The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar would organise an ‘Open House Day’ visit for JEE Advanced 2017 rank holders and prospective students for live counselling at its campus at Argul on June 18.
IIT Director Prof RV Raja Kumar informed this at a Press conference held here on Wednesday.
He said students can participate in the programme, which would include general talks on IIT education, admission process, campus life at IIT Bhubaneswar, question and answer sessions. The students can get correct and informative choice for career and clear doubts. Students would visit various departments and facilities.
Rank holders and perspective students who are preparing for the JEE Advanced 2018 can participate in the counselling seminal in person or through online modes via video calling or over telephone, Kumar said.
He said a special counseling planned for the female candidates by a woman helpdesk team.
The IIT has registered a growth in BTech student intake in two years with 350 students getting admissions in 2016-17 against 260 in 2015-16 and 180 in 2014-15. While the premier institute has now 130 faculties, four faculties from foreign countries are likely to join it this year, said the Director.
The institute has initiated construction work of Rs 800 crore under the Phase II, he added.
He further informed that the institute would launch a special programme named “IIT PAl” in 2018 to provide free JEE and JEE Advanced coaching to poor rural students of Odisha who are deprived of studying engineering due to paucity of funds.
A whopping 85 per cent of core department students of the IIT Bhubneswar have got jobs this year, he said.