Hyderabad: Over 90% (93.87) aspirants have qualified in the Telangana Engineering Common Entrance Test (TG ECET) 2025 exam, conducted by the Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TGCHE). Of the 18,928 students who appeared for the exam, 17,768 cleared it across 11 branches such as pharmacy, chemical engineering, and others. The results were declared by TGCHE chairman V Balakista Reddy at Osmania University (OU) on Sunday.ECET is conducted to provide lateral entry into the second year of undergraduate engineering programmes for diploma holders in engineering, technology, pharmacy, and mathematics degree holders. The highest number of candidates (5,336) qualified in electronics and communication engineering (ECE). It was followed by computer science engineering (4,879), electrical and electronics engineering (4,201), civil engineering (2,578), and mechanical (2,035).Hyderabad logged the highest number of qualifiers, 12,654 candidates, followed by Karimnagar (2,268) and Warangal (1,496). Girls fared better than boys, with 95.8% qualifying compared to 92.7% of boys. Of the 7,093 girls who appeared, 6,796 qualified, while 10,972 of the 11,835 boys cleared the exam. As many as 4,005 students cleared from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities and 1,586 from Scheduled Caste (SC) communities. Toppers in engineering and non-engineering streams were B Santosh Kumar of Medchal (BSc Mathematics), Lenka Tesjasai of Visakhapatnam (chemical engineering), Golkonda Nikhil Koushik of Jayashankar Bhupalpally (civil engineering), K Srikanth of Narayanpet (CSE), and Katle Revathi of Siddipet (ECE).Kasula Srinivas of Hanumakonda (EEE), Raparthi Chandana of Jagtial (EIE), Pothuganti Karthik of Peddapalli (mechanical engineering), Thota Subrahmanyam of Kakinada (metallurgical engineering), Kurma Akshaya of Peddapalli (mining engineering), and Aili Chandana of Hanumakonda (pharmacy) bagged top ranks in their respective streams.After releasing the results, Reddy said that the admission process would take place as per the existing rules, suggesting that students from Telangana would be preferred over non-locals.Quotes of toppers:Pothuganti Karthik (mechanical engineering): “My preparation and confidence were well throughout, and I was confident to be in the top three. I want to pursue engineering at OU and then start my own enterprise.”Katle Revathi (ECE): “Repeated practice and the prayers of my family paid off. Both my parents are farmers and have struggled a lot to make me study. After engineering, I want to work in organisations like NTPC.”Kasula Sravani (EEE): “I am feeling glad and thankful to my teachers, parents, friends, and everyone else for supporting me. Over the last few months, I took some extra classes in Hanumakonda, and that paid off.”