First ever career counselling centre by CBSE at Lakhimpur Kheri!
New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has launched its first ever Career Counselling and Guidance Centre in India at Lakhimpur Kheri, a part of Lucknow division in Uttar Pradesh. This centre will assist students in choosing the right career for themselves. It will especially target students from rural areas who do not […]
5 IITs Feature in the top 400 QS World University Rankings
Massachussets Institute of Technology sustains its top rank in the recently declared QS World University Rankings 2013-14. While the second position was grabbed by the Harvard University, the University of Cambridge tumbled down to the third spot. A different picture was visible this year in terms of UK institutions. Though of the top 20, six […]
38 students to be honored by NIF for bagging the IGNITE award
IGNITE is a national level competition that is organized by the National Innovation Foundation-India (NIF) and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) besides various state education boards and others. It basically aims at awarding the unique, first hand technological ideas and inventions of the school children. Encouraging the creativity and originality of children is […]
A mobile app for summit proposed by IIT-Gandhinagar
IIT Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) is planning its annual technical summit, Amalthea on October 19 and 20. Three students of the institute have developed a novel and innovative mobile application for android phones. This peculiar application will have the quality of acquainting the visitors with a to z information of the two-day summit. The mechanical and […]
CBSE and Andhra Boards constitute around 73 percent of the successful candidates in IIT-JEE
IIT-JEE is considered to be one of the most sought after exams. Every year more than lakh students take the exam, of which only a handful qualify the same. The distribution of the students who realize their dream of making it to the top notch institutes has always been a dubious issue. Scrutiny has […]
AIPMT is back but with a twist
The restitution of the older All-India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) in 2014 is like a fresh start for those eyeing the national level entrance test. Scheduled on May 4, 2014, AIPMT will be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Though National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) had taken over AIPMT last year, but the Supreme […]
The Best Student Award Goes to Nashik Boy
During a convocation ceremony in IIT-Powai (Mumbai), Saurabh Suryavanshi has been awarded the ‘Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal’ by the Vice-President of Tata Consultancy, S. Ramadorai. The award is given to the best students every year. The topper in M. Tech and AIEEE from IIT, the award was given to him for his research […]
Student Gets the IIT Degree after Death
In one of the uncommon tales of an eternal courage and success in the history of IITs and, probably, any other education institution in India, Akshay Dhoke, an IIT Bombay student, receives his engineering degree a year later, after succumbing to a rare form of blood cancer. Akshay, a Nagpur topper in class 10th and […]
‘Going back to AIPMT is a good move’
The NEET paper was more challenging than the older versions of AIPMT, say test-takers. Some praised the decision of a single entrance test for all the medical aspirants of the country, saying that it, in a way, unified the different states on the lines of higher education. Others backed NEET on the grounds of a […]
Three reasons why IIT Kanpur rocks!
IIT Kanpur was founded in 1959 and is one of the top six Indian Institutes of Technology. Here are the three reasons why IIT Kanpur has become a dream institution for many of the engineering aspirants:      Study at IIT Kanpur in Noida IIT Kanpur is soon opening up an extension centre in Noida to […]