Seat Sacrifice in ‘Unpopular’ Tech Courses: Over 3,000 BTech, MTech Vacancies in IITs, NITs
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 05 January 2025 | The Telegraph
Several BTech and MTech seats in premier public institutions such as IITs and NITs remain vacant, with academics pointing to issues such as continuing outdated intake capacities in less popular courses.
Data accessed by The Telegraph under the RTI Act showed that 276 seats in BTech and 1,165 seats in MTech and MSc courses remained vacant this year in 13 IITs. Similarly, 401 seats in BTech and 2,604 seats in MTech/MSc courses remained vacant in 19 NITs…