Lok Sabha Question No. 764 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-21
Subject: Foreign Students in IITs
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ASADUDDIN OWAISI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 764 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.11.2016

## Foreign Students in IITs

## 764. SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has decided to allot 10% additional seats to foreign students in Indian Institutes of Technologies (IITs);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  identified  examinations  centres  for  these students in foreign countries;
- (d) if so, the details of the countries so identified and the other changes made by the  Government  in  this  regard  to  admission  in  IITs  for  Scheduled  Caste/ Scheduled Tribe and Persons with Disability (PWD)category candidates;
- (e) whether the Directors of IITs have opposed this move of outsourcing students in IITs; and
- (f) if so, the reasons put forward by them and other steps taken or being taken by the Government for smooth conducting of admission in IITs?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) :  Foreign students have been allowed to register for JEE (Advanced) 2017 and  the  seats  allotted  to  them  are  supernumerary  with  a  cap  of  10%  of  total number  of  seats  in  each  course.  It  has  also  been  decided  to  conduct  JEE (Advanced)  2017  examination  in  6  examination  centres  abroad,  namely  Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Dubai (UAE), Kathmandu (Nepal) and Singapore.  For SC/ST students the qualifying marks in the 12 th  Class exam have been relaxed from 75% to 65%.

- (e) : No, Madam.

- (f) : Does not arise.

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## F.No. H-11016-41/2016-TS.I Government of India Ministry of Human Resource Development Department of Higher Education Technical Section - I

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Subject:  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  764  for  answer  on 21.11.2016,  asked  by  Shri  Asaduddin  Owaisi,  regarding Foreign Students in IITs.

May kindly see the admitted version of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 764, for answer on 21.11.2016, asked by Shri Asaduddin Owaisi, regarding Foreign Students in IITs.  The Question reads as under:

- (a) whether the Government has decided to allot 10% additional seats to foreign students in Indian Institutes of Technologies (IITs);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  identified  examinations  centres  for these students in foreign countries;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  of  the  countries  so  identified  and  the  other changes made by the Government in this regard to admission in IITs  for  Scheduled  Caste/  Scheduled  Tribe  and  Persons  with Disability (PWD)category candidates;
- (e) whether the Directors of IITs have opposed this move of outsourcing students in IITs; and
- (f) if  so,  the  reasons  put  forward  by  them  and  other  steps  taken  or being taken by the Government for smooth conducting of admission in IITs?
2. Based on the information available in the Section, a draft reply to the  above  Question  has  been  attempted  and  placed  on  the  file  for consideration and approval of the Hon'ble MoS.