But OBC seats won't meet target
Mihika Basu / DNA
Thursday, May 27, 2010 2:17 IST
Mumbai: Venkata Kolli, the OBC category topper with an all India rank
of 24, may be spoilt for choice, but it's not true for all.
Even as the IITs were preparing to complete the 27% reservation for
the other backward classes (OBCs), not enough have qualified from this
category as compared to the seats available.
Of the 1,27,760 OBC candidates who appeared, 2,357 could qualify.
However, the number of OBC seats available is about 2,567, in other
words, around 27% of the total 9,509 seats. This means there is a
shortfall of 210 OBC candidates and these seats will be converted to
general category.
Of the 2,357 who qualified, sores of 868 OBCs had to be relaxed by
10%, while the remaining 1,489 made it to the list on merit.
"From IIT Bombay zone, 568 qualified, of which scores of 202 had to be
relaxed. But despite all relaxations, it seems we haven't got enough
numbers," said an IIT professor.
In 2009, around 1,949 OBCs had qualified for admission to 1,594 seats.
But 51 OBC seats were converted to general category as enough
candidates couldn't make the cut.
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