(News) Tech feat | Andhra boasts of producing maximum IITians
NEWS : Tech feat | Andhra boasts of producing maximum IITians
Andhra Pradesh breeds
the most number of IITians in the country. At least the JEE organizing
committee’s report to MHRD proves so. This year the maximum number of students
qualifying for IIT from a single state — 1,697 — came from Andhra Pradesh
with Uttar Pradesh following next with 1,194 students out of a total of 5,524
successful candidates.
According to the data compiled after the joint entrance examination (JEE) in
2007, Andhra had given the highest number of students to IITs — 1,384.
According to IIT veterans, Andhra Pradesh has been on the top of the state-wise
list of qualifying students in the last few years.
"This has been a general perception among all IITians that number of
students coming to IIT from AP is more than from other state. The main reason
for it is that Hyderabad is a major hub of coaching centres like Kota. And I
must say, these coaching centres are doing a great job in training students for
IIT JEE," said M S Anand, director, IIT-Chennai.
According to IIT professors, many students from south India migrate to Hyderabad
for coaching and manage to crack JEE. So the students coming from Andhra Pradesh
may not necessarily be natives. Most of them are known to go for a seat in IIT
Chennai or IIT Bombay. And, with IIT Hyderabad debuting this year under the
mentorship of IIT Chennai, the number is expected to go up.
"Students in Andhra Pradesh did not have an IIT till now. But they studied
really hard and usually joined Chennai or Bombay. But of late, it seems most of
them are going to IIT-Bombay. They say they like the food there better!"
remarked Anand. Surprisingly, only 202 out of 9,929 students qualified from
Tamil Nadu itself. Read
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Courtesy : Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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