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Tamil Nadu's online engineering counselling for the general category begins Monday after completion of admissions for special reservation categories. Conducted by DoTE, the process will run in three phases until August 31 based on rank. Counselling for students under the 7.5% government school reservation will also be held alongside, with supplementary counselling planned if seats remain vacant.

Chennai: The online counselling process for admission to engineering courses in Tamil Nadu enters its next phase on Monday with the commencement of counselling for students under the general category.

According to official figures, 3,210 candidates applied under the sports quota, 500 under the persons with disabilities category, and 1,176 under the children of ex-servicemen category.

At the conclusion of the counselling, a total of 813 seats were allotted. Of these, 416 seats were allotted to candidates under the sports quota, 258 to persons with disabilities, and 139 to children of ex-servicemen.

With the completion of the special category admissions, the focus now shifts to the general counselling process, which will be conducted entirely online. The counselling has been divided into three rounds based on candidates' general rank to ensure a systematic and transparent admission process.