IIT Bombay gets thumbsup among JEE toppers

IIT Bombay gets thumbs-up among JEE toppers Sruthi Gottipati , CNBC-TV18 Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay or IIT-B has reason to cheer. It's been the top choice for the top 100 students who've taken the IIT-JEE four years in a row. IIT-Bombay is the most favoured destination for the top 100 IIT Joint Entrance Exam rankers. That's according to records kept by the Joint Entrance Examination Commitee. Experts say it's the location in the country's financial capital - Mumbai and the record placement figures that's kept IIT Bombay on top of the "most wanted" list of students. Delhi 27 29 28 21 Kanpur 9 15 20 17 Kharagpur 0 1 0 3 Guwahati 0 0 0 0 Roorkee 0 0 0 0 While IIT-B has scooped up over 50 per cent of the top 100 rankers, IIT Delhi and Chennai are far behind at second and third place with only 27 and 10 students opting... [read full story]