Lok Sabha Question No. 850 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-21
Subject: IITs and IIMs
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA, PREM DAS RAI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 850 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.11.2016

†850.   SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI: SHRI PREM DAS RAI:

## IITs and IIMs

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  the  students  admitted  in  Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are dropping out mid-course in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, institute-wise;
- (c) the reasons for dropping the course by the students in such manner;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  devised  or  is  devising  any  plan  to  make  the courses of IITs and IIMs more successful and systematic; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

(a) to (e): The number of dropouts from courses in IITs and IIMs has been declining due to various proactive measures taken by these institutions.  The dropouts may be  attributed  to  shifting  to  other  colleges/institutions,  personal  reasons,  medical reasons, getting jobs during PG courses, etc.  Continuous corrective measures such as monitoring the academic progress and advising the students about their academic performance; additional classes for academically weaker students; effective counseling to  de-stress  the  students  as  well  as  various  programmes  like  Student  Mentorship Programme, Peer Assignment Learning, Guided Progress Scheme etc. are in existence to  help  academically  weak  students.    The  detail  of  dropouts  in  IITs  and  IIMs  during 2014-15 and 2015-16 is Annexed.

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Annexure referred to in part (a) to (e) of the reply to the Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 850 for 21.11.2016 asked by Shri Ajay Misra Teni and Shri Prem Das Rai.

## Dropouts in Indian Institute of Technology (IITs)

| Sl. No.   | Name of Institute   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | IIT-Bombay          |       109 |        34 |
| 2         | IIT-Delhi           |       443 |       256 |
| 3         | IIT-Kharagpur       |       346 |       198 |
| 4         | IIT-Kanpur          |        78 |        47 |
| 5         | IIT-Guwahati        |        15 |        12 |
| 6         | IIT-Madras          |        53 |        35 |
| 7         | IIT-Roorkee         |         0 |         0 |
| 8         | IIT- BHU Varanasi   |         2 |         0 |
| 9         | IIT-Hyderabad       |         0 |         0 |
| 10        | IIT-Patna           |        23 |        22 |
| 11        | IIT-Bhubaneswar     |        17 |        13 |
| 12        | IIT-Jodhpur         |         1 |        15 |
| 13        | IIT-Gandhinagar     |        27 |        15 |
| 14        | IIT-Indore          |        12 |        09 |
| 15        | IIT-Ropar           |         0 |         0 |
| 16        | IIT-Mandi           |         0 |         0 |
| Total     | Total               |      1126 |       656 |

## Dropouts in Indian institute Management (IIMs)

| Sl. No.   | Name of Institute   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | IIM-Ahmedabad       |         6 |         3 |
| 2         | IIM-Bangalore       |         2 |         4 |
| 3         | IIM-Calcutta        |         3 |         2 |
| 4         | IIM-Lucknow         |         5 |         3 |
| 5         | IIM-Indore          |         7 |         9 |
| 6         | IIM-Kozhikode       |         8 |         7 |
| 7         | IIM-Shilong         |         0 |         2 |
| 8         | IIM-Rohtak          |         1 |        10 |
| 9         | IIM-Ranchi          |         0 |         0 |
| 10        | IIM-Raipur          |        12 |         8 |
| 11        | IIM-Trichy          |         1 |         1 |
| 12        | IIM-Udaipur         |         0 |         0 |
| 13        | IIM-Kashipur        |        10 |         0 |
| Total     | Total               |        55 |        49 |