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As high as 33,000 MBA and 50,000 engineering seats have remained vacant across Maharashtra. Once, engineering and MBA combination was considered a fool proof way to top notch job. Even AICTE had asked the universities to start integrated courses of engineering and management considering their popularity.
Statistics provided by Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) indicate that may no longer be the case. At the end of third counselling round in Aurangabad on Wednesday, 50,603 engineering seats remained vacant out of over 1.55 lakh in 366 colleges across 12 universities. At the end of second round, 54,941 seats were vacant, while after first about 93,000 were not filled up. Over 4,200 seats were filled up in the last round. Though over 2.80 lakh candidates appeared for engineering entrance (MT-CET), not even half have taken admission. Last year over 44,000 seats were not filled up.
Though technical education director Subhash Mahajan refused to take calls, he had earlier told TOI that two new engineering colleges were started in the state while over 10,000 seats were added in existing ones after AICTE granted permission to enhance capacity, including starting second shift. He had said that about 7,500 seats were cancelled by colleges voluntarily.
Sources said this was for the first time leading colleges like VJTI, Mumbai, and CoE, Pune, witnessed vacancies in third round as admissions to IITs and NITs commenced late. Many students opted out after getting a seat in these premier institutions. Accordingly, the seats were later filled up during first day of counselling round on July 16. DTE statistics further indicated that students gave least preference to branches like IT and electronics and telecommunications (E&T), while core ones like civil and mechanical ruled the roost.
Interestingly, Pune University with 75 colleges has dislodged Nagpur University with 58 in as having most vacant seats. In Pune area, 15,201 remained unfilled while the number was 8,862 in NU. Shivaji University in Kolhapur is third with 5,934 seats. Interestingly, Dr Babasaheb Technological University in Lonere, Raigad, and SNDT Women's university, Mumbai, have no vacant engineering seats.
List of Universities with Vacant engg seats across state varieties:
