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IITs and NITs to hike Engineering Fee Structure from 2016-17

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The Government of India is proposed to hike fee in the premier technical institutions in the country, Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs) from the academic year 2016-17. The fee hike has been recommended by the Department of Human Resources Development of Government of India.

The present fee for engineering programmes in NITs is Rs. 70000 and the proposed new fee is Rs. 1.25 lakh. The fee being collected in IITs is Rs. 90000 and the proposed fee is Rs. 2.5 lakhs.

With these changes, the four year engineering course in NITs costs Rs. 5 lakhs and Rs. 10 lakhs in IITs. The Government is in the process of cutting the cost being spend on each student in these institutions.

The Government has informed that the education loans will be provided to the students of NITs and IITs with nominal interest rates. The Government is proposed to limit its expenditure in these institutions for salaries, library and lab facilities etc.

JOSAA – JEE Counseling Schedule for IIT and NIT Admissions 2015-16

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The Joint Seat Allocation authority has come up with a new website (josaa.nic.in) for conducting admission process for IITs and NITs for the academic year 2015-16. The JoSAA has all the details of seats, institutions, courses and other data that is essential for the candidates who are going to participate in JEE Main and JEE Advanced counseling.

The Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) has decided to conduct common admissions from this year for JEE Main and JEE Advanced qualified candidates. A total of 16963 seats are available in IITs, NITs, IIITs and other centrally funded institutions. All these will be filled through JEE main and advanced candidates through centralised counseling.

610 programs are available in all the institutions. Candidates can check the number of seats and courses in various institutions, states and also based on the duration of the course through the josaa.nic.in .

Here is the schedule for first round counseling:

1) Online Registration and Choice filling : 25 June to 29 June 2015
2) Display of Mock seat allocation: 28 June 2015
3) 1st Round Seat Allocation : 1st July 2015
4) Acceptance of seat (1st round) : 2nd July to 6 July 2015