Opening rank for many engg colleges dips

Opening rank for many engg colleges dips

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Hyderabad: 08.11.2021

The opening rank for many institutions has dipped this year in the Joint Seat Allocation Authority 2021 for engineering admissions.

As per the phase 1 figures, the computer science engineering course at the National Institute of Technology, Warangal opened at 703 and closed at 2,622. Last year, the institute opened at 541 and closed at 1,739.

“This year, the number of seats in many Indian Institute of Technologies (IIT) have increased following addition of seats in the economically weaker sections. Therefore, many top rankers might have chosen IITs over NITs,” said Ramana Rao, director, NIT, Warangal, adding that it is not the opening rank but the closing rank that determines the quality of students in these institutions.

He added that it is not the opening ranks but the closing ranks that defines the quality of students in these coveted institutions. “In many cases, if a student is not securing a CSE seat in an IIT than he/ she prefers other disciplines such as electrical engineering, civil engineering etc. The brand of IIT is what matters to most of the students,” said Rao. Similarly, computer science course at University of Hyderabad opened at 8,384 and closed at 16,597. Last year, it opened at 7,080 and closed at 13,991.