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  Mathura siblings who craked IIT, get help from DM

  India | July 08, 2015 19:57 IST

  Mathura:  Two siblings, who cracked IIT entrance test but were unable to afford the fees, have been given financial assistance by a university here.Vinita and Sudhir, a resident of Jatpura village under Mant tehsil, had

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  Kashmir orphan boy unable to pay IIT counselling fee

  India | June 27, 2015 23:57 IST

  Srinagar:  After cracking the prestigious IIT with active support from Army under 'Sadhbhavana project' this month, a militancy-victim from north Kashmir might be forced to forgo his seat as he is unable to pay the

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  Security provided to UP dalit brothers who cracked IIT after attack

  India | June 23, 2015 13:39 IST

  Allahabad: The family of dalit brothers Brijesh Saroj and Raju Saroj, who qualified for prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) exam, have been provided police protection after unknown persons attacked their home with stones on

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  4 labourers dead, over ten injured in clash at IIT Mandi

  India | June 20, 2015 17:51 IST

  Shimla:  A clash broke out today between labourers of a Shimla-based contractor and members of a labour union leaving at least four people dead and over ten injured in the north campus of IIT Mandi.It

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  Sulabh to help UP brothers who cleared IIT entrance test

  India | June 20, 2015 16:51 IST

  Lucknow : Sanitation NGO Sulabh International on Saturday announced financial assistance and support to two brothers of Pratapgarh to pursue higher studies in the IITs.A spokesman of the NGO told IANS that taking note of

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  Ranchi: Newspaper hawker's son cracks IIT-JEE

  India | June 20, 2015 14:16 IST

  Ranchi: A newspaper hawker's son, Abhishek Ranjan beat the odds to grab the 18th position in the persons with disability (PWD) category in the IIT-JEE (Advanced) exam.In the general category, Ranjan was ranked 16,095. The

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  India loses ground in Asia University ranking, 2015

  India | June 11, 2015 7:26 IST

  New Delhi:  Indian universities continue to lag way behind other institutes in a latest ranking of Asian universities that is dominated by varsities from Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and China.According to the Times Higher Education

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  Reward to IIT prof for new course on knowledge development

  Politics | June 08, 2015 22:14 IST

  Guwahati:  Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani today announced a Rs one lakh reward to any IIT faculty member who designs a new course for knowledge development.  "Faculty are the fulcrum of our education system. But

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  IIT-Madras revokes ban on Ambedkar Periyar Students' Group

  India | June 08, 2015 6:28 IST

  Chennai: IIT Madras on Sunday reinstated recognition to Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle (APSC), a students group and appointed Professor Miland Brahme as its faculty advisor. The decision was taken after a meeting between the Dean

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  Monsoon likely to hit today; 15 other news events of the day

  India | June 05, 2015 10:05 IST

  1. Monsoon likely to hit today: IMDNew Delhi: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the monsoon is expected to hit the coast of Kerala in the next 48 hours.  The much-awaited monsoon is

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  IIT-Madras row: Student body protests outside campus against ban

  India | May 30, 2015 14:13 IST

  Chennai:The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) today staged a protest outside the campus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras against the banning of a student's group.The security was beefed up in and outside

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  IIT Madras row: Twitter battle breaks out between Smriti Irani and Rahul Gandhi

  Politics | May 30, 2015 8:05 IST

  New Delhi:  A series of  tweets have been exchanged between Rahul Gandhi, Congress Vice-President and Smriti  Irani, Union Minister.  It all started after the Office of Rahul Gandhi tweetedIIT student group banned for criticizing Modi

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  IIT Madras row: NSUI activists stage protest outside Smriti Irani's residence

  Politics | May 29, 2015 16:38 IST

  New Delhi: National Student Union of India (NSUI), Congress party's student body, today protested outside Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani's residence against the ban on student group in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.IIT

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  IIT-Madras bans student group for criticising PM Modi

  India | May 29, 2015 20:11 IST

  Chennai: In a controversial move to curb free speech, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has banned a discussion forum of students after an anonymous complaint that the group tried to spread “hatred” against Prime

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  Ratan Tata Among Names Proposed for IIT-B Board's Chairman: Report

  May 25, 2015 23:14 IST

  New Delhi:  Noted industrialist Ratan Tata figures among a list of three names proposed by IIT, Bombay as the next chairman of its board of governors.The post fell vacant after the tenure of nuclear scientist

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  IIT students develops underwater robots

  India | May 11, 2015 11:07 IST

  Kolkata: Students at IIT Kharagpur are working on an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (UAV), which is more intelligent than drones and can perform assigned tasks under water like searching for debris of a flight crashed in

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  IIT JEE Main 2015 results announced, check out here!

  India | April 27, 2015 18:33 IST

  New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)  today  declared the result for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main.According to media reports, the cutoff score for eligibility for JEE (Advance) is 105 for general category

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  HRD ministry damaging institutions like IITs, 4 MPs write to President

  Politics | April 17, 2015 23:08 IST

  New Delhi: Cutting across party lines, a group of four opposition lawmakers has written to President Pranab Mukherjee accusing  Rashtriya Sevak Sangh and the HRD Minister Smriti Irani of interfering with the affairs of IITs

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  IIT-B students reveal things that matter to them in a survey

  India | April 17, 2015 15:28 IST

  New Delhi: A survey was conducted by IIT Bombay's magazine InsIghT among 260 of its senior students, asking them a range of questions regarding their academics and personal life. Here are some interesting revelations that

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  Selection of IIT directors should be a more serious process: Kakodkar

  India | March 27, 2015 17:54 IST

  Nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar who put down his papers as the chairman of the board of governors of IIT Bombay a few days earlier, has sought a serious decision making process at the educational institution."The