EdCET) respectively. Likewise, OU PGRRCDE Director, Prof. GB Reddy will be convener for Law Common Entrance Test (LAWCET) and PG Law Common Entrance Test (PGLCET).

“We have retained all last year conveners except for the ECET,” an official said. The schedules of the TS CETs 2022 and appointment of Physical Education Common Entrance Test convener will be announced later.