656 drop out in IITs and 49 dropouts from IIMs in the year 2015-16 said Govt of India

The Government of India recently announced that a total no. of 705 students dropped out from IITs and IIMs across the country in the year 2015-16. Answering to a question in Lok Sabha Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of State, HRD said that in 2015-16. 656 students dropped out from IITs whereas 49 students dropped out from IIMs. The Minister said the number of dropouts in IITs & IIMs has come down unlike last year in 2014-15. A total of 1,126 from IITs and 55 from IIMs dropped out in the year 2014-15.

He also stated that most numbers of dropout students are from IIT, Delhi. There are various reasons why students left the college. Check the below list of students from IITs & IIMs who dropped out this year in 2015-16.

No. of dropout students from IITs 2015-16

• IIT Delhi – 256
• IIT Kharagpur – 198
• IIT Kanpur – 47
• IIT Madras – 35
• IIT Mumbai – 34
• IIT Patna – 22

No. of dropout students from IIMs 2015-16

• IIM Rohtak – 10
• IIM Indore – 9
• IIM Raipur – 8
• IIM Kozhikode – 7
• IIM Bangalore – 4
• IIM Ahmedabad – 3
• IIM Lucknow – 3
• IIM Calcutta  – 2
• IIM Shillong – 2
• IIM Trichy – 1

The government of India revealed the above-given figures. This is very shocking news to see so many students are dropping out every year from the prestigious institute like IITS and IIMs.