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IIT-M presented the idea at the 55th IIT council meeting, minutes of which were released by the union ministry of education on Thursday..
Currently, the IITs dont have a sports quota..
Many of the countrys premium universities, including Delhi University, do...
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras, IIT-M has proposed a sports quota in IITs with an aim to boost diversity in the countrys premier engineering institutions and to provide an opportunity to students performing well in the field of sport at state, national and international levels, to study at the IITs.I)..
Explaining the logic behind the proposal, Kamakoti said, It is to bring more diversity at the IIT campuses, and to give opportunity to students who pursue sports at the school level and have represented their states or the nation..
