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Shiv Sahay Singh Tags : kolkata, IIT Posted: Monday , Jul 06, 2009 at 0622 hrs

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But the statistics show otherwise. Of the top 100 rankers in the 2009 IIT Entrance Test, not a single student joined IIT-Kharagpur.

Instead they opted for IIT-Mumbai and IIT-Delhi.

Among the first 100 rankers, 69 students chose IIT-Mumbai and 19 other preferred to get enrolled at IIT-Delhi. Only 63 from the top 500 have joined IIT-Kharagpur this year.

Another reason for the top rankers from skipping IIT-Kharagpur is the dismal performance of regional students in the entrance examination. Only 31 students from the region have made it to the first 500 in this year’s IIT-JEE.

NUMBERS SPEAK
* Among the 1,011 total students who got admission this year, 667 belong to general category and the rest are from reserved categories
* Of the top 100 rankers in the 2009 IIT Entrance Test, not a single student joined IIT-Kharagpur
* Among the top 100, 69 students chose IIT-Mumbai and 19 other preferred to get enrolled at IIT-Delhi
* Only 63 from the top 500 have joined IIT-Kharagpur this year
* Only 31 students from the region have made it to the first 500 in this year’s IIT-JEE

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IIT KGPBy: KUMAR GAURAV | 12-Jul-2009 Reply | Forward I agree with Achintya Nath Saxena that only after one enters kgp he/she realizes the versatility of the institute.But the matter of concern is the lack of top 100 students.The basic reason behind this is that most of the students prefer metro cities because of the lifestyles in these cities and, so this problem will continue in the upcoming years and is unlikely to get solved

IIT-KgpBy: Achintya Nath Sexena | 06-Jul-2009 Reply | Forward The contention that there are no takers for IIT-Kharagpur only on the basis of the preferences of the top 100 IIT-JEE rankers is not correct. There are 3000 ranks in the General category in IIT-JEE and other students do opt for IIT-Kgp. IIT-Kgp though is not situated in a metro city but it is the earliest , biggest and the most versatile of all IITs when it comes to departments and courses. It was the first IIT to start the MBA course and also the LLB course and also the super-specialized departments in Telecommunications , Infrastructure Design and Nanotechnology that don't even offer B.Tech degrees and give only PhDs. When one enters Kgp , only then one realizes the sheer intellectual diversity and depth of this place.

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