The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) may soon discontinue some courses, with an increasing number of students refusing admission after counselling in the most sought after institutes.
Of the 10,998 seats in the 23 IITs, the number of vacancies after seven rounds of counselling stood at 121 this year, up from 96 last year, and 50 in 2015, and three in 2014.
A concerned Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry has asked IITs to look at ways to address the situation, including the option of scrapping unpopular courses.
The issue will be taken up at a meeting of the Joint Admission Board (JAB) on August 20.
“This is something we will see growing over a period of time — students will not run after IITs,” said Pradipta Banerji, professor at IIT…
