new delhi a total of 166978 candidates have registered for vit engineering entrance examination viteee to be held from april 15 to 24 2013 for admission into the btech programme offered by vellore institute of technology vit university vellorefor the first time the computer based test cbt will be organised in 112 cities at 130 centres in india and overseas in dubai and kuwait of these 135024 candidates are boys and 31954 are girlsaccording to the founder and chancellor g viswanathan the growing demand for the programme from students based in the middleeastern countries has led vit university to branch out among the prominent centres in india andhra pradesh tops the chart with 33170 registrations which includes 23867 males second on the list is uttar pradesh with 25692 registrations followed by bihar with 18810 rajasthan with 11845 and tamil nadu with 10480 registrationwhile delhi has registered 11728 candidates who will give the entrance examination in its four centres chennai has registered 4804 candidates and vellore 2097the counseling for admissions will begin from may 13to 18 2013 with each day divided by the ranks in ascending order viswanathan said the counseling for those with ranks up to 5000 will be held on may 13 followed by those with ranks up to 9000 on may 14there are also special scholarship provisions for students the chancellor said that central and state board toppers would be awarded a 100 fee waiver for all four years viteee ranks holders between 1 and 50 will be given 75 fee waiver while those in the bracket of 51 to 100 will be given 50 and between 101 and 1000 will be awarded a scholarship to the tune of rs 95000 he saidthe chancellor also added that two class xii toppers among one boy and one girl from government schools in rural areas in each district of tamil nadu will appearing for viteee and secure top marks will be given 100 tuition fee waiver and full exemption from hostel and mess fee under the star supporting the advancement of rural students programme this effort has been made to ensure that high scorers from each district who have poor economic background get their due and are given the best of education said viswanathan