IIT student intake to be increased to 1 lakh by 2020

There are talks of a plan about admitting up to one lakh students to prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) by 2020.

As per reports, the IIT council will be considering a proposal to allow 30,000 additional non-resident students to study in IITs in the next three years. The proposal will be discussed in a council meeting on August 23rd.

"Right now, IITs admit up to 72,000 students in their undergraduate, post graduate or doctorate courses which are residential. However, it is being mulled that students, who will not stay in hostels should be admitted to these institutes," said a source.

The number would be gradually increased by 10,000 per year, so that it can reach 1 lakh by 2020.

"Rather than create infrastructure for hostel accommodation of 30,000 additional students, which will also take considerable time to come up, it is proposed to increase the intake of more talent by taking in non-residential students," the source said.

"The increase will be without compromising on the teaching process and would be subject to availability of adequate teaching facilities," the source added.

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