IS there any provision for branch change at iit mandi?

Yes, there is a provision for branch change at IIT Mandi. The exact number of students allowed to change their branch depends on the number of available seats in the particular branch. But as a trend, almost 10 out of 40 (close to 25%) of students of a particular branch can change their branch in a given academic year. Here are a few guidelines issued by the institute regarding the branch change.

• The branch change happens after the 2nd semester (after the 1st year). If interested, you must submit the application before the end of your 2nd semester with your choices and preference.
• You must not have any active backlog after the 2nd semester and the CGPA obtained by you will be used for making a decision on the branch change.
• Branch change is done in such a way that the strength does not fall below 50% or rise more than 25% of the sanctioned strength. However, the top-ranking student of each branch is awarded a branch change if he/she has a CGPA of more than 8.0.
• A student who has obtained a CGPA of 10.0 is given his/her preferred branch change without any constraint of batch strength.
• The branch change option will be exercised strictly on a merit basis (based on CGPA) and preference. 

In very rare and exceptional cases, the senate may award branch change to a student before the fourth semester if there exists any genuine and compelling reason for the same. Hope this helped.