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IIT-B Student Team Sets Out on a Mars Expedition in an Australian Desert

Seven students of IIT-Bombay, from different academic streams, have turned into astronauts momentarily, wearing space suits and living and working in a simulated Martian environment in a remote desert in Australia. These students belong to the Mars Society of India, launched at the Nehru Centre in 2012. This is an initiative by IIT-Bombay and the […]

NIT Agartala: Why to Join It and Why to Avoid It?

NIT Agartala offers a comprehensive academic structure in a lush green campus spread over 500 acres.  National Institute of Technology, Agartala or NITA was established in 1962 and was ranked 23rd of all NITs. It is ranked among the top engineering colleges of India. Most popular branches in NIT Agartala are Electrical Engineering and  Electronics […]

The Academic Way to Achieve Glory for 150 UAE Students

The most common question that all students face, especially as soon as they appear for Grade 12 exams is “What do you want to do in the future?” A student’s answer can range from one that they have memorised to satisfy their parents and one that lets the child run away from prying adults. But, […]

Do Vacant Seats Point to Diminishing Value of Brand IIT

The co-relation between the branded engineering colleges IITs and the courses that they offer has taken a downward spiral if the news reports are to be believed. In 2007, the centre took a pragmatic approach and doubled the number of seats on offer, across all IITs from 4500 to about 9784 out of which general […]

Things to try out this summer break!

There is a sufficient amount of research which shows that taking a break is good for everyone. It stimulates creativity and productivity and the absence of a break can lead to stress and exhaustion. No doubt that the great Archimedes, who was given the task of measuring the volume of an oddly-shaped crown, had his […]

Happy news for Jammu and Kashmir from the Union budget

This year’s Union budget for Jammu and Kashmir announced the 500 crore rupee package for rebuilding the lives of Kashmiri migrants. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, while presenting the Budget for 2014-15, said that a reservation of Rs 500 crore will be made to provide support to Kashmiri migrants for “rebuilding their lives”. The issue of […]

Leisure Trip becomes the Last Trip for IIT Kanpur Student

Who heads to picnic thinking that he would never come back? None of us. But such a mishap happened to an IIT-Kanpur 3rd year undergraduate, who was on a pleasure trip to Lonavala. He was killed and one of his friend was wounded, when the two wheeler they were travelling hit a the road divider […]