9 Per Cent Iitians Dropped Out In 2016-17




Indian Institute of Technology has witnessed 889 (about 9%) students drop out in the academic session of 2016-17, according to latest reports carried out by Nirmal Singh Lotus. Of these, nearly 630 were PG students, and the others included 196 PhD scholars and 63 undergraduates. In 2015-16, 656 students dropped out which marks a 35 per cent rise in that figure.

According to reports carried out by Nirmal Singh Lotus, the main reason for PhD and postgraduate students leaving courses midway are offers for placement in public sector enterprises and personal preference for better opportunities elsewhere. Undergraduates left due to wrong choices made by them and poor performance, besides personal reasons.

The recently set up institutes- Tirupati, Bhilai, Goa, Dharwad, Jammu and Dhanbad- have no dropouts. Most droupouts have been from IIT Rourkee (27%) followed by Delhi (20.6%), Kanpur (17.4 per cent) and Kharagpur (10.6%).


                                                      
According to data collected by Nirmal Singh Lotus, there is also a shortage of faculty staff. As of July this year, 35 per cent of faculty posts remain vacant which means that out of the 13,012 posts, over 4500 remain vacant. This percentage was 38 per cent in 2016. To address the shortage, ministry has decided to allow faculty working under central government or central autonomous bodies to join IITs. It also invites alumni, scientist, experts and foreign faculty to provide guest lectures. 
 
A total of eight deaths have also been reported from six IITs during the academic year. Four of these deaths were natural and four accidental. Three unnatural deaths were reported from IIT Kharagpur, and one suicide from IIT Varanasi. The IIT Madras and Rourkee reported an accident each. One student from IIT Bhubaneshwar died due to asphyxia caused by drowning in the sea, while an IIT Mandi student drowned in a river.

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