mangaluru aspirants from the coastal district have excelled in the karnataka common entrance test kcet results announced on mondayin the list of top 10 rank holders in bsc agriculture bachelor of veterinary science bvsc bachelor of naturopathy and yogic sciences bnys and bpharma and d pharma streams students from the district have bagged nine ranks however no student made it to the top 10 rank list in engineering stream students of expert pu college have bagged six out of the nine ranksreetham b of expert pu college has bagged ranks in four streams second in bsc agriculture third in bnys bvsc and 10th rank in bpharma thejas from expert pu college has secured fourth rank in bsc agriculture and sanjana kamath panchmal from the same college has secured the seventh rank in bsc agriculturesujnan r shetty from alvas pu college in moodbidri has secured fifth rank in bsc agriculture sathvik g bhat from excellent science and commerce pu college moodbidri has got eighth rank in bnys and seventh rank in bachelor of veterinary sciencereetham b a resident of kolar who studied in mangaluru said he was happy about his results but his aim is to pursue medical education i am waiting for the neet results and would like to pursue mbbs at the bangalore medical college and research institute bmcri he saidreetham said it was just consistency in studies that helped me to excel the mock tests conducted by the college helped me significantly to prepare for entrance exams the support and motivation of teachers who cleared my doubts instantly through whatsapp also helped a lot in my studies i never felt demotivated even during offline classes because of the motivation of teacherssathvik bhat from ujire said he turned the lockdown into an opportunity to prepare himself to learn bhat who is also waiting for neet results added that students will be able to crack competitive exams if they have a strong base in subject knowledgesujnan shetty a resident of kundapura said he is focusing on neet results revising chapters learnt in classrooms the same day has been my routine meanwhile my teachers have also motivated me to be more consistent in studies he saidwhile 8088 students had appeared for kcet in dakshina kannada 7386 are eligible for engineering 5557 for bnys 5170 for bsc agriculture 5552 for bvsc and 7774 for bpharma and d pharma