Hyderabad: About 10,000 additional seats will be available for the second phase of the EAPCET counselling as new seats have been added in courses such as robotics and artificial intelligence, computer science and engineering, and artificial intelligence and data science, among others. A total of 30,941 seats will be available in the second phase of the counselling.When it comes to computer science, IT, and related courses, a total of 19,493 seats will be available. In the first phase, as many as 44,798 students reported for counselling after being allotted a seat. Similarly, 7,229 seats will be available in electronic and electrical engineering courses, 3,730 in civil, mechanical, and allied courses, and 489 in other engineering courses.“Students who were not allotted a seat in the first phase need not worry as over 30,000 seats will be up for grabs in the second phase,” said Praveen Kumar L, a faculty member working at a private engineering college in the city. He added that students should carefully exercise options to maximise their chances of being allotted a seat.This year, a total of 1,16,877 seats are available at engineering colleges across the state. Of these, 90,921 are available under the convenor quota through EAPCET counselling. The remaining will be available through management and NRI quotas. In the first phase of EAPCET counselling, a total of 77,561 students were allotted seats. However, only 59,980 students reported for counsellling, and the remaining seats were made available in the second phase of counselling.“Another 10,000 to 15,000 seats will be filled through counselling. Many who were allotted seats in tier-3 or small colleges might not even be willing to join as there is not much demand for these colleges,” said KVK Rao, general secretary, All India Federation of Self-Financing Technical Institutions. He said that more computer science engineering seats have been added in the second phase, as there is demand only for these courses in the state.