chennai number diligence time governance quota engineering seats state eminent five years tamil nadu engineering admissions tnea committee got online applications year around lakh government quota seats previous year lakh candidates uploaded marksheets certificates lakh students last said higher tons state board class xii low fees government quota seats better campus placements could pushed application consultant jayaprakash gandhi said trend shows interest basic science courses come interest engineering break up due job opportunities due pandemic nurture prefer regime quota seats management quota seats tuition fee low added fee political science quota seats accredited track management quota tip around private colleges nonplus management quota tip revised lakh students interested technology flow bookman parents enquired management quota seats interested computer science engineering related courses second choice information technology even interested electronics communication also circuit branch said b chidambararajan principal srm valliammai engineering college due high scores awarded bookman weightage system year students parents confident getting seat counselling expect admissions management quota seats release rank list kishore rmk engineering college said fiftyfifty enquiries direction quota higher class disdain pandemic engineering colleges good placement season last year students interested pursuing engineering reflecting number applications engineering counselling year said