As NITs are facing the vacant seats problem even after multiple conselling phases, the IITs and NITs are planning to start common counselling, which if comes in to effect would smoothen the admission process and reduce hardship of students. “There is a plan to have common counselling of IIT-JEE and AIEEE. But this may not happen before 2011,” an IIT director said. The IIT directors have discussed the issue with HRD Minister Kapil Sibal last month.
At present, since the IIT-JEE counselling and AIEEE counselling are held separately, students block seats in more than one institute and finally take admission in the institute of their choice and the result is vacancy of seats in some of the institutes.
One of the IIT directors said that the IITs have their own JEE committee which is studying the reforms to be brought in. The NIT Council, the apex body to take decision on matters of NITs, has also set up a committee to revisit the AIEEE and suggest any change required. “A decision on common counselling issue will be taken after both the IIT and NIT committees submit their reports on reforms in the entrance examination,” he said.
It is heard that the IIMs are also thinking along the same lines to conduct common counselling for admissions. At present, each IIM is holding its own counselling to take students from the CAT merit list.
