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20% In Number: A Look At The Rise Of Female Students In IITs
Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) in India have seen a significant rise in the number of female students and here is the reason why.
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IIT Bombay GATE 2021 Response Sheet Out: Steps To Download
GATE 2021 response sheet download: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay Thursday released the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2021 response sheet. It has been made available on the official website that candidates can access with their login credentials. GATE 2021 was conducted by IIT Bombay between February 6 and 14 this year with a […]
Shabnam Sahay Tops Girls In JEE Advanced 2019 With All India Rank 10
Shabnam Sahay from of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, has emerged as the topper among female candidates in JEE Advanced exam, securing the 10th rank. Kartikey Chandresh Gupta has bagged the All India Rank 1 securing 346 out of 372 marks.
Sudha Bharadwaj A Thorn For Administration, Writes Harini Calamur
Beyond the 24-hour news cycles, beyond the drawing rooms of the ruling elite, and the homes of the newly minted middle class, lies an India that is very different from our reality. We often idealise it in movies and shows, but the reality is starkly different. It is a world where inequality and inequity is […]
Number of Girl Students At IITs Double As Compared To Last Year
The number of girls entering the various campuses of IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) has doubled since last year. The number has increased from 995 in 2017 to 1841 in 2018. For boys, the total remained 10,101. The seventh and last round of admission closed on Thursday. Increase seats for girls: HRD Ministry The HRD ministry […]
IIT-Kharagpur Ready To Welcome More Girl Students This Year
IIT Kharagpur is planning to have more girls on the campus this year. The decision came after the HRD Ministry instructed the IITs to add minimum 14% of girls quota earlier this year. Also read: IIT Goa To Have More Female Students From July Session The country’s oldest IIT will go a very organized way to achieve […]
Only 2.7 Lakh Girls Against 6.5 Lakh Boys Take JEE Mains
That their is a gender divide in premier engineering institutes, is not a new thing.  But what is more concerning is as per reports by TOI, many schools have stated that fewer girls are opting to take up JEE after Class XII. From the upcoming academic year, IITs will reserve 14% quota for girls. This decision came after […]
IIT To Add 779 Seats For Women In New Academic Session
In a bid to address gender imbalance in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the institution has decided to add 779 more seats exclusively for women applicants. The same will be implemented from the new academic session this year. The move comes after a Joint Admission Board sub-committee in 2017 made an important observation. It […]
IITs To Up Seats, To Have 14% Female Students In New Admissions
All IITs must now increase the number of admissions so that they have at least 14 per cent girls in every new batch starting from 2018. As many as 23 campuses, including the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, will have to follow this directive. The HRD plans to increase female representation at the top engineering colleges […]
IITs to Hike Female Student Enrollment to 20 % by 2020
In a bid to raise the number of girl students in the IITs, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has introduced a four-pronged formula aimed at increasing the ratio of girl students in IITs from 8% to 20% by 2020-2021. The MHRD sent out a letter to all the IITs on July 28. The […]
