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  JEE Advanced on July 3, 75% criteria not applicable this year, Education Minister announces

  Education | January 07, 2021 18:47 IST

  Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' on Thursday announced the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2021 examination date and the eligibility criteria for admission into Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) today.

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  IIT-Kanpur introduces indegenous fashionable masks to fight Covid-19

  India | September 21, 2020 22:52 IST

  Masks have become a precautionary measure for saving lives during the ongoing corona pandemic.

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  IIT-Goa biggest investment in state in last 10 years: Minister

  India | June 26, 2020 16:54 IST

  Amid opposition to an upcoming IIT campus in North Goa's Guleli village from the local residents, state Industries Minister Vishwajit Rane on Friday said that the elite technology institute represented the biggest investment in Goa over the last 10 years.

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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 Delhi to set up space technology cell in collaboration with ISRO

  India | November 01, 2019 19:32 IST

  "IIT Delhi and ISRO will jointly set up ISRO Space Technology Cell at IIT Delhi. The cell will work for carrying out focused research projects in the space technology domain with specific deliverables. It is also proposed that IIT Delhi as an Institute becomes academic partner of ISRO in research areas for example Artificial Intelligence (AI), nanotechnology, functional textiles, smart manufacturing or any area of joint interest," Rao told reporters

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  IIT aspirants protest against 900% fee hike in M.Tech courses

  India | October 04, 2019 23:31 IST

  Demanding a rollback of the fee hike, IIT aspirants on Friday held a protest at Jantar Mantar here to protest against the 900 per cent hike in fees for M.Tech courses announced by the council of IITs last week.  

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  IIT-Madras students come up with 'emergency ration' packets for distribution during quakes, floods

  India | July 19, 2019 16:42 IST

  Students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) have come up with "emergency ration" packets to be distributed during disaster relief operations at the time of floods and earthquakes and can also be consumed immediately or be left for microgreens to grow for later usage.

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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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  36 per cent teachers' posts vacant at eight IITs, says HRD Ministry in response to RTI query

  Education | December 02, 2018 17:38 IST

  The IITs of Mumbai (IIT Bombay), Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Chennai (IIT Madras), Roorkee and Varanasi currently have 65,824 students, but only 4,049 teachers against 6,318 approved posts.

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  IIT-Kanpur student commits suicide by hanging self; exact cause of death yet to be ascertained

  India | April 19, 2018 9:47 IST

  Police identified the victim as Bheem Singh, a third-year student of Ph.D, said Senior Superintendent of Police Akhilesh Kumar.

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  IIT Alumni nominated at key position by Obama

  World | May 09, 2015 13:12 IST

  WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has nominated an IIT alumnus to his advisory commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs).Obama on Friday announced the nomination of Sanjita Pradhan, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Technology,

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  IIT's Mauritius campus to start from November

  World | September 26, 2014 9:27 IST

  Port 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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  Solar power-driven portable cold storage to prevent food wastage

  India | September 20, 2014 13:29 IST

  Kolkata: In a pioneering step aimed at zero food wastage, a group of Indian engineers have designed a solar powered, portable micro cold storage system for small farmers that will help them store agricultural produce

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  IITs, others to develop technologies for rural development

  India | September 12, 2014 7:19 IST

  New 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

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  Leopard enters IIT campus

  India | July 23, 2014 16:16 IST

  Mumbai: A leopard was today spotted in the campus of Indian Institute of Technology here and the officials claimed that it is still present in the premises. “A leopard has been sighted this morning in

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  10 Indian institutions in top 100 Asian university rankings

  World | February 15, 2015 14:55 IST

  London: India has made dramatic improvement in an annual Asian universities ranking, with 10 educational institutions figuring in the top 100 list released here today.The Times Higher Education (THE) magazine's "Asia University Rankings-2014" named India

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  Know IIT Kanpur's journey, from a canteen to India's swanky biotech centre

  India | July 16, 2014 8:12 IST

  New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) was set up in the industrial city of Kanpur in 1960.From its very inception, IIT Kanpur has been striving to develop itself into an institution

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  IIT-GN ties up with Ricoh Innovation to work on tech develop

  India | July 02, 2012 12:24 IST

  Ahmedabad, Jul 2: Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, has tied up with Japanese group Ricoh's California-based unit, Ricoh Innovation Inc (RII), to jointly work on technology development.“We had floated a proposal to Ricoh Innovation to

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  Delhi boy Arpit Agarwal tops IIT-JEE

  India | May 18, 2012 18:08 IST

  New Delhi, May 18: The results for IIT-JEE, the joint entrance examination for the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, were declared today with Arpit Agarwal from Delhi topping the test.In all, 4,79,651 candidates appeared in