IITs to add 779 seats exclusively for women this year
Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will be offering 779 additional seats exclusively for women this year, in a bid to improve the gender ratio in the B.Tech programme. Of the 779 seats, the largest portion of 113 will go to IIT Kharagpur. This year onwards, the quota will be increased every year till the number of women students reaches 20%. 