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  IIT Bombay congratulates alumnus Parag Agrawal on elevation as Twitter CEO

  Education | November 30, 2021 13:24 IST

  Mumbai-born Parag's mother is a retired school teacher. His father was employed in the atomic energy sector and held senior positions there.

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  QS Employability Rankings 2022: IIT Bombay tops among Indian institutes; IISc, DU, CU in list

  Education | September 24, 2021 10:53 IST

  IIT Bombay is on top amongst Indian institutions in the ranking. While three central universities -- Delhi University, University of Mumbai and University of Calcutta have made it to the list, among the private universities in the list are OP Jindal Global University, Sonepat and BITS Pilani

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  QS World University Ranking 2022: IISc top research university, 3 Indian institutes in global 200

  Education | June 09, 2021 10:53 IST

  In the overall ranking, three Indian institutions have shared the place with the top 200 varsities in the world. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Bombay) became the best higher education institutes in the country with rank 177

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  SC asks IIT Bombay to grant interim admission to 18-year-old student who lost seat by clicking wrong

  India | December 09, 2020 15:21 IST

  ​The Supreme Court Wednesday came to the rescue of an 18-year-old student by directing the IIT Bombay to grant interim admission to him in an engineering course after he inadvertently lost his seat by clicking on a wrong link in the online admission process.  

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  Student loses IIT Bombay seat due to 'wrong' click, moves SC

  Education | November 30, 2020 18:32 IST

  An 18-year-old student has lost his seat for a four-year electrical engineering course in the prestigious IIT Bombay after he "inadvertently" clicked on a"wrong" link which was meant to withdraw from the process. 

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  IIT-Bombay to go online next semester

  Education | June 25, 2020 12:04 IST

  Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay will go completely online next semester and not call students for face to face lectures in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, its director said on Thursday. The decision, the first by any IIT, followed deliberations that went on till late night Wednesday.

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  IIT Bombay is India's highest ranked institute, followed by IISc Bangalore, IIT Delhi

  Education | June 10, 2020 9:24 IST

  QS World University Rankings: Among top global universities, IIT Bombay is ranked 172nd in 2021 global ranking, followed by IISc-Bangalore, IIT-Delhi, IIT-Madras, IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Roorkee, IIT-Guwahati, Delhi University and IIT-Hyderabad.

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  IIT Bombay develops new test to identify asymptotic carriers of coronavirus

  Science | May 16, 2020 22:49 IST

  Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B)-led a multi-institute the research team has developed a new testing protocol that can detect asymptomatic patients infected with the coronavirus.

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  Coronavirus: IIT Bombay announces virtual shutdown; asks students to vacate hostels

  India | March 18, 2020 10:54 IST

  The number of novel coronavirus cases in the country rose to 147 on Wednesday, with 10 fresh cases reported from various parts of the country, according to the Health Ministry. The cases include 25 foreign nationals and the three persons who died in Delhi, Karnataka and Maharashtra.

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  IIT Bombay ranked India's No 1 engineering college in world rankings

  Education | March 05, 2020 11:17 IST

  As QS World University Rankings released on Wednesday, IT-Bombay is among the top 50 engineering colleges across the world. Interestingly, last year IIT Bombay was ranked 53 and this year it has been ranked 44.

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  IIT-Bombay issues circular warning against 'anti-national' activities on Powai campus

  India | January 29, 2020 15:57 IST

  The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-Bombay) has issued circular warning students against participating in "anti-national activites" and all types of activism on its Powai Campus. Students at the IIT-Bombay campus were stunned to receive the 15-point circular from the authorities which some have labeled as "restrictions" on their freedom and rights.

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  IIT-Bombay stands in solidarity with JNU, say 'freedom of speech should be protected'

  India | January 06, 2020 23:44 IST

  The anger over violence in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is spreading across the country as the students and citizens staged protests on Monday condemning the violent attack on students and faculty of the JNU on Sunday. IIT-Bombay stood in solidarity with JNU and strongly condemned the violent attack.

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  Viral video shows stray cattle walk across classroom at IIT Bombay; Twitter drools

  India | July 29, 2019 7:53 IST

  Students at a classroom in IIT-Bombay were interrupted after two cows walked into their class. A video of the cows walking across the classroom has gone viral on social media, which has gathered humourous reactions on Twitter. Meanwhile, the students at IIT Bombay have said the authorities are not acting upon the incidents of stray cow menace. 

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  IIT Bombay favourite among JEE top rankers

  Career | June 28, 2019 17:34 IST

  Out of the top 100 students, 64 chose IIT-Bombay in the recently concluded counselling. The second choice was IIT-Delhi with 33 of the top rankers opting for it.  

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  IIT-Bombay, IIT-Delhi, IISc-Bangalore among top 200 Colleges in prestigious QS global University rankings

  Higher Studies | June 20, 2019 7:12 IST

  The QS global rankings 2020, which was released in London, has 50 new entrants globally and India-based OP Jindal Global University (JGU), established in 2009, has become the youngest university to break into top 1,000 in the prestigious rankings.

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  IIT Bombay is India's top institute in QS World University Ranking

  Education | June 19, 2019 8:40 IST

  Indian Institute of Bombay (IIT) Bombay has emerged as India's top university, rising to the tenth position in the 2019 QS World University Ranking.

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  IIT-Bombay student arrested in Thane for allegedly filming women bathing

  India | February 26, 2019 8:01 IST

  Thane-resident Avinash Kumar Yadav has been charged under section 354 (any man who watches, or captures the image of a woman engaging in a private act in circumstances where she would usually have the expectation of not being observed) of the Indian Penal Code.

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  IIT-Bombay tops first QS rankings for Indian universities

  Education | October 16, 2018 17:36 IST

  IIT Bombay tops the 'QS India University Rankings', with IITs Madras (3), Delhi (4), Kharagpur (5), Kanpur (6), Roorkee (9) and Guwahati (10) grabbing seven of the top 10 slots. 

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  Mumbai: Decomposed body of IIT student found in hotel room

  India | September 04, 2018 9:19 IST

  According to reports, the student had checked in to the hotel on August 31. Hotel staff said they had seen him last on September 1.

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  PM Modi at IIT-Bombay: 'IITs today stand for India's Instrument for Transformation'

  India | August 11, 2018 13:18 IST

  Describing IITs as 'India's Instrument for Transformation', PM Modi said innovation and new technology will decide the future direction of development in which prestigious institutions such as IITs will play important role.