IIT Bombay Top Preferred Institute in JoSAA Round 1 Counselling 2023

As IIT Guwahati releases the first six seat allotment lists for the Joint Seat Allocation Authority for the counselling process for admission to IITs, NITs, and IIITs, an inclination is observed towards IIT Bombay. Reports suggest that out of the 500 JEE Advanced Rank Holders, 431 of them have shown their first preference for IIT Bombay. IIT Bombay has been the first preference of the candidates over the past few years, even in the last year, out of the 100 JEE Advanced rank holders, 89 of them opted for IIT Bombay as their first preference. A similar trend has been noticed in JoSAA Round 1 Counselling 2023 as well, where the majority rank holders states IIT Bombay as their first preference, 36 of them states IIT Delhi, 21 have selected IIT Madras, 5 for IIT Kanpur, 3 for IIT Kharagpur, and 1 for IIT Guwahati.

Even after the introduction of several new-age technology programmes, at various IITs, NITs, and IIITs, the traditional engineering courses have seen maximum demands. Out of which, Computer Science Engineering tops the list with the maximum applications, followed by electronics and communication engineering. Although the number of eligible candidates is low, the number of applications for each course is marginally high, as candidates had the opportunity to select multiple courses. 

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JoSAA Round 1 Counselling 2023: Major Highlights

Here are some of the major highlights that candidates may check for the JoSAA Round 1 Counselling 2023: 

Particulars	Statistics
Total Number of Registered Candidates	2,15,917
Number of Candidates who Filled their Choices	1,92,779
Gender-wise distribution of candidates	1,63,744 boys 52,170 girls 3 transgenders
Number of Candidates who Appeared for JEE Advanced 2023	1,80,372
Total Number of Qualified Candidates to Participate in JoSAA Round 1 Counselling	43,773
Qualified Female Candidates	7,509
Qualified Male Candidates	36,264
Preference of JEE Advanced Top 500 Rank Holders	431 for IIT Bombay 36 for IIT Delhi 21 for IIT Madras 5 for IIT Kanpur 3 for IIT Kharagpur 1 for IIT Guwahati
Preference of JEE Advanced Top 50 Rank Holders	47 prefer IIT Bombay 2 prefer IIT Delhi 1 prefer IIT Madras
IIT with Maximum Applications	IIT Kharagpur with above 30,000 applications
Top Choices for Engineering Courses	Computer Science Engineering (50,38,460 choices) Electronics and Communication Engineering (35,39,687 choices)
Number of Seats at IITs	17,485 seats (including all 23 seats)

Professor Bishnupada Mandal of IIT Guwahati, Organising Chairperson of JEE Advanced 2023, stated that although IIT Bombay has predominantly been the most preferred choice by most candidates, IIT Kharagpur has received the maximum number of applications. He also adds, that most candidates will tend to analyse their choices regarding the selection of courses or IITs, as most of the new courses have recently been introduced, so candidates might want to see their track records first. 

Further, a marginal increase in the number of seats in IITs from last year has been noticed for JoSAA 2023 Counselling, as last year the number of seats was 16,598 seats, including 1,567 female supernumerary seats, which is higher now with a total of 17,485 seats, including 1,692 female supernumerary seats

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