Can poor students afford IIT?

At present IITs provide complete exemption of tuition fee for SC/ST and physically disadvantaged students besides interest subvention on educational loans for all students whose annual household income does not exceed Rs 9 lakh for a period of five years.

What is general category in IIT?

50\% seats are available for general category but nothing is reserved. For IITs there are reserved categories and there is an open category. Seats under open category are available for all.

Is IIT study difficult?

Staying up with the academics becomes a little difficult in the IIT with all the other activities making their rounds. So they do try different techniques to complete the syllabus. But more than, it is important for them to understand the concept rather than just, summarizing everything that has been taught.

How many seats are there in general category in IIT?

IITs have a limited number of seats only i.e. 16,053 for about 2.5 lakh applicants. Given below are the number of seats as per JoSAA Seat Matrix 2020 for all the categories….Total Open & Reserved Seats in IITs – Seat Matrix at 23 IITs.

Category	Number of IIT Seats
General-EWS-PwD	71
SC	2291
SC-PwD	116
ST	1152

How many seats are there in IIT for general?

Among a total of 7000, general or unreserved students have only 5263 seats to fill in. From the rest of the seats, there are 2658 seats for OBC candidates, 1595 seats for scheduled caste candidates, and 797 seats for scheduled tribe candidates respectively.

How much money is required to get admission in an IIT?

No donation is needed for admission in an IIT, NIT or BITs. Fees are reasonable and once you get selected, Banks usually offer easy loans . Usually they reach out to campuses during admission period.Some IITs have the option of scholarship and Freeship.

Is JEE Advanced the only criteria for IIT admissions?

However, JEE Advanced is not the only criteria for IIT admissions. Before appearing for this exam, candidates also need to take JEE Main. Currently, there are a total of 23 IITs in India that offer more than 10,000 BTech seats.

Why do IITs hike their fees?

Last year IITs hike their fee but it was not uniform for everyone. It was based on the economical background of the student. So you can pay that amount. The idea behind to hike fee was to makes IITs a self-funded institute but it does not work. IITs provide lot of scholarship to the students. Likes MCM

Should IITs spend more on research and development?

The answer is a resounding YES. For a premier institute like IIT, 90K per annum is just not sufficient to cover its basic expenses, then how can we expect IITs to increase its spending on research to develop cutting-edge technologies? Then comes the all important part – the subsidy provided by the Indian government. True, for a prestigious institut