There are 15 IITs in the country and every year a large number of students graduate from these IITs. These IITs are very well renowned and globally acclaimed. To get admission into one of the prestigious IITs students have to clear the Joint Entrance Exam jointly conducted by the IITs of the country. All the aspiring candidates who wish to pursue graduation and post-graduation programs from the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) after qualifying the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) will be assessed (in academics) on the basis of ‘ Credit-Base Performance’ (CBP), from the coming academic session commencing from July 2011.
In future, all the students will be awarded degrees on the basis of CBP. Even, though the present grading system of Cumulative Preference Index (CPI) will remain as one of the parameter to judge a student’s performance, however, the main importance will be given to CPB. SG Dhande, Director, IIT Kanpur informed that now the students will be evaluated on the same basis. He also proposed to uniformalise the criteria for promoting students from one semester to another across all IITs-a demand frequently made by students.