IITs, NITs to Explore Common Counselling in 2015-16
Addressing the issue of empty seats at various IITs, the Delhi High Court has directed the government to conduct common counseling for all IITs and NITs, starting from the academic year 2015-16. The court has also directed the government to submit a report on whether lateral entry to second year can be allowed from NITs […]
Jadavpur University Suicide Turns Out to be a Cold- Blooded Murder!
The death of Jadavpur University student Manish Ranjan Mishra came as a shock to all the students over the country when we learnt that he committed suicide after writing the Microsoft exam. But now the case has come under an entirely new light as the parents believe that it was not a suicide at all, […]
More Than 50% of IIT Bombay Students Confess Cheating in IIT!
MUMBAI: A survey was conducted by IIT- B’s students’ magazine, called InSight. A total of 300 students had participated in this survey, the results of which were shocking indeed. It came out that one in two of final- year undergraduate students at IIT- Bombay, admitted that they resorted to malpractices in examinations and assignments at some point […]
IIT-Gandhinagar Goes Global for Students, Joins Hands with Nielsen
AHMEDABAD: IIT- Gandhinagar, The Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nielsen, in order to support international opportunities for its undergraduate students. As per the agreement, Nielsen will fund several Nielsen Awards annually at the institute to enable undergraduate students to participate in international conferences, internships and workshops […]
High Court Rejects IIT Petition but Appreciates its Methodology!
JEE Advanced 2014 was conducted by 7 zonal IITs namely, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee and IIT Madras. The petition was filed by Prof Rajeev Kumar who said that hundreds of seats remain vacant at IITs due to students taking up admissions in NITs. Prof Rajeev Kumar prayed […]
One Tenth of the Freshers Fail to Communicate in English in IIT Bombay!
Though it sounds so strange but yet it is true. Freshers at IIT- Bombay face major problems in understanding and communicating in English, thereby letting it affect their academic performance. This was communicated by students’ body representatives to a 5 -member external institute review committee. The committee met the representatives on July 31. Majorly, when […]
HDFC School to Open Soon in Gurgaon!
MUMBAI: HDFC, the country’s largest housing finance company, is planning to replicate its housing success in education now. This is planned to be done by launching its first English medium school under the CBSE stream in Gurgaon this week. Though the HDFC School will start functioning only from next academic year i.e. 2015- 16, it […]
Microsoft Office World Championship Won by Indian Arjit Kansal!
Arjit Kansal, a 16 year old boy from Delhi, has suddenly risen to fame. And why not? He has made the country proud! Arjit from Delhi has become the world champion in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. This is a world renowned technology skills measuring competition. This year Arjit faced tough competition from 400, 000 other competitors […]
Smriti Irani Led HRD Ministry to Boost Sanskrit Language in Schools
NEW DELHI: When we heard about Sanskrit week celebrations for this year, it in itself was a surprise. But the way it has shaped up has been really profound. Though Sanskrit week is being celebrated by HRD ministry for long but never before with so much pomp and thought. NCERT (National Council of Educational Research […]
‘Why No Solution To Vacant Seats?’ Delhi HC Raps IITs and NITs
The Delhi High Court came down heavily on the IITs and NITs for not finding a solution to the problem of empty seats at the IITs. The court was caustic in its criticism, warning the IITs that they would soon be a laughing stock in the eyes of the world, if the process of admissions […]