28 students of TN govt schools join IIT-Madras

This year, six rankers among the top 100 opted for IIT Madras — its highest in the past five years — compared to just two in 2024

By: Education Desk

New Delhi | Updated: August 30, 2025 09:50 AM IST

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The Anaivarukkum IITM (IIT Madras for All) is an initiative between the state government and the institute to encourage economically weaker sections in society to access higher education. It was launched by Stalin in April 2023.

As many as 28 students of Tamil Nadu government-run schools have joined the IIT Madras under the IIT4Everyone (Anaivarukkum IIT) initiative, state School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi informed on Thursday.

The move reflected the quality of education in the state-run schools and also the determination of the underprivileged students to pursue higher education in a prestigious central institute.

“With the support of the visionary schemes launched by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Thiru. @mkstalin, our government school students are scaling new heights in education. Delighted to share that 28 of our students have joined @iitmadras under the #IIT4Everyone (#AnaivarukkumIIT) initiative,” the Minister said in a post on the social media platform ‘X’.

He conveyed his warm wishes to the “bright young achievers as they embark on this new journey.” The Anaivarukkum IITM (IIT Madras for All) is an initiative between the state government and the institute to encourage economically weaker sections in society to access higher education. It was launched by Stalin in April 2023.

This year, six rankers among the top 100 opted for IIT Madras — its highest in the past five years — compared to just two in 2024. According to counselling data released by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA), 73 of the top 100 JEE Advanced 2025 rankers opted for IIT Bombay. IIT Delhi secured 19 students from the top 100 in 2025.

In 2025, IIT Madras allotted 1,124 seats with 237 women students. The total seats allotted intake across 23 IITs stood at 18,188 this year, including nine supernumerary DS seats, 11 supernumerary foreign nationals/OCI/PIO (F) seats and 12 supernumerary minimum cut-off seats. Additionally, 96 OCI/PIO (I) candidates (treated as Indian nationals) obtained admission this year.

At IIT Madras, representation of women ranged from 20.72 per cent in 2020, 20.26 per cent in 2021, 20.5 per cent in 2022, 20.5 per cent in 2023, 20.5 per cent in 2024, to 21.09 per cent in 2025.

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