This story is from July 16, 2017
30% more women enter IIT-Delhi after third round of counselling
TNN | Updated: Jul 16, 2017, 02:29 IST
IIT-Delhi
has registered around 30% increase in the total number of
women candidates
admitted this year. As against 70 last year, 93 candidates have been admitted by the end of third round of
, including one in top 100.
The overall percentage of
candidates admitted, as against the total admissions so far, has increased from 8% last year to 11% this year.
There will be seven rounds of counselling. The final round of reporting will be held on July 22.
In an effort to increase the number of women on campus,
Delhi had organised an on-campus interaction on June 17, 2017 with the students who had cleared JEE Advanced this year.
A K Nema, chairman JEE (advanced) said that 70 women admitted in 2016 have already taken admission in the institute this year.
"Even though the overall percentage of women students has been low in the past, due to better awareness as well as many new initiatives, there is a substantial increase in this figure in the recent years," said
Joby Joseph
, acting dean, academics, IIT-D.
An on-campus study over the past several years showed that the women BTech students outperformed men counterparts in terms of grades despite sometimes having lower JEE ranks, Joseph said, adding that they plan to incorporate new measures to improve the overall environment on campus catering to the needs of women students.
"While IIT-D already has a large population of women postgraduate students, this year, based on the estimates from second round of counselling, we were expecting 30% increase in number of undergraduate students. The cosmopolitan atmosphere on campus and integration of student activities, especially via extra and co-curricular opportunities make it a much desired destination for women," said V Ramgopal Rao, director, IIT-D.
Download the Times of India News App for Latest Home News