Notes

From the desk

Short briefings on how Kerala counselling actually sorts people. Not a news wire.

• Medicine · 12 Sept 2026

  NEET in Kerala: government college or deemed campus

  The exam is the same. The fee and the hospital are not.

• Management · 4 Sept 2026

  IIM Kozhikode: the percentile is not the seat

  CAT opens a form. The shortlist is a second exam.

• Engineering · 28 Aug 2026

  JEE Main and the state list are different ladders

  NIT Calicut does not open because a KEAM rank was kind.

• Desk · 21 Aug 2026

  How to compare two colleges without fooling yourself

  Fee, exam, city and what the closing rank implies. In that order.