More than 13,000 students take admission in IITs in an year.

According to a data provided by Ministry of Human Resource Development last week, out of 2461 students who dropped out from Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in the last two years, 371 were from the Scheduled Caste (SC), 199 from the Scheduled Tribe (ST) and 601 from the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

In case of Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), out of 99 students who dropped out, 14 were from SC, 21 from ST and 27 from OBC category, Minister of Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said.

Most students dropped out in this period is from IIT Delhi (782), followed by IIT Kharagpur (622) and IIT Bombay (263); all of them are favorite attractions of students who are vying for IITs.

Sl. No. Name of the Institute Drop-outs during the last 2 years Total SC ST OBC 1 IIT Bombay 263 37 12 66 2 IIT Delhi 782 111 84 161 3 IIT Kanpur 190 18 5 61 4 IIT Madras 128 14 6 38 5 IIT Kharagpur 622 120 63 140 6 IIT Guwahati 12 3 5 2 7 IIT Roorkee 57 14 5 38 8 IIT BHU(Varanasi) 7 0 0 0 9 IIT Hyderabad 85 8 4 25 10 IIT Patna 92 8 2 25 11 IIT Jodhpur 21 3 0 7 12 IIT Bhubaneswar 39 8 2 9 13 IIT Gandhinagar 4 2 1 1 14 IIT Indore 50 6 3 8 15 IIT Ropar 34 8 4 8 16 IIT Mandi 34 3 0 6 17 IIT Tirupati 18 6 3 3 18 IIT Palakkad 2 1 0 0 19 IIT Bhilai 5 0 0 0 20 IIT Jammu 6 0 0 0 21 IIT Goa 0 0 0 0 22 IIT Dharwad 1 0 0 1 23 IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. 9 1 0 2 Total 2461 371 199 601

The maximum dropouts were from the Postgraduate and Ph.D programmes. More than 13,000 students take admission in IITs in an year.

"The reasons may be attributed to shifting to other colleges/institutions, personal reasons, medical reasons, placement during PG courses and pursuing higher education abroad," the minister said.

"The drop out in Undergraduate programmes is attributed to withdrawal due to wrong choices filled, poor academic performance, personal and medical reasons," he added.

According to the minister, institutes have taken various corrective measures including appointment of advisors to monitor the academic progress of students, provision of additional classes for academically weaker students, peer assisted learning, counseling on family and personal issues, psychological motivation, appointment of liaison officers, internal complaints committee and extracurricular activities to de-stress students.

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