IIT AND KOTA

IIT Bombay. Arpit Agarwal, IIT Bombay answers: This is all based on what I have heard from my friends and colleagues in other IITs, which might be factually incorrect at places (do correct me in that case). 1)  Campus Location  -  The lush green campus with lakes and hills, is a store-house of flora and fauna isolates the inmates from the highly polluted environment of a metropolitan city like Mumbai, yet, if you ever wish to go out and have fun, you are in one of the better patch of Mumbai i.e. Powai, with Hiranandani  (a place which has pretty much everything you can think of : food, market, booze, chicks, everything) a foot away. So, you are very much inside Mumbai (City that never sleeps), yet isolated from it. Indeed, IIT Bombay in itself is a city of its own. Pic: view of Hiranandani from IIT Bombay     2)  Academics  -  Without a second thought, in academics, IIT Bombay is at the top in India with s...

IIT-Bombay continues to be the top choice for the best of the young brains in the country. The institute has retained its position as the most sought-after IIT in the country, with Delhi and Chennai coming a distant second and third. A number of factors have been responsible for this, ranging from importance given to streams over geography, from placement records to newer short-term courses on offer, tell students. Of the top 100 rankers in JEE-Advanced 2014, almost all have opted for IIT-B computer science as their first choice. But 58 were allotted seats at IIT-B in computer science in the first round, followed by Delhi, where 36 of the top 100 have been admitted (see box). While 58 of the top 100 rankers joined IIT-B, the number has fallen a bit, compared to 67 in 2013. Thirty-six students were allotted seats at IIT-D, as opposed to last year's 29. IIT-B director Devang Khakhar said he was happy that 44 of the top 50 rankers have opted for the Powai institute. "Students ma...