Summary:
To increase the number of female students at the Indian Institute of Technology across the country, IIT-Gandhinagar has started a special help desk for JEE prospective female students. Speaking about the initiative, professor Neeldhara Misra of IITGn, who has volunteered to help female students through the help desk, said, "We are are reaching out to female candidates to encourage them to take admission at IITs. While the institute this time recorded double the number of female students, it plans to increase the number even more. As against a mere 15 female students admitted last year, in 2018-19, IIT-Gn has admitted 29 students. Through the special help desk, the institute shares names and contact details of the faculties, who can be directly contacted by either the students or their parents to answer their queries..