The setting up of 6 new IITs in the country has been approved by the Central Government in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala and Karnataka.
- Each new IIT will have an initial intake of 180 students in its first year which would increase to 450 in the second year and to 928 (840 Undergraduates, 80 Postgraduates and 8 PhDs) in the third year of their operation.
- The total cost for running these IITs is Rs 1,411.80 crore and will be incurred between 2015-16 and 2018-19. Each new IIT will have teacher to student ratio of 1 : 10 and before shifting to their permanent campuses, they will be operated from their temporary campuses for the initial period of three years.
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