IIT Bombay tops in students selection

Updated on: Saturday, July 11, 2015

IIT- Bombay retains its top position as the most sought-after campus as 65 of the top 100 rankers in JEE (Advanced) secured seats in it. IIT- Bombay knocked out figures from last year's number of 58 among the top 100 opting for the Powai institute.

IIT Bombay zone has maximum 6,838 candidates among successful followed by Chennai zone (4,921) and Delhi zone (4,511).

IIT- Delhi was the next best choice with 30 students choosing it, a drop from last year's 36 followed by IIT-Madras and IIT-Kanpur, who were at a distant third and fourth position with three and two students. IIT Kharagpur and the newer ones, IIT Roorkee and Guwahati, have not managed to get even a single student from the top ranks. IIT officials attributed this to the low representation of students from the North-East.

Of the close to 25,000 students who registered for IIT seats, around 10,000 got allotments on Tuesday. Around 17,250 students got allotments in the 22 NITs. Not a single seat in the IITs was vacant after the first round. Only 112 seats were vacant in NITs (National Institute of Technology) in states such as Sikkim, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.

1, 17,238 students written the exam and 26,456 qualified. Across all IIT's, 10,006 seats are available this year.

According to the statement from the director of IIT-Bombay, Devang Khakhar, "A majority of students perceive it as the top institute. At 18 years, most students make their choices based on what their friends and family would recommend. Computer science and engineering (CSE) and electrical engineering (EE) were the popular choices for students in Bombay."

IIT Bombay tops in students selection

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