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Bihar Board fiasco: Students crack IIT but fail intermediate exam, BSEB announces scrutiny
India | Jun 01, 2017, 05:28 PM ISTAmong the protesting students are those who have cracked the coveted IIT-JEE Mains exam, one of the toughest entrance tests, but have failed in Physics and Chemistry in the board exams
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IIT admissions: Quota for girls in offing, seats for boys not to be affected
India | Jan 16, 2017, 10:05 AM ISTA panel has recommended reservation for girl students in Indian Institutes of Technology or IITs to address the issue of a slump in the number of women students entering the prestigious institutes. The committee is
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I thought you address people as ‘Abbe Saale’: 10 interesting life stories that Sundar Pichai shared at IIT Kharagpur
Jan 05, 2017, 07:37 PM ISTGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai on Thursday had an interesting session with the distinguished alumnus at IIT Kharagpur and answered questions from students at an open-air theatre in the campus. The session held at IIT-Kharagpur was
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Shiv Sena deems ‘Hanuman’ mural at IIT-B ‘inappropriate’, college takes it down
India | Dec 27, 2016, 04:48 PM ISTThe Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay’s annual cultural fest ‘Mood Indigo’ has run into trouble with political outfit Shiv Sena dubbing a wall painting depicting Lord Hanuman carrying a mountain in one hand and a pen in the other instead of a mac
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Major startups will not recruit from IITs this year: Report
Nov 06, 2016, 09:09 AM ISTMajor startups will not recruit from IITs this year: Report
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Citing lack of infra and faculty, seven IITs refuse to add more seats to B.Tech programmes
India | Oct 18, 2016, 11:55 AM ISTSeven old Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have expressed their inability to add more seats to their four-year Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) programmes.
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Two IIT alumnus awarded MacArthur Fellowship 'genius grants'
India | Sep 25, 2016, 02:43 PM ISTTwo Indian-American scientists are among 23 scientists who have won this year's prestigious MacArthur Fellowship popularly known as "genius grants", for exceptional creativity in their respective fields. Indian-Americans Manu Prakash and Subhash Khot
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Record 31 Indian institutes in World University Rankings 2016-17
India | Sep 22, 2016, 02:42 PM ISTMarking a significant improvement in the number of higher education institutions ranked among the world’s best, India registered its presence with a record 31 varsities in a new list of the world's top universities topped by the University of Oxford.
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IITs, IISc only Indian entrants to Asia’s innovative universities ranking; Japan, South Korea top list
India | Sep 02, 2016, 02:36 PM ISTThe Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are the only Indian institutes to have found a place in the list of Top 75 most “innovative” Asian universities. In
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Narendra Modi government to provide interest free loans to IIT students
India | Aug 04, 2016, 09:04 PM ISTThe government has decided to provide interest subvention on the education loans, for all students admitted for undergraduate and the 5-year integrated degree programmes in IITs, covering the period of the study plus one year
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IIT-Indore research team designs smart underwater robot
India | Aug 01, 2016, 02:13 PM ISTIn a development that could aid security forces keep vigil on the waters, a team of researchers from Indian Institute of Technology, Indore (IIT-I), has designed a smart material based robot that can probe underwater
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The internet is trying to ruin this guy’s heartfelt confrontation with an Uber driver
Life | Jul 06, 2016, 04:47 PM ISTBangalore: There are times when you almost give up on something and right then comes along the most ordinary person doing something so extra-ordinary that they give you the courage to stand up and fight for what you want. This is one such story that
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IITs plan entrance test in SAARC countries to admit foreign students, Pakistan not in the list
India | Jun 30, 2016, 08:33 AM ISTNew Delhi: Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), first choice for India’s engineering aspirants, will now hold its entrance test abroad, starting next year. Test for admissions into prestigious IITs will be held in Singapore, the
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From Kota jail to IIT: The inspirational journey of Piyush Goyal
India | Jun 29, 2016, 09:48 AM ISTPiyush Goyal, an 18-year-old boy secured 453rd rank in the IIT entrance exam this year. But what makes him different from other engineering college aspirants is that he was preparing for it at the open jail in Kota.
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After IITs, NIT fee hiked to Rs 1.25 lakh from Rs 70, 000 per annum
India | Jun 25, 2016, 04:24 PM ISTNew Delhi: After IITs, fees in National Institutes of Technology (NITs) is all set for a hike from Rs 70,000 to Rs 1.25 lakh per annum. The HRD ministry has approved this proposal of the
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21 students from tribal belt of Madhya Pradesh crack IIT
India | Jun 19, 2016, 01:04 PM ISTBhopal: Over 20 students from tribal belt of Madhya Pradesh, who were taught under a government programme for children from backward villages, have cracked the IIT examination. "Overall 300 students qualified in the mains
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Bihar Siblings overcome disability, poverty to make it to IIT
India | Jun 18, 2016, 02:27 PM ISTKota: The journey of polio-stricken Krishan and his younger sibling Basant from a poor family in Bihar to cracking the IIT entrance has been arduous and inspirational. For many years, Basant Kumar Pandit(18) has been
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28 of Bihar’s 'Super 30' crack IIT-JEE
India | Jun 13, 2016, 10:16 AM ISTPatna: Iconic Super 30 coaching in Patna continued its success this year with 28 of its 30 students qualifying in the JEE Advance results which were announced Sunday for admission in IITs. Run by mathematician
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This Kota institute marks history, students grabs top 3 ranks
India | Jun 13, 2016, 10:11 AM ISTNew Delhi: Kota's coaching institute Allen Career made record on Sunday, after the IIT JEE-Advanced (IIT-JEE) 2016 results were declared. All three top rank students who topped the prestigious entrance exam were from Kota-based
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IIT JEE (Advanced) results declared, Jaipur's Aman Bansal tops the exam
India | Jun 12, 2016, 03:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: The results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), conducted for admissions to to India’s premier engineering institutions, was declared on Sunday. Aman Bansal from Jaipur has topped the exams while Bhavesh Dhingra