Devang Khakhar IIT-B director said that the institution is extremely happy, as 44 of the top 50 rankers have opted for the Powai institute. "Students may have placed more importance to the stream over the location and once seats in computer science were filled up, they looked at the other IITs," reports TNN.

Out of the top 10 rankers, 9 students opted for computer science at IIT-B and one among them chose to go for computer science at IIT-Delhi.

Computer science was preferable the most favored choice among the JEE toppers, followed by electrical engineering as the next choice at IIT-B and IIT-D. It was also revealed that only one student signed up for a dual degree programme in computer science at IIT-D and the rest chose the default BTech programmes at IIT-B, IIT-D, IIT-M and IIT-K.

IIT-Madras known be popular coaching hub, just managed to bag four among the top 100 toppers. It was said that food apparently was the reason behind the dip. IIT-M dean said, "Students have often said IIT-Madras does not have the kind of food that Bombay or Delhi have. But all our students are good, whether they are in the top 100 or below."

IIT-Kharagpur, which has been known as the engineers favorite did not receive a single student from the top 100 rank holders this year and the same was followed with IIT Roorkee and Guwahati.
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