IITs Should Reserve 20% Seats for Women, Recommends Panel

The students, however, need to be in the top 20 percentile in their board examinations, besides qualifying JEE-Advanced. A panel has recommended 20% quota for female students at the premier Indian Institutes of Technology, PTI reported on Monday. The students, however, need to be in the top 20 percentile in their board examinations, besides qualifying JEE-Advanced, for being considered for the reserved seats, reported Hindustan Times.

A panel, led by professor Timothy Gonsalves, was set up by the joint admission board to look into the decreasing number of female students at the IITs. In 2016, a 2% dip was reported in the number of girls who cleared the JEE-Advanced as compared to 2015. The final decision on this recommendation will be taken up by the joint admission board and it will be decided later if the reservation would come into effect in 2017 or 2018.

The decision on the number of seats to be reserved will be ultimately taken by individual IITs depending on available facilities. The number of seats for male candidates will not be affected by this reservation and this will help IITs achieve the 1 lakh target by 2020, according to the news agency.

Well, it is a good symbol as it will help in achieving the set target and producing more of IITians every year. Resonance has always been known for its sincere pursuit to achieve academic excellence of its students and is continuously working to serve all the facilities in best possible manner especially for girl students. A friendly and energetic study environment is given to the girl students at Resonance. The number of enrollment in the number of girl students has shown a rising trend at Resonance. 1907 girls from Resonance got selected in JEE (Advanced) in the last five years. Kavya Bhandari clinched AIR – 211 in JEE (Advanced) 2016 who is also a Delhi Zone girls topper and udaipur city topper . Kavya joined Resonance in 2010 and qualified NTSE and is a KVPY Scholar.