NEET results: 63 per cent from Karnataka qualify, several in top 500 ranks

BENGALURU: The results of National Entrance cum Eligibility Test (NEET) 2018 for admission to undergraduate medical and dental courses were announced on Monday. Several students from the state have made it to the top 500 at the all-India level.

From Karnataka, more than 63% of candidates who appeared for the exam have qualified to fill the medical and dental seats for the academic year 2018-19. Out of the 94,808 candidates who had registered for NEET 2018, 85,288 appeared for it and 54,163 have qualified.

Across the country, a little more than 58% of candidates who appeared for the exams have qualified.  Out of the 13,26,725 candidates who had registered for the exam from across the nation, 12,69,922 appeared for it and 7,14,562 have qualified. The exam was held on May 6.

Shridhar Doddamani of Excellent PU college from Vijayapura has bagged All India Rank of 105 and is the state topper. However, a separate rank list for the state will be released on Wednesday where the state-wise ranks will be available from the state department of medical education.

Akshatha Kamath Ammembal from Expert PU College, Mangaluru, has secured All India rank of 107, and is the second-highest rank holder of the state.At national level, Kalpana Kumari from Bihar has topped the country followed by Rohan Purohit from Telangana, Himanshu Sharma and Aarosh Dhamija from Delhi and Prince Choudary from Rajastan with second, third, fourth and fifth ranks respectively.  During NEET 2018, over 818 candidates took the exams in Kannada language, which is 02.06% of  the total number of candidates registered for the test. Majority of candidates -  79.96%  - had registered in English language.