Chennai: R Abhinav from Chennai bagged the first rank among 37,000 applicants in the engineering admission rank list of Sastra Deemed University which was released on Friday.Admissions will be based on Class XII marks and JEE (Main) scores, in which Abhinav scored 97.8% and 99.69 respectively.Sastra has provided 20% seats for students from Trichy and Thanjavur, besides special provisions for students from northeastern states, Jammu and Kashmir, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Lakshadweep. The university also offers special scholarships for children of martyrs or serving personnel of the Indian armed forces.“All updates related to counseling and admission are available on www.sastra.edu and classes for batch 2026-2027 will begin on August 3,” Sastra vice-chancellor S Vaidhyasubramaniam said.
