Chennai: While there has been no big increase
in the number of girls joining the B.Tech and
B.Tech (dual degree) programmes at the Indian
Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) , 74
girls have enrolled for its M.Tech course this
year as compared to 61 last year.
IIT-M director, Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi
believes the substantial increase in girls joining
B.E/B.Tech courses in engineering colleges
across the country in the recent past has had
an impact on its M.Tech admissions this year.
“But we can’t say there has been a
considerable increase in girls in postgraduate
education as our number is still less than 10
per cent,” he, however notes.
With more parents willing to allow girls to opt
for postgraduation, the situation is slowly
changing, he adds.
Prof. L.S. Ganesh, dean (students), IIT-M, feels
the human resource development (HRD)
ministry’s decision to waive off the application
fee for girls taking JEE this year too has
encouraged more girls to opt for IITs now.
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