India, Oct. 21 -- After months of uncertainty following a slow start due to delay in approvals from the Pharmacy Council of India and restrictions on institutes lacking adequate infrastructure, the process for the third round of seat allocation has started.

In the first two rounds, a total of 24,804 students secured admission to undergraduate programmes. Now, competition has intensified for the remaining 20,363 seats out of 44,287 available seats.

This year, a total of 55,116 students applied for admission to 44,287 available seats. Of them, 38,462 candidates had successfully filled their preference forms for colleges. According to data from the State Common Entrance Test Cell, 16,670 students were allotted seats in the first round, whi...