The first allotment to the Engineering Degree Courses, Kerala as part of the allotment to Professional Degree Courses, Kerala 2009 shows a clear shift in demand for the Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Civil Engineering (CE) branches in different categories of Colleges as well as in Colleges in high demand.
In the Government/Aided Category of Engineering Colleges, State merit (SM) seats for Mechanical Engineering available in 9 colleges, finished at Rank number 1988 as per the first allotment announced on Friday. The demand for this branch at College of Engineering, Trivandrum has gone up considerably and is more in demand than Applied Electronics & Instrumentation (AE) and Computer Science (CS) as per the first allotment.