The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has increased its seat capacity this year to

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800 students, by introducing 200 additional seats.

“The rise in the number of seats is to accommodate the increase in the number of PhD seats from this year as well as include the OBC reservation in the institute’s master’s programme,” said P Balaram, director, IISc. He did not, however, reveal the split betwe-en OBC and Phd seats.

Earlier last year, IISC said that it will implement 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in a phased manner over three years, beginning with a nine per cent quota from the 2008 academic year. This quota will be applicable to students pursuing MTech and ME degrees.

Following a Supreme Court order, the ministry of human resource development had directed all Central educational institutions to extend 27 per cent reservation to OBCs from the 2008 academic session.

Meanwhile, the institute said that it expects to get government maintenance grant of Rs 150 crore per year, following the revision of the 6th Pay Commission from the present Rs 120 crore annually. It also gets about 30-40 crore per year as development expenditure.

Balaram pointed out that the ideal grant annually would be Rs 250-300 crore in order to bring about more flexibility, substantial research activity as well as further development amount.

The institute’s total expenditure, which stands at Rs 350 crore annually, is funded partly by the government and partly by the funds IISc raises from its projects and publications.

The institute is also looking to set up a second campus in Chitradurga district. For this, IISc is aiming to raise funds internally.