Lok Sabha Question No. 460 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-05
Subject: Joint Entrance Examination
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 460 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 th  FEBRUARY 2018

## Joint Entrance Examination

## 460. SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

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

- (a) the total number of students who have registered for joint entrance examination (JEE) during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) whether  the  number  of  applications  for  registration  to  the  JEE  this  year  have declined  from  the  previous  year  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the reasons therefor;
- (c) the number of vacant seats in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) on the basis of the JEE held during the last three years;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  constituted  any  committee  to  evolve  a  common seat allocation system for seat allocation by IITs, National Institutes of Information Technology (NIITs) and other Centrally Funded Technical institutions and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the other steps taken by the Government to make the engineering course more attractive by creating more job opportunities?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

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- (a): The  number  of  candidates  registered  for  JEE  during  the  last  three  years and the current year are tabulated below:
- (b): There is a slight decline of the number of applicant during the year 2018 as compared to the last year. The total number of registered candidates during 2017 was 1330540 whereas during the year 2018 it is 1281086.
- (c): Tabular sheet containing details is attached at Annexure-I .
- (d): A  Technical  Committee  was  constituted,  which  submitted  its  report  in November, 2014. The Technical Committee recommended joint seat allocation process to take place from the academic year 2015-16. It was also recommended that a Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) be formed with members  from  IITs  &  NITs  which  will  work  out  necessary  activities  for implementation of joint seat allocation process.

|   Year |   Paper-I |   Paper-II |   Total |
|--------|-----------|------------|---------|
|   2018 |   1135009 |     146077 | 1281086 |

|   2017 |   1186454 |   144086 |   1330540 |
|--------|-----------|----------|-----------|
|   2016 |   1194938 |   129674 |   1324612 |
|   2015 |   1292711 |   141250 |   1433961 |

As per recommendations of the Technical Committee, the joint seat allocation process  has  been  put  in  place  from  the  academic  year  2015-16  and  the process is carried out by the JoSAA since 2015.

- (e): NITs and IIEST place lot of  emphasis  on placement of Engineering Graduates. The efforts have in general yielded better job opportunities of the students.

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## STATEIT'IENT SHOWING THE NUMBER OF VACANT SEATS IN INDIAN INSTITUTES  OF TECHNOLOGY  (IITS) ON THE BASIS OF THE JOINT ENTRANCE EXAM (JEE) HELD DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS

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| Si      | Name of the         | Vacant seats in IITs based on JEE ,A,dvanccd   | Vacant seats in IITs based on JEE ,A,dvanccd   | Vacant seats in IITs based on JEE ,A,dvanccd   | Vacant seats in IITs based on JEE ,A,dvanccd   |
|---------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| \..     | Institute           | 2|o14                                     | 20i5                                           | 2U t 6                                         | 2017                                           |
| I       | l11- Kharagpur      | .)                                             | 3                                              | 7                                              | I                                              |
|         | IIT Bombav          | 0                                              | (_)                                            | 2                                              | I                                              |
|         | ItT Delhi           | 0                                              | 0                                              | a                                              | )                                              |
|         | llT Kanpur          | o                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | U                                              |
| )       | IIT N{adras         | o                                              | 3                                              | J                                              | 1                                              |
| 6       | I IT Roorkee        | 1                                              | I                                              | J                                              | 4                                              |
|         | IIT Gurvahati       | U                                              | 0                                              | 1                                              |                                                |
| I       | IIT-BHU, Varanasi   | o                                              | 28                                             | 38                                             | 32                                             |
| cl      | II'l'Bhubariesrvar  | o                                              | 0                                              | 4                                              |                                                |
| lo      | IIT l-lyderabad     | 0                                              | 0                                              | o                                              | il                                             |
| ll.     | IIT Gandhinagar     | 0                                              | I                                              | I                                              | .,                                             |
| t -1. I | IIT Patna           | o                                              | 0                                              | I                                              | 4                                              |
| l3      | llT lndore          | 0                                              | I                                              | 2                                              | 4                                              |
| i4.     | IIT Ropar           | (_)                                            | 0                                              | I                                              | I                                              |
| 15.     | IIT Jodhpur         | o                                              | 0                                              | 1                                              | t)                                             |
| I {).   | IIT Mandi           | o                                              | 0                                              | .                                              |                                                |
|         | IIT (lSIvl) Dhanbad | o                                              | 11                                             | 23                                             | 23 -T-,                                        |
| 18.     | IIT Palakkad        | Started in 2015- i6                            |                                                | 5                                              | I                                              |
| 19. !-  | llT Tirupati        | Started in 2015- i6                            | 0                                              | .'                                             | 6                                              |
| 20      | IIT Jammu           | Started in 2016-17                             |                                                | 5                                              | 13                                             |
| tt      | IIT Coa             | Started in 2016-17                             |                                                | o                                              | 1                                              |
| 22.     | IIT Bhilai          | Started in 2016-17                             |                                                | 1                                              | 5                                              |
| 23.     | tlT Dhanvad         | Started in 2016-17                             |                                                | 2                                              | 3                                              |
|         | Total               | J                                              | 50                                             | 96                                             | t2t                                            |