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IIT girls make affordable device for cleaning sanitary napkins
Two girls, Devyani Maladkar from IIT Goa and Aishwarya Agarwal from IIT Bombay have filed a patent for the device they have made
Not an IITian! Here’s how Mumbai lad bagged Rs 1.2 Cr job at Google
Abdullah Khan, engineering student but not from IIT has stood out from the obvious and made its place into Google
Happiness City: IIT alumnus create stress-free hostels at coaching hub Kota
Amid Kota struggling to deal with stress among coaching students preparing for medical and engineering entrance examinations, a joint initiative “Happiness City”, by IIT and medical college students has been launched under which around 600 hostels of the coaching hub are being transformed into ‘Happiness Hostels’. As quote by a[Read More…]
Good news for engineering students! IT giant Wipro to double campus recruitment from this year
Wipro has seen a significantly higher attrition rate at more than 17 per cent from 3 quarters of the fiscal year
IIT Bhubaneswar’s solution wins first IoT innovation challenge
Mumbai, An Internet of Things (IoT)-based solution from IIT Bhubaneswar that can store, track and analyse data related to consumers’ LPG consumption has won the first edition of ‘The Grand India IoT Innovation Challenge’ by digital infrastructure provider Tata Communications, the company said on Monday. The winner Prajjawala from IIT[Read More…]
Himachal-based university files 105 patents this year
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh-based Shoolini University near Solan town has emerged as one of the top patent filers in the country which include the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the university said on Monday. The nine-year old private university, which is managed by a trust, has filed 105 patents this year[Read More…]
Sushil Modi encourages students for innovation; promises 10% reservation to start-ups
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi urged IIT students to do new researches in the field of education, health, and agriculture so that they can solve problems of these areas under ‘Solve for Bihar’ and ‘SOLVE FOR INDIA’ scheme. He also announced a reservation of 10 per cent to the[Read More…]
After NEET, now JEE to decide the fate of engineering aspirants in Bihar
No more! No more multiple runs to the examination centres for the engineering aspirants in Bihar willing to get admission in government colleges. After NEET (national eligibility-cum-entrance test) for medical admissions, now the Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board has declared to conduct a Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) regulated under[Read More…]
Scientific temper- A duty embedded in our constitution
Science in India has craze as a subject which needs to be learned further to be understood, ending up scoring marks in the respective exam which an individual faces. But its significance has a larger perspective to known to all definitely beyond the image of a subject. Probably, the Constitution[Read More…]
Rahmani 30 to conduct entrance test for preparation of IIT, NEET, CA on Nov 19
Rahmani 30, a free coaching institute for Muslim boys from economically weaker backgrounds, will conduct admission test on November 19 for the students willing to prepare for the exams of IIT-JEE, NIIT, CSS, CLAT and NDA. The test will be conducted in 122 districts of 21 states including Bihar. The[Read More…]
Dead rat found in breakfast at IIT Delhi’s hostel; probe on
In a shocking incident, students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi have found a dead rat in the morning meal served at a boys’ hostel in the campus. After the incident, a committee has been set up by the institute to look into the issue. The incident happened[Read More…]
JEE Advanced to go completely online from next year
The joint entrance exam (JEE-Advanced), the gateway to prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), will be conducted completely online from next academic year. It is been done to make logistics and evaluations easier. The Joint Admission Board (JAB) took this decision on Sunday. JAB is responsible for laying down the[Read More…]
NRI businessman to help talented minority students through Super 30
In a commendable move, Obaidur Rahman, an NRI from Saudi Arabia has offered to help the children of the minority communities to achieve their dreams of studying in premier educational institutes of the country. Rahman, a Saudi Arabia-based businessman, has joined hands with Super 30, a free coaching centre that[Read More…]
Brilliance at its best: Rahmani 30’s achievements over the years
The year 2017 adds another feather of academic excellence and perpetual success in Rahmani 30’s cap. The Institute, that aims at preparing economically weak Muslim boys for entrance into the various engineering colleges across the country, has achieved an impressive ranking of 60 in OBC and 506, in general, this[Read More…]
Beef fest at IIT: Protests intensifies, 9 students booked for assaulting PhD scholar
On Wednesday, hundreds of student and political activists staged a protest in Chennai against a ban on cow slaughter and alleged attack of an IIT Madras scholar for engaging in a campus beef festival. A procession initiated by a section of IIT-M student was observed which demanded action against the[Read More…]
PhD student commits suicide in IIT Delhi campus
Manjula Devak, a 27-year-old student of PhD final year was found dead in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi campus, said police on Tuesday. Devak, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her room around 7.40 pm in Nalanda apartments in the IIT Delhi campus. According to Additional[Read More…]
Only 66% of IIT graduates got placed in 2016-17
According to data made available by IITs to the human resource development (HRD) ministry, one out of three IITians graduating this year either didn’t find a suitable job or couldn’t get a suitable job through college placement. Clearly pointing at the trend of unemployment, only 66% student who appeared for[Read More…]
Women told to attend event in ‘full covered, decent dresses’ at IIT Delhi hostel
A hostel of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD) has issued a notice asking women to wear “full covered decent western or Indian dresses” on their house day – an annual event where residents invite guests in the hostel for an hour. The event is planned for April 20. A[Read More…]
IIT Roorkee lifts curfew at hostels for girls
Another woman accuses TVF founder Arunabh Kumar of sexual harassment
An anonymous user by the name of Indian Fowler published a post on Medium alleging that she had been sexually harassed by TVF founder Arunabh Kumar.The anonymous woman wrote that she had been molested by Kumar in TVF’s Mumbai office back in 2014. A day after the allegations were made,[Read More…]
IITians arrested under rape charges
Pre-placement salaries hit record high at IITs
Pre-placement offers (PPOs) to students at the Indian Institutes of Technology have scaled a record high this year. According to a report by Times of India, the number of offers at some IITs has already shot up about a third than that a year ago. Companies offer pre-placement offers to deserving candidates to[Read More…]
31 Indian institutes ranked in Times World University Rankings
A record 31 Indian institutes have been ranked in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016-17. This indeed is sign of improvement shown by Indian education space, but still the top 200 list continues to elude the country. The total list has featured 980 best universities from 70 countries. The list[Read More…]