<span style="color: #222222;">In Tamil Nadu, the rank list for Engineering Admissions has been released by the State Department of Higher Education last evening, overcoming the hurdles of the pandemic.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, the total caseload of COVID-19 infection in the state has crossed 5.86 lakh mark while the recoveries have surged past 5.30 lakh.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, the State Higher Education Department has released the rank list of undergraduate engineering aspirants.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It is a crucial step just before the process of the counselling for the admission.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">This year, most of the processes like submission of applications, paying the registration fees and uploading of certificates were done through online mode.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Out of the nearly 1.61 lakh applications received this year for Engineering Admissions in government-run institutions and for the government quota seats in private colleges, over 1.12 lakh were found eligible.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Among the top ten rank-holders, except one student each from Chennai, Madurai and Coimbatore, all others are from small towns and remote villages.</span><br />