lucknow moti lal nehru regional engineering mlnr college allahabad scene harcourt butler technological institute hbti kanpur preferred toppers reported state engineering admission test upseat government polytechnic preferred branches electronics computer science followed mechanically skillful electrical information thursday top candidates called guidance reported took admissions initial trends indicated electronic branch hbti kanpur fist choice followed computer science institute engineering technology iet takers private colleges counselling prof rs saraswat said students sckeptical opting information technology reason electronics computer science regaining positions chance employment software ironware companion abhigyan srivastava prospect said branches consort cook up rather services favourite among candidates reason traditional branches like mechanical electrical maintained dominance total technical foul colleges included year number absentees counselling also swelled around students among overstep preferable absent counselling thursday candidates alleged stage friday reported officials aforesaid toppers also qualified various institutes like iits recs consequently number prospect minister technical training amita singh thursday warned stern action officials conducting upseat direction accused dereliction obligation