Following are the details of state wise number of students / admissions into IITs, NITs and IIITs for the academic year 2016-17. If we combine the students from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the Telugu students tops the list with securing admission for 6744 seats in IITs, NITs and IIITs.
Following are the number of students in IITs, NITs and IIITs from various states for the academic year 2016-17:
Rajasthan: 4116
Uttar Pradesh: 4120
Maharashtra: 2300
Telangana: 3531
Andhra Pradesh: 3213
Madhya Pradesh: 1757
Bihar: 2435
Delhi (NCT): 1246
Jharkhand: 1325
Haryana: 1167
West Bengal: 1113
Tamilnadu: 792
Gujarat: 891
Punjab: 681
Kerala: 908
Karnataka: 670
Odisha: 682
Chattisgarh: 683
IITs conduct admissions through JEE Advanced examinations while NITs and IIITs provide admissions based on the ranks in JEE Main examination. Both the examinations give weightage to Intermediate / +2 marks of various State and Central Boards like CBSE and ICSE.
Following are details of State / Central Board wise Admissions in IITs, NITs and IIITs for 2016-17:
CBSE: 5856 (IITs) – 9728 (NITs and IIITs)
Telangana Intermediate: 904 (IITs) – 2543 (NITs and IIITs)
Rajasthan Inter Board: 754 (IITs) – 1386 (NITs and IIITs)
AP Intermediate: 740 (IITs) – 2258 (NITs and IIITs)
Mahasrashtra Board: 728 (IITs) – 1145 (NITs and IIITs)
ISC Board: 368 (IITs) – 589 (NITs and IIITs)
Bihar Intermediate Board: 257 (IITs) – 1242 (NITs and IIITs)
Madhya Pradesh Inter Board: 227 (IITs) – 489 (NITs and IIITs)
UP Intermediate: 165 (IITs) – 910 (NITs and IIITs)
Gujarat Board: 93 (IITs) – 448 (NITs and IIITs)
West Bengal Board: 92 (IITs) – 379 (NITs and IIITs)
Karnataka Board: 80 (IITs) – 339 (NITs and IIITs).