Summary:
The women candidates will be admitted on a rankwise basis after the original 350 seats are filled. To increase the strength of women students to 14 per cent in IIT Bhubaneswar, a six per cent increase will be affected.The selection of candidates for these 22 seats will be done through JEE. There is no reservation for women candidates for admission into IITs. "This is not a reservation for women because by adding these supernumerary seats the share of boys will not be affected. Among the existing IIT students, girls perform really well," said Raja Kumar.Women's rights activist Namrata Chadha who welcomed the move citing that in many sections of the society, girls are seldom prioritised when it comes to education..