More Seats, Same Struggles? The Gender Gap in India’s Top IITs

India’s elite science and engineering classrooms are visibly changing. Women’s intake at the top five IITs —IIT Bombay,IIT Madras,IIT Delhi,IIT Kanpur, andIIT Kharagpur— nearly doubled from 1,621 in 2018 to 3,247 in 2025 following the introduction of supernumerary seats and...