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This is a discussion on AfterGradution new article "IITs Approves Special Quota For Girls Students’ Admission From 2018".

Concerned over the fall in the number of girl students getting admission at the premier engineering institutions of the country, the Indian Institutes of Technology have decided to admit more women from the 2018 academic session. The decision was taken at the Joint Admission Board (JAB) of the IITs on Saturday. The board approved a supernumerary (over and above the actual intake) quota for girls in a phased manner, reaching up to 20% over a maximum of eight years.

Around 8.8% women were admitted to IITs in 2014, and the figure went up to 9% in 2015, but in 2016 it came down to 8% of the student strength at 23 IITs across the country. The IIMs too witnessed a three-year low of gender diversity in 2016 despite ongoing efforts.

In order to address the decline of women candidates in the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the Joint Admission Board (JAB) had set up a panel last year, under the chairmanship of Professor Timothy Gonsalves to find ways to rectify the situation in the institutes

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