John Kerry Impressed with Students at IIT Delhi on his visit
US Secretary of State, John Kerry visited the elite Indian Institute of Technology campus in New Delhi on July 31 ahead of his high level meetings seeking to boost relations with the new government. ‘Excellent’ and ‘very exciting’ were the two words used by Kerry on his visit to the two laboratories- Applied Microbiology Laboratory […]
Exchange Programmes at IIT KGP to Improve International Ranking
IIT Kharagpur, with an aim to improve its international ranking, is inviting foreign faculty and students and Nobel Laureates to its campus every year. 10 Australian students and one International faculty had participated in each of the 19 short-term courses in the First International Summer and Winter Term (ISWT) at IIT Kharagpur that has just […]
PIL against Sanskrit Week Celebrations Will Not Be Entertained, Says Madras HC
CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Wednesday declined to entertain a PIL on the issue of Sanskrit Week celebrations. This has been done a month after the controversy has erupted over this issue. The first bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice M Sathyanarayanan explained, “It’s an experiment being carried out by the CBSE […]
Schools to Charge 10% Extra Fees for Student's Safety
In the wake of increasing incidents of child molestation in educational institutions, police and education department has announced Schools to implement safety measures. Schools are proposing a 10 per cent hike if they are ‘forced’ to do so. CBSE, ICSE and schools belonging to the state board, came together under the umbrella of Karnataka Private […]
UGCs Decision to Pass NET to CBSE Infuriates Teachers
NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission have offloaded the combative National Eligibility Test on the Central Board of Secondary Education. This has caused a stir amongst the teachers across universities as they seem to have critical uncertainties about a school board steering an eligibility test for teacher recruitment for higher education establishments. Teachers of arts […]
A Timeless Love Story Hosted by IIT Delhi Alumni
IIT Delhi  Alumni Association wanted to keep the association active and brings together the faculty, students and the alumni, so they decide to do something different. IIT Delhi Alumni Association hosted 3, Sakina Manzil – the timeless love story, in the Seminar Hall on 27th July, 2014. This play saw the casting of Tarun Singhal […]
Leopard in IIT becomes a butt of jokes for the Twitterati!
Everyone knows it that a leopard had broken into the Metallurgical lab in the campus of IIT Mumbai. The news brought some inmates to fears, and some to tears. But as Forest Department officials were busy trying to catch it, the twitterati were up to something thoroughly different! They were airing jokes related to the […]
Want to go for MA? Hit IIT Gandhinagar Now!
A comprehensive 2 year MA programme in society and culture was launched in Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar on Monday. IIT Gandhinagar became the first one to do so! On 28th August 2014, the institute started its first batch comprising 13 students for the course, after receiving more than 400 applications from students across the country […]
The New Target of Dina Nath Batra is Smriti Irani!
The controversial teacher Dina Nath Batra, who has strong Hindutva leanings and positions himself as an educationist, demands an overhaul of the school education and has sent in a string of proposals to HRD minister Smriti Irani. Ban on teaching of foreign languages in school, no foreign collaborations for CBSE, a call centre to inculcate […]