Telangana: 134 social, tribal welfare residential students make it to IITs, NITs

Last year, 84 students of Telangana Social and Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions (TWREIS) secured admissions in premiere engineering institutions. 

As many as 134 students of Telangana Social and Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions (TWREIS) have made it to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs).

19 students secure seats in GFTIs, IIITs 

Apart from this, 12 students have managed to bag seats in Central Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs) and seven have made to Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs). These students are children of vegetable and tea sellers, security guards, daily wage and farm labourers, security guards, mechanics, vendors, auto drivers and so on.  

“Telangana is committed to providing the best quality education in the Government’s Welfare Residential Educational Institutions on par with the corporate institutions,” said Minister for Scheduled Castes Development, BC Welfare and Minority Welfare Koppula Eashwar as per a report in Telangana Today. 
Ronald Rose, secretary, TSWREIS, congratulated the students and their teachers. He said last year, 84 students from TSWREIS gained admissions into IITs and NITs and this year, the number is significantly higher.  

Recently, 14 students of TSWREIS created a record of sorts by securing admission to the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU). 

Of the 14 students, 10 are from social welfare and the remaining four are from tribal welfare residential institutions. These students will pursue MTech (cyber security), a five-year integrated course at NFSU. 

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