The Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTI) are a list of 27 premier technical institutes funded by the

Government of India The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, ...

. As per the official date the number of seats available for academic year 2015 were 9,260 approx. It follows similar academic and admission system as that of

NITs The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are the central government-owned-public technical institutes under the ownership of Ministry of Education, Government of India. They are governed by the National Institutes of Technology, Science ...

and IIITs.

Process of admission

Since the academic year the

Joint Seat Allocation Authority The Joint Seat Allocation Authority, also known as JoSAA, is an agency established by the Ministry of Education formerly knows as HRD Ministry to manage and regulate the admission to 110 tertiary institutes administered by the national governme ...

(JoSAA) is responsible for conducting admission in 27 government funded technical institute through its website. Prior to 2016, the admissions are done on the basis of merit obtained in the

Joint Entrance Examination - Main A joint or articulation (or articular surface) is the connection made between bones, ossicles, or other hard structures in the body which link an animal's skeletal system into a functional whole.Saladin, Ken. Anatomy & Physiology. 7th ed. McGraw ...

. 60% weight is given to JEE-Main marks and 40 percent weight is given to class 12th (HSC) marks. In 2017 onwards there is no weightage of class 12 board marks. The seat allotment is subject to merit whereas seat acceptance is subject to payment of 35,000/- INR for Open and OBC within 2–4 days, and 20,000 INR for

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...

. Further seat acceptance does not mean admission, a candidate offered and accepted seat have to personally report to The allotted institute and pay the remaining fees demanded by the respective institute.

List of participating institutes

References

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