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IIT-B students reveal things that matter to them in a survey
India | Apr 17, 2015, 03:28 PM ISTNew 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 | Mar 27, 2015, 05:54 PM ISTNuclear 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
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IIT, IIM and ISI to offer a joint course
India | Mar 26, 2015, 03:52 PM ISTKolkata: Three premier institutions of IIT Kharagpur, IIM Kolkata and Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Kolkata, have come together for the first time to offer a joint course in business analytics.Starting from this session, the Post
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9 news development you don't want to miss on March 19th
India | Mar 19, 2015, 10:00 AM IST1) India v/s Bangladesh, second quarter-final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 19India will face Bangladesh in the second quarter-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on
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Anil Kakodkar quits IIT-B board after disagreement with HRD Ministry
India | Mar 18, 2015, 04:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) Board of Governors chairman and nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar has resigned from his post after a reported 'disagreement' with the Ministry of Human Resource Development.Kakodkar, whose tenure
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Increasing engineering institutes affecting quality: Pranab Mukherjee
India | Mar 15, 2015, 03:14 PM ISTMandi: The proliferation of engineering Institutes in the country is growing because of burgeoning demand taking a toll on quality of education and physical infrastructure, President Pranab Mukherjee said today. His speech which was read
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As Delhi air thickens, govt still awaits study on pollution to draft policy
India | Mar 12, 2015, 09:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Amid the debate around the highly polluted Delhi air, the government is waiting for a study it had commissioned IIT Kanpur to conduct in 2013. The project, titled, “Source Apportionment Study of PM2.5
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Arvind Kejriwal's remarkable journey: From IIT to Delhi CM's chair
National | Feb 14, 2015, 11:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: For Arvind Kejriwal, who assumed charge as Delhi's eighth Chief Minister today, it has been a remarkable journey since AAP's drubbing in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls as he led the party to
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Know the team that planned AAP's Delhi poll campaign
India | Feb 09, 2015, 12:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: Social Media campaigns to road rallies, everything played a very important role building an impactful image of AAP. Have you ever thought that a group of students would have planned strategies for AAP
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Ronnie Screwvala ventures into online education space
Jan 16, 2015, 02:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: Media industry veteran Ronnie Screwvala, who has turned into an entrepreneur cum private investor after selling UTV to Disney, has entered the education sector with the launch of UEducation, an online portal focusing
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IIT centre on bullet train technology to be ready this year
India | Jan 09, 2015, 01:12 PM ISTKolkata: A research centre on developing bullet train technology will be ready at IIT-Kharagpur by the end of this year.Funded by the Indian Railway Board, the new building of the Centre for Railway Research (CRR)
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Aspirants for JEE falls; Interest in Engineering fading away?
India | Jan 07, 2015, 09:51 AM ISTMumbai: The number of aspirants for the all India engineering entrance examination JEE has dropped from 13.03 lakh students who have registered this year against last year's number of 13.56 lakh. JEE is also the first
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IIT-Kharagpur to create new cadre of environmental engineers
India | Dec 31, 2014, 12:12 PM ISTKolkata: As environment clearance has turned out to be a major roadblock for growth of industry, IIT, Kharagpur has decided to build an army of environmental engineers to help tackle the challenge.The new School of
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2.5L litres of fuel wasted every day in Delhi due to vehicle idling
India | Dec 13, 2014, 06:48 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi wastes upto 2.5 lakh litres of fuel every day due to vehicle idling, according to a recent research released by IIT Delhi and US-based Desert Research Institute.The study says that the vehicles
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Non-Veg food in IIT stopped during UPA rule, Smriti Irani tells parliament
National | Dec 04, 2014, 11:26 AM ISTNew Delhi: Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani today rejected allegations that she was promoting vegetarian food in IITs, contending that it such meals were stopped during UPA rule, much before she assumed charge following
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Jayant Sinha: From IIT to Harvard to Modi's ministry
National | Nov 09, 2014, 04:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: He went to IIT Delhi and came out with flying colours, and from there he went to the Harvard Business school to enter the corporate world.Today, Jayant Sinha, son of BJP veteran and
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There is no substitute for teachers; says Super 30 founder Anand Kumar
World | Oct 07, 2014, 12:13 PM ISTWashington: Asserting that there is ‘no substitute' for teachers, Indian mathematician and founder of well-known Super 30 tutorial programme has said that there is a need to create an atmosphere in which teachers get respect
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IIT's Mauritius campus to start from November
World | Sep 26, 2014, 09:27 AM ISTPort Louis: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi will start its overseas campus in Mauritius from November.IIT-Delhi is setting-up an International Institute of Technology Research Academy (IITRA) in the island nation. The new institute is
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IIT eases norm, allows board exam marks; 20 percentile to stay
India | Sep 22, 2014, 09:26 PM ISTChennai: In a significant decision which is set to benefit students aspiring to enter IITs, the Council meet of the prestigious institutions here today decided to consider the aggregate marks secured in Class 12 Board
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IITs, others to develop technologies for rural development
India | Sep 12, 2014, 07:19 AM ISTNew Delhi: A network of IITs and other institutes will evolve appropriate technologies for rural development under the 'Unnat Bharat Abhiyan' scheme, it was announced Thursday.The venture is coordinated by the Indian Institute of Technology