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Big offers this placement season at BITS Pilani

Various social media and e-commerce companies are taking a lead over the core industries in campus placements in Rajasthan. Topping the list is Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)-Pilani which will be hosting several Forbes 500 companies in its recently started placement session. In the hope to break the country’s highest package of Rs […]

Study at BITS Pilani Reveals Social Media Risks

According to a new study, misinformation spread deliberately through social media networks can change people’s behaviour.  Researchers from the BITS Pilani in Hyderabad say that people’s blind faith in information distributed on the Internet and social media sites makes them vulnerable to exploitation. Social media networking sites are an easy medium to spread false information […]

IITians present a robot capable of climbing stairs

A team of four B.Tech students from IIT Kanpur have been successful in developing a robot called ‘Transformer’ which has a unique ability to change its height. The robot can perform a number of tasks which other robots are unable to do. Another unique feature of it is that the chassis has been made of […]

Eamcet Web counselling starting from Sunday morning

The EAMCET Web counselling is going to begin from the Sunday morning. But the names of around 85 pharmacy colleges and 174 engineering colleges were cut off. These colleges have been refused the affiliation renewal for the non-compliance of the regulations and norms of AICTE. Many candidates were deprived of the seats for the examination. […]

Engineering colleges listed non-eligible for EAMCET web counselling

The EAMCET counselling 2014 for engineering admissions will start from 17th August, Sunday and it will continue till 25th August. On Saturday the renewal list of the EAMCET colleges that have been approved affiliation has been issued and out of 315 colleges of the Osmania University region, around 174 private engineering colleges have been denied […]

Google Offers Rs 1.4 crore at BITS Pilani Campus Placements

Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences (BITS) Pilani campus placements 2014 kicked off on August 18 with the first (written) round of Google interviews. The company has already offers salary of Rs 1.40 crore to students selected this year. With a grand opening, BITS-Pilani is certainly hoping to break its own last-year record of Rs […]

Matrimonial Websites For IIT & IIM Graduates Looking for Spouses

Ajay Gupta was looking for brides for his nephews who are B-school graduates. He was looking for women who could match the intellectual capability of his nephews and yet, could dedicate more time to home (translate it as brides with part-time jobs). Soon, he found that the combination was a rare one in India. The […]

IIT-Kanpur Alumni in Civil Services Urged More Students to Join In

Civil Services aspirants are already alleging that the existing pattern of the civil services exam is more suitable for engineering and management students. IIT-Kanpur alumni in top civil services jobs, who talked to students of their alma mater, think that India needs more IITians in top government positions. Recently, a unique career awareness session called […]

JEE Advanced 2014 Result Analysis Not in Favor of Regional Languages

At a time when all hell has broken loose – inside and outside the Parliament – to demand that the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) should conduct the civil services exams in all the Indian languages, the results of the a recent experiment with the largest engineering entrance examination in India show that the move […]