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Home / News / India News / IITs to increase girls-intake, foreign students, tackle student suicides
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    IITs to increase girls-intake, foreign students, tackle student suicides

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    Last updated on Apr 30, 2017, 06:00 am
    IITs to increase girls-intake, foreign students, tackle student suicides
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  • At a meeting, the IIT Council decided to set aside seats in all courses to increase number of girl students.

    It is also looking to attract more foreign students; a hike in postgraduate fee is being considered.

    The JEE and GATE will be extended to more countries.

    The panel also discussed student suicides; IIT-KGP Director Partha Chakrabarti pushed for wellness centres on each campus.

  • In this article
    Indian Institute of Technology Changes in the offing IITs propose to admit 1 lakh students Overhaul of entrance examination IITs will accept more students beginning next academic session 14% reservation for girls in IITs from 2018 IITs to increase girls-intake, foreign students, tackle student suicides
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    Indian Institute of Technology

    Indian Institute of Technology
  • There are currently 23 IITs across the country.

    According to global rankings of engineering schools published in October 2015, the highest ranked was IIT Delhi. It was on the 103rd place out of 250. Several others IITs ranked between 169 and 229.

    Unimpressive rankings in the past have been attributed to a very small intake of foreign students and limited international faculty.

  • Details

    Changes in the offing

    Changes in the offing
  • As per current regulations students admitted to IITs are mandated to stay in on-campus hostels.

    The proposal to increase intake is intended to do away with mandatory accommodation rules and admit students that can stay off-campus as expanding hostel infrastructure would take a long time.

    Another key project underway is 'Vishwajeet' whose focus is to assist seven IITs in boosting their rankings internationally.

  • 16 Aug 2016

    IITs propose to admit 1 lakh students

    IITs propose to admit 1 lakh students
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  • All the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) colleges plan to significantly up their intake year-on-year so as to admit 1 lakh students cumulatively by the year 2020.

    The upcoming council meeting next week will discuss a proposal to admit 30,000 NRI students over the next three years.

    Currently, IITs admit a total of 72,000 students for doctoral, graduate and undergraduate courses.

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    Overhaul of entrance examination

  • Discussions over a National Aptitude Test are underway which could streamline admission processes to the IITs, NITs and other engineering schools by 2017. The current entrance exams have been at the receiving end of a lot of criticism from various quarters.

  • 24 Oct 2016

    IITs will accept more students beginning next academic session

    IITs will accept more students beginning next academic session
  • Following the recent meeting of the Joint Admission Board (JAB), the topmost decision-making body of IIT-JEE (Advanced), IITs have decided to up their student intake by 5% from the next academic session.

    Foreign-student intake is also expected to observe a 10% increase.

    A total of 23 IITs have decided to implement these changes; however, older IITs face infrastructural limitations for the same.

  • 16 Apr 2017

    14% reservation for girls in IITs from 2018

    14% reservation for girls in IITs from 2018
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  • In a bid to increase the intake of female students, the Joint Admission Board of the Indian Institutes of Technology will implement a 14% reservation in seats for girl students from the 2018 academic session.

    The reservation will increase in a phased manner till 20% in 2026.

    IITs have been concerned with the slump in the number of women being admitted to courses.

  • 30 Apr 2017

    IITs to increase girls-intake, foreign students, tackle student suicides

    IITs to increase girls-intake, foreign students, tackle student suicides
    Credits:
  • At a meeting, the IIT Council decided to set aside seats in all courses to increase number of girl students.

    It is also looking to attract more foreign students; a hike in postgraduate fee is being considered.

    The JEE and GATE will be extended to more countries.

    The panel also discussed student suicides; IIT-KGP Director Partha Chakrabarti pushed for wellness centres on each campus.

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