IIT Kharagpur wooing students through YouTube

KOLKATA, July 5

Ahead of admissions to engineering institutes under the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA), the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has taken to wooing potential candidates through the Internet.

With admissions already begun, IIT-Kharagpur is using two modes — a website named why.iitkgp.ac.in and a YouTube channel — to advertise their impressive placement records and academic environment.

Their YouTube, which shows a campus tour video, has 23,000 hits so far.

"Most students have the same question related to placement. Based on the past records, it's evident that those who have maintained their academic score (CGPA) above 7.5 in any of the disciplines and participated in various extra-curricular activities at IIT Kharagpur, get an average salary in the range of 9-12 lakh per annum," Atal Ashutosh Agarwal, the students vice-president of IIT Kharagpur, said.

The first round of seat allocation for admissions to 87 institutes, including IITs, began on Sunday. The second round will be held on July 11. PTI