S. Vishnu Sharma
IITs in India have now become the spot of attraction and IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi in particular have received good deal of attention.
Sources say, IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay have become the chosen ones for the toppers in JEE Advanced 2020.
IITs in India
JEE Mains is held twice every year and those who pass this exam get admitted into NITs, IISC.
Those who are focused on IITs go ahead with preparing for an entry into IITs in India.
The qualification for entry into IITs in India is a position among the top 2.5 lakh ranks in JEE Mains.
JEE Advanced 2020 exam was successfully conducted on September 27 and its result was declared on October 5.
Soon after that IITs in India have become the focus points of all those students who have scored extremely well in JEE Advanced 2020.
Seat allotment process has begun soon after the result declaration for JEE Advanced 2020.
Sources say, IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay among IITs in India have attracted attention of most of top rankers in JEE Advanced.
IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay in particular have become top choices for toppers in JEE Advanced this year.
Sources further say, about 61 of top 100 rankers in JEE Advanced chose IIT Bombay, 30 are said to have chosen IIT Delhi and about seven top rankers have chosen IIT Madras.
However IIT Kharagpur did not become a choice for toppers. IIT Kharagpur is considered one of the best among IITs in India.
IIT Kanpur also considered a jewel among IITs in India too is said to have been sailing in the same boat.
This year, IIT Kanpur also did not become a choice for any top 100 rankers. The past was all glory for these two jewels among the IITs in India.
But the present seems to be holding a different story for IIT Kanpur and IIT Kharagpur.
This appears to be evident as sources point that even students who secured within top 500 or top 1000 rank too went ahead choosing IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IIT Madras.
However, IIT Kanpur and IIT Kharagpur have sizeable representation in the group. Others among IITs in India like IIT Roorkee, IIT Guwahati and IIT Hyderabad also have become chosen spots for top 1000 rank holders in JEE Advanced.
Meanwhile sources tracking the developments in technical education sector said the reason behind the growth in popularity for IIT Bombay is the availability of high quality education there.
Students may debate among themselves as to who among the IITs in India is the top, however one must remember that the contribution these reputed institutions have made to the country is worth a praise.
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It is worth recollecting that Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) 2020 which is set up Ministry of Education of Government of India threw open the registration for students who passed JEE Advanced 2020.
The registration for getting seats in IITs in India began on October 6. Candidates who aimed of architecture could fill their AAT related choice from October 11.
The results for first seat allocation was released on 17 October.
Students who got seats in IITs in India can report online for fee payment, document upload and also answering any queries if needed till 19 October.
Candidates who wish to check the first seat allotment result can visit the official website of JoSAA on ‘josaa.nic.in’
The next seat allocation result is to be displayed on 21 October.
Candidates can view the seat allocation result of round 2 by going to official website ‘https://josaa.nic.in/WebInfo/Page/Page?PageId=1&LangId=P’
Once the page downloads, they can scroll down the page and see a button titled ‘View Seat Allotment Result-Round 2’
Students have to click that button and when a seperate page downloads they have to enter their JEE Main application number, password and security pin and press ‘login’ button to view the result.
The online reporting by students for fee payment, document upload, response to any query by student can be done on 22 and 23 October.
The last date to respond to any kind of query for round 2 of seat allotment is October 24.
The round 3 of seat allocation will be on October 26.
Online reporting by students for fee payment, document upload, response to any query by student can be done on 27 and 28 October in connection with round 3 of seat allotment.
The schedule of admission with regards to IITs in India can be obtained on the link ‘https://josaa.nic.in/webinfo/File/GetFile?FileId=3&LangId=P’
The candidate have to mandatorily respond to queries raised by verifying officer when it comes to admission into IITs in India.
Candidates must respond to the queries within the stipulated amount of time. If there is no response from the applicant, allotted seat may be cancelled.
Also, when it comes to admission into IITs in India, the required document submission is made an online process keeping in view the COVID-19 situation.
While the IITs in India enjoy a reputation of being the most preferred place to study engineering. IITs in India enjoy considerable reputation even on global level too.
Many foreign agencies consider IITs in India as institutions worthy of fostering relations for academic purposes and research works.
The first among the IITs in India is IIT Kharagpur, this was established in 1951. Soon to follow were IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi.
However, currently there are around 23 IITs in India and number of seats in them for undergraduate programmes is said to be 13674.
The overall ratings of NIRF 2020 for various IITs in India is given below in a tabular format:
| IIT Ranking | IIT College | NIRF Score | Overall NIRF Ranking |
| 1 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras | 89.93 | 1 |
| 2 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | 88.08 | 2 |
| 3 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | 85.08 | 3 |
| 4 | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | 82.18 | 4 |
| 5 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | 80.56 | 5 |
| 6 | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | 76.29 | 6 |
| 7 | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | 74.90 | 7 |
| 8 | Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad | 66.44 | 8 |
| 9 | Indian Institute of Technology Indore | 62.88 | 10 |
| 10 | Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi | 62.54 | 11 |
| 11 | Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad | 62.06 | 12 |
| 12 | Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar | 56.80 | 22 |
| 13 | Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar | 56.15 | 24 |
| 14 | Indian Institute of Technology Ropar | 55.95 | 25 |
| 15 | Indian Institute of Technology Patna | 55.74 | 26 |
| 16 | Indian Institute of Technology Mandi | 54.17 | 31 |
| 17 | Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur | 46.13 | 53 |
As the admission process is going on full swing at IITs in India, it remains to be seen as to when the academic sessions would commence.