2nd round of counseling for PMSSS at Chandigarh from tomorrow

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 11: All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) would begin the second round of counseling for vacant seats under the Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) for J&K students from August 13, 2016.
According to a notification issued by the J&K Government’s Higher Education Department, the second round of counseling under PMSSS would be held at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR), Sector-26, Chandigarh.
The candidates with merit no: 3704 to 4500 have been invited for counseling for the engineering stream while for the general stream, the candidates with merit no: 6285 upto last have been invited for counseling.
“All the eligible candidates are advised to reach the venue of the counseling on the scheduled date and time fully prepared to travel to the allotted colleges directly so as to join the institute without any delay,” the notification said.
Pertinently, as many as 3554 students from Jammu & Kashmir have secured admission in various professional and other colleges outside the State in many of the reputed institutions under the first round of counseling conducted in Srinagar and Jammu between July 26, 2016 and August 3, 2016.