The IIT council has decided that starting next year; students who score in the top 20% of their board exams will take the main or multiple-choice exam. 50,000 students will then take the advanced exam, which will not be held on the same day. The IIT council that met today includes chairmen and directors of all IIT branches and is headed by the Human Resources Development Minister. Mr Sibal did not attend the meeting today - the fallout of allegations that he has tried to curb the autonomy of IIT by trying to force upon it his one-nation-one-exam policy.

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