NIT Andhra Pradesh has the highest percentage of women compared to other NITs at 30%. The reasons include 100% hostel accommodation for all students. “Andhra Pradesh is a progressive thinking and educated state. Daughters are being given equal and due share, if not more, in all aspects, including education and employment,” said S Srinivasa Rao, coordinator at NIT Andhra Pradesh.
To encourage more women to take up courses in the National Institute of Technology (NIT), the ministry of human resource development (MHRD) is planning to provide 20 per cent extra seats for women from the next academic year, along the lines of the IITs.
MHRD decided this after observing a 9 per cent fall in admission of women in the current academic year. Women’s admission was 22 per cent in 2016. Percentage of undergraduate female students admitted this year at NIT Warangal through Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) 2017 is only 19 per cent.
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