As many as 28 government school students from Tamil Nadu have received admission into IIT Madras (IIT-M) under the ‘IITM For All’ programme.
Introduced in 2022, the programme aims to make IIT Madras accessible to all, especially for people in the rural areas due to their economic conditions, digital accessibility and other factors. A total of eight students from Coimbatore district have qualified for the admission while five Chennai Corporation students and one government school student from Chennai were admitted. Apart from this, three students from Kallakurichi, Sivaganga and Vellore each were admitted. All the students are currently studying in Class XII.
