Is there reservation in IIT and IIM?

On 29 March 2007, the Supreme Court of India, as an interim measure, stayed the law providing for 27 percent reservation for Other Backward Classes in educational institutions like IITs and IIMs.

Is there any reservations in IIMs?

The total number of seats at IIMs is about 4000. Due to the reservation, the number of seats available for candidates in the general category is over 1900….CAT Exam 2021: Seats reserved at IIMs.

Category	IIM seat reservation percentage
Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)	up to 10\%
ST (Scheduled Tribe)	7.5\%

Is there caste discrimination in IIM?

This is not the first time that an incident of discrimination against students on the basis of their religion and caste has been reported from the campuses of IITs and IIMs, India’s premier institutions which, funded by the tax-payers’ money, provide high-quality graduate/post-graduate level education to some of the …

Can I get OBC general seats in IIM?

Not only in India but the premier institute is one of the top ranked B-schools worldwide. It has 104 seats in PGP (now rechristened MBA) program reserved for OBC candidates….OBC Category Seats in IIMs for MBA.

IIMs	Seats for OBC candidates
IIM Amritsar	33*
IIM Bodh Gaya	33*

Is the reservation in IIT professor?

Following Centre’s directions, IITs start quota-based faculty in senior positions. As per the data shared by the ministry of education in the Parliament in 2018, of the 6,043 faculty members working at the IITs, only 149 were from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 21 from Schedule Tribe (ST).

Does FMS have caste reservation?

FMS is a national institute funded by the University Grants Commission. There is absolutely no reservation for people from any particular state.

How many students drop out of IITs from reserved category?

In case of Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), out of 99 students who dropped out, 14 were from SC, 21 from ST and 27 from OBC category, as per the official HRD data. This implies that nearly 48 per cent of students dropping out of the IITs and over 62.6 per cent from IIMs are from the reserved category.

Are IITs and IIMs like a caste system?

It is like a caste system or hierarchy. The system as a whole should be funded,” he added. Apart from funding, the IITs and IIMs also receive the maximum government attention in terms of policy-making. Two of the IITs — Bombay and Delhi — recently found a place in the list of Institutes of Eminence.

Is IIM-kashipuram reserved for OBC students?

IIM-I was followed by IIM-Kashipuram where all 13 dropouts were from the reserved category (11 were OBC candidates and 2 ST category candidates). The reserved category candidates have a lower cut-off criterion in the entrance exam, but once in college, the passing marks are the same for all.

Can general category students drop out of IIM- Indore?

Himanshu Rai, director, IIM Indore, did not rule out the possibility, but added that since the general category candidates drop out too, the difference in cut-offs gets mitigated during the programme.