IITs to admit day scholars, allow PhDs after BTech

“We want to provide facilities in IITs so that research could be carried out in India. We want to convert brain drain into brain gain,” Javadekar said.

The plan is to increase the number of seats by 10,000 a year until 2020 by admitting non-resident students. Ideally, there would be an increase of 4,000 seats in undergraduate