JEE high-fliers see nest in IIT Bombay
IIT Bombay has emerged the first choice of top-rankers in this year’s JEE, in keeping with a trend seen over the past few years.
Of the 100
top-rankers, 67 have preferred and got admission offers from IIT Bombay
during the first-round counselling that got over today for admission to
BTech courses. IIT Delhi was next, picked by 29 of the remaining others.
Four have chosen IIT Madras.
In courses, computer science continues to be the most sought-after, followed by electrical and mechanical engineering.
“Most toppers have preferred IIT Bombay,” H.C. Gupta, the chairman of JEE-Advanced, told. He said of the 67 top rankers who rooted for IIT Bombay, 50 want computer science.
K. Narashiman,
president of the IIT Faculty Federation and a teacher at the Mumbai
institute, said the preference was “not a new trend”.
“IIT Bombay has
always been the first choice for most toppers. The institute provides a
good environment for study and personality development.”
The picture was
similar last year: 77 of the top 100 JEE rank-holders sought and were
offered admission in IIT Bombay after the first-round of seat
allotments. It was followed by IIT Delhi, which took in 19 of the rest.
IIT Kanpur drew three and IIT Madras one.
This year, the JEE
authorities had invited 14,336 top rankers to counselling for 9,867
seats in the 16 IITs and Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad. Gupta,
the JEE-Advanced chairman, said 9,716 of the students had so far been
allotted seats in the first round of counselling in the IITs and the
ISM.
The candidates have been asked to go to the institutions and take admission by next Monday.
The admission
criteria has been changed this year. Students must be among the top 20
percentile holders in their Class XII board exams and categories.
Till last year,
the eligibility was 60 per cent marks in the board exam for general
students, and 50 per cent for OBC, SC and ST students.
An individual’s
percentile is calculated by dividing the number of examinees below him
or her by the total number of candidates. The result is then multiplied
by 100.
The IIT authorities will verify caste certificates, the percentile ranks and other documents before giving admissions.
Depending on
vacancies, two more rounds of counselling could be conducted, Gupta
said. The admission process will be over by July 15. Classes are slated
to start from July 18.
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